Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-10
REMOVES KIDNEY
To SAVE PATIENT
FROM PHTH|S|S
One of Remarkable Operations
at American Clinical Con-
gress in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l0.-Through-
out four and one-half hours of surgical
work requiring the keenest knowledge
of technique and an eye and hand
that would not flag in the minutest
detail, even for a moment, DR.. John
p. Beaver stood in the clinical amphi-
theatre of the German Hospital yester-
Gay afternoon and demonstrated to a
throng of surgeons from all over the
continent his methods in general sur
gerry.
Slight delays between operations pro-
lcnged the clinic until after ) o'clock.
yet the interest of all the eminent
practitioners present did not flag for
o ONE until the last quick incision
had been made. the wound closed and
the patient returned to his ward, with
the best OF chances for complete re-
covery.
At st. Joseph's Hospital, DIR. 2. B.
Bland removed almost entire n kid
noy Of a patient as a last resort in
I1jIfllSlS VI lidb 3id4hs tAt CPNhoNfC
being one attended with considerable
danger owing to the possibility of Sc
riously injuring the other kidney. DR..
r. e. Montgomery also performed an
operation in abdominal surgery, re-
curing The suture of elastic tissues
and the shortening of lisameuts too
small to oe handled in sne fingers,
yet which were united by skilful
stitches into perfect union.
A notable demonstration of the eff
fectiveness of salvarsan, known also
as 1905" was given at jefferson Hos
pital by DR.. H.. II. Loux, whose use
of this recently discovered drug in
cases of intra-venous infections, has
demonstrated to the world remarka-
BILE changes in the treatment of dis
eases hitherto almost impossible of
cure within the course of a year or
more. Excellent results, showing that
these infections could be brought un-
der control within ten days by the use
of salvarsan, were proved in the clinic
yesterday.
AL the University Hospital DR.. B. A.
Thomas made use of a high-frequency
cleo rio current in the destruction of
tuners, the snarling, splitting flame of
tie charge electrode eating away the
fore gn tissues or so drying them up
as II prevent q continuance of their
parasitic existence in the surrounding
arts. which were unframed by the
current.
An Instrument of unusual delicacy-
ana precision Whereby internal condi-
tons may be explored through the
agency of a series of mirrors no larger
than half of the operators thumbnail,
was employed at the West Philadelphia
HOMEOPATHIC Hospital. DIR. Alexis
~aTr9r-R the Rockefeller Institute.
sJew York, read papers dealing with
W OF the most p~erplexing problems
Of modern surgery-cancer and the
TN t ~ OF blood vessels after operation.
In his talk on Flood Vessel Anasty-
IGOses DR