The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-07-21
MAN WITH HOG'S LUNG,
Detroit Tribune.

- O'AS"5O WIZ uCllo uIC
wOnderfulsurgical stories was in town
again last evening. Two years ago he
related how two doctor friends of his
had successfully removed diseased
stomach from a patient and grated
into its place the stomach OF a sheep,
and how the patient became perfectly
healthy, but had to subsist on grass
in summer and hay and bran mash in
winter.
Cozily seated in one of the big
leather covered chairs at Hotel Cadi-
lac the drummer related another mar.
velous feat of surgical skill perform.
cd by the two doctors. e."
Ever since they performed the op-
Grafton with the stomach" he began,
''they have awaited an opportunity to
try similar experiment with lung.
They procured three healthy young
pigs and kept them carefully on clean
food, with a clean bed and all sur
r0undings good enough for a human
being. This was done In order that
the lungs or whatever part was to be
used for grating should be perfectly
sound and healthy. You never saw
such pigs in your life. They were as
nice and dainty as any dude, and
knew about as much as some OF them.
When the pigs were about a year old
the doctors had Il patient with lung
disease, on whom they decided to try
the operation. Careful examination
showed that one lung was entirely
gone, but the other was not so badly
affected. II they could graft the lung
OF a pig into him he could breathe
with his other one while the opera
tion was being performed, and the
connections were healing together.
He knew 1t was a case OF life or death
with him anyhow, and the disease
would take him away very soon, so he
decided to let them try it.
'"Thcy had two operating tables,
and placed him on one and the pig on
the other. Then they chlOrOfOrmed
them both, and one worked ON the
patient while the other cut the pig
They handled one about as CAREFUL,
as the other, as they wanted to save
the pig alive and see how he wOulC
get along in the world with only ont
lung.
ut was a good deal more difficult
operation to get at his lungs than II
was to get at the other mans stomach
: They had to cut through the ribs and
make large double opening. Their
they had to cut the ribs in two places
SO as to turn the flap back out Of tn,
way while they worked on the lung
It was like opening the lid Of a trunk
! When they got him opened up ant
made an examination they found tina
the bronchial tube was so badly dis
eased that 1t was no use trying t,
save him by putting In. q lung. l
was a pretty serious case, with a maj
. cut opened and no way to fix hin
up. II they failed and the man die'
: under the operation, the whole medi
cal fraternity would turn agains
them and they might be indicted 70
I manslaughter. 1t looked 80 mucl
: like crazy scheme that no sensibl
: doctors would try, and they felt pret
ty dubious about 1t. But 1t wOuldn'
. do to let the man die on the tabl
with the chest oil open. So they r.
solved to make desperate effort t
save him. They split his throat opc
and cut OIL the bronchial tube. i
. less than twenty seconds the lung q
the pig was taken out, with the bror
, clial tube attached, and the Who'll
concern was put into the man and th
: connections were soon made. Th
= openings In his throat and chest wei
y then closed up and the edges scwe
together and the patient placed |
= bed. As he came out from under IL
influence Of chloroform they admins
! tered opiatcs to keep him quiet, an
: he seemed to breathe without muc
= effort. He had q hard struggle Il
. life, but the incisi0ns gradually hea
cd and the new lung got down to bu