The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-19
DOCTORS TO TEST
!. +. USE OF STOvA A
New AnaeSthetic Will Soon Be
Tried by Chicago Spec
iaIists.
JONNESCO WILL ATTEND
Celebrated RoUMANIAh PLY
! sn'An, DIscovERER#, oFss6TrE
.lkMsEpauss DRUG, Wiz, EXPLAIN.
THE PROPER METHODS.

| Chicago, Dec. 1S.-The first surgical
operation in Chicago q in which sto-
vain. TIE anaesthettE un1c tsde& 6An u
pain and yet permits the patient to re-
tain consciousness-wil be used, took
place at the Woman's hospital, Thirty.
second street and. Rhodes, avenue. J.
/ The anaesthetic made famous by its
fd@cnterer, DR.. Jonnesco, a Rouman-
tan surgeon, was brought directly to
Chicago from Guys hospital, London,
by William F. Blake Burke. M. D.. B.
Ch., of the Royal university. Dublin,
who has just arrived to assume the
professorship Of clinical surgery in
the medical department of Loyola uni.
versity.
The patient is Mrs Charwick Cos
grove of Dubuque. Iowa. and the oper-
alton is termed latarotomy for car
cinoma of the small intenstine, in 9TH
err words. q major operation for can
Ger. The stovaine will be injected at
the base of the spinal cord and Mrs
Cosgroye may II she chooses, observe
some Ut the operation without physical
! pain.
Several prominent Chicago surgeons
are expected to be present. as it will
be the first demonstration OF the Jon
nesco discovery west of New York.
Or. Kelly to Perform Operation. t.'
Dr. Thomas J. Kelly professor Of
surgery in the medical department of
Loyola university and the Reliance
Medical college. and member of the
visiting boards of the Yaman's, St.
Bernard's and the South Side hospitals.
performed the operation.
The administration of the anaesthet.
ic--in this. case the most important
| part Of the operation--was done by Dr.
Blake Burge and DR.. John Maxwell
Aud, surgeon Of gynecology at the
| Woman's hospital.
The knowledge of the marvellous
powers of stovaine. which is amylene
carbohydrate. have been known to Dr.
| Jonnesco for several years. but he has
| been unable to obtain the proper rec
ognition from the medical profession
of the world until comparatively re.
Gently.
The unknown Roumanian surgeon
having become assured of the value of
his discovery by numerous experiments
in Hungary, went 20 Berlin and there
he Was given credit for his achieve
l>ments. He next went to London and
demonstrated stovaine's powers to the
surgical experts at Guys and Bartholo-
news two of London's famous hos
pitfalls, ard is now in this country.
| London Results: MAJ Come Here.
| In London he demonstrated that am
putation of limbs and other major op-
tera1ions, could be performed without
| pain to the patients who watched the
| physicians without loss of conscious
ness
| DR.. Jonnesco reached Chicago yes
terday. He called yesterday on Pres
| ident Taft at the White House and
came direct from Washington to this
city en- route for Rochester. Mimi, for
demonstrations for demonstrations be-
fore his return to Europe. The sur
geons was introduced by Horace G.
knowle.. United States minister to-
Nicaragua. who became acquainted
With him while minister to Roumania.
Telephone calls from a mysterious
source reached various newspaper or.
fees last night that an operation with
stovaine as the anesthetic also would
be performed at the Chicago Eye. Ear.
and Nose hospital. Reporters gather
ed at the hospital at Washington and
Franklin streets to await the outcome,