The sun., 1909-12-09
JONNESCO HIMSELF OPERATES
TUMOR on EPILEPTIC'S BRAIN
REMOVED UNDER STOVAINE.
Dr. Morris. VINO Did This Operation. says
That IL Could Not Have Been Risked
with Chioroform or Ether-A o Min
ute Appendectomy. Patient Conscious.

That IL Could Not Have Been Niskeu
With ChlororOrm or Ether-A o Min
ute AppendectOmy. Patient Conscious.
Four operations in which stovaine
was used were performed yesterday
afternoon at the Post-G Graduate Medical
School and Hospital. sos East Twentieth
street. Jonnesco. the Rumanian sur
geon who 10 conducting the experiments
for the surgeons OF this country, ad-
ministered the stovaine himself, as he
had done on Tuesday. but in addition
he did one operation. which was con-
sidered successful from a surgical stand
point at least The other three opera
tions were performed by DIR. Robert r.
Morris.
The most interesting case was an
operation on a twenty-year-old boy who
was suffering from a tumor on the brain.
or rather on the frontal bone. The
patient had been subject to epileptic
fits and had a weak heart, and the doctors
said that il would be fatal to administer
ether or chloroform. The Rumanian
surgeon assured them that stovaine was
safe. Up to late hour last night the
patient was doing exceedingly we'll and
had suffered no III effects.
The operating room in the hospital
was filed with interested students and
surgeons. Some distinguished physicians
were allowed to remain near the operating
table. while others found seats in the small
gallery. During the operations DR.. Nor
ris explained the various symptoms and
the steps that he was taking. II was
very much like the usual clinic in this
respect.
As soon as one operation was completed
DR.. Morris told the attendants to bring
in the next subject. In the interim people
in the gallery sent cards with questions
written on them which DIR. Morris
answered. sometimes after putting the
question to Prof. Jonnesoo.
Prof. Jonnesco operated in a case oi
hernia and worked rapidly. The second
operation OF the day. done by DIR. Morris,
was for ordinary appendicitis and was
over in nine minutes. The patient was
always conscious. but suffered no pain.
The tumor was Prof. Jonnesco's first
experiment here in using stovaine for
the upper part OF the body. The injeo-
tion was made between the first and
second dorsaIs. The boy lay still while
the injection was made, but as soon as
DR.. Morris made an incision with his
scissors moved with q jerky motion.
Dr.. Morris. by the way. used scissors
wholly. there was no knife in sight.
Prof. Jonnesco stood by and watched
Dr. Morris cut into the skull on the left
side and remove the tumor. Once JON
nesco helped TO hold down the patient.
who had several epileptic convulsions,
but the operation WIS done quickly and the
surgeons found what they were looking
for They said that the heart had
scarcely been affected at all, but the
respiration was dlfficult. It was a deli
cate and wonderful operation In the
opinion OF a good many surgeons.
A man over 50 years old was operated
on for a hernia. There was complete
analgesia. DR.. Morris said. and yet the
patient was wholly conscious throughout
Prof. Jounesco leaned over him and
watched him closely to note the effects
OF the stovaine. The man looked up and
smiled.
Does it hurt your asked DR.. Morris
| The man murmured that he couldn't feel
ating room.
The Rumanian surgeon didn't have
anything to say after 1t was over except
that he was satisfied with the results.
DIR. Morris said:
Il am gratifed at the results of our
work this afternoon. The use OF stovains
In the third operation. that Of the tumor
was especially effective. We would moi
have dared to operate otherwise under
the conditions that confronted US, fol
the patient has heart disease and is subject
TO epileptio fits
Among the spectators yesterday after
noon were DR.. Robert Able, DIR. John
Erdman, DR.. George N. Miller and DR.
J. ]. Ward.
The children at the Hospital for tn,
Ruptured and Crippled who were operated
upon on Tuesday were all doing wei
last night. The hospital people sale
the treatment was identical with that
employed after operations performed
under the usual complete anasthetic.