The herald., 1896-04-26

a strange tumOr from the hand of Mr..
A. A. Hopkins, 229 Tulip street, who is a
well-known building contractor. He had
consulted several prominent surgeons,
but they all shook their heads and said:
Its a strange case; rub it with this
ointment and see if It don't disappear"
Some of them who didn't relish the idea
of being "up stump" said it was q
rheumatic puff, like wind puff SO COM
monty seen on horses. This was owing
to the fact that the tumor often disap
peared up the sheath of the tendon of
the hand. These surgeons told Mr. Hop
kins that it was a gelatinous tumor, and
conforming to the action of such tumors
moved up and down the tendon sheath.
Here is where hospital experience
counts. This tumor that was so puz-
zling to other surgeons was as easy as
A. y. c. to these experienced men. They
even went so far as to say that, If it did
not contain gelatine, on cutting into it,
no charge would be made for the ope
ration. We were all excited when the
operation began, to see il it really was
gelatine in the mans hand.
Yes, sure enough, out it came. When
the surgeon, after cutting across 1t, be-
gan to press it on either side, great
adherent mass Of gelatine, as clear as
amber, appeared.
We all took a long breath of relief.
and noted the twinkle in the surgeons
eye, IOT IIldkeS d lldu lecl Scou "
prove his cause, when the operation is
so great consider this case a master
piece of the surgical art and worthy of
the great surgical arenas of Europe.
ANOTHER CANCER OF THE
BREAST. .,.- ...-
I witnessed another operation for the
removal of a large cancer from the left
breast of Mrs. a. J. Bennett, Station A,
Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles Sani-
tarium. whose husband is well-known
dairyman of this city.
Mrs. Bennett had been treated by local
surgeons, and a local cancer doctor"
tried to induce her to use his cancer
paste; in fact, the nipple had already
been destroyed by the application of the
cancer paste. This was a difficult opera
tion, and surgery saved this patients
life. The tumor involved the entire
breast, and was completely cradle lei,
I learned later that this patient was apIe
to sit up the next day. and oniysa hna or
stitches marked the site Of that great
tumor. - ,s,,.e s,.~ e.,
SAVING HIS HAND.
Friday, young mechanic. William
Canada, confectioner, an employe of
Wells & South, had the bones of his
band split and crushed by an ice-cutting
machine in this city. Tt required a skill
full operation OF amputating and piecing
TO preserve IuG UeSL pO6Slplc lului z us'V
of the hand. 1t was a very successful
operation, and the young man ought
to be thankful that he fell into the
hands Of such skillful surgeons.
CURING FISTULA.
BY a new and painless method, with
out cutting, Saturday, witnessed this
new operation on a prominent lady OF
this city. No anesthetic was given, and
there was no pain or cutting. This pa
tient had suffered for years and had tried
many sources of promised relief. The
operation was recently introduced by
these surgeons, and If I had fistula
tomorrow this Is the only method 1
would accept.
This ended my week among the doc
tors Now comes the proof of the pud-
ding.
Today had chat with these seven
patients, and every one of them is do
ing grandly. The ovariatomy patient.
Mrs. Kate Brink. is not yet out OF bed,
but is eating full diet, has never had
any pain or fever. and is so well and
cheerful that she declares she will Wit
ness the carnival parade Saturday night.
The cancer patient goes home today,
feeling as grateful as a woman ever
felt.
Captain Thomas will return next
week, feeling like a new man with every
yestige of his trouble gone.
Mrs. Bennett will return to her home
tomorrow with hee breast perfectly heal
ed