The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-04
WATCHES HIS TOES
CUT OFF
THE WONDERFUL STOVAINE is
USED WITH GREAT SUCCESS
ON WILLIAM PARSONS AT Sc
ATTLE HOSPITAL.

Seattle, Jan 4.-Curious as /;
medical student at his first surgica
clinic, comfortably reposing on ar
operating table in the city hospital
discussing with the attending sur
geons the cutting off of one toe after
another until but two were left or
both feet, William Parsons, labor
er, was Seattle's first beneficiary Of
the medical worlds latest gift tt
mankind-stovaine.
His physical condition too debili
tated to rally from the depression
of ether or chloroform, his bodily
resistance destroyed by exposure and
weeks of suffering, Parsons had tc
have the pain Of the amputation OF
eight gangrenous toes deadened by
some anaesthesia With the two old
time methods of anaesthesia impos-
sible, the surgeons at the city hos
pital turned to stovaine, as used by
Prof. Thomas Jonnesco, of Roumania
as last resort.
No Stovaine i'm Seattle.
There was no stovalne in Seattle
but a telegram to New York pharma-
ceutists and the mail brought the an
aesthetic to Seattle Parsons was
placed on the operating table at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Stovaine
and strychnine, in a saline solution
were injected into his spinal canal
A slight tingling sensation marked
the infusion and the progress of the
stOvaine through the lower part OF
his body. Parsons was allowed to
SIT up after the injection of the solu-
ton to allow it to make its way more
readily through his body.
Thirty minutes was consumed by
DTs. F. S. Bourne. w. c. Woodward
c. E. McKinnis and l. R. Greene in
amputating five toes from the right
foot and three toes from the left
foot of Parsons. All the time the
operation was in progress DR.. erich
ton, who was a spectator of the oper-
alton, answered Parsons questions as
to the progress of the operation
While the operation was progressing
Parsons felt no pain. His breathing
and his pulse were normal during
the entire surgical work.
Keeps Track of His Toes.
Parsons. curious to know what the
surgeons were doing. whose view was
cut off from him by pile of blankets
behind which they were working,
kept inquiring of DR.. Crichton as to
what toe the surgeons were working
on. His composure was as great as
that of the surgeons who were doing
the work Not once did the patient
move during the operation.
After it was over and Parsons was
taken back to his bed in the hospital,
the only after effects of the operation
felt by him was the tingling pain
always following the severing of a
part of the human body
Stovaine Proves Its Merit
The attending surgeons assert that
stovaine has proved its claim to be-
ing a successful anaesthesia for oper-
ations in the lower region of the
body. The. success that has attended
its use below the heart has not been
duplicated by its use for operations
in the upper part of the body.
Parsons was found by patrolman
in the southern part of the city,
wandering about, ten days ago, with
his feet encased in gunny sacks. Lost
in the Cascade mountains while he
was searching for job Parsons had
for days plodded through the snow
until eight of his toes became.frozen.
Gangrene set in before Parsons
reached Seattle, making the amputa-
ton of the rotted toes necessary.