The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-01
TriumplIs OF Surgery.

DR.. Fontan, an eminent French sur
geon, lectured before the Academy of
Medicine at Paris few days ago and
told how he had saved the life Of a
young soldier who had been stabbed
in the most vital organ, says Tit-Bits.
A knife had penetrated the ventricle
of his heart. The patient was put un-
der chloroform, Ills side opened, and
the wound was stitched up. A few
days later pleurisy interv:ned and
very rare disease, phlebitis, or infa-
nation OF the veins Of the left leg.
But under proper remedies these symp-
toms passed away and the man made
perfect recovery.
The daughter of a police officer at
Rochester, England, was recently TAX
en- to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in
that town suffering severe pains in
the heart. After an x-ray cxamina-
tion it was decided that an operation
must take place. A large needle was
found sticking in the girls heart 1t
was successfully removed, and, like
the French soldier, the patient got
quite we'll again.
Equally remarkable have been some
other cures wrought by modern sur
gerry. Among these is the case of
Jay Lutz, an overseer in the Harman
quarrics in West Virginia. A mass
Of slate fell and crushed his head 80
badly that Lutz was brought to the
surface apparently dead. The owner
Of the quarries is DIR. Harman, and,
seeing what desperate state Lutz
was in, he resolved to resort to des-
perate expedient. He removed large
portion of the lacerated brain from
the injured mans head and replaced
it with part of the brain of heifer.
The operation was most tedious one,
but it proved quite successful.
Less serious, but in its way equally
startling, was an operation performed
at the Maritime Hospital, Cherbourg,
last December. An art;lleryman
named Robinson met with an accident
by which four fingers Of his right
hand we're cut completely off at the
second joint. The surgeons immedi-
ately rejoined the severed members.
They united perfectly and the soldier
regained almost complete use of his
hand.
Any doctor will tell you that you
had much better break bone tnan
rupture muscle. Such cases, when
the muscle is an important one, US
ually result in lifelong lameness.
The celebrated French surgeon,
Championniere, recently performed
clever operation for an injury of this
description, His patient was labor
er, who had received heavy blow
from falling ladder across the leg
just above the knee, which had re-
suited in the fracture Of the triceps
tendon above the kneecap.
When the leg was opened it was
found almost impossible to get the
torn tendon together, so much had it
retrncted. The surgeon had to thread
silver wire through and through the
upper part Of the muscle and connect
these transverse wires with others
connected with the kneecap. Within
seven weeks the patient could walk
without difficulty.
One Of the most daring operations
performed by surgeon had for it's
subject the wife OF Rear Admiral
Ferry, distinguished Spanish officer.
Two years ago the lady was suffering
with consumption, the left lung be-
ing so badly diseased that the case
had been pronounced by doctors to be
hopeless. Prof. Molle, demonstrators
of surgery in the University Hospital
at Madrid, had written book men
tioning the possibility Of the cure Of
consumption by surgical means. SEN
ora Ferry saw this treatise and imme-
diately sent for the professor and ask
ed him as q last hope TO try the treat
ment. All preparations being made
DR.. Molle opened the chest and laid
bare the lung, which was thoroughly
cleaned with antiseptio solution and
cauterized. In an astonishingly brief
time tho lady recovered.
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