The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
SPORT IN SURGERY
IS THE LATEST FAD
This Is Way French Surgeons
Refer to New Anesthetic
StOyaine.
1T IS NO DOUBT ATTRACTIVE;
MIGHT BE THEATRICAL
Nevertheless, the Spinal Injec-
ton of StOvaine Is Declared
as Dangerous.
BY PAUL VILLIERS
o The Tribune.

BY PAUL VILLIERS
Special Cable to The Tribune.
PARIS. Dec. 22.-"Sport In surgery" is
the description applied by one Of the
most eminent French operating surgeons
to Professor Jonnescos system OF inject
ing stovalne Into the spinal column, as
a means of securing insensibility to pain.
THAT a patient should be able to Wit
ness severe operations on himself" the
French professor continued. " is no doubt
attractive, and one might even call IL
theatrical, hut from the patients point
of view I can only describe the spinal
injection OF stovalne as dangerous. The
public must not run away with the Idea
that these injections are going to do
away with all the anesthetics now IN
use.
ITO show that ! am not prejudiced
against stoYaine in principle. let me tell
you that ] used it quite recently. and
with satisfactory results, In one OF my
own hospital cases, the removal Of
large internal tumor. The patient,
woman, saw the operation. felt no pain.
experienced no after effects of any grav-
ity, and is now doing well. l resorted to
Il spinal injection of stovalne In this In
stance because the patient had heart
disease and / could not have employed
any other anacsthctIc: and 1 admit that
there are few cases. notably when the
patient has heart or kidney disease. In
which stovaine may be tried. But that
does not alter the fact that it is dan
gerous. Stovalne is useful MS a hypo
dermic injection for local insensbIllty.
but for general anaesthesia It's use Is
permissible in only few cases"
Borrows From New York.
Paris has gone 10 New York for
lesson In the handling OF traffic on the
Rue de la PaiN. and is charmed with
the result. The Parisians did not know
what was going To happen the other
morning when they saw mounted munl-
cipal guards stationed at regular inter-
walls between the Place de rOpera and
the Place Vendome. They were more
delighted at the regular. Uninterrupted
ilow of traffic. the absence OF the usual
wheels and OF the shouting Of impatient
drivers. Under the direction OF the
mounted guards and the numerous po-
llcomen on duty. who had been thor
oughly drilled on the American method,
the new regulations were found to work
with astonishing smoothncss and success.
Drivers OF horse-drawn carriages and
automobiles alike We're prompt TO grasp
and understand the utility OF the new
regulations. the observance OF which
proved relief both TO them and to Pc
destrians IL Is understood that. the cX-
pertinent having proved such a success
the authorities intend TO adopt the new
uaihc regulations in other Congestcd
streets and boulcyards Of the city and
their observance.
Queer Charge Against Woman.
one cannot think it was kind of the
French paper to head the paragraph
Il Eterncllc Coquette." II tells OF n case
before the courts Of Bernc There "A
In the French tongue "unc quadraec-
naire, was charged with falsifyIng her
birth certificate. She was really born
IN 1858. But she changed the 6 on The
q 4. ~ n
reason? Her fapcc was worn I'm 1875
and the poor lady wished to be the Same
age as he We are assured that ''in
appearance apr she seemed no older than
not seem terrific olfense. The lady
might have pleaded the example OF Ma
P9ieon. who at al events connlved at "A
little alteration of the same kind. i'm or
der to make himself seem more appro
pirate husband for Josephine The
SWISS court in this case seems To have
eh92ught that there was nothing to make
fuss about. for the lady was only sen
fenced to forty-elgbt hours' detention.
10 quote the admirably tersc conclusion
or inc whole matter: 'The result was
arm"
What He Most Feared.
In book Of "reminiscences which has
lmst been published by Captain Henri
Gnoppln are some interesting and anus
ing stories OF Cen Marquis de Galllifet,
who died recently The general was one
OF the bravest men in France. and one
iGn1 the me wrtIigst yruaist When he was major
at Limoges, the marquis saved a lady
ana her son from under the wheels OF
an express train. He only saved him
self by hanging on to the buffer In front
oil the engine, and swinging himself up |
out OF danger. When the train stopped
Il a., TREND rushed up to him and asked him
Fear said the marquis
Not you said his friend.
myself up and | was deadly afraid Of
what might happen next
Good Roads Congress.
! had the pleasure recently of meet |
Ing Mr.. Samuel Hill of the state OF
meir OF Minnesota who are here TO make |
arrangements for the care OF American |
ana ana Canadian delegates to the Interna-
In Brussels. July 10. Both these Amerl- |
cans are enthusiasts on the subject of |
e good , roads. 6S They we're appointed at. the
sociatlon in Columbus. o.. last October.
Mr.. Hill s0id: II have assurances that |
there VIII be In ATTENDANCE at the Brus-
sels congress from the United States at
least 100 delegates, and Of this number
many will be technical men The CON
sress VIII be Of immense interest. because
a road which Will stand the wear and
tear of automobiles and yet he dustless
II the American people can be brought
TO see the Importance OF good roads To
all classes, economic conditions In the
United States Will change very rapidly
AZ a meeting of the National Grange,
held at Des Molnes. Ia. on October l3 |
the good roads movement was heartily
and the Importance OF the con-
sress at Brussels was recognized Not
only our Travelled Americans begin
ming to realize that money spent on the
Panama canal and on the plan of max
Ing the Mississippi river u highway to
the gulf, Is OF no avail unless the farm
ers can transport their products across
the various states 70 the Mississippi, but
the farmers themselves are beginning to
demand as their right highway which
ean be utilized every day in the year
md over which tbei,- prnd,,cfo car |