The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1893-09-30
HIS RIGHT TO sQUEAL.
rrcAusE HE WAS WEARING
THE LUNG OF PIG.
prummer Told the story, so That
Implicit Faith May no Doubt lie fiAeea
In IA Marvel of Modern surgery
Grating = Lung.

two doctors 10 lue bcAtNAt
reporter The doctors had n patient
with lung disease. on whom they de-
cided to try the operation. Carefni
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 operation was being per-
formed and the connections were
healing together He knew 1t was
case Of life or death with him any
how, and the disease would take him
away very soon. so he decided TO let
them try it
They had two operating tables,
and placed him on one and pig on
the other. Then they ehloroiormed
them both. and one worked on the
patient while the other cut into tho
pig. When they got him opened mp
and made an examination they found
that the bronchial tube was 50 badly
diseased that II was no use trying 70
save him by putting in n lung IL
was q pretty serious ease, with man
cut wide open and no way to fix him
IN II they failed and the man died
under the operation. the whole medl-
cal fraternity would turn against
them and thcy might be indicted for
rnanslaughier IL looked 20 much
like a crazy scheme that no sensible
doctors would try. and they felt
pretty dubious about H. Bat Is
wouldn't do to lot the man die on tho
table with his chest all open 50
thny resolved 20 make = desperate
effort to save him They split his
throat open aud cut OF the bronchial
tube. In less TINA twenty seconds
the lung OF the pig was takcn out.
with tho bronchial tube attached.
And the whole concern Nas put into
the man and the connections were
soon made The openiag- In his
throat and chest were then closed up
aud the edges seWcd together. and
the patient was placed In bed AZ
he came out from under the influence
OF chlorolorm they administered
opiatcs 20 keep him quiet. and he
seemed 10 breathe without much cf-
fort He had n hard struggle for
life. bat the incisions gradually
healed zud the new lung got down to
business. 80 that In a few weeks IL
worked all right
..In two months he was able TO st
up in bed. and in another month he
could walk across the room. But he
never in all that time spoke a word
His breathing apparatus was very
tender and sore. and ne dldu't feel
like using it any more than he had
to. But in about six months the
whole business was healed sound ana
we'll. and he began 10 make an effort
to speak 1, wasn't success
''He could only squcal Every
effort TO utter a word resulted only
In the language a hog uses when il
tries to express its desire FOR grub
The windpipe wasn't built for talking
human language, and IL wouldn't do
it But the fellow was full OF pluck,
and he determined to talk or die. He
knew he had human CLOTHS and
larynN. and all the other apparatus,
and he kept trying until he got so he
could speak few syllables. but It
was hard work and slow business
The fellow lived out in the
suburbs. and after he had become
hDAt To Walk apNAE anu take care oil
himself the doctors let him 90 home.
The whole operation was kept a
secret from his friends. and although
they knew that he had been treated
and was a good deal better no one
outside OF two or three of the most
intimate friends OF the doctors knew
that he WAS wearing a pigs lung
He had been considerable OF singer
before he was taken sick. and In fact
had led the singing in church He
was greas on some OF the stirring re-
yival songs That was what got him
into trouble and gave the whole
thing away. He went out for a walk
one Sunday and entered a church
where service was Just beginning.
The usher seated him about the mid
die of the church, and he hadn't more
than sat down when the choir began
I singing. Come, thou fount of every
I blessing IL was the first time
that he had been in church
! for more than year. and
I the song reused him so much
I that he could not resist the desire to
: join in the chorus And he did Join
/ in with vengeance. II you ever
heard a healthy porlSer fast in a rail
1 fence you can form some idea of the
noise he made. The minister turned
I paie, the soprano tainted. and the
rest OF the choir stopped still, and he
1 performed n solo, the like of which