Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-19
Another Operation Was Performed
Upon Him Today.
WAS MENTALLY DERANGED
mrs. Root aud Iscnsei Performed the
operation and Have strong Hopes
Tina, sse VIII Recover.

EAfUutl EhluUlDN' NttT
upon this morning. by trepanning. un-
der the hands Of Doctors Root and
Hensei Of this city. The operation
was successful und the patient was
resting quietly this afternoon.
II will be recalled that Mr.. skidmorc
IL the mail carrier who was injured In
the vehicle collision near the post office.
and that WHOM he left the hospital three
weeks aeo. he was physically well
man. excepting natural bodily weak
ness after his long battle for life.
Yesterday and the day before he ex-
hiblted signs Of mental delirium. at one
time amounting to mania. when he
seized his wife and Violently thrust
her aside. while she was cndeavoring
TO restrain him from leaving home.
During one attack his condition was
such that II required several men to
hold him. He was taken TO the Holy
cross hospital uncc more. and this
morning was operated upon by Doc
tors Root and iIcnzci.
when they opened up the wound In
his head. It was found that the dura
mater was adhcring to the brain It's
sue. aud also. In one place.. to the
edges OF skull where the wound had
broken II.
The dura mater u the membrane
which cnoiosc- the brain In the form Of
a loose sack. following the convolutionr
u the brain. but not adhcring to II.
In fact. the niger may be thrust he
tween the dura mater and the brain.
Neither does this smooth, oily mcm-
brane adhere 10 the skull. but lies be-
tween tho skull and the brain. 10 as to
prevent any friction Of the brain upon
tho hard skull during the movements
Of the body.
The dura mater was parted by the
accident when Hkldmoro coliidcd with
the wagon wheel. ~ was not possible
wholly Go draw the parted edges u the
membrane together me-. some Of II was
totally destroyed II waA the hope Of
the physicians, however. that the edges
would feunltc from natural growth, but
instead they grew TO the brain itself,
Whenever this takes plac , there Will
be mental disturbances. ana perhaps
dernns.ment ana cunvulHic " ~ r.
suit. The doctors were iacreforc not
surprised. but only disappointed when
the unfayorable symptoms. of which
they had some apprchenHlona. nnaily
developed.
The operation this morning nj the
hospital consisted ~ rcopcning the
wound Separating the adhgfiny dutn
mater from thu brain. drawing Is
edges a. close tpgeihef a. possible. and
then rtiichlng them. The edges n the
lurH mater DO not quite touch oven
now but u 4 thought that they VIII
rounlte. Dr. Root put la the stitches.
pecaicltcd froftoncdl bone chips.
chemically prepared from oN-akuii.
were Inserted ~ before and the wound
was again banfagrd.
This decalcined bone win not grow
Into a pari ~ the skull. ~ some living
or fresh honea arr inserted and have
been made 20 do. but Will gradually be-
absorbed and taken away By the nntu.
raj action uf the solvents In the body.
The question about the patient now
II, whether the edges ~ the dura mater
VIII extend and rounite. or whether
they VIII again adhere 10 the brain. N
the former result occurs. he will soon
BE- Wen u the latter, another operation
VIII De necessary.
An innamcd or wounded tissue throws
out an infnmmatofy product, II II this
product which causes the edges Of a
wound 20 reunite. ana TO form a new
tissue after u cut or break ~ any Kind
has severed tho tissue. In the caso ~
this patent the dura mater. being In.
famed NJ ~ edges. n throwing out the
adhesive substance. which caused the
tissue 90 adhere 90 the brain ana skull
but which. had the edges not been 70
FAR apart. would have reunited and
mendeh the severed membrnne.
A great deal % Interest In being taken
In the ease, and the young man aud
his relatives have tho sympathy Of
many friends and the hopes 81 the en-.
uIn eommnnlly Tor his recOverY.