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WOMAN'S STOMACH REMOVED, AND SHE IS ABLE TO EAT AND WORK AS USUAL-WHAT| AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN EXPERTS THINK OF THE EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION

pablo of being granted by the medical profession. The task occupied two hours and a half. The operation itself was really a simple one. As Dr. Schlatter describes it, he proceeded by first making an incision that laid open the abdomen. The patient was kept under anesthetics and antiseptics were freely used. The stomach pre- sented itself in the form of a hard lump. The tumor was movable.
 The stomach was then entirely ex- cised and a small coil of intestine was united to the aesophagus. This made a perfect connection between the ali mentary canal and the bowels. The joining of the two tissues at the points of cutting was a most delicate opera ton. They were bound together with sutures and great care had to be ex- ercised to so do the work that perfect healing would follow.
 But while this was being done, the heat of the body had to be kept up and hemorrhages to be guarded against. Presses, bands and bandages had to be used, and the greatest care exercised to prevent any contamination.
 After the cutting and sewing were all done the organs were allowed to drop back into their places, the opening in the abdomen was sewed up, and the operation was finished. Had there been the slightest mistake the woman would have died in a few hours. Had steril- iZation not been perfect modification would have set in and death followed. But all went well and Mary Landis is alive to-day, even though she has no stomach.
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wound deprives the heart of the ability to perform its functions, which is equivalent to removing it entirely. With the stomach there is difference. This organ can be injured without fla tai results to it's owner, for small DOT tions of it can be removed without causing serious results. But it has all ways been noted that the quantity re- moved corresponded to the health of the person afterward The more that has been removed the greater the struggle of the individual to live. In all previously reported cases of surgi- cal operations on the stomach death has resulted after a short time when there has been large quantity of the stomach removed. Physicians never attempted to remove the whole stom- ach because the removal of large parts of it so frequently resulted in death It is for these reasons that the Zurich operation is regarded by many of the profession as ''an exceptional case"
 It Is said that the result of the Zu- rich operation is the proving of cer- tain theories. For instance: It has long been believed that the intestines
 were of greater importance than the stomach. Now there can be no doubt of it, since it is shown that they can | digest enough food to sustain life. Sew eral other pathological suppositions are also set at rest.
 In performing an operation like the one that has just startled the medical
 world a great many things must be considered before the wonder of it all l F..
 tient that life shall be sustained | during the operation is enough of itself
 to give pr. Schlatter all the honor ca
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
NELLIE BLESSING
 6YSTER.

sound body; believing, also, that there is scarcely man or woman in the United States to-day under 50 years of age who is not injured directly or through inheritance by the effects of the three poisons-alcohol. tobacco and opium upon either mind or body, had l the distribution of one million of dollars l would use it in the education of the present generation concerning the nat ural laws of health. physical and moral, versus the influence of these three poi sons upon the individual. the home, society and the Government.
 1 would have the children of both sexes taught by the most intelligent and zealouS teachers to avoid the en- trance of these poisOns into their bodies as they would the nearness to an open keg of gunpowder with a lighted fuse.
 l believe that through such an eX- penditure of one million of dollars, backed by science and wise vigilance in another >~- ter of a century home protection through prohibition would be the first law in the land and the problem under the caption of Progress and Poverty be solved by the applica- tion to it of the universal, practical common which would then be the product of a level-headed nation.
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INA D. COOlBRITH.

cared for as numerously as they were in the old days, by the sons of men. More and more and in daily increasing numbers they are thrust into the world to do it's battles for themselves and others.
 I would like to provide training schools in which these girls and women wage-earners might be educated and thoroughly fitted Tor some occupation, or occupations, that would insure their freedom from slavery as we'll as want.
 I would connect herewith sick wards and medical attendance for those in need of such; temporary homes for the homeless and unemployed, and free in- telligence offices; and as woman does
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JUNGLE GEORGE" BROMLEY.

