Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08

81 Louis ReeablleaaI
kyer sia-e lhs 4alo4aeellgsul Nas mads
-aag I@aeral offaas a.sd f4llea Elctln ~
stat most taTri1ls II ualadl -. cancer 4
tng tongue more t4an ordinary iaLe sss
nas - 'a Ea1su. a3J ealy ~ tls general
Pa-4e "a. - the nssleal aad sar1ical
profess. "a, IA similar eases. Every place
lav-n a4y claims Co yea ghs 0 gnity Il a
failraa4 s,sL iln las a4i - cas- ex-csy
slll.lar to that ~ General Grant. s..
Lol.s las already been mai ware II aa-
1i-4pas eAsss " eFltaall H4a, bat one ia
Fartfealar 3as discovered . tex days azo.
---4 ga Saturday last rhs r-lnedy as ar,-
pilsi, and Ia rae asspsrase nature OF the
remedy nay b. found ths bast proof -
tae dangerous character of ths disease
Et~ trt >zilet, a coal IA "a sr liginz near
belag-l.ss ~4s tae victim alluded u The
cancer p4s situated a. shs left side OF tie
lan- az. leaF he base, aud hal been grow
ns tA-fe tar about seven months, start
ing IS Skillet supposed, from "a ord nary
liberation caused ~ . BAD tooth. hs
small ulcer soon alta ked the hard tlssae,
a2i caneergus tumoF sprst u ackward
u Tie soft palate aud api gloftls and down
~aFd tli the tanor IrOtraded under the
cuia a1pua rlo sIzs OF a h-4's egg. As
usual iu s4ch cases Skliet's health bean
TO Az, and as coasulre 4 number of sur
seolss tAeir unanimous verticl being that
shs grow was true cancer DR. A. c.
nays took charge of the ease, and he
says that ls resetuh 81 in every way. in
* ear, IN manner II growth. tho case o.
rat r D.
thin, more extensive than that OF Geuer-
al Grants case. This he knew, not from
the daily papers. bat from the reports OF
IN case Ia IN medical journals by GRANTS
owa physicians
Saturday morning Skillet, accom- auied
By some relatives and irieuds, called at
tha surgical and . thalm Hospital. No
do Cho lteau avenue, prepared to Undergo
al operation which, while it would stave
OF death from the cancer. meant disfiyura-
tion and the deprivation OF one Of tho bes.
Of mau's faculties. that Of intelligihe
speech. The operation was performed by
Dr. A G.. Beraays, assisted by Drs. A c
Book, G. Barck, H. Spissell liter. ". F.
IAarat1n, II. Harnlsh, r. Wichman. Dr..
B.rnays, Sr, DR. Dumssnil, aud a num-
Der ~ Others Interpretation was begun a.
i0:o o'clock, aud was concluded after
about two nours.
Ihs operation, IL witlessei BY an un-
hardened outsi der, would most undoubt-
ed.y have caused serious arrangements
stomach .cAlly, and would surely start in
his mind a doubt as o. whether the patient
IA eh not be better Off if LETT 10 die Of the
disease.
Ia the first place the patient was put un-
der the Influence Of an anesth etc, and
then two incisiOns were made n the neck.
one on either side, and the linzual arteries
supplying tho tongue with blood from the
heart We're ligatured or tied up with a
piece of silSen thread This was TO pre-
ven. excessive bleeding Tn next step was
still more inter- sting one Admission was !
made IN the wind-p pc just about the top /
Of the chest In the incision was Inserted /
n tampon canula, OF a rubber tube, fitting /
into the wind-pipe SO clossy and 50 ar /
ran sed as g. keep all the blood produced in |
he operat on from flowing down into tho |
wind p De. Through this rubber tube |
the paten. trsathed very freely and by |
means OF this tube the chloro orm was /
admin istered. An attempt was then made |
10 loosen the tumor from he lower Jaw.
bat Q was found that the jaw itsel1 was /
the seat Of a cancerOus dep0si and it was /
deter ruiled necessary 10 remove the mid /
tle port On OF the jaw. Two saw cuts
were made on either sid q, and The law was
.as.ly removed
Another incis on was made in the cheek |
20 give room for the operation. and hen 1
with a very sharp instrument the tongue
was cut out just at the base. aud with it
was taken out piece 4 the jaw bone and
tn entire chin. A horrible wound was
then remaiaing, but this was most deftly
closed by means Of sutures. The patient
recovered slowly from the effects OF the
ch loroform and then went 20 sleep.
lie was seen late last night by a re-
porter. and when asked If be ielt any pain,
shook his head segatl vsly. He was breath
inz very comfortably through the rubber
tabe. and thou IN emaciated and pale, the
reporter hal to confess that be had So
Worse-look cases and men with fewer
chances Of pulling through al right The
attending physicians arr now OF the opin-
ION bat their pat ems will certainly pull
through.
Skillet was an inveterate smoker for
years, and never was seen without a pipe
in his mouth. The place vhers the cancer
frst started was Just about the point
where the end e the pipe-stem rested
while he was smoking In the opinion Of
DR. Bernays, the cancer could not have
BEEN caused by smoking.