The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18
YEATS OF suReIcAL SKILL.
HarveIs Performed in These Days
Of Advanced science-


| truly marvellous ara wonderful There Is
nothing they viii not attempt 10 save Life
or render II easier 10 the sufferer. Tie de-
feets OF nature. As well as the results Of
accidents, are set right glTi OF years,
] though o. normal pnyziqEe, rad 10 intelli-
sehee- Asr parents had noticed this 1rcE1
| A~r nEst year and though everything lh4
| oren done Tor her r. NE way V1 e1uca-
! lion she did not know the letters Of Life
1 alphabet nor could she talk inteIligently.
Il a surgeon. VINO Ras consulted. gave as
/ us 9filECu mat the brain rad ceased -
| cence OF TIE bones Of the skull lie re-
mcFed several small pieee Of bone from
I me Top o. the head and - thus relSeV-
! lns tne pressure on The brain gave y
room 10 exuand- Within twenty -four
I hours Of the Operation its effects were
seen he enid cred for rs parents took
| lOttce OF everything an1 within sigfsf
! days could talk WeA and amuse heFHelf
! 1ntelligeEtiy- In CASES Of injury 70 TIE
skull the pieces OF crushed-in bone are
removed and the vacant spaces covered
4 Dy silver plates.
The modern surgeon. indeed. can replace
| any DarI OF the human body which may
/ be injured. and rig 70 an entirety n@E
| sci Of limbs hOuseInaId IN q hotel was
struck in the face b. descending lift,
/ ana her nose severely injured Attempts
/ 20 patch up tne damaged organ failed
/ and it was determined TO make a neE
| nose A blackolTd Wss killed and before
It's body was cod its 0reasDone was fixed
TO the Woman's face and what remained
/ OF the old SKIN was drawn over H. The
| strange substitute knitted Itself 70 ire
/ lace, the operation beng compete sue
| cess.
The operation OF, rhinoplasty IS a very
| common one al Hei3ei berg, as the students
there have an ugly ha bat Of slashing each
| others noses in Their famous duels- 4
| flap OF skin Is Almost detached from the
| Iogehead and brought down over the nose
which has been almost destroyed. This
| skin IS then stitched down on ether SIDE
Of the nose and in time become grated
1 gro is M Sc
| common in cases Of severe burns. Small
| STRIPS OF skin are taken from the untouch-
| 81 Pefss ana cut mo shlah pieces as
1 frlDufed over the raw surface. In time
/ they take root and grow and spread unul
| they completely cover the place. TIE
/ skin OF frogs recently killed for the pur>
| pose, is frequently used where human Gu
| ticle cannot be conveniently obtained.
month or two ago Doctor was called
i IN 10 attend a boy whose ear had oeeh
| completely bitten of by vicious horse
/ The surgeon determined 10 try and re-
| place he ear as failure TO do 50 could
not result IN worse def0rmlty- The miss
/ ing ear was duly found and handed 20
the doctor. who was then engaged in BATH
/ ing the severed part IN warm water. he
/ had neither instruments nor dressings with
| Tim, and as the hale hours delay 10 OD-
| tain them would have been aLal 10 sue
| cess. he stitched the ear in its place again
| Win a common need-e and thread. This
was followed by aauseptic treatment and
| In six weeks the car had become reunited
| 50 the mead again aud completely healed
/ leaving no scars. Even had this been a
failure an aUral apDendage. made Of
HaNy composition AMI an exact fac simle
| Of the other ear could have been made
/ and fixed. In some cases il mas been
necessary TO remove the tongue. but by
| raising the floor Of the mouth and thus in
some way ni.ing the place Of the missing
organ the patient has been enabled 10
! speak almost perfectly.
The iitung OF glass eyes is wen known
and the complete destruction Of the jaw
! bone has no Lerrors Cor The modern sur
geon The crushed bone Is removed and
/ a piece OF silver or aluminium. the exact
| shape q the lost Jaw, lifted in its place.
After this has become firmly fixed teeth
! can be ftted 10 H. II a mans throat is
defective the operation Of tTacheotomy-|
| the insertion of a silver tube in a windplpe
/ with an oritice opening to tae throat-pr0-
/ Yides him with new breathing apparatus.
/ ATtmcial legs and arms are now so per-
/ feet that with them a man can walk
| skate and even cycle. There is a story
also OF man who, injuring mis- spine IN
/ a railway accident was fitted with a steel
casing for his backbone and so enabled 10
/ walk and ride.
Bones destroyed by accidents or deeayed
| by disease are replaced by Others taken
/ from animals or amputated limbs. A
| bone in a mans foot was attacked By ca
| ries, which gradually ate the bone away
| = lambs shank was procured, the bone
| cleaned, boiled in carboiic acid. pounded
| into powder and made into a paste. The
/ foot was opened and all the decayed parts
Of the bone scraped away, simply leaving
q hollow shell. This was packed with the
| paste Of the lambs shank and the wound
1 1tAtAAAtA hE. II slgE0ltF nEa4tQ dflf4 L4tE
| free use OF the foot was soon recovered.
1t was during the attack on Santa Cruz
| ~ 1877 that Nelson lost his arm. He was
| shot through the right elbow, and, after
/ binding b up with a handkerchief. he
| continued to direct the nghfing. When
| the battle was over Nelson was examined
| by the surgeon, who decided amputation
| was necessary. The sea was rough. the
| cockpit badly lighted and chlorOform, of
| course, unknown, In tying up the sep
| arated arteries the surgeon accidentally
bound UP the median nerve also. This
| 'unlucky circumstance" as Nelson call
| ed II. was productive of intense suffer
| ing 10 the gallant admiral, but the fore
most surgeons in England could not de-
| wise any treatment to relieve him. To
| modern surgeon the course would be
| straightforward and simple. The wound
| would be opened and the nerve released
| from the silk iigature.
| Where nerves have been accidentally
| cut during an opera ton or by glass. they
| have been successfully Joined together
again. An artisan, falling from a hight
TfVe'e Was "u operated as UPON ptan' ARM and
| though specifically successful the
arm wasted and was quite useless, pre-
| venting the man from following his trade.
| 1t was thought that a nerve had been
severed, either by the surgeon during the
operation or torn in the fall. The arm
| was opened and this was found to be
| the case. rabbit was procured. render
| ed unconscious and the two sciadc nerves
extracted and stitched to the ends Of the
| severed nerve IN the mans arm. Within
| a month the man had recovered the fun
use Of his arm, which also regained its
| normal size aud appearance, and he was
| soon able 10 follow his trade again.
| Even to the heart itself has been applied
| the ordinary treatment OF wounds. \ pa
tient was brought TO hospital, stabbed
| 20 the heart Tho surgeon laid bare the
| heart and, fn6ing the site of the wound
on the right side, calmly stitched it up.
| The heart beat most violently during this
| operation. but Afterwards queted down,
and the patient recovered from what has
been usually regarded es a fatal wound
Though these performances sound mar
Vicious TO modern ears, fhe civiiiza ion Of
prehistoric times furnishes instances quite
as remarkable. The operation Of trephin-
ing-the cutting out of piece of the
skull which has been crushed In and re-
placing Il by a silver or gold pl8te-which
is one of the most delicate known 20 mod
crn surgery, was performed by the an
Gent fncas Of Mexico and Peru. In the
| Smithsonian Institution. Boston. there are
nineteen skulls OF prehistoric date which
bear traces OF this operation having been
performed on them
INVESTED IN A MONUMENT.