ount That would be about $40,OO0 year, counting out the rainy weeks. l would put about 100 men at work at S1 50 day, or some small amount, and would have them at all times engaged in doing some great work for the adornment or betterment of the city. I would first level Telegraph Hill. I would then build a fine boulevard and park in that part of the city, after which I would dedicate a part of the accumulated interest Tor a year or two to the erection of monuments and other works of art of a character that would adorn the city and make it famous world over.
 From year to year would devise various works of this character, all of which would keep at least 400 women and chill dren and 100 of the men of their house. holds from abject want. In hiring men to carry out the plans proposed would look to the employment of married men
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silk-weaver by occupation, claims that cancer is hereditary in her fam fly. She often complained of severe pains in the stomach. Medical treat ment had never afforded her any re- lief Ever since the spring of 1897 the attacks of vomiting were of daily oc- currence. Progressive cancellation also ensued- Several weeks before her ad- mission to the hospital at Zurich a physician told her that she had a
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1t would not harp so much on murder CTS and bruisers that fathers of famil- ies would feel obliged to fOrego it. Such newspaper would be the organ of no party, exponent of no class, tool of no selfish private interest. It would be neither radical nor conservative, save as truth is radical or conservative. It would stand very little for opinions or views. but would see that the facts on every public issue get before the great American jury. Such is my Utopia.
 
 Believing, as I do, that ignorance is the sin of the world and that one of the
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DAVID STARR JORDAN.

better with it than what I am trying to do with the millions of others-ex- pend it for the promotion of the higher education. Whatever strengthens the
 best in the community helps all the others. There is always room for the man of force, and he makes room for many" Money can only be profitably
 used to enable men to help themselves. Charities, that end in the simple trans fer of substance, degrade rather than strengthen, unless administered with
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r1Y CONCLUSIONS IN THE CASE.
By pr. E. C. Wendt.

Dr. Wend specaiy investigate the Schlatter Hll-E 1t would N concentrations of
  Jusihabe to formulate the following conclusions
 
  eraby Fluids solids ordinary diet plete digestion aid of the A. A in absence of activity Typical vomiting without stomach a O enoval O The the human o
  It useful regulating swallowed solids liquids of the human of  is of microbe  The free the intestinal
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PRESIDENT KELLOGG, UNIVERSITY OF
 CALIFORNIA.

 with a view to increased usefulness on the part of the families assisted-e. g., to enable them to give a better educa- tion to promising sons and daughters. Second-One hundred thousand dol lars in local benefactiOns-e. g., a town library, a hospital or an organization for the improvement of roads or the beautifying of a village. The possible objects of such benefactions are nu- merOuS.
 Third-Two hundred thousand dol lars for a memorial building in some really first-class institution of learn ing.
 Fourth-Three hundred thousand dol lars for a library fund in the same in- stitution.
 Fifth-The remaining S300,000 for the endowment of four chairs of instruc- tion in the same institution, which, as at present advised, would be the Uni versity of California.
 What would I do with a million |? Well, as the greatest desideratum in
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE.
BY pR. CARL scHLATTeR.

7N HE personal observation forming
 the subject of this paper relates l to woman 56 years old. In her case I completely excised the stomach, even beyond its cardiac extremity, and then restored the continuity of the alimentary canal by stitching a loop of small intestines into the lower end of the oesophagus.
 HISTORY OF THE PRESENT CASE; Anna Landis, aged 56 years,
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tumor of the stomach.
 On September 6. 1897, acting for Pro- lessor Kronlein, I performed laparot- omy under morphine-ethe anaesthe- sia and with strict anticepsis incision in the median line extending from the eusiform process to the umbilicus. AS I had anticipated the entire stomach presented itself in the shape of hard mass extending from the cardiac to the pyloric extremity.
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RABBI NJ. s. LEVY.


