Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-08-07
FALLS Tribune.
WONDERS OF COCAINE.
AS Seen by a Representative Of the
Press, in the Office OF DR.. Wynne,
the Celebrated Occulist and
Aurist Of Helena.
Surgical Operations Upon We!'kno"n
People From all Parts or the

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Office Of DR.. Nynne, the celebrated opl'-
thalmic and atrial surgeon, the specialist
OF the eye,e ear an! throat, Of Helena, TO
see surgical operations performed upon
these special organs, by the use OF co
caine as an aEnsthetic. Much has re-
Gently been written By the press through
out the country, oI the remarkable power
of this drug in aeadening the sensation Of
mucous membranes, thus enabling Tie
surgeon to perform operations Without
the use Of ciiloroform OF ether. Nehere-
with give a short account u several Of the
operations performed during several
visits 1T the office OF this we'll known
specialist. It is doing but slight credit to
DR.. Wynne, i'll stating that rs an operator
in his specially - has nc equal through
out the Northwest. He has had i large
eypar;ence III the exc ana ear hospitals OF
the medical centers Of Europe, and is 4
medical graduate Of one OF the foremost
institutions Of medicine in this country.
Tie first operation performed was that
Of the removal Of a pointed growth from
tile surface Of the eye ball, the point OF
which in gradually growing over the
clear portion Of the eye, would have ID
time destroyed the sight q both eyes
After repeated loca! applications Of : per
cent, solution Of cocaine during the space
Of fifteen minutes, the patient, Nr. Her
man III. Henry, a vel! known stochman
Of Meacher county, submitted q the
operation for its removal, which was
rapidly and most deiicataly done. lie
stated repeatedly there was not the
slightest pa.n during the whole Of the
operative procedure.
WILLIAM HARVEY, Or C!IoTEAE COUNTY.
The next case Of operation was a case
Of exceedingly interesting history, Mr.
Harvey lost the sight of his right eye by
injury, caused By a dying piece Of gun
cap in 1854 and wl.icA has been lodged
in the eve during tile Iast twenty years.
Recently his good eye became syntpa-
tEetically inzolved. Dr. Wynae unflesi-
tatingly advised tile removal Of the injnr-
ed eve, which was dorc without the
slightest pain hy tie use Of cocaine.
Mrs. MARY srNMs, O. MILES CITY.
An operation to open 4 closed tear duct
vas rapidly performed f"r Mrs simms,
Of Miles City, hy the use Of cocaine,
without pain. We have ourselves before
seen this operation performed ny the use
Of chIorofnrm, and could plainly see the
immense advantage and simplicity at
tanned by the use Of tie drug cocaine.
This operation seemed painless and SIN
PIE in the extreme.
GEORGE NJ. H1I.T.Yt
The next operation was one for cata-
ract, an operation known to he tie most
delicate operation upon tie body Dy
the use Of cocaine the eEeball was render
ed 50 insensible to touch that tile finger
could he passed over it without any IT.
ritation. Tie eyehail was now opened
above ly 4 delicate, slender knife, in a
liza di.tltiSii. LIE itat Sttr ~ ~
procedure seemed the drawing out 81 the
coloring matter and its removal by q de-
licate scissors. and then Ivy a gentle press
IRE upon tile ball from below, We were
astonished to see emerging from the
opening in the ball q small Opaque body
Immediately after the pupil seemed clear
and natural, The cataract had beer sue
cessfullv removed. The patient is q man
Of So years, and it is hoped will regain
his sight. In conversation with the doc
tor. he stated that before he had operated
on the eye for this condition, he had per
formed the operation n hundred times
upon tie eye Of tile pig, and that Of
eighteen operations upon the human sub
ject, all had been successful.
Miss MARY I.ENAED.
The last operation we have seen was
one performed for Miss Mary Lenard, Of
White Sulphur Springs, who has had
catarrh Of the nose for some fourteen
years, BY the use Of a spray, cocaine
was applied e the cavity OF tho nose
and afterwards BY the aid Of a sharp
spoon, dead bone, polypi and thiekened
tissue, the causes OF the discharge, were
successfully removed.
This operation was the last we saw and
was the eighth operation performed dur
ing the last week. The wonderful effect
of this drug renders many Of these oper-
ations exceedingly simple, and the conf
dent manner in which the cases Were
handlad nrnral 10 lis the unlnnhted ahili.