The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-28
Daley Of Chicago Expected Soon
10 Be Able to Earn Living.
IS RAT ONAL AND jOvIAL
Injured Brain Has Been Thoroughly CIsanssd
and Tho PaiIsnf Makes Light Of
the Accident

Chicago, ILL.,. Oct Est believe there
ly like that OF John Daley, OF this city,
who is living and happy with the right
side OF his skull gone and the brain
exposed 80 that the pulsatious are vis-
ible at every Beat of the mans heart.
said DR.. j. G. Hepburn today.
'It is not correct. as reported, that
half OF the patients brain has been re-
moved. but the case is most remark
able one for all that. Two weeks ago
Daley fell four stories and his head
struck on an iron beam. The blow was
such that the frontal. temporal occi-
pital and parietal bones were all frac-
tured and splintered.
THE bones were in such shattered
condition that they were useless as
protection for the brain, and those that
were not already cleft away by the
blow itself were removed, leaving prac-
tically the whole right lobe without
osseous covering.
Making the case still more remark
able was the fact that the membrane
(which covers the brain was badly rup-
tured. leaving the delicate tissue ex-
posed and hanging out Ordinarily
death would have ensued almost in
when laid on the operating table.
CLEANSING THE BRAIN.
'The operation performed consisted OF
removal OF the bone particles and sew
ing OF the broken membranes. Many
stitches were Necessary to bring the sew
eral edges together. the brain having
first been thoroughly cleansed Of foreign
matter.
IT was greatly surprised at the rapid
recovery OF the patient. Daley Is per-
fectly conscious and In jovial spirits.
and there seems no reason why he should
not be sent out of the hospital before
long with a partially artificial skull and
ht TO earn his own living again.
daley is -tMenty-four years old: with
strong physique and healthftl blJjd.
The break I'm the brain covering was
healed beautifully and the stitches were
removed today.
"The thing most feared in the case OF
Daley was that he would become vicum
of cerebral meningitis. Strange to say.
there have been no symptoms OF that
trouble. and l have no anxiety on that
score now.
1.-The patient is not only conscious and
rational, but Is in a bright and normal
mental mood He understands his condi-
tion and tries to make light OF It, dis-
position which is much in his favor.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SKULL.
"A secondary operation will now be
performed. This will consist Of the fitting
of an artificial plate in lieu OF skull as
protection of the brain. We have every
hope that the coming operation win be
quite as successful the first.
when that shall have been demon
strated we will give to the medical world
the full particulars of the case the con-
dition OF the patent at the various stages
and the features that have made the case
a striking one from a professional view
point
Great care will have TO be exercised In
the substitution ef the artificial skull or
plate for the natural covering OF the
brain. 1t goes without saying that there
must not be any undue pressure on the
surface of the brain lest IL should result
In affecting the mental faculties, as often
occurs I'm cases of concussion."
Physicians of Chicago who have heard
OF the case are eagerly waiting a profess
sional report on IL.