Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-15

had been up and attending to his bust
ness as common during the day. Fear
ing he might have a worse condition
during the night, he wrote letter
and directed his servant that If ha
heard any call or other noise during
the night in his room, to come to him
Immediately and to deliver the letter
Immediately as addressed, provided
he, the professor, was unconscious OF
could not from other cause make his
wishes known. However, the servant.
although sleeping in the next ROOM
heard no suspicious call and did not
go to the room until his regular hour.
700 a. M, when he found that Prof.
Nothnagel was dead and that he had
been dead several hours, probably
without any struggle, or pain, or even
Consciousness.
When I was here in 1893 with DR..
Spilman my study was chiefly in the
wards of internal medicine and in
pathology and bacteriology, and it was
largely by reason of such preparation
that received my appointment as
professor of pathology and bacteriology
at Keolluk. But as I have been re-
Gently elected professor Of gynecology
at the same college, my work this
last year has been mainly with dis
eases of women and abdominal sur
gerry. Moreover. as I had fair
knowledge of the German language,
especiall..- medical German acquired
by my previous visit, and as had the
position of professorship for recon-
mendation, l was enabled to obtain
some advantages in the hospital here
that l would not otherwise have re-
ceived. For example, l was appoint
ed, as Hospital out" / could be, IN
the wards. operating rooms, laborato-
ries etc, as l preferred assisting in
all departments Of the genealogical
division any day I chose, while the
other Americans we're there in private
classes only an hour or two at a time.
The position is nearly analogous to an
i internship in our American hospitals.
except that had more freedom as to
time, nature of work, etc. Such p ISL
tons are generally held by the Ger
mans alone, but occasionally for
eigner receives such an appointment.
The Werthc.m Method.
, I studied chiefly with Prof. Wer-
theim, who, although yet a compare
J lively young man, is recognized as
: probably the most original and skill
: full operator in genealogical SUI gerry
| there is in Germany or Austria. Be
ing 'shospitant" under him, thus
Il learned to become quite familiar with
i his work His records for successful
} operations in cameo. Of the uterus are
+ better than those of any one else.
!. His success probably lies in the ma
! ture Of the operation which he de
. vised himself and is called the "Wer-
theim's method for uterine cancer
The chief point about the operation is
, the thorough removal of all suspi-
cious material after having laid bare
!, the whole course Of the ureters. This
? complete dissection Of the uterers en-.
! ables him to discover and remove that
!. which, if left, would be the cause
of return of the cancer.
He has also devised operations. not
= ably as in retro-version Of the uterus
y he performs what is essentially ar
Alexander's operation on the round
t ligaments l have been well i'm
e pressed with ne good results he gets
e and believe it is likely to prove
II more satisfactory than Kelly's method
IS He has done considerable origina
S work on the uterers and bladders
S, which alone would make him famous
e am, of course, much pleased to have
r had the opportunity of seeing so mucl
b, good scientific work and under sucf
st favorable circumstances.
n My wife joins me in kindest regards
e Yours fraternally,
t w. B. LaForce.
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