 tion, with the object of doing the great est good to the greatest possible num- Der of worthy persons for the greatest length of time.
 In the above statement there are three factors to be considered. First, the good itself; next, the recipient; third, the time. In order that the greatest possible good might be accom- plished with a million dollars, and at the same time extend furthest both in point of numbers and time, it should be circulated or distributed in different directions; not all the money should be spent on one class of people, but 1t should be used so as to include all classes. l think that a large part of the money, say one-fifth should be used for private charity; that is, for people whose cases do not come before public institutions. No one has more of this kind of work under his notice than a millionaire, to whom all needy people apply, many of whom do not care to ask aid from the societies or the public. The rest of the money. I think, should be devoted to public ends {; that is to say, should be placed in the hands of competent men, as a board of directors, to use for the benefit of re- leased convfcts; to set them on their feet again and give them another start in life. The homes for the aged and disabled, the orphan asylums, the shel- tering homes, the hospitals-all should receive a portion of the money. Then I think some of it should be used for the endowment of manual training and agricultural schools for poor chill dren, where they could have a home to which would be attached this school wherein they could learn to be useful citizens when of age, and I think a
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K O surgical operation of modern times has so startled the medi-
 cal world as that performed
 last September in Zurich, Switz-
 erland. by Dr. Carl Schlatter.
 This consisted of removing the entire stomach from woman by cut ting it from it's natural appendages, thereby removing a tumor and permit ting the patient to regain her normal health. At present the woman is gaining in weight and is able to do light work.
 Tt is wonderful operation" says one physician, while another insists that 1t is simply an exceptional case. third will state that it is due more to luck than good management that the woman lived more than a day or so.
 To the lay mind all this seems inco- herent and incomprehensibIe, and the question is asked: Does the removal said persons death hold out any hope for the lessening of human suffering in the years to come?"
 But it is likely that to get a direct answer to this from the medical world would be an impossible task Here you may ask, Why"
 The answer to this is that the medi- cal men have been surprised A num- Der of old theories have been disturbed and as yet doctors have not had time to find out just where they stand.
 It has been taken for granted for some centuries that the stomach was a vital organ equally as important al- though not so sensitive as the heart. A trifling wound to the heart will cause death, but it does so because a trifing
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I would at once open res cue homes in different quar- terS of the city, with ad- jacent halls
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not live by bread alone any more than man, would have in connection there with libraries and reading rooms, lec- lures and music, that the mind and heart might be fed as we'll as the body, and life be endowed with its greatest humanizing and moral influences, hope and happiness.
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I would give the preference of its disposi- tion to mem berS of my own sex. Wo- men are not
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If I had d million dollars to expend in this comnun- ty, w h a t would I d o with tito make
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] can { lmag- inc m y s e l f having a mill ion of dollars of my own. If I had it, I could do no
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IRVING Nj. SCOTT, PRESIDENT UNION
 IRON WORKS.

dollar to any charity Organized charity weakenS self effort, encourages depend ence, and breeds organized pauperism. There are a great many industries in our midst that can be developed with a million dollars, under intelligent and honest administration, and give em- ployment to all worthy people. The existing State and religious societies can and should care for the truly in capable.
 First-One hundred thousand dollars to unfortunate families, in sums vary
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PROFESSOR E. 4. ROSS, LELAND STANFORD JR.
 UNIVERSITY.

truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about all matters of legiti- mate public interest. Such a news
 paper would not be lily white, but it would not need to be so yellow that decent man would blush to be seen picking it up from his porch. It would still seek to reach the wide public, out
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Ing l I O III 5000 [ C 5000. The selection of b e n e hci- aries to be c a r e fully made a n d
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great factOrS of success in
 life is the possess i o n of a sound mind in a
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IIIdIhldIH HIo
 m a n h O cd, and at the same time uphold the S { Q t Q. l would not R iY Q one
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HOW would you suggest that Il SI,coo, 900 could be invested in this community with the object of accomplishing the greatest good to the greatest number of persons for the longest possible time?
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n1ent bonds,
 hoping t O
 get 4 or 3 per cent in- terest on the entire am
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this country just now is tr Il t h I would use it to endoW a n e W spaper that would f n I e thA
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Here are some solutions of the above problem submitted by students, profes- sional men and capitalists:
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EX- JUDGE WILLIAM P.
 lAWLOR.

spend as much of it as possible for the endowment of first class hospital for the unfortunate who are stricken down friendless. Our local hospital is disgrace to civilization. l would have the money so expended as to build and endow a fine place, where the i'll would
 he treated as we'll as 1t is possible for modern medical science to treat them. It is bad enough to be without funds when one is well, but think of the tor ture suffered by the sick when they have not dollar and have not where to lay their heads. A big hospital IS the scheme.
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did statues and baS re- liefs all a. long the line.
 It is a fact that there is
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the greatest wisdom. The charity which strengthens the wisdom and vir- tue of men is an influence which can never degrade and which grows more potent as the years go on.
 l would invest the entire sum in some permanent securities. such as Govern
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large portion might be we'll expended in furnishing and equipping some large manufactures wherein hundreds or men would be employed, and only those should be given the positions who posi- lively could obtain no other work. In this way, the army of the unemployed would be diminished greatly in num- bers, and many loafers would be en- couraged to make an honest living.
 I would dispense the million dollars in founding and endowing propa-
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LYMAN |. MOWRY, ATTOR NEY.

