The Detroit times., 1910-03-02
NAIL IS EXTRACT TED
FROM BOYS LUNG
Long Delicate Forceps Put Through
the Windpipe With the
Aid Of X.Rays.

NEW YORK. March 2.-Oue Of the
rsrest surgical operations was per
formed In the Beth Israel hospital
( A brass heaaed nail an inch long,
/ located with X-rays, was taken from
the lungs OF 12-year-old Jacob Miller,
) Jr OF No. 40 Essex-st
The boy suffered intense pain for
FIVE weeks and many doctors had
tried in vain 20 diagnose his case His
parents thought he had tuberculosis.
! The boy will be playing with his
companions within a day or two, the
/ doctors at the hospital say, but be
Will in the future oe careiui not 10
swallow nail. Fear that he would
be scolded by his parents caused him
/ 10 conceal the cause OF his violent
coughing He was near death when
his father took the lad 10 the nos
/ pital Or Francis Huber in charge
! OF the chiidrens department, after
hearing the history OF his case. or
dered an X-ray examination.
Concealed Il to the Last.
When the little fellow was on the
operating table the doctor asked him
Are you sure Jacob, that Won
didn't swallow a nail while YOU We're
/ playing with YOUR boy friends 49,
No, answered Jacob, Il didn't
swallow any nail.
Sure OF that?'
Sure"
The X-rays were turned on the lit
tie sufferers body 4 marked iutiam-
nation of the right lung, SO great as
10 threaten an aDscess, was discover
ed and embedded in the centre OF the
'infamed area was 10 be seen the clear
outlines OF nail such as is used in
hanging pictures. The light was
turned off and the little fellow was
taken from the table
Why didn't YOU tell me that YOU
swallowed a nail. jacob asked Dr.
Huber
Il vas afraid my father would scold
me" answered the patient
Ordinarily after The Nray picture
is taken the physicians depend in
operating upon locating the object TO
be removed By means OF the picture.
but Or. Huber used different method
for the first time He had the boy
taken 70 the Xray room on the
fourth floor OF the institution and
placed on a small table with the X-ray
tube underneath IT, Or / : Hirsch,
the photographer took his place IN
another room and made ready TO use
the light
Dividing this room from the room
where the operation was 20 Dr. done
was a partition OF lead two inches
thick. for protection from the intense
rt f-n r..r q gurr
was in the partition. and placed in
diagonal position inside this window
was a small mirror BY means % this
mirror DR. Hirsch regulated the cleo
trical current in accordance with Or.
! Hubers instructions
The Operation.
When all was ready the boy was
given an anaestheic and his windptue
was opened 4 microscopic screen
a sort Of range finder. was placed on
the chest OF the boy and by this
means the location OF the nail could
be plainly seen Guided by the shadow
OF the X-rays a delicate long fOrcep
was introduced into the windpipc and
down into the smaller air tubes The
shadow of the forCeUs was seen hv
the watchers 90 advance gradualr
land touch the shadow of The nail lu
less than second Tho nail was be-
ing gradually drawn from tbc boys
lungs and ont through he windpipc
Dr. Huber was assisted in the ope r
ation hy Dr Solomon H0rowiu The
lhouse physician \ number OF mega
ltives was made 81 the operation and
its history Will he given 20 the Ameri
can Academy Of Medicine.
Since the boy swallowed the nail
his sufferings have been intense Ncv
or robust he lost ncsl rapidly re
had paroxysms Of coughing which
drove Tho nail further into the lung
tie suffered intensely from loss OF
sleep. had hts Of vomiting and failed
rapidly. within week aftcrward he
was withdrawn from the school he
attended and Was under the care OF
/ a doctor.
But little Jacob wouldn't tell even
1.-THE doctors who were called, what
allied him.