Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-31
MAN WITH LUNG
WONDERFUL STORY or SURGERY RE.
LATED BY A DRUMMER.

i"'neo w MS Two Doctor ffienda. 1
Trouble Ensued when hi. Latest Pa
tient Tried to Sing In Church.
The Chicago drummer who tells the
wonderful surgery stories was IN town
again last week. Two years ago he no.
lated how two doctor friends OF his had
successfully removed diseased stomach
from patient and grated into lts place
the stomach Of a sheep, and how tho pa.
tient became perfectly healthy, but had 10
subaist on grass In summer aud hay and
bran mash In tho winter.
Coxily seated In one Of the big leather
covered chairs at the Hotel Cadillac, the
drummer related another marvellous feat
OF surgical skill performed by the two doc
tors.
Ever since they performed the operation
with the stomach" he began, "they have
awaited an opportunity 10 try similar ex-
pertinent with lung. They procured three
healthy young pigs and kept them CAREFUL
ly on clean food, with clean bed and all
surroundings good enough for human be-
ing. This waa done IN order that the lungs
OF whatever part was TO be used Ia grating
should be perfectly sound and healthy.
You never saw such pigs In your life They
were "a nice and dainty as any dude and
knew about ns much a. some Of them.
When tho pigs were about n year old, the
doctors had a patient with lung disease on
whom they decided 10 Try the operation.
Careful examination showed that one lung
was entirely gone, but the other was not 30
badly affected II they could graft the
lung OF pig into him, he could breathe
with his other ono while tho operation was
being performed and the connections wero
healing together. He knew IL was ques-
ton Of life and death with him anyhow,
and the disease would take him away very
soon, 80 he decided 10 let them try 1t.
They had two operating tables and
placed him on one and pig on tho other.
Then they ohloroformed them both, and
one worked on the patient while the other
cut into the pig. They handled one about
as carefully Rs the other, as they wanted 10
save the pig alive and sec how he would
get along IN the world with only one lung.
ut was a good deal more difficult opera.
ton to got ut his lungs than Il was 70 get
at the other mans stomach. When they
got him opened and made an examination,
they found that the bronchial tube was 80
badly diseased that II was no USE trying TO
save him by putting In lung,
But IL wouldn't do 20 let the man die
on the table with his chest all open. 80
they resolved 10 make desperate effort TO
save him They split his throat open and
cut OIL the bronchial tube. In less than 20
minutes the lung Of the pig was taken out
with the bronchial tube attached and the
whole concern was put into the man, and
the connections were soon made. The
openings Ia his throat and chest were then
closed UP and the edges Bewed together, aud
the patient was placed ia bed. A he came
out from under the Influence Of chloroform
they administered opintes TO Keep him quiet,
and he seemed TO breathe without much
effort. He had II hard struggle for life, but
the inclsions gradually healed, and the
new lung got down TO business no that In
few weeks II worked all right.
"In two months ho was able 10 sit up IN
bed, and In another month no could walk
across the room. But no never ia all that
time spoke word. His breathing nppAra.
tus wAs very tender and sore, and he didd't
feel like using II amy more than he had 20,
but In about six months the whole bust.
ness was healed sound and well, and he be.
gan 70 make an effort TO speak. IL wasn't
n success
"He could only squeal Every effort to
utter word resulted only ia the language
hog uses when It tries to express it de
sire for grub. The windpipe wasn't built
for talking human language, and ~ would
not do IL. But the fellow was full Of pluck,
although part Of Il was hogs pluck, and
he determined 10 talk or die lie knew he
had a human CLOTHS and lnrynx and all the
other apparatus. and no kept trying until
he got NO no could speak few syllAbles,
| but IL was hard work and slow business.
''rho fellow lived out Ia the suburbs, and
after he had become able TO walk about and
take care OF himself the doctors let him 20
| home. The whole operation was kept n
secret from his friends, and although they
/ knew that he had been treated and waE n
| good deal better, no one outside Of two or
three OF the most intimate friends Of the
doctor knew that he was wearing pigs
| lung. lie had been considerable OF hsinger
| before he was taken sick, and in fact led
the singing IN church. lie waa great on
some Of tho stirring revival songs Tint
was what got him into trouble and gave
the whole thing away.
"He went ont for walk one Sunday
and entered church where service was
iust beginning The usher scented him
about the middle OF the church, and he
hadn't more than sat down when the choir
began singing, Come, thou fount Of every
blessing II was the frat time that he had
been In church for more than year, aud
tho song reused him 80 much that he
couldn't resist tho desire 20 join 10 tho
chorus. And he did Join IN with yenge-
Ance. II you ever heard a healthy porker
fast in a rail fence, you can form some idea
Of tho kind OF a noise he made. The minis.
ter turned pale the soprano fai1ted, and
the rest Of the choir stopped stu, and he
Uniformed q colo the like OF which was
never heard IN a church befors.
Everybody turned and stared at him,
and the usher came and marched him out
By that time he was 40 excited that he did
not know what he WINS about, and kept up
continual equealing A. he tried 70 tax
and explain matters Just then n police
man came along and walked him on, but
before they got TO the station one Of the
doctors happened 70 be passing by In "a
buggy and persuaded the ofiicer 70 let him
20 lie IL getting 20 he can talk now with
out squealing, except when he gets excited,
b,t when be goes 70 church he stops his
mouth with handkerchief while the sing
what about tho plgf" asked New
York drummer odd It live with only one
lungp