The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-01
INTERESTING SURGHRY.
Removing Wen from aAan and
W Ia Mole from Lady,

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A~frfend was telling OF his own and
his wife's experience, in having moles
ana wens rsmov..,i bv cleo richly. His
vile b 81 on her rigfIt shoulder bleri-
ish ia the form OF a. large mole. q lite
hat an inch in diameter, which prsc-
ticaliy maize ir i'm possible Tor her to
wear ball or evening dresses which
| wSlid reveal her otherwise shaptIy
'LoulIers she accidentally heard OF
the oietstrc operations. anu, obtaining
the ADDRESS of the surgeon who per-
t"rln. III III. she went without her hus-
band " knowledge ID his ~ tfice, 4 n
rEitt d t0 the Operations. Ii re-
CURED about Week to heal
tnei wounds maaaRtryc the needl y
with which the z molh was per-
forated III every d;rection; then the
mole. which mad beeh burned To DIR !,
black crisp. iell Oft, leaving the shout
der perfectly white. and swi,h only the
slightest indenration to show where
the disooioration had been A new
skin formed ovvr it. andthere is hardly
noticeable blemish Here now. Sue
cess inspired her to insist on her hus.
on more delicate part of his person.
namely, his nose. He thus tells OF his
own experience
:. I had on my nose1at birth, so l wa
told, wen, which grew with my years
mum Der of yearssit greatly disfgured
my countenance. 1t was about
tine size of a pea, and was On my left
nostril. 1t changed color from time to
time, and would grow to be fright al
sanguinary red whenever | INDUCED
myself with wines or liquors of any
sort. | came TO regard it at times as d
gin blossom and an iirreverent rel
porter, in describing me once. sugl
gested that this object had evidently
been ons of long, and patient. and costly
culture. weni, on my wife's urgent
entreaty, to her surgeon, and asked II
it could be removed. He looked at it
and Suggested that 1t might be If
would not look upon the wine when it
was red; but l told him l was born
so. He examined further, and at once
proceeded to operate on it. He
bathed my nose, first of all. i'll
cocaine. 1t grew eailla at first. and
then became perfectly numbsa as though
asleep from lack of circul alton of the
blood. 1t felt as lf'paralyzed He then
applied an electric needle to the wen
sticking it through and. through as near
the roots as possible. There was no
pain, though halt an hour was con
stunned in the operation. Whenever be
incre- sed the current of electricity
saw billions of stars, and sparks seemed
to flash from my eyes and the eyebals
seemed to crack with each spark that
apparently few from them. When
the operation was completed the
wen was black, no longer red,
andA more unsightly than ever.
He put flesh colored court plas-
tar over it and keptit there for week.
Then in washing it of zthe,amess of
blaokened flesh; fell away! 4 new skin
formed, and now you can barely see q
small scar where ths znnsigh.ly object
once was 80 sEag.
sDoss your surgeon makeA speciality
of this work?u asked
mo, and r wonder lie does not.
There are thousands of women and men
in this city who would pay almost any
price to have blsmishes Of this sort re-
moved. | have, stopped several strsn.ii
gers on the. streets and told tn M
my experience, and gavs them the
doctors address. Only one recognized
nae after, and he was without his wen.
and Was most profuse in his thanks. If
he did not have higher aims and pnr-'
poses. and would make a specially OF
Ithis business. my doctor would be rich.
Ia no time; but he would have to ad-.
vertiss, and thatisn't pr Professional, you
knew. he prstsrs, however. to straight
en- crooked limbs and invent surgical
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