Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-28
STOvA|NE PROVEN
A BIG SUCCESS
DR.. JoNNESCo DEMONSTRATES
HIS NEW ANAESTHETlC
AT ROCHESTER.
SURGEONS SEE DEMONSTRATION
Three Patients Conscious as the Knife
10 Painlessly Used.-Dr. Mayo
and Other Medics Pronounce
the Work Successful.

hOCleSler, Mlnn., Lee. 6i.-bl' ~
masso Jonnesco, of Bucharest, Rou-
mania, arrived in this city from New
York, and had the opportunity OF ex-
plotting the use of his new discovery,
stovaine, upon three of the greatest
test cases offered him on his tour OF
this country. The clinic was held at
st. Mary's hospital and was watched
by 40 visiting surgeons.
The first case was woman 81
years old, troubled with hernia. Her
case was such that an operation with
the usual anaesthetic was impossible
because of the weakness of the heart
and yet an operation was imperative
The patient submitted to the ordeal
with great fortitude considering her
age.
Anaesthetic was administered be.
tween the twelfth dorsal and the first
lumbar. DR.. E. Starr judd of this
city, was the operator. When the
new anaesthetic was first admins
tered, the pulse of the patient dropped
to 40, but within few minutes it was
up to SO. Six centigrams of stovaine
with small amount of strychnine
was given. DR.. Jonnesco, through his
interpreter explained that ten cent?
grams was the usual amount OF sto,
vaine, but the patient was as child
and smaller amount was necessary.
At first slight sigh was heard and
that was all. In two and half min
utes DR.. Judd commenced the opera
ton. At times the patient would en-
deavor to raise her head and see what
they were doing, but this was made
impossible by large cloth stretched
before her head. 1t was evident to
the surgeons present that the woman
was immune from all pain or from
any nervous sensation from the use
of the knives or needles.
Success, Says Dr.. Mayo.
At the completion of the operation,
DR.. w. ]. Mayo was heard to say, 1t
was a success, all right" and con-
graduated the Roumanian savant. DR..
Mayo then spoke to the members of
the medical profession and stated that
DIR. Jonnesco had used stovaine in $50
cases since July, 1908, and none had
shown any i'll effects.
The second patient was a man of So
years, troubled with inguinal hernia.
He, too, groaned slightly at the first.
While Jonnesco, who performed this
operation, was cutting around the in
testines, the patient conversed with
the attendants. In this case, as in the
preceding one, stovaine was put to a
great test, other anaesthetics being
impossible because of the heart &C
ton
Jonnesco's method of procedure
was found to be somewhat different
than that employed by the American
quired more time, as DR.. Judd was
unable to sometimes grasp the mean
ing of the signs of the Roumanian
At it's completion DR.. Mayo agar
said: TT is good operation, al
right; 1t was very good"
Arm Amputated.
The third operation was performed
upon a colored man who had bac
tubercular arm and amputation was
deemed necessary. The stovaine ii
this case was given between the frs
and second dorsal vertebrae. The ne
gro occasionally groaned as DR.. judo
sawed the arm, but pin was pricket
into his face and it was evident tina
he was not aware that he had beer
touched. He was asked If he felt any
thing, when the operation was abou
half finished, and he replied that h
felt numb. There was not the slight
est indication of pain. DR.. Jonnesc
explained that the lower part of tn
negro's anatomy was not affected b
the stovaine and that it would hav
been possible for him to arise an
walk
At the conclusion of the third ope
alton the first patients were Gale
upon, and it was found that they r.
covered from the effects of the st,
vaine with no i'll results and ther
was no evidence of sickness or vomi
ing
The Olmstead County Medical S.
ciety acted as sponsor for the rece
ton of DR.. Jonnesco, and at the CO.
clusion of the clinic the society te
dered him a vote of thanks for h
work in this city. Every doctor pre-
ent at the clinic voiced the same OPT
ion, that it was one of the creates
things they have ever witnessed.
the opinion of DR.. Charles Mayo
was most successful clinic and full
demonstrated the powers of the us
Of stovaine as an anaesthetic,
After Effects Unknown.
~ of ,;t Il
1T was great thing. l do not b
lieye that stovaine will be adopted ;
an anaesthetic for all surgical CASE
until more is known of the after T.
suits. In case where ether is il
possible as was demonstrated at t
days clinic, stovaine has solved
great problem in surgery and mar
otherwise impossible operations al
made practical by its use"
A visiting surgeon said: Yes,
was wonderful and l fully belle,
there is a great possibili.. III IN. u
of the stovaine. with strychnine.
an anaesthotic There is but Oh
question in my mind as to its prac
cal use, however. and that can on
be answered in time. There is pc
sibility that stovaine will have {
after result and may in a few year
time cause paralysis of the spine. I
l said before this can only be a
swered in time, but | am well please