Daily Republican., 1882-11-29
MARvELs OF SURGERY.
Two Cases Whero Lives Were Saw
cd ~ II by MIkncIeA.

| Inc recovery OF Mrs. Henry BlOutt
of this city daughter OFF oseph Stoecklt
is now we'll assured fact. At til
time that Drs. West and Bush wer
called in heI life was despaired of an
her death was looked for as the onl
relief from her sutferings.
The skillful surgeons acting upon tn
principle that where there was lif
there was hope did not give the case VI
but resorte6 to the extreme practice o
traechotomy, and some three weeks agr
inserted q silver tube into the larnyA
through which she was enabled tt
breathe until the structures which pre-
vented her breathing were removed
1t was delicate operation and frauKht
with the greatest danger but it was The
last resort and 1t was success.
Mrs. Blouth, who was given up for
the grave, has recovered and is able to
descend down stairs and take her
meals regularly with tie family, find
ing no incon Venience in swallowing,
The silver tube Is still In the throat but
ID only placed there al q matter of pre-
caotion TO provide against an enlarge,
ment of the structure before it is en-.
tirely removed. Sheis entirely out OF
danger and The tube will be removed al
soon as the throat is perfectly cured.
The case was very dangerous and
intricate one and reflects additional
credit to the already widely acquired
fame Of Doctors West and Bush as
skillful practical surgeons. The fol.
lowing case of intricate surgery still
more wonderful ii possible ia reported
b he PbilaQelp phia papers
The students in the Hospital of Oral
SIrgery, at Tenth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, were shown patient at
Saturdays clinic whose throat had been
cut from ear. to ear, and who had then
been huAg by the neck but still sur
v1ved his injuries. He breathes through
silver tube in the throat, and for six
months was nourished entirely by ene-
mata. The mans name Is Simon
Ladenski, native of Roumania. In
the winter Of 1877, he then being 90
years old, Ladenski was one of party
OF ten men whose thrOats were cut by
a band of gypsy robbers on the road
from Varsloe.
LSdenski was not killed, and on re-
gaining consciousness and finding the
robbers quarrsling over the division of
the pluuder he attempted to crawl into
some bushes by the wayside. Being de-
toCted he was strung up to a cree by
the peck, and when again unconscious
he was let down and thrown among
the bodies of his companions, but not
until be had boen stabbed in the abdo-
men and cut In the cheek. Two days
later the bodies were found by Profes.
sor Russ, of Jassy, and LAdSnski and a
companion who were still alive, were
removed to the town.
The latter soon died, and then Pro.
lessor Russ removed his patient to
Vienna. There LaDdeASki was placed
under the care of IAost eminent Aus
trian surgeon. 1t was found that the
windpipe was closed and for two years
the man was unable to utter a word.
He breathed through an opening In his
neck. After many efforts threaded
needle was passed up through the ira
chsa and into the mouth.
Small beads were then drawn though
being daily increased In size in order to
effect II permanent enlargement OF the
The man Is still obliged TO
practice this device, and wears the in
strument in his windpipe during the
night, being able to breathe when in an
upright position without its aid. He
has been examined by the leading sHr-
geons of Berlin, Paris, and London, and
it is expected that some day it will be
possible to close up the opening in the
throat.