New-York tribune., 1902-02-18
A NEW WAY TO BUILD NOSES.
DIR. CORN1NG's DISCOVERIES OF INJECT
ING SOLIDIFYING OILS SAID TO
BE IMPORTANT

Dr. Leonard J. Corning. the discoverer Of spinal
anRsthesia a method of performing painless opera
tions the lower Part Of the body without the
patient losing consciousness, has achieved another
triumph in the field Of medical research He Is not
a surgeon. but a specialist the treatment OF
diseases Of rhe nervous system. For years he has
been trying to discover the best method TO check
spasms in muscles and to put an end to the pain
arising from the pressure Of tumors upon the
nerves. He has succeeded by injecting solidifying
oils in and small tumor that gave rise TO
pain by pressing upon sensory nerve in arresting
the growth Of the tumor by shutting off its blood
supply. These researches were made in connection
With the study of other forms of long standing
nervous arrangement. The oil remains permanently
in the tissues without causing the slightest incon-
venence. With solidifying oil he has also stopped
the spasms in muscles.
Following his method of operation. other ply
sicians in various parts of the world have recently
built artificial noses. improved the appearance OF
faces with deep smallpox marks, Strengthened the
lines of the nose and done many other things From
time time reports of the work on which DR..
Corning was engaged have been printed in medical
journals Within the last three or four weeks
number of physicians living in foreign countries
have announced that they had succeeded with the
of the oils in removing many blemishes due to
cavities depressed scars following bone operations
etc. Such work done'by Dr. Corning years ago,
and him to perfect the method for arrestng tho
growth OF IA
In THE Medical Record" for February l. Of
which DR.. George +. Shrady is Editor. is article
THE Injection of Sodifying Oils Into the Tis-
sues for Mechanical Purpose" 1t reads as follows
We 70 a radical departure in the
method and purpose Of employing oils in the tts-
sues. As long 60 1881 Or. J. Leonard Corning
published a paper the liberalization Of Remedies
About the SensoTy Nerves Of the Skin c'New-York
to his purpose which is sufHciently indicated by the
title of his paper, DR.. Corning made OF A
tanning al aqueous Solution Of the medicament
(an@sthetic etc5 the other and larger one a soidi-
into the skin, and Immediately followed Through
the same needle) by the introduction of the oil
spray Of ether or other refrigeratng medicine was
tho instantaneous sHEdihcaton OF ne on IN the
tissue. and consequent occlusion Of the blood yes
sells thereby insuring The prolonged sojourn of the
This procedure. unique and ingenious It is. is
in 1nodfed snd still more striking manner About
frmer fat T. q, fat with higher melting point
sues This fact aroused in him the belief that If
a2eIeo ol. oi IhS Kna "Sre n2cIGd lnto 20 nSGe
the convulstve condition might be arrested. In
the speniusl he put his theory into practice With
complete success even going so far as to give tho
New-York Medical Journal" April j. 1879
Of Dr. Cornings contributions in This feld vas pub
lished in The Medical Record" Of December ;,
already enunciated by him, the author introduced
ends Of sensory nerves 0he great and small occipi-
tai and the auricuars magnus). and then soidihed
knife having a cannula i'm the hack was employed
both for the subCutaneous division % the
for the injection Of the oil The results obtained
were very satisfactory.
DR.. Corning has also successfully injected soidi-
Tying oils in and about small tumor that gave
rise TO pain by pressing upon a sensory nerve thus
preventing its growth by shutting off the blood sup
ply ("Reference Book of Practical Therapeutics
by Frank p. Foster. D. Appleton G CO. New York.
1896 Vol 7. PIP 356. Article: El@omyenchysis).
! From this testimony. derived from careful ex
animation of medical literature appearing since the
invention of the hypOdermic needle II IS clear that
the credit for the idea of the mechanical employ
ment Of oils in the tissues belongs wholly TO Dr.
! Corning. And not only is this true only he
entitled 10 the honor of originating the principle
but also to credit for developing method far
scientific than that Of Of his followers even
TO the merest tyro IN pathology it must be clear
that by the immedae solidifcation Of the injected
! oil by cold $ originally recommended by him the
| possibility of the occurrence OF oil embosm IS i'm
/ rneasurablv reduced In any future application OF
the principle these facts should not be forgotten