Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-31
MARvEIs OF SURGERY.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Iftrt ~ NoinlTE intN VIII npA hNNhhFh
TO Hnvc life or render It easier to the
sufferer The defects OF nature. us
we'll as the results OF accidents. are set
right. A Girl OF eight years. though
Of normal physique. had no intelli-
gencc. Her parents had noticed tina
from her first Scar, aud though every
thing had been done for her IN the way
Of education. she ala not know the
letters Of the alphabet. nor could she
talk lnteiligcntiy. \ surgeon. who was
consulted, gave M his opinion that the
brain had ceased to develop. owing 20
the premature conicsccncc of the bones
Of the skull. lie removed small por-
lions Of bone from the top OF the head.
and by thus relieving the pressure ON
the brain. gave room 20 expand.
within twsnty.fouS hours or the opera
tlona It's effects were seen. The child
cried for ia parents, took notice OF eve.
rything. and within eight days could
talk well ana amusc herself intcili-
gently. In case Of injury TO the. skull
the pieces of crurhedln bone DIRE re-.
moved ana the vacant spaces covered
by silver plates.
The modern surgeon. indeed. can re-
place any part OF the human body
which may be injured. and rig up an
entirely new set OF limbs. A house
maid In hotel was struck In the
face by descending MT and her nose
severely injured. Attempts 10 patch up
the damaged organ failed. ana II was
determined 60 make n new nose. n
biackblrd was Killed. and before Its
body was cold Its brcastbone was liked
TO the woman's face. and what re-
mainsd Of the old skin was drawn over
II. The strange substitute knitted IT.
self 10 the face. the operation being
complete aucccsn.
The operation OF rhlnoplnaty IL very
common one at Heidelberg. as the
students there have an ugly habit OF
rlashing each others noses In their
famous ducls. a Hap OF skin u almost
detached from the forehead and
brought down over the nose which has
been almost destroyed This skin "
then stitched down ON either side OF
the nose. and In time become grated
thereto. Skin grating. Indeed. IL
quite common In eases OF severe burns.
small strips Of skin are taken from
the untouched parts ana cut Into small
pieces. distributed over the raw SUR
face. In time they take root and
grow and spread. until they completely
cover the place. The skin OF frogs.
recently killed for the purpose. IN FREE
qucniy used where human cutlclc can
not be conveniently obtained. .
a month or two ngJ Doctor was
called In 20 attend boy whose car had
been completely bitten ~ hy Vicious
horse. The surgeon determined 10 try
and replace the ear. ms failure 10 10 -
could not result In a worfc laformlty,
The missing ear was duly found ard
handed 90 the doctor. who was then en-
gagged In bathing the sevct-d part In
warm water. lie had neither inAiru-
mcntn nor dressings with hint an1 as
tho half hours delay 10 obtain them
would have been fatal 90 success he
stitched the ear In - place again with
common needle and thread This was
followed by nntlncptic treatment. aud In
six weeks the ear had become reunited
TO the head again and completely
healed. leaving no scars. Even had this
been failure. an aural hppcndnge,
made u waxy composition and an
exact fac-simile Of the other ear could
have been made and fixed
In some eases II has been necessary to
remove the tongue. but by raising the
floor of the mouth and thus In H1me
way fllling the place NJ the missing or
Ean, the patient has been enabled 60
speak almost perfectly. The hitting OF
glass eyes II well known. and the c0m-
plctc destruction % the jawbonc has
no ierrorr for the modern surgeon. The
crushed bone ~ removed and piece uf
silver or aluminium. the exact shape NJ
the lost Jaw. lifted In Its place. After
this has become firmly fixed t.sth can
fcctivc the operation of trncheotDmy--
the insertion Of a silver tube In Wind
pipe with mn onnce, opening 10 the
thront-proyidcH him with now
breathing apparatus Ariinsili logs
ana arms are now ~ perfect that with
them man can walk. skate nnd even
cycle. There In story, also. OF mau
who. inJuring his spine In a railway &C.
cidcnt, was fitted With steel caving for
his backbone. ana 30 enabled To walk
and ride.
Bones destroyed by accident or de-
cayed by disease are replaced by others
taken from animals or nmpu,ntcd
limbs, a bone In n mans foot wna at
tackled by carries, which gradually alto
the bone away. A lambs shnuX was
procured. the bone cleaned. boiled In
chrbollc acid, pounded into powder
ana made into a paste. The foot was
opened aud all the dcoayed parts VI the
bone Hcrnped away, simply leaving a
hollow she'll This was packed with the
paste of the lambs shank. AMI the
wound stitched M. II speedily healed
ana the free use OF the foot WAS soon
recovered
II was during the attack on Santa
Cruz In 1891 that Nelson lost hia arm.
He was shot through the right elbow.
and after binding u up with a handkcr-
chief. he continued 10 direct the tight
was examined by the surgeon. who de-
cided amputatlon was necessary. Tho
sea was rough, the cockpit badly light
ed ana chl0roform, OF coursa, unknown.
In tying up the separated arteries the
surgeon accidentally bound up the
nedian nerve also,
This "unlucky circumstance, as
Nelson called II. was productive % la
tense suffering 10 the gallant admiral,
but the foremost surgeons IN England
could not dcvlae any treatment To- re-
Hove him, To modern surg0nn the
course would be straightforward ana
simple. The wound would DO opened
and the nerve released from the suk
llgature, Where nerves have been ne
cidentally cut during an operation, or by
glass, they have been ncceasfully
Joined together again.
An artisan. falling from a hight, Sc
verely hurt his right arm. II was oper-
ted upon ana though specifically sue
cessful, the arm wasted and was quite
useless, preventing the man from fol-
lowing his trade. IL was thought that
u nerve had hNcn severed, either by
the surgeon during the operation. or
torn In the fan. The arm was opened.
and this was found to be the case. A
rabbit was procured, rendered uncon-
scioua aud the two sciatic nerves eX-
tractcd and stitched 20 the ends of the
severed nerve In the mans arm. With
In month the man had recovered tho
full use of his arm, which also remained
It's normal nlgc and appearance and no