The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-08
DIR. CHENEY AND
 PROF. JONNESCO WORK WONDERS
Bridgeport Surgeon Operates Under
 Scientists Supervision.

Half a Hundred Physicians Gather at
 New York Hospital to Witness Demonstration of Emicacy of Spin-
 al AncsthetIc.
 pr Virgil P. Gibney of this city and
 New York. surgeon in chief of the
 hospital for Ruptured and Crippled Children. Lexington avenue and 42nd
 street, New York, yesterday performed
 number of operations at that insti-
 tuition with Prof. Thomas Jonnesco,
 dean of the University of Bucharest, whose demonstration of painless sur
 gerry with the aid of a new form of
 anesthetic have attracted world wide
 attention There were several opera-
 tlons, each showing the efficacy of the eminent Bucharest surgeons combina-
 ton of stovaine and strychnine as a spiral anesthetic- pr. Jonnesco pre- scr1bed the doses of the anaesthetic
 and administered 1t by means of a hypodermic needle between the twelfth dorsal and the first lumbar vertebrae.
 The nrst case was that of a boy of 1-2 years, who was suffering from paralysis. Between forty and fifty medical men were present and watch stovaine injection In a few minutes the subject became temporarily para lyzed below the point of infection. He remained perfectly conscious. but 1t part of his body or his legs to the operating table.
 His hands were tied to prevent him inadvertently interfering with the sur geons and towel was lightly thrown over his face, so that he might not De Frightened Dr. Gibney, was the operator and was able to rely sufi- ciently on the efficacy of the drug 10 spend few minutes in demonstra-
 The second operation was that of a girl of II years. who has been suf- fering from a club foot. Then a boy 1S years old took her place on the taoie. He was suffering from double inguinal hernia and was relieved in an operation lasting twenty minutes
 The last case was that of a woman of 3S. who had sustained a fracture of the neck of the femur. which was reduced by Dr. Gfbney. While the pa- tients were under the influence of the stovaine and were insensible to all pain in the lower part of their bodies. several of the physicians spoke | the patients said they were all right | and felt no pain. The eleven-year-old l boy asked after a few minutes for a | drink of water. Observations on the heart action showed in one instance | an increase in the strength, but not | the rapidity of the pulse and In an- | other some retardatiOn of the pulse. |
 Dr. Gibney, thanking pr. Jonnesco | Tor the demonstration, said he would | have called for a vote of thanks from | those present if 1t had not seemed a | too formal proceeding.
 c. Sontz. secretary to Dr. Jonnesco | explained that the only unpleasant effects of the anaesthetic are a slight | which may be felt in a few cases after the administration and a headache as the patient passes out of the influence of the drug. The anusea and gas which are so distressing in he recovery from chloroform and ether are entirely missing, he said
 Prof. Jonnesco does not assert that | le discovered stovaine. but that he l s the first to make 1t possible to use [ in connection with operations above he place of injection. Under his methods 1t is possible. he believes, to operate on every portion of the body. |