, 1880-10-01
A TERRIBLE OPERATION.
Attempt 10 1teIi,ovc Tunt0r NvlytI,
Had lkn,niitcnliUilE In tho fsrnSM-A
1fntul 1kGklf1t.

The Nuw Orleans Ptcuu,tne Of Sept. at
gives n thrilling description Ut one Of tho !
Innst difficult operations known In surgery, |
ant which, In this ease rs III ,nany others,
proved fatal. Thu account Is rs follows:
Ab0it nIf-past trclock, thu nntpl'lthentrc
lHtilg ll.tUngrd With ineulrrs Of t'tG medical
sf!!Hr.i,y w.. n nl M @ ' ~ III ni
looking nut tho luast alarmed. lie WIS y
young man atout Is years Oi nGe. tall, well
tor,ard, will regular. .lrep:'ssessti's lsasuTss.
fUru il swelling Of The riKlt sitle Of the fnco
and lru,riisIUi Of tl,u hull Ut the right rye
one wu,id haze sniu llc WIS y perfect health.
HI JUMPED ACTIVELY npon thy snble couch
Dr. n. Sclntpurrt placed mo hand upon
the boys head, tie other incu,twlsio . toying
With Il Eitttcrt1lg, keell-utGGl sc'lltMl. md
a,5esss !scf to Ills "na'g}rS, as}1 u ~ tc r.
nEcat terms not familiar to the Ecneral reHtl-
er, were In sut,stAnce rs follows: The boy,
Joseph AteMberg was b9rn In ,;th. ;AttMhain,, n,ls
caillr recsnliy fraM NatcSz1 Allss: M diG was @
never bern sick except from clllls and fever.
About Mny hs observed tho commencement
Of 2 swelling Of tlg rlsiit, check. ~, aching
t""tace. i % ii!aecd no III lin 70 sppy t. Sests!
who extriictetl tho secolid !nnlart0 which
w.s ip,tnd apparently 'lealtlIy. The. min coll-
tintle.l for three weeks afterwartl. Aboitnlla
ll0ktllk W
tic cycDnl began 10 prutrut!c, and iiscyrsie!,t
wis 50 affected Tint lie coliltl not perceive OBJ
jects, cn,:ld distinguish night frnn day. lie
also suffered frhiIi htilcka uf bIegtitnE from
III stze fruMl ti,ne tU lime, anu Whenever lc
vas excited, or exersed l!i,Aself, the patient
fell trubblng sensation IT, tho tutlpr.
When Dr. SGllupuert first met tho patient l,o
observed licar tile entrance Df the right nos:
trll pUlypus-like trnlor, which niterwartt
Disappeared, hut the na5lrtt WIS ttIally so
at'str,tctGd tlnt tic pNtient could brentate
onliy through Ills mouth. lio lioyHr G co,a. u.
several physicians in Satcliez, who advised
lin to g0 10 New Orleans.
Tho co,npalNtlvrly slow growth of M the
t.inlor. tl!s toistl al,scIss of s%slll2E in the
nnta Of tic Isltis tlle ugc, hereditary reFis-
Tor and ntspllce uf any cstItsu Tor sHsplclt'n
Indicated tint TIN tisfll1r WAS not Of u 1na'ig-
s t. sas S neesss nf sSsF "s ts ts 4ssya wss
nj ,nately '' destr"y sis%" lie. tic esplai,etl
how t,nnors ra1nlfy and ellMb abo,lt
5oacs, boz iiIing i,p saca!t slacas %It,, l',cir
lut,es crawling through tlie smallest ai,cr-
lures In thu haes, a,M! sometimes IlatletratlnE
to the braiN itself: The aigers Ut tho opnr,,
were set forth. Or. scl,..ppcrt referred. to
atten!pt. It had beell pertt,rlt!i for Tue ti!st
time BY Pr; langcnbeck' q i5s1il,. N isiil I,;
roth, III ViGllna; Alnrek, III kiel, with vHry-
| Ink SUCCESS. AZ fur ms llu kl,uw It had not
been performed III tl,ls country.
lay, calm .lls! attentive upon tho couch, now
mid then rcgnulnlg with his one sound rye
the knife which thu, SURGEON held. Dr.
Schuppert litter on observed tlMt Alterhcrg
iHg tlls operation. Oh ,sul,,i4y 81 la,l aske4
TINT the atteinpt bo lnsau. "WhMt II w find
the tuunr t!ts entered Tho skull:", said Tho
Doctor. "We!l, 4 emit be l,elEpd,''' replied
tse S So 80 much Relieved It n yo,, could taSs It
uut."
And SO the question WIS resolved upon. 1t
WIS u alurstion Df !fu or tentll. Truly tho
swort! of DHl,ocles hung over Joseph Aitn,,-
eirele ar0,ltlA Him. At length tho proceed
l,1gs n}tcu. 4 napkin snturntcil with chlnrt':
firm II applied IL tl,e paticnt's n.ontll, 4lMl
Scliarpert glanccs 1T hIs Instruments 10 see
tlIat they are ~ pruler position; Ills eX;Ee'
rlcncpa 'ssislnnts lake tl1elr places. With
his senlpel tl!e opnrnt0r. rapidly nukcs MI IN.
ti!a % !t,ss. eatiiiS,s .i"wn ii 10 t the bone. rie
blood g1ls,cs firth freely, hut. Is speedily
wiped nway. Another hclsl0ll Is mule }rls1
bei!cal!! tho eye, a''d rul,nins frnln caf to
lmrtant nerves. Ylicsn two deup lasllcs
meeting nj tic temple clnDrase the superior
naS''Iary or check-tnne. bclintl which, III
the, ,,,e enylty belaw tl,a nrhlt Of he ey.'
moved. moved. The SURGEON continues TO ply big
nllltpl'l'.!Euii Tint comes 9t Accurate kllowl,
sH slim r" aSsSsfS s r ~ All III sEtSsS S
tlanger and tho difficulty Of thp deed upot
which lio IL tlgnEetl. Frequently. tho 10y
eroAtls, struggles on TIC .ollch wlIllo blnnt
wells out over Ills faco frOnl tho terrible
frttShnH fthH tSllfte Hnrf,IH EaNy{ss pnt s,lt trI