Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-22

her, her condition was that OF advanced
convalescence. During her lness, alter
reaching the hospital, careful record
was kept Of her temperature symptoms,
| food, etc.
In the male ward lay man, past mid
! die age, who had been operated upon
for double hernia A long incison mad
been made few inches above and
parallel with each groin, and the proper
handling end treatment given the intes-
tines The ordeal had been a severe
one for the patient, but bis highest tenn
perature showed but slight elevation,
and that for a short time only. When
the writer saw him, his wounts we're
nearly healed, and his condition was ex-
| cellent.
Another patient in the male ward was
a well-built, intelligent looking young
man, whose home was in a remote part
of the State. He had long suffered with
his left thigh, and at length came to the
| hospital Tor treatment. Two long lopgi-
| tudinal missions were made in the thigh,
on the under side, disclosing the bone,
which was found to be badly necrosed.
There was also inflammation OF the
marrow inside OF the bone
well, don't see how you can get at
| the marrow in a mans thigh bone to
treat it," remarked the writer.
20, that is easy" replied one of the
hospital surgeons. 1--WE do not re gard
that as difficult matter There is no
cavity in the human body which we do
not REACH"
The writer with .ssed the dressing Of
| the young mans limb. The missions
through which the bone had been
scraped, and the necrosed portions Of it
removed, were healing nicely, and the
patient was found 10 be doing very we'll,
! with excellent prospects Of sound
| limb.
Another case in the male ward, Il
most remarkable example Of what mod
EN- surgery, in the hands of one oil its
sklllul exponenls, can accomplish. The
p ltient, man of small stature and dark
complexion, some years under midc lie
age, IVES crushed between two cats.
The pelvic bone was broken in two
places and forced against the bladder ia
such way as to cut AMI tear that organ
literally to pieces, and separate it from
the uiethra. There were other severe
internal injuries and lacsraiions.
The man was taken to the Hospital OF
the Holy Cross. anns,hiz I'd, and the all
domen ooened up by the operating sui
geon; and as soon as he saw the internal
condition of the patient and the nature
oil his injuries, he decided that there was
no possible chance Of escape from i'm
mediate death, and, to prevent him from
dying on the operating table, the alb
domen was quickly sewed and the pa
lient was put 10 bed,
Next day he was still alive. To defer
operating was to let him die very soon;
while in an operation, in view OF Lis
vi ality, there remained the remotest
possible chance Of life The abdomen
was again opened up, the viscera thor
oughly cleansed and the conte Is OF the
abdominal cavity PIT in as good a con-
dilion as possible. One drainage tube
was inserted in the abdomen a few
inches below the navel, and another
was passed up into the abdominal
cavity through an opening made in the
perinirm.
To the surprise OF all familiar with the
case, the patient survived the operation
and gave some hope of final recovery.
So skllltully was the surgical work done,
and 50 thorough was the surgical clean
illness observed, that unfavoratIe symp-
toms were prevented to a great extent.
The bladder grew together. the crushed
bones knit, and the wounds hea ed. SO
that the patient, when the writer saw
him. was able to go about with the aid
OF crulches.
The writer witnessed the daily dress,
ing. The patient removed his clothing
and stretched himself on the table used
Tor the purpose. An attendant held up
large fountain syringe Fl led with a
fluid for flushing. Down the center OF
the abdomen was large scar, showing
where it had been opened, but the in
cision had healed nicely, with the excep-
ton OF an opening about the size Of
bullet hole, which had been kept open
for drainage and cleansing purposes.
Into this opening the syringe pipe was
inserted to depth Of two or three
inches, and the fluid was allowed to flow
freely. The patient laughed and joked,
and seemed to suffer little or no discom-
fort from having the interior OF his alb
domen flushed in this way.
This case would be regarded as mar
velous oae in any hospital in the world
Some months since. one OF the staff
periorme d, in this hospital, an operation
which. few months ago, wonld not
have been ventured by tue most daring
| surgecn. 1t was the removal OF the
| uterus and ovaries from pregnant pa
| iient, in whom those organs had become
diseased in a manner and TO an extent
that left no other alternative The pa
iiept recovered from the operation and
at the present time is enjoying excellent
| health. The organs that were removed
were preserved in alcohol. and are in
Guided in the collection oil surgical speci-
mems in the hospital.
OF every medical case that enters the
hospital, careful record is made, which
includes not only the history OF the case
while in the hospital, but also before the
entrance OF the patient. 1t covers the
patients whole life, and even the history
of his family, IN respect to diseases that
members of 1t may have had Often the
past history OF the patient or of his
family aids very much in making a cor
rect diagnosis, and consequently in ef-
| fecting a cure.
Pathological and psychological ex-
|