nothing in the world so benehclaI 10 mankind as the contemplation Of works of art. This would reduce the amount of crime in the community by lifting peoples minds to high and holy things.
 There is not the slightest question in my mind that the most sensible and
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
MRS. MAJOR ROBINSON.

for mission services every night and three times on Sunday
 My life work as an evangelist, and my labors of the last twelve. years among those of our brothers and sisters whom the world calls fallen" have convinced me that the greatest good to the greatest number lies in this direc- tion.
 It is interesting to think over how l would dispense a million dollars if it
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ganda, to be composed of the ablest,
 b e S t a II d m O S t sin cerely earn
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I would establish industries where an honest man could earn honest wages,
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or those having women and children or aged parents dependent upon them for sustenance. I cannot think of any thing that would be of greater advan- tage to the masses or for greater length of time.
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PROFESSOR FRANK
 SOULE.

 est men in the world, whose lifelong la bor of love it should be; to check and stay, by counsel and example, the flood of avarice. SelfiShnesS, vulgar display and inglorious lack of patriotism which shames our present era; who should bring home to the hearts of the people an assured knowledge of what const1- tutes a true and noble life-a perfect comprehension of contentment and un- selfish happiness, and of the means of their attainment. These devoted teach CTS should convince all men that wealth. beyond the needs of comfort and refinement, is unhappiness to the possessor and injustice to his fellow men; that the source from which flows a contented and happy spirit is sound body. a healthy and disciplined mind and an ambition to leave man kind better for ones having been In the world.
 I would build a beautiful mural wall around Golden Gate Park, with splen-
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IF U III co IT . t h i Il g t O d O W i t h such a sum of m o n e y W0u1d ha fO
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I would build beautiful mural wall around Golden Gate Park, with splen-
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W e [ e C IT.
 trusted to me for pub lie distribu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-06
,yov,nENcE AND THE PHILIPPINES.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
CT. No, the most pronounced Agnostio VIII ran
90 od,,,. that In view OF our succession OF briii-
,o,, ,ictories the Supreme Ruler has CHOSEN
49, walton 70 be His standard-hearer in cam
ra,or Cor tho extingushn,ent OF Spanish coleman
,o,srr,o with It's accompaniment OF tyranny cor
r,ntion ard superstition; or can he deny 'ha' the
CA ~ BATTLES has been with US during our one
t,,,dred davs Of warfare from start TO finish
relieving os we do. that this succession OF VIC
.o,ias was naught else but succession OF mira
o,os u,roupht for that end. we cannot dvest our
,.,ves NJ tho idea that should be shining IN the
s,gb, NJ High Heaven were we 10 refuse 10 accept
=. ,ho ,,uus of those victories. or were we wicked
eno'Nh "a break tho endless chain which Goo mas
SnIned ma forge which now stretches from amer
u n IIa wall and thence to the philippines.
Icttb tvnicai shorisightedness ana Jealousy tte
Standards for many years efcIuu,u .oIsisn .,na
Sran,n Tho eroup and even when through exteIna
nrorsure they were Obliged 70 adri foreign
w., r,acea such absurd restrictions upon IL as
largely 10 neutralize It's adyantates ana e I'd
lately as nfty years ago, when me wII.s 81. ~
DO Islands one Of the Cover 1or-Genethis SUM
eo,d To him: "Do you know. SIR on wna.. t ,
Torsrn flags are admitted 10 our waters. l! i,
o,,,i, renyinR that we supposed II was Tor mutua
dra1,age No sir" was his emphatic reJoinueI
Ven ore here only sufferance. SIR on su'iei-
nnce." - .,o,ousb,v ,vnical Of
sn,nish arrogance and stupidity? - 49,,
we hold that 'fmperialis Is nisnoHsu. VII.
ornl,ed 10 the desire for expansion. ou' LIN
nnaa,trio,,sm is The proper term 10 Apply 70 sucn
psnirotion ard especially when IN rekaIe 10 tne
retention OF the Philippines. we repeat Lei -"