The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
.r,r SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
eacovers After Part Of bis Brain
Is Removed
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D0y Is Removed
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c,ue time in August last a lo-year-olo
ool. I'D I'D stamm was accidently shot by
1 --.ta with a pistol ball in the left side
pi -. 1orahesd, says western exchange.
';-sils crushed through the skull with
al.ncing. and imbedded itself In the
~ From the jagged edges OF the
'nnds portions OF the Drain protFuoeo,
~ the sufferer lay unconscious and as one
esa..I nbvsicians were called in, and,
oeNIst;ng an examination which salts
lsi .,-a11 that the bullet was in the brain,
el I'D that there was no hope Of the pa
~ ',T,,;ving. Then Drs. Dearborn and
n. o1i were sent for, and after consulta-
Sacided that there was about one
t n in a million to save the lads life.
MI 11t!t6ont losing any time they trephined
4 Iii and removed several pieces of
1oLsn hone and q fragment OF the bullet
4. AZ had been split IN passing through the
iii Then they cut off the torn pieces of
s brain that protruded, and, after cleans
H. tbe wound, left it open for the discharge
u ms for a day or two. Then the wound
uoovared. and the doctors awaited the
.-tVIf y
sttar the lapse of several weeks it wa
nd that a fungus growth had pushed
- cain I'D and formed a large and
aDgeroIIs looking protrusion. The doctors
- ~ care TO NEEDLE with it until they
+rora positive of it's real character, and
r. three or four months it grew larger and
larger.
CUT OFF SOME OF THE BRAIN.
mrs Deardorff and Sponogle saw that the
4;n,a had come to remove the ugly protuber-
- and they cut it off, cleaned out the
+ronnd again and drew the cut
ITes Of the scalp as near together
II thew could. They took out two
nd three-duarter ounces of the brain and
INJECTED the fungoid matter to micro
[conic examination. They found, as they
6Tnected, that it was composed of true
f,sTve tissue Contrary to expectation, the
Evonnd seemed to heal and,
h their great surprise, they
~ granulations form on the nerve
tissue between the cut edges of the scalp.
|Tbe granulations, however, were rather
III and had an infiammatory appearance,
En- the granulations increased, the threat
Esned inflammation disappeared, and to-day
|the boy is fat and strong.
piece Of the bullet still remains in his
brain. but he experiences no pain and eats
heartily. OF course it could not be ex-
|pected that he would escape from so terrible
Il shock and mutilation without some last
Ing infirmity. The cutting by the bullet of
Ia much brain tissue has partly paralyzed
his right side. and his ideas come to him
|slowly at first, but after he gets fairly
Started the hesitation in thought and speech
are no longer observable.
A SUCCESSFUL CASE OF LAPARoToMY.
On June 26 a Chinaman, working twelve
niles northwest of this city, was shot in the
right side of the abdomen with a charge of
buckshot, which tore away the commence
ment of the ascending colon. The wounded
man was in a state of collapse, lying in the
burning sand, ana the lntestines protruded
from the wound. To the ordinary observer
il was a clear case of one Chinaman less.
Dr. Hayden chloroformed, the patient. IN
creased the opening of the'wound about six
inches aad made a thorough examination of
the mans injuries. ..-.-..
The ascending colon was so badly mutt
lated that he found it necessary to cut six
inches OF 1t off and fasten the ends to-
gether. Then he sewed up the small intes-
tines at three different points where they
were lacerated, and washed out the entire
abdominal cavity with antiSeptic fluid, re-
moving at the same time all the pellets of
shot that he could find, as we'll as shreds
Of clothing that had been driven into the
wound
He then brought the edges of the wound
together with suture and closed it with an
antiseptic dressing and put the man in bed,
where he was kept under the influence of
opiates and vas fed on the weakest kind of
barley water.
There was no fever in the parts when the
Doctor visited the man on the third day.
He did not change the dressing until at the
end Of the week, and when he did SO he was
delighted to find that the wound was almost
healed. He then began to feed the patient
a little more literally, and when he called
again he found the Chinaman propped up
in bed just after fair meal of rice and
chicken. The ordinary functions of the
body were regular and the pulse and tenn
perature normal. The Chlnaman will be
none the worse for the eXDerIence