The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-23
UNIQUE OPERATION !.
upon LARGE ARTERY
Twenty Feet Of Silver Wire Used
in Sewing up a Mans
AOrta.

Nature and a silver wire twenty feet
long have saved the life Of Fred Will
liams at the end of one OF the most
remarkable operations on record. IL
was performed upon Williams in the
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital by DR.. j.
H. Mann.
The arota is the great parent trunk
artery through which blood is distri-
buted from the heart to the smaller
arteries which run 10 all parts OF the
body. An aneurism s'a thickening of
the walls of blood vessel. II arises
frequently as a consequence OF rheu
matism and figures largely as cause
Of death in the vital statistics of ev-
cry city. The usual treatment for an
eurism is the rmoval of the affected
portion of the blood vessel and the
tying of the free ends of the artery.
When this has been done compensa-
tory circulation is set up by the blood
vessels near the one that has been
removed, and no serious results fol-
low
In the case of an enrueism of the
aorta, however, such an operation is
impossible. No artery or series Of
arteries can do the work of the great
blood canal. The only thing TO be
done in such a case is to strengthen
the artery wall and let nature do the
rest.
Williams, who is thirty-nine years
old and man of immense Witty
several months ago noticed a swelling
on his breast and went to hospital
for treatment. The young resident
surgeon looked at it critically and
said it was boil. He applied To-
cal enesthetic and prepared 10 lance
the lump.
Hold on there" cried Williams. Il
don't want any operation yet"
1t was lucky he stayed the young
surgeons hand. Had he not done so,
1t seems certain death would have re-
suited almost Immediately.
The sufferer went TO the Medico-
Chirurgical Hospital After several
days of preparation he was played up
ON the operating table without hav-
ing been etherized. A hollow needle
was plunged into the aorta, and
through this the silver wire was fed
from spool. The wire was about
as thick as No. 60 cotton thread.
There was little pain and Williams
aided the surgeon by his stoicism. o.
Go as for as you like, doctor" he
said, as the operation was begun. The
blood pressure had been reduced 10
the minimum by a long stay in bed
and by starvation diet. AS the wire
was fed into the great blood vessel il
coiled itself closely in the form of a
cylinder which fitted exactly the in
ner surface of the affected part. Then
the needle was withdrawn and the little
wound made by ii was dressed.
The process that was then set up in
the weakened part was this: Tile
blood clotlcd over the wires and 'or-
ganized' new wall, strengthening
by the rheumatic growth. The efflca-
cy of this organization" depends upon
the general condition of the patient
and the quality of his blood.
The operation upon Williams was
performed two months ago. Last week
he came into the hospital with blood
trickling from pin-point hole in his
chest. Again he was placed upon the
operating table. The blood was found
to be coming from awound which pro-
truded the tip of the silver wire. With
infinite care the whole strand was
taken out.
Then to the amaZement of every
body, the bleeding stopped. There is
every indication Williams is now abso
lutely we'll and that the new inner
coating of the aorta is sufficiently
strong to reinforce the weakened It's
sue that lies outside il.
Il feel as well as | ever did in my
life and work every day wi'hoGt
fatigue said Williams to-day.-Phila-
delphia Dispatch 10 New York.
Everybody loves our baby, rosy sweet
and warm,
With kisses placed on her neck and
dimples on her arms,
Once she was so thin and cross, used
IN crv with main