The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-10
JUGULAR VEINS
ARE REMOVED.
Two Operations Of a Rare and
Dangerous Character.
MORE TRIUMPHS FOR SURGERY
Patients in the Eye and Ear InhrmaU al
New York Are The Subjects.
OTHER CASES HAVE PROVED FATAL.
-Four Inches Of Miss Burns JueuIar Removed and
She Is Nov Certain Of RecoYsp-Ths
Case Of William Jennings.
Patients In the Eye and Ear InfrmaU al
New York Are The Subjects.
OTHER CASES HAVE PROVED FATAL.

New York. May 10.--Two operations
OF an extremely rare and dangerous
character We're performed duFiBg-tlss
last fortnight at the New York Eye and
Ear Inhrmary, Thirteenth street and
Second avenue, ana the two patients,
a boy and a girl. are on the road 10 re-
covery. The operation was the removal
OF one OF the jugular veins, a surgical
feat first attempted three years ago,
and one I'm which more than ninety
per cent. OF the cases have resulted ia
tally.
Madeline Burns. II years old, Of this
city, had more than four inches OF her
left jugular vein removed nine days
ago, and Is now certain of recovery
everything In her case working out fa-
vorably The condition OF William Jen-
nings, ~ years old, OF GreenpOrt, l.. J.,
WdE. however, more serious. He was
taken to the hospital suffering from
necrosis Of the bone behind the left ear.
Three inches OF deceased bone were re-
moved from the patients skull and an
abcess In the brain was cut out. Ii was
then seen that the removal Of the left
jugular vein was imperative. owing 10
the formation within II OF three clots
OF blood, which, unless removed, would
inevitably result i'm death.
DR.. Gorham Bacon took charge OF the
operation. twelve other physicians be-
ing i'm attendance. Before the applica-
tion of anaesthetics the situation was
explained to young Jennings and he
was told that the chances of saving
his life were slim. The young fellow,
however. pluckily told the surgeon
10 go ahead The jugular vein was then
severed just above the collarbone, and,
having also been cut near the upper
part OF the head, the ends were ¬ted.
90 a III. A. hos
in length was then taken out.
During the operation the patient lost
whatever consciousness had remained
after the administration OF the drugs,
and twice his pulse disappeared alto
gether. by means of injections and ar
tificial respiration the patient was re-
stored and the operation continued. At
its close food was administered TO the
patient by artificial means. For several
days later Jennings symptoms caused
the surgeons some uneasiness. as GER
tain cerebral troubles made their ap-
pearance, but IL is now considered reas-
onably certain that he will recover.
In both of these cases, the right jugu-
lar vein Will be compelled TO do double
duty, and should both survive the pa
tients will increase the number OF those
who i'm the whole world are living with
one jugular TO five. According TO the
medical records. only three have sur
vived hitherto. one of these is living
i'm Germany and the remaining two are
Ina this country, having also been oper-
ated on at the New York Eye and Ear
Innmary. Two other patients under
went the same operation at this 'hospi-
tai last summer. but their cases both
resulted fatally. The great danger pc
culiar TO this surgical triumph is the
formation Of clots of blood in the re-
maing juguar which block the action
of the heart and result i'm almost in
slant death.