Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-23

and tho strangers were shown number
or Interesting cases now under treatment
ut the infIrnary. They were then token
to the operating rooms. which are two IN
number. whore erything had been rre-
pared fer the demonstration by DR.. Scott,
INC visitors expressed surprise at the ex-
tent OF the institution. Many OF them
had never visited the place and II eniight-
ened them great deal Especially were
they Impressed with the elegant rooms
devoted to operations. which are supplied
with the lntcst Instruments known 10 sur.
gicai science. The floors are tiled ana
tho operations are performed upon a table
| oil glass. A number OF ircandescent lignts
make tho place bright 50 that operations,
when the emergency requires. can be per-
Formed at night as well us In the day.
When DR. Scott was ready for the opera
ton canine subject was placed before
him. and he delivered n short lecture ex-
planning torsion. This system of taking
up arteries and blood vessels, he said. Is
used by many In preference 10 the liea-
| mems. II Is a remedy OF nature to pre-
vent death from loss OF hood. and there.
| y practical demonstration OF 1t In acci-
dents where limb II amputated by tine
wheels OF train. In n case OF that kind
| there Is very little flow of hood, as nature
c!osos the arteries by the pressing to-
| gether of the walls OF the blood vessels
when the wheel passes over II. the prac-
tice OF natural torsion preventing bleed
ing Torsion, as practiced by the surgeon,
| consists OF n twisting OF the end of the
artery, so that II Is dramatically sealed
no blood whatever flowing. lie gave a
| number OF instances whore II had been
used by him, successfully, In practice
| or ten years, each operation being as sat
| isfactory as any that had been performed
| by the use of ligamenta His lecture on
the 1ubject was impromptu, but clear and
easy TO understand. Assisted by DR.. j.
| II, Stuart and Messrs. Purcell and HUM
phries Of the infirTnary. he exposed the
corotid artery and demonstrated the sys-
| tenn OF treatment he spoke OF very cut
| isfaotory. During the operation tho sur
| geons gathered about the table watching
| 1t with interest
| The abdominal cavity was then opened,
and DR.. A. c. Smith of Tyler demon
strated the intestinal nnnstornosls by the
| Murphy button and potato rings. ThIs
| was very intere sting. showing the best
| treatment In cases OF intestinal perform
ton. II 10 quick operation, and one
that requires the neatest surgical atten-
| tion 10 be successful.
The visitors then adjourned 10 the par
| .or where the address OF DIR. NJ. ID. Knox
OF Hillsboro. president OF the association.
was listened to with great interest lie
ssid;
Numbers Of the Texas Association of Rail-
| way Surgeons
s.ncc Il has fallen to your unfortunate
Iot 70 have forced. BY custom, upon Your
heafhg paper read by your rttl.ing
PRESIDENT, ] shall make brevity a prSaii-
| attempt to serye you to what saerip 10
me TO be stmc Of the mus; essential feat
| ureH OF this association and tho benefits
| we nope TO sec grow out OF such body.
ono object attained In gatherings OF lila
nIi4 n rom a social rent, I, frlendly
&c, which can only be made effective by
reunions OF this kind-I think annually
| rufilCient-and to reap the benents 10
| necessity get together. ret well acquainted |
with each other, In this way emhnrrnss- |
! mems are removed and In this way we |
| hsve n chance to learn something from
tho most tin!0 and modest members Cou |
Know as n rule doctors are very much ar |
ilcted IN That MaY and from those WHO |
have rioh experiences ana wls5 arc In a !
position 10 ,give some very practical hints
on originality IN improvisng methods, |
| ofteatirleS leading to valuable results
To read an article gotten up by come |
scientist or some would. DO teacher Of |
men. or an intern in some. well appointed
hufpiAl VINO has ucrcsa to some lire IL |
| bray and the time 10 carefully prepare a |
nhrer. and who can nuontly quote foreign |
rhoior.c. framed with iceIy chosen w1rl IL |
and showing scholarly attalnmcnts In
Eish degree Is very nice aud may always
De worth your tine to read but Just here |
want TO Nuggest IA pont--it IL frequently |
INC scemingly learned physician who aI,-
ltdIb 40 utfply NtfHfu In the art and sci !
cice Of surgery. who koenly knows and
feels the rharp and caustlc criticisms OF |
his peers, and when he Eo,s 10 write ihe
cnse up does MT always Eivs It as IL IL.
but makes his article ft :he case and the !
article Is copied from some other fellow
aud any lcreeptibls deviation. or failure
TO follow tho other fellow ia called n slight |
icdltcnt'on. No doubt he has done the |
job, but when he comes 10 write the thing
~ he then fees that II does not exactly
nortlfloation-come In. Why not call this
his own operation. or frankly say that lie
better knowledge of the technique or tho
scarcity OF material to do otherwise.
DO not undcrs,and me for moment as
Directing TO following tho plain and nc-
ceptcd teaching, or TO place premium
on ignorance, Far from that; what 1 de-
sire to impress Is this; | want the com
mon sense crossroad surgeon to como for
ward aud give bis experience; the snr-
ge1n who has no Murphy button 10 call to
his AID n time Of nss1; he %ho hss no
hNni ready for tho work. neither has he
anything 10 murder microbes with shori
Of n hammer or hatchet, but he must dc
something. and do It at once. even though
he may take chances OF making some
nl,fht modification. ] want him to toll
What no did do, not what he would do
after consulting the text books. Tell what
you did. like the fellow who lmmobiliYed
Z Limb for fractured femur win an un-
chief, until the poor fellow could be con-
ycyed TO the hospital. and. as one Of our
roll tho leg up with gauze from n window
pane untu he could be shinped to the hos
pital. Also, let s hear from the surgeon
who hnu1aerd the leg for simple fracture
80 tightly that when the unfortunate man
reached the hospital eangrene had ret Ia
and nmputation WIS necessary.
The greatest strides that have been
achieved In surgery OF late years are moi
so much In the improved methods IA ope-
rntiye surgery, or Il more thorough knowl-
edge of the human structure, but are Ode
to the improved mode Of antlseptics aud a
better knowledge OF the various bacteria
with which we have to deal
Ancient surgeons were very fine annto-
mists, but knew but little OF Pathology or
bacteriology and much loss OF antiseptIcs
strange MS II may acem, the ancicntR un-
derstood many features In tho surgit al art
as well as We do now. In this evangelical
age Of boosted enlightenment.
We find surgery US old as tho needs OF
man, Tho healing art ~ frequently men,
Toned In the Ved!c writingA Such his
tories ms we are able TO command OF tho
Hindoon, wrecks and Arablans, In their
primitive ways, 70 10 show that among ,
them surgery hal attained a high degree.
There ~ but little record made OF th'a be-
fore Chnratn and Susruta'a commentariesI
on the Pagan Vede, though In the Sang |
crit as tho Vedic language rendered Il {
more classic. and In the carly histories of /
Inc Indo-Cernan or Aryan speech we find ,
nrriion made OF men practlcing surgery ,
and frequently abiding to tho code OF !
medical ethics and OF specialists In the
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