The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-10
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The Gap or Three Iuches Between
the Ends of a Cat Nerve Filled by
One Froma Collie.
For two yeas Mn. y. H.. Weber, of
philadelphia, has hd paralysis in her
right arm, renderiag & useless Recently
nerve taken from adog was transferred
10 her arm, midway between the shout
der and elbow, and ; is hor-1 .hhat she
will recoyer Tho f2lFs use Of her arm,
s - hn2 This remark,
able operatik Mas perfbrmed by DIR. d.
Hayes Ag,sw, consulting physician in
the Garfiea case, aud Dr. j. William
White, asisted by DIR. Edward Martin,
DIR. w. J. Hunter, DR.. Strickler, and
DR.. Strser, the last three being resident
physicpas in the University of Pennsyl-
vania Hospital. In 1880 Mrs. Weber
discoyred small tumor near the mid
die o5 her upper arm. It was not pain
full utii 1884. On March s, 1889, while
at Pm Antonio, Texas, DIR. E. Herff,
arm surgeon, removed the tumor. It
prSed to be a multiple neuroma of tho
msculo spiral nerve. DR.. Herff found
Unnecessary to take away about three
riches of the nerve of the arm, thus
rausing "wrist droop," which prevented
Mis-. Weber from extending her hand,
although the fngers could be moved
slightly. From that time she had no,
use of her arm, although it could be
raised from the ek.ulder.
Mrs. Weber consulted DIR. Apnew and
-Dre White, andEhsaS4zised her to 20
to the University dT Peansylvsnia Hos
pital for an operation. She went there
about March Is. tIt was proposed to
transplant several inches of human nerve
into her arm, joining it to the ends of
the nerve which had been sundered un.
der DIR. Herff's knife. The surgeons ex-
pected to take the nerve of human arm
or leg which was being amputated and
transplant it into Mrs. Weber's arm. The
patient consented and spent the next five
weeks in the University Hospital under
careful treatment, but no amputation
case was received at that institution.
On April 2S, at the suggestion of DR..
Agnew and Dr.. White, Mrs. Weber con-
sented to have transplanted into her arm
the nerve from living dog. The doc.
tors told her that II the dogs nerve was
used it would not, of course, transmit
sensations, but it would merely act as a
bridge between the suspended ends of
her own nerve. 1t was hoped the. latter
would throw out filaments from each
end which would g Ssduily grow along
the bridge and join In the middle. Mrs.
Weber insisted that the dog selected
should suffer no pain.
A healthy collie was found. 1t was
placed upon a diet for two weeks, and
was carefully watched SO that the sur
geons could be suredt was in perfectly
healthy condition. Mrs. Weber's arm
was prepared by ,antiseptic treatment,
being scrubbed with soap and water and
alcohol and bichloride of mercury.
Then she was etherized and was taken
into the private operating room of the
hospital In the: mean time the dog,
freshly bathed, was also placed under the
influence of ether.sk All the hair was
shaved from his riaHt hip.ss He was then
taken into the opsHting room. DR..
Agnew made ou1 hec patients arm
four inches long, N3taS some difficulty
the ends of the idM nerve were
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