The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-16
DOESN'T KILL
EVERY TINE
Heart Can be Wounded With
out Death Following.
BULLETS IN THE HEART
With the Bearer Still Living
Have Been Found.
BULLETS IN THE HEART

New York, Nov. ls.-Ths New York
World prints the following:
1t is truly surprising what injuries the
human heart car sustain without esus-
ing death. For years It was believed that
IL it were pierced by any weapon the
injury must result fatally and this be-
lief is still general. as was shown by the
establishment over the fact that the heart
of Mrs. Annie Kingsley was pierced b.
a knife and that DR.. George B. Stewart
In Bellevue Hospital sewed up the wound.
Strangely enough. a heart wound made
by q kaife seems more fatal than that
made BY a bullet. DR.. Tredelenbers, OF
eipsie. one Of the most famous surgeons
OF Europe. declared last year before the
surgical congress in Vienna that there
we're no fewer than nineteen perfectly
authenticated cases Of persons living with
bullet irnhedsed in their hearts. OF
course these have ben disclosed by the
x-rays. There have been. many instances
in which sutepsies have disclosed bullets
IN the heart.
The reason why the operation Of sew
ing up a wound In the heart has not been
performed of5ener is not the fear of sur
.eons to operate. but because the victims
tioH can be performed.
Mrs. Kingsley was stabbed on October
- and lived until October %. She was
hurried almost Immediately TO Bellevue
Hospital. DR.. Stewart, the professor OF
anatomy and clinical surgery. was hastily
summoned He found that the knife had
entered between the Hfth and sixth ribs
on the LEFT side. penetrating the Feriear-
dunn and the left ventricle.
1t was necessary for the surgeon TO
make bisecting incisions. draw back a
flap and then remove rib in order 20 be
able to 60 70 work at all. The pericar-
pulled aside. thus exposing the heart The
blood could be seen squirting from the
wound in the veHtrie1e. The woman was
then bleeding 20 death. Indeed. there was
little hope for her recovery.
It was imperative 10 work swiftly. and
the squirting ef the blood interferred
greatly Dr. Stewart found it necessary
to take no fewer than six stitches IN
order TO sew up the wound Of tho ventri-
Gle. The sutures were drawn tight and
the expulsion OF the blood through the
wound was checked. II was necessary
to tske the stitches between the heart
heats-thst is. in the short intervals when
the heart was stili-vfich added still fur
Their to the-delieacy and difficulty OF the
operation.
A solution Of common salt was injected
The medical men have long known the
efficacy OF the saline solution. but 1t was
only recently that Prof. Loeb. Of Chicago.
pointed out that common salt Is sort
OF food for the heart.
DR.. II r Nietert the superintendent
% the City Hospital OF the city Of Saint
Louis. has performed two operations Of
the same kind. The hrst was success
fIl in technical sense, although the
victim did not survive. lie was PhilIls
Gum. ard ne had been stabbed, the knife
penetrating the cavity Of the heart as
aftsrwzrd was shown by an autopsy.
when Dr. Netert began the operation
the patient was mueh weakened. But tho
wearen had entered the right ventricls
at an obliaue angle. The organ had been
pierced when the heart was distended
and the contraction closed the wound
and prevented the blood from being fore
cd from IT, The blood flowed from the
ineision Only when the ventriele was dis
tended Dr. Neitert sewed up the wound
and Guan lived fer foFty-eight hours
afterwsrd He died Of blood poisoRins.
Tn. second operation OF IN. same ma
. tnre was performed upon Eh Daniels
a eslored roustabout OF great physical
strength and endurance. He was stabbed
In the back on = steamboat az Chester
III. ana he did not reach the 81. Louis
/ hospital until tweety-four hours later. A
cut two inches vide between the fifth and
sixth ribs indicated the size of the Sesp-
en-. The patient was In a very precaTious
state. only the great vitality keeping hin
alive
DR.. SsiteFt made a flap between the
[ fourth and 9Th ribs. which he separated
ana which revealed cut an inch vid'
in the pericardiurn. This covering sisc
the ponerior ~ the eft ventrfcle one
and one half cenfinstres sn length VA
I revealed. Much blood had flowed from
II. The operator did not think IL SAT.
20 prob. the cut In the ventricie
| Dr. Neit.rt took TIRE heart between tn
/ thumb and index finger 81 HE left hard
and between The beats seved Up tn
wound. Drains we're made. the pericsr
| eiEu sr~-s - and to- .aline rolItior
| i.3erted ard tier Dr.. Scftrst raites wiz
I the ccrvictlo- tast the Datie,i c1uld ro'
r.eevcr n. began ~ gain AZ ore nd a
/ tn. ers 81 TIE week s. LOGGED as Z 81.
recovery vas certain. Thsa troubi- De-
xslops1 BIZ Il waa rot r. TIC heart
Pneumonia affected the lung But tht
vas oVsrcc-us nd Daniels made rafia
strides Re vas rt=bbed 81 Sorsniber =
/ Iasl. ard within SIX weeks =. VAS - vsi