The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-25
TWO OF A KIND.
A Singular Sarconna Coincidence "A
Young Man Afflicted With and Operated
Jpyug FOR - Tumor Identical TN ahArar.
ter aud Location Will, Dine Which Caused
the Death q! His An an~sf-

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UpynT FOR = Tumor Identical TN ahArAc.
ter and Location with One which Caused
the Death of His Arfsn~si-
SEw YORK, September l5.-Frsnc.s
Joseph Gunner, aged twenty, the son IL
Police Captain John GulGer. OF 56. J..
sixty ninth street, vas the sublcc; OF a
delicate and interestin. surgical opera
ton performed on "Wednesday las: b.
DR.. Post, OF Isl Madison aveuu:, and
W. 4. Hawes. of 1ij Lexington avenue,
for the removal % 4 s1rcon1, 4 species OF
;umor. The nc -pt'oi and development
az this tuuor was exceedingly peculiar,
aud either presents The features Of . re-
mlTkab.c coincidence or q monstration
OF ta- !art that tumors are contagious. 3
thing that h1> n rc,ofprc b".a most EN-
p.:atic1ily denied ~ the mel.csi p-cies-
sion. YoCu- Nr. Gunner wis : regular
attendant 81 ~. ThcDlS Episcopal
Caare!. on SiEIy-siyii. D-twee2 second
an. th.ri avenues, anI held The r11
Of Assistant D-arlan n Tie Seminary
Scaoo. connected WIKI The church
AbJu, a var AGO Mss B-la Sargent, 4
Il ca2rmIu" young WolnII . about the
same 30 - Mr.. Gunner. Joined the
G u:ch gaI u-cGiac a teacher ~ ,ar sun
De-" school. Gunner aUI Nils NrrEeGt
wc-: ,hrnwa much to- Tier ia the ~!..-
Ca.-.c4ocI wo-s All formed a peasant
AGO Il a,gncc that IN time r.P-Ec4 !-to
!uye. AMI il was announced lat sPI.n-
TIT the: were engaged - b.: married.
bu, = was not 20 be-. Mis, Str.c:t died
In tie Roosevelt Hospital .ao, jay and
-.s buried on Declaration Dav. irDu
'.sor months before he dean n .Ppir-
cat.y !ln cent Swc!.iu, appeared IA the
-gu on the inSii: 81 IL. right c9ccN.
Notuin, was thought OF y for 4 t.mr,
and il was attribu'"i 20 coil All
q harmless inflammation. B.t
/; grew !ar"cr, slowly - Hr~i,
buf with an alarming ripillty ~ y be-
came d-vriopc I, aud me IL well IS her
friend, became alarmed and sought med
ica' advice. iirr ailucIt was pronounced
"A 7arcoIua of The malignant type, int she
went II the Roosevelt: Hospital Tor
trcatmcu'. SoDa ailcr she was admitted
a cur~ui tarinn VAS held IN her ease D.
the ~cUnSultin. s~ur"c"n~ and The hOu>a
staff, aud IL was ugrcr'l i1it her only
chance al hrin. benefited lay in the re-
lnoy1I 90 thr .G'Eor. sIr cDuscutIn9, an
operation wa> performed ~ Or. SANDS
i'm IL. prc-cnc: of Dr. SnrlIT
auj several mr. physicians. The
iUraor was taken out, but
1t ii Involved the jlw-bonr To 4 consid'
crlhic extent AM "a section oil !; W1> also
removed. Miss sargent rallied from the
SHOCK and hop", wcr, entertained oil her
recovery, bu. within = lcw days i sec
uud1ry hcmorrhIyc set in and resulted
in her death. The grief of Gunner over
his loss was iurnn-n..blc aud hc rood
81 over the death of Miss Sargent day
aud ni-p;. There WAS 10 hm 4 apecIa.
horror in the manner o' her death. While
vet maryeling II the st~ringcncSS ot MIS-
Sargcnt's death, about . month a"p
he was startled when 4 sll"ll
swc!i!n. appeared in his moui. n
the uum under the leit orcch.
He al once consulted DIR lilwcs,
~ he SUSPECTED that the fate of Miss
SARGENT awaited him. There was noih-
M, however, ia tgc early Appearance oi
the swc.liu. To- inilcat: th1t IL WAS anV-
Thu. serious, aud II was pronounced I
guubpll II grew slowly, and present.
ing what appeared to be IN accumulation
ot pus. il was lanccd and discharged Il
~-olor!c>s LIQUID. There was no improve,
mcnt or relief following this simple
rrracdy and the clinical history Of the
ease soon established that 1t waS "A
sarcom1 similar III character 10 tina
which had cost Miss Sargent her life,
but not as far advanced. DIR. Post was
called in consultation anl 4 speedy
c]xIirnltion of the tumor was adj
y,scd. .Attwo O'Clock p. III. on Wednes'
Gav. the young man was put uhicr the
influence of ether. i knife was inserted
by the sur.con at the LETT cheek bon,
aud m incIsion was made under the lci'
eve TO TIE nose, down the sid" Of the
nose, and beneath it 10 The center OF Inc
upper liz, which was split in two. Ihcu
the 1T cheek was disScc;cl un from IN
hone and iuracd back and the tImor was
exposed u view. II was attach Il 10 the
i,wbonc firmly, and was larger than /
appeared To he externally. II was re
moved by 4 quick cut of the knife, and
the cuiiic bouc in the ncICaoorhooi ol
the iunur was thoroughly ScriDcd by /.
snpou-shapcd instrument 10 remove >ucl
aGcclc,! membrane. as might - attached.
- N.ktT blt surgeons N'lt i'iNil' Ati'i'
every tyaC" OF the umor WIS obiitcrI'cd,
nr cH~"k Ia was returned To position,
Ad % .herlleiy stitched To the adjoin.
'u" tissue. TIE operation lasted two
hours. AMI wa> prolonged for the Pa
son that either could not be given cou
tinuouslv. n the cnuc huidin- it, wneu
held over the lose and .moutn o! the pa
ticut. intrrfcTcl with the movements O.
the surgeon. and he had to stop entirely
while the cti,r was bcin. admlIi> cred,
Gunner rallied rapidly from The shock
IF the operation. aud was IN 4 comfort
abe condition Yesterday. Tn 'umor,
alter il was secured, WAS placed IN a,cp
hoi and was submitted II 4 microscope
n examination 10 dctermn. its chJrIc
Ter, whether benign or malignant II i
proves 10 be benign Il IL said the opera
ton will be The last of IL. Bu: II 4
shows malignant elements similar &
.hat in the case OF Miss Sargent, thI
probabilities ar that ii will grow a"a.I
and begin Ia grow where the surgeon.
knife .c!t of.
No Nv dencc nf Foul IIsy.
BosT"N. Mass, Septic nbrr l5-ThC