The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-25
WONDER OF SURGERY
Horstio Stetson May Recover
From His Injury.
RElATlon OF BRAIN AND LIMBS
.xAssriss RseArdtaG - suposrted By Ms
Aesfe.s-Hs Movss All MSS Limbs,
TAXA aaa Eats.

,f~. aaw AZ the Stefsofi & Post mill day
t,sf.,rs. Yesterday morning. IL attracting
xrt.s4sos-ad attention among the pf,y-
ssesanx Of this city Yesterday Mt.
Gtetsou was still among the Arlng IN
face OF the great odds against him. ana
last night when Dr. WotnersTsSh
visited iszm ut Providence hospital ne
was so much improved thai the Doctor
cried with delight. Getting along Ia
xrfot,siy." In face Of all This. the doc
tor does MOI hold forth the hope that
NJ. 9tefson viii survive the accident
He does say. however. that taking All
fhiu1s iAo confederation. the eofdi-
ton OF the gafieTas is fsattertng and
there Is bare possibility of recovery.
Mr.. Stsfson Was restless "Wednesday
night, bus toward morning came into
more restful condition. Throughout
yesterday he got along 80 nicely that
the sisters felt greatly encouraged. His
appetite was good. and ne ate with aT'-
parent relish sueh nsurishing food as
beef tea. 1t was noticeable that ne was
strong and had regalEed control OF his
legs and arms. Both pulse and tenn
p@rature were normal throughout the
day. and with the coming on of might
tiucre was nothing 10 indicate any
change for the worse. Mr.. StetsJn I'M
derssands everythings going on around
him, and can talk. but Of course this
Involves 20 much effort that he Is al
lowed to make himself understood by
eignS as mich as possible.
Al the examination last evening there
were no evidences OF Inflammation hay
tng set In. and all now of blood had
ssopp,sd.. The doctor hopes this state
OF affairs will continue for a week, by
which time nature viii have done much
10 repair the disturbance In the brain
matter.
The peculiar actions OF Mr.. Stetson
while being taken 10 Providence hos
pltal are strong proof that the claims
irsade By leaders in surgery and anat-
onay "a 10 the relationship between
parts OF the brain and body are true
Mr.. Steison continually moved his arm
and. even after baing put In bed at the
hospital. wanted some one to hold his
hand. Soon his lower limbs were at
fscted and a partial paralysis set in
AL these peculfaritiss nave now passed
away. showing that there is a change
for the better m his brain by a care
full examination of the wound, IL has
been accurately Determines that what
Is Known as the assure OF Rolando In
the brain was cut by the saw Accord
ing to science the functions of the brain
at that point have to do with the mo-
tion OF the legs and arms.
When the statement was made yes-
terday morning that the cut affected
Gfe.fS pBz in~
not known by the reporter who told
OF the peculiarities that the fissure OF
Roiafsao had anything to do with con-
trolling such motion. In fact all that
was known was that the cut went
down into the brain matter from the
top OF the head In front OF the ears.
Closer Investigation brought out the
point that the fissuse OF Roiando was
cut and that Science designated that
assure as controlling the motion at
trtbuted TO Mr.. Stetson.
BY consulting standard works on tho
brain II will be found that the assure
OF Rolando Is situated about the middle
or the outer stfrrace of The hemisphere.
AZ commences at or near the great
longitudinal assure. half an inch be-
hlnd the mid-polnt between the glo-
Della and the external 0ccfpitsi pro-
tuberance, and runs downward and
forward To terminate a little above the
iinrlxortal limo OF the fissure of Syl-
vius. The upper two-thiras of its course
lies at an angle of 81 degrees with the
great longitudinal assure, Ii then be-
comes more vertical, forming knee
like angie. In trent and behind Ii are
two very impo-inat eonvolutions, the
ascending frontal and ascending pa
rletl convclutions.
IL Is probable that the fssure OF
Sylvius was touched also, but that is
a point TO be determined later.
There Is no doubt that brain matter
was carried away by the saw. for tts
substance was found on the under side
OF the saw table and also mixed with
hiood in the mangied hat. The cut was
deep and wider than would be ex.
pected from a thin saw In short II
WAS a hlrfsbie cash. such a one that
when the Victims brother saw what
had happened he thought the head was
81 two pieces. In face of all this the
ssan not only survives. bat In thirty-six
ssesirs tina has possession OF all his
faculties, Is In practically n normal con-
diiiaa and has regainei possession of
his apparently affected powers or mr.
tor. II Is certainly one OF the most
reinaEkssole cases on re<orf.
Prof lAshurst. az Phglade,phIy. one of
the most netoa surgeons Of tile srav
says that the brain or its membranes
may be wounded and portions OF the
cesvhfal mass itself driven out oe the
skasi, recovery set ensuing. IL is IN
deed surprising ~ ses what ser;ons
wounds may occasionally be inflicted
npe@ the brain and its membranes
without fatsi result.
Or. ot-ailaghan gives the case ~ an
cffieer who hSed sewn years with tho
hrsSsch ~ a fowhngpie<se within his
efssnsn-a, Perhaps the mast rvgrsarkas,e
cases on rscofd. hAsweyer. or recovery
after wounds ~ the brain ar, .h.sSe
stsfTasea by nr. Harlow and pr4g
aslgeiow and nr. Jewett. In the s,rst
case an traa har. thre~A and a ba,s
fee, borg ard Weighing thlregSsa Rounds
passed through the head. ana IN the
latter a somewhat similar intury Was
produced by gas pssse.
TIE sSvnp5SsaS and pragi3os,s az
hs*tsa wounds viii. af congs,.. sv,r,, wsth
TIE particular rars involved. Lesion
% che epli, tract may cause blindness
oT voslna 81 the aeigsstsarhessa 81 ,hc
fsafth ventriele Diabetes. Wounds a,
Tire bass q TIRE brain arc s,sare aan.-a--
oas and fsere QuNN,v fatal .san .g,s4sA
CT ITS ecnyexsty.
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