The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-26
A BULLET FROM WILLIAM
CHASE.
FIRST INcIsIoN FOUND 1T.
SAVING MUCH SPECULATION THAT
) OLD WAY RESEARCHES WOULD
HAVE ENTAu.ED.
FIRST OPERATION OF IT'S KIND
Z LIN the Northwest Proves a Succass
and LIS Witnessed by Many
Surgeons.

I, :. The operating room at the city hos
pltal was the Mecca to which a. nun-
Der OF the local as well as visiting
surgeons and physicians turned their
footsteps yesterday. The occasion was
a clinic which was of more than ordi,
nary interest from the fact that the
operation was one following the first
practical experiment Of the tx rays''
! In locating bullets by this aid to sur
gerry.
Inc patient. William A. Chase. was
brought to the hospital about two
weeks ago. suffering from gun shot
wound in the left leg. Chase. while
riding in hack and somewhat under
the influence of liquor, shot a bullet
from thirty-eight ca1iber revolver
into his left leg. just above the knee
ana On the inner side of the leg. Last
Thursday Prof. Fred S. Jones. OF
the department Of physics of the state
university. assisted by Mr. Zeleny.
| cook the photograph of Chase's left
leg by the tx ray process. The ex-
pertinent was a success, and the
shadowgraph showed the bullet to be
on the outside of the left leg below
the knee about three inches and lust
at the small bone Of the leg. The bull
let according to the photograph, was
turned In a direction opposite from
that in Which it had entered the mem
Der Prof. Jones talked on the man
ner Of using the x rays in surgery
ana the practicability of demonstrations
rays as shown in the surgical oper-
atoms which would follow. DR.. Mil
lard performed the operation and
aided by the photograph, cut direct to
the spot. where the bullet was found
exactly as shown in the X rays ex-
pertinent.
At the time Chase sat for his X
ray photography, George Davidson
VINO was also an inmate Of the city
noSpltal. went through the same pro-
cess. Davidson had carried the bullet
which was located by the photograph
In the knee joint Of the right leg, for
a couple of years. After the bullet had
been taken from Chase's leg, David
son was placed on the table, but owing.
to the condition of his leg, a pus
pocket having been found near the
place where the bullet was located. no
/ attempt was made to remove the ball
A drainage tube was adjusted and as
soon as the Inflammation and poison
have been reduced and withdrawn the
bullet will be removed
In the case of Chase the experiment
with the x ray was entirely success
fui, and had he not had the benefit
Of this, the bullet would have caused
him a deal of trouble and possibly.
the loss of the use of his limb The
bullet would not have encysted. as it
was pressing against the bone and the
sharp edge prevented this.
ei Among those who witnessed or took
part in the clinic were Prof. Jones, of
the state university; Drs. Moore,
Greedy and Fisher, of Minneapolis;
Drs. Borden, Shaw and Col w. A.
Jones, of Fort Smelling; Drs Willard,
Dewitt, Rogers, Ancker, Benepe,
Morley, Hutchinson, Hawkins, Schwy-
ger, Schadle. Fulton, Gillette, Bacon,
Leavitt, Brinlhall, Darling, Mac
Laughlin, Boeckman, Goodrich, and
the hospital staff consisting of Drs.
Ramsey. Dennis. Warren and Richie.