Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
REMARKABLE SURGERY.


| Ol medical gentlemen, among WHOM
were Professors Lewis A. Sayrc, A.
Post and Charles Mittendorf, Doctors
Anderson, Putnam, jacob and others,
the most remarkable ease of success
ful surgical operation Of the brain that
ever came under the observation of Il
surgeon, and which still remains un-
explained from the fact that the patient
recovered and is at present enjoying
the best of health. The case has no
parallel in the annals of medical his
tory, and until il presented itself the
most eclectic surgeon would have
doubted the possibility Of introducing
the knife into the brain without fatal
results.
The patient, Bruno Knorr, who yes
tcrday sat in the amphithcatcr Of the
hospital in the center of groupof in
tcnscIy interested physicians, who
carefully examined his head, which
was Il mass OF sears. showing where
the bone was cut out. has rcmarka-
Bile history He is wrll-tormcd young
man. and were ii not for his much
choppcd-up forehead would be- quite
good looking lie appears to be Of
u very allcctionalc disposition, which
is the cause of his stIangc wound. On
the evening Of January . last he Wis
| tied his sweetheart and asked her TO
marry him, but She declined; he
pressed his suit, but was ilatly refused,
upon which he pulled out revolver
and fired Il bullet into his brain. The
ball entered the forehead. about Il half
inch above the eyes. directly in the
center He fell to the ground with
blood gushing proluscly from the
wound. He was supposed to be dead,
but nevertheless he was removed TO
Bellevue Hospital, Upon arriving at
that place the junior surgeons were
surprised to find that he was still alive.
Through the night they sal by his bed
side, intent upon making observation,
as TO how long he could really live,
applying only such simple remedies rs
would ease the last moments of Il dy-
ing man. But they miScalrulatcd, for
in the morning they found hil. still
alive. although unconscious. Afraid
to do anything upon their own rcSpon-
SIoIIlIy' 'hrl lritEraPhGu l" tl' VISIT
lll% surgeon III dllhrr'N' anu ll' came
III once III response 10 the summons
,i"rulN 'nPpo'Ih@ lhat l'c ,,uIu GouIu 40 any
'hlhE l"r lh' P"ii'i''' from certain
peculiar surroundings, however, he
was led to undertake Il most hazardous
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FlldIlS inc puINaliomS ol the pallGnt
grown" W'aErr ana III" SLOWLY epo-
ln@' hc TOOK llie most desperate
chahr'T ana resolved TO operate aI
once I'rllhE assured ihc Draln was
Wo"hurd' from the small particles "l
MS substance ihat o0@rd ilrou$h the
liol' hli''' ny .nr nuIlc'' ne p"Iuly SET
l" work. anu ilIiNIh% Iha' ne coUIu
no more ll''.h Apply inc Il'' measures
"' "H'H'G''" on INC htHn around Ihe
wound clean |" 'llr ooi'' h"Idlng Dack
llc lIilpN WIN pms ana lhth clll OUT ~
use ol thr SKULL ABOUT inc SIZE OF
uIli''' MI'l tr'ph'hr 'DuI' tlc n''ilct
hoIr' Joining lho Two DN cIllHrIlhE away |
!hc bridge intervening Vh a'templ-
Ihg l" remove iilc particles OF bone
Wllirh lau n'ell urlNci upon 'hc prall
mat'rr ny the nlIlot IN IT'S paN,A%' ana
hai set up Il dangerous condition ny
ihelr pressure he met WIN Il proiuSe
hrmorrhagc from one OF the large ar
lcrlcS' which was cut across ITS gallcd
edges scarcely to be seem ne at
tcmp'N TO eaten II up, proved luilIe'
and rraliHinE that death from the loss
ol Dlood Ullu'r lhr circumstances was
4 matter OF moments he introduced his
lingcr into the wound and pressed the
artery against the bone ana Ter time
became master OF the situation. The
cNcrtion tired him soon, and he in
Structcd his assistant to relieve him
while he again attempted to catch the
end After five tria Is he was success
full, and placed Il ligaturc of catgut
around it. The little vessel, however,
was tricky, and the ligaturc slipped
of, leaving matters worse than before
Again he tried it, and ut last overcome
the obstacle by tying it tightly. Next
he introduced Il large bullct-shapcd
probe, which descended by its own
weight about five inches into the brain,
when he stopped short and held it in
place. Carefully studying the angle