The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-31

A Dsntsss who Assisted In the Operation
Tells About IL.

n Deutt1t Who A1etste0 N the OpcfssAon
Tells About It.
NEW YoEx, Aug. 1-The publication OF
the story concerning the surgical opera
ton on President Cleveland. which was
currently rumered two months ago, has
brought ont . statement from DR.. Ferdi-
nand Hasbrouck, dentist DR.. Has
brouck consented 20 talk for publication,
and said:
al have read the article which purports
to give an account of President Cseve-
lands disease and the operation performed
upon him. The publication calls. 1 think.
for an authoritative statement. The pres
ident's disease is. or was-for the opera
ton may have been successful in
removing it--a growth in the bones OF
his lett upper Jaw and the adjoining bones
ofthe nose. The operation consisted in
removing the diseased portions Of the
bone, aud was performed about 1880
o'clock on the morning OF Saturday, july
1. while the president was on board Mr..
Benedict's yacht. the Oneida. / want to
say that / don't think the disease rs the
same as that which caused the death of Gen.
Grant DIR. Bryant, another surgeon whom
| will not name and myself went on board
the yacht at this city on Friday night, the
night before the operation. It is not true,
as has been published, that the president
went Immediately TO bed on coming on
board that night. He sat on deck for a
time smoking q cigar and seemed per-
fectly composed and sc ease. The next
day at about 10 o'clock the president pre-
pared himself for the knife. He was still
entirely composed and cheerful. He lay
down, announced that he was ready and
administered nitrous oxide to him. He
responded to the anesthetic promptly and
was soon unconscious. In order TO enable
the surgeons to cut away the bone. which
was the seat of the disease, / extracted
two bicuspid teeth from the left side of
the upper jaw. The surgeons then took
charge. There was no external incision
ing entirely within the cavity of the
mouth. The seat of the diseased growth
Was in the lower bones of the nose and in
the adjoining bone tissue on the left side
of the upper jaw. Piece by piece
perhaps an inch or more OF it
was removed. While the operation
revived from the effects of the anesthetic.
and was obliged TO administer 1t to him
a second time. Mr.. Cleveland stood the
oxide very well, and no bad effects were
produced byit. he rallied very quickly.
The operation. so far as I could see. was
an entire success; the loss of blood was
not great"
DIR. Hasbrouck was then asked: as
the disease of the president curable7"
To this he replied: 81 have no doubt
of it. provided it was attended to in time,
and that was the object of the operation.
Enough. of the hone tissue was cut out to
make certain that, the entire extraneous
growth had been removed"
us the disease cancerous in its nature7"
THAT will not say" replied DR.. Has
brouck. THAT Is for DIR. Bryant to say,
and it could only be determined by
microscopical examination of the dis
eased bone removed. What the micro
scopical examination has disclosed
/ have not definitely heard.
understand, however. that the presi-
dent is progressing as we'll as
could be expected. / have seen worse
cases and, so far as I know, they are living
yet. 1t only remains now for DR.. Bryant
to state what the microscopical investiga-
tion reveals concerning the character of
the malady.
BuzzARD's BAY. Aug. 50.-President and
Mrs. Cleveland left for New York on the
yacht Oneida this afternoon on the way to
Washington City.