New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
SURGERY AND MEDICINE.
Man May Use Organs, Blood and Skin
Borrowed from Animals.

nci,lt fhing II now Is 10 a simple one. 50
simple that the ordinary surgeon can per
form il. Then any enemic person who can
nay for II can have hts veins filled with
good rich blood az any time.
Furthermore the transfer ~ certain or
rans or parts Of them from one person or
animal 20 another person may become a
simple operation. and when Il does man
NAV walk TIA streets with borrowed skin
as well as blood. He NAV even so forth
in sleeps skin. gazing a; the world with
rabbit eyes and carrying around the liver
% hog instead OF his own dyspepsia pro-
ducing organ.
The basis on which these hopes are found
cd is in the experiments being made on ami
mails al the Rockefeller Institute and else
where Good results have been obtained
IA transplanting parts Of organs from ami
mails or humans 10 other animals or hu-
mars. kidneys. portions of ovaries. pieces
OF thyroid and other ductless glands have
thus been satisfactorily transplanted. Two
or three cases Of transplanting the cOrnea
Of the eye Of a rabbit 70 human being
have been reported. Pieces ~ nerves have
been transplantcd 10 replace those lost
through accident or disease. Animal men,
branes such as the peritoneum OF an OK
have been used in covering burns. 20 pre-
vent adhesions in the abdominal cavities.
Development OF this operation may lead 10
the refining OF the whole stomach and holds
out hope 10 the man who has burned out
the lining OF his stomach with fiery liquor
that he may have II refined with the tough
membrane OF an ostrich's stomach. war
ranted 10 be fireproOf.
The possibility Of tattooing a fairly good
semblance OF a seeing eye by the use OF
needles, India ink and vegetable dye upon
the eyebal OF any blind person looms up
on the horizon Of the New Year. Following
close behind il IS the probability OF new
noses OF wax or paraffine being built upon
old foundations where the original probOscis
has been dishgured OF partly destroyed by
accident or disease. Both these operations
have been so successfully performed by
expert surgeons IN 1903 that a rainbow OF
hope appears in the sky OF future years, fun
OF promise, that with the aid Of scientific
surgery, even the homeliest OF mortals.
whatever his physical defects. may be made
10 take on some semblance Of beauty.
The surgeon who wishes 10 find out the
condition Of his patients lungs or liver or
heart before making an incisiOn IN the
thorax may be able 10 do 50 m $40 through
some Improvement in the ophthalmic-dia-
phanoscope. recently invented by DR.. Carl
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surgeon can now examine the back OF the
human eye. tho throat and nasal cavities
This instrument consists Of an SO-candle-
power electric lamp. held IN the mouth OF
the patient as far back as possible. all its
light being concentrated on the retina OF
the eye. from the back. the patient wearing
a black mask 10 prevent the rays OF light
from scattering. IL must be used IN to-
tally dark room.
Surgeons experimenting with X-rays. who
now dread its sometimes severe effects
upon a patient, in 1910 may use with safety
the new method OF Intermittent rays as
devised by DR.. Cook. OF New York II is
claimed that by the use OF these rays al
danger may he avoided. Through new
methods OF utilizing its power the time
may not be far distant when all the internal
organs as well as the bones OF the human
body may he so thoroughly examined that
Il viii not be necessary 20 cut into Il for the
relief Of appendicitis. 20 md out that the
appendix is all right. II may be possible
I that even the delicate and mysterious work
ings Of the human brain may DO viewed
/ and something Of the thoughts OF the pa
I tent be revealed 10 the examining surgeon.
II seems more than probable that a serum
thar viii really cure tuberculosis IN human
. beings may be evolved from experiments
u1-n animals. such as DT. Nallee. a veteT-
NV surgeon Of Paris. is making. He
thinks that horse serum has greater i'm
muuizing powers than any other serum pre-
viously used.
However rattlesnake venom, known as
crotal.n. seems 20 be the real coming rem
edy for phthisis. and consumptives Of the
future that go West 20 cure their trouble
may seek out the haunts Of the prairie rat
tier and court its advances. Patients
trcated with this prepared venom have
made rapid recovery.
That insidous foe OF man. "old age" may
get a black eye in 1919. IL MeIchnIkof's
theory OF the cause and cure Of gradual de-
cline can be proved. Il has been found
that the phagocytes. or scavengcTs Of tho
body. which devour its bacteria enemies.
have not the strength 20 consume them al
unsided, and so vaccine has been devised
by Dr. Wright, Of England. 10 tone them
up 10 increase their apDetites and powers
OF digestion. The patient is inOculated
with these prepared phagocytes. called op-
sCnins. 40 one has lived long enough 70
demonstrate the power Of opsonins 20 defeat
old age, but they have proved their value
as an aid in conquering or resisting disease.
II is very likely that moving pictures VIII
soon be used 10 show scenes Of classical
operations in smaller colleges where a IT,
braTy o. hlms may be kept. There may be
a way found 20 present these views ia col
oTs showing the exact condition Of the or
gans Of the body a. the time % operation.
Moving pictures have been used in the last
year IN Europe 10 give instruction IN sur
gerry and 10 show various microbes IN mo-
tiOn.
The future Of brain surgery is fun Of
wonderful possibilities. In The year to come
Il surgeons knife may he the means -
changing a degenerate into a normal hui
man being. and may make II possible for
the idiot 10 develop intellect. Operations
IN brain surgery for the restoring OF lost
memory and the reforming OF incOrrigibe
boys have become almost common.
Efforts now being made 10 produce snas-
thesia in major surgical operations without
subjecting the patient 10 untoward results
20 heart and lungs IL is hoped will prove
successful IN 1910. II stoNaiue does what
is predicted for H. patients can. with wide
open eyes and undimIned intellect, watch
The operations performed on their own bod
les, and see 20 Il that careless nurse or
doctor does not sew up sponges. needles or
other surgical instruments in them.
Al the close Of the old year a few patients
un6cr tho effect Of stOvaine or other new
anHsthotic did observe operations per
formed upon them.
Hypnotism and suggestion may be the