The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-23
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pfugreaa. A sehersi Right fesulted and
savage Wilh elght others waa taken Va the
lolloa station, where N wa discovered
tina, he was blredinG pfofusely from four
wounds, Two IN the right arm respondent
~ tho treatment ~ tho surgeon NJ w"
Eastern iJls, riot Hospital. whittier I've vas
taken, ~ did later n two inch Rarh ~ Tho
hack ~ tho neck dir ecily above the lrU
shoulder blade.
All Efforts ~ thu surgeons failed, how.
ever, Va put u stop t0 tho blood which
flowed In u rather watefy n sluggish
stram from u ALT that bad been made IN
the left braat right overthe heart., ha4n
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presence of WI ter, tho surgeons recognized
that ali inCislon must la We been made into
the pleural "a witty. with a possible. slitting
also Of the meinbrancOus az In winch the
hea ri IL enclosed. .
Yesteriay morning. DR.. Blaislell q ssisted
by Drs. Homer. D,iRgan, Edwin NJ. Bull
Wrinkle. Cha rles II. Tag and Frederic kiroh-
enhauer, cut away two Of the rib ca rtila ges
In addition 10 two which had already been
cut by the knife Of the assailant. Turning
hack the on rtila ges, tho Surgeons dis
covered, az they had expected an opening
into the left pleurn ca witty and a two inch
cut In the perica rdium, the membranous
sac enclosing the hea IT, Ia mend which
required dexterous work and great speed,
The cutting away Of the cartilages and
the exposure Of The plenral cavity n the
pericardium left the patient in such a weak
condition that strychnlne was injected TO
stimulate the heart action, He rallied and
the surgeons had just succeeded in closing
up the gap in the pleurdl cavity. and had
turned to the delicate work OF closing the
slit in the pericardium when blood rushed
from the right a%uricle, the part Of the heart
containing the impure blood, proving, as
the surgeons had surmised, that the knife
Of the stabber had injured the auricular
wall.
Drs. Blaisdell, Duggan and Tag applied
signed to quench the flow Of blood, to the
gap in the auricle through the slit In the
enclosing sac. The speed Of the surgeons
may be understood when it is said that
ten beats Of the heart after the anriele
burst might nave resulted in death. While
the clamps held the injured parts it took
scarcely more than sixty &c oonds to inser 1T
three stitches Of what is known to doctors
as 10 catgut. DR.. Blaisdell then had the
clamps removed, the wound was carefully
washed out and the flow Of blood from
the auricle found to have been successfully
s%tarohed. The cut in the pericardium was
then sewed up and the wound closed.
Savage stood the ordeal well and yester-
day afternoon when he was recovering
from the effects of the anesthetic he said
he felt much better. DR.. Blaisdell and his
assistants decline as yet to say they have
been successful in sewing up Savage's
heart.
cartilage to the closing up of the slit in
the pericardium the whole operation took
but thirteen minutes to perform.