The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-02
50 that the fully conscious patient may watch the

solutions and the visiting DOCTOR needle in hand,
babe him lean forward so that the bones of the
spine might be visible, and then explored the point
of injection with his fingers. In another instant
the needle had been introduced A tiny jet oil
liquid tricked forth. This the spinal fluid
found in the subdurnal space of the canal and
indicated that the needle had penetrated the outer
most covering of the spinal cord. Then Jonnesco
reached for his syringe, attached it to the needle
and drove the piston down.
AS the keen knife cut it's way through the skin
and tissues of the abdominal walls there
finch from the patient. There free flow
of blood, the wound rapidly enlarged and soon
the viscera of the patient We're visible to all at
tending the clinic. AT that moment the patient
laughing and talking with the doctors This
operation lasted hour and there a
grOan.
Not Hurt But Scared
A MOTHER patient, young man of twenty-five,
= operated on for femora hernia, disturb
of the lower abdominal region and upper thigh.
AS the knife first touched the skin of the patient,
drawing blood he groaned and continued to show
signs of distress for several minutes.
'This young man. said the operating surgeon
working under the direction of Jonnesco. thinks
taking advantage of him. He says he
not feel his legs and that he feels some pressure
and suspects that cutting off his legs. The
anesthetic has paralyzed his legs so that he
feel them, but he is conscious of the pressure
of the surgeons and instruments. His pain is
tirely matter of the Imagination. The aneSthetic
is working perfectly.
"How do you feel?" another doctor called out
to him.
"A right he said with laugh and shake
of the head and at the end of thirty minutes he
wheeled out of the room. his white teeth glis-
tening as he smiled farewell to the crowd. He
seemed to enjoy the applause the clinic gave jon
The Advantages of the Method
WIHAT are the advantages of the stovaine meth
First. that it can be used in certain cases of
diseased hearts which might be able to stand
the depressing effects of ether chloroform
Second, that the numbing of the parts is carried
out more quickly on average in about half the
time that would be required to bring the patient
under the influence OF ether.
Third, that in favorable cases, it produces less
discomfort to the patient at the time of the op-
headache depression and loss of appetite after
wards.
Fourth, that it allows consciousness to be main
tanned by the patient.
With the the exception of the first all these
advantages are chiefly esthetic, that is. matters
of greater less comfort and convenience to
both patient and surgeon
The retention of consciousness, which might be
expected to be of the greatest advantages, has
been found to be quite as much of a drawback
advantage
While it is very interesting and novel expert
ment to sit down, have the lower half of your body
rendered numb and of your legs taken off
while you watching every step of the opera
ton, it is not which most individuals would
eagerly.
1t is intellectual triumph Of the highest or
der to be able to lie quietly on table with your
eyes open and watch your abdomen laid
open and your inward parts readjusted or trimmed
down. or removed and held up for your inspection,
but it is neither soothing pleasing spec
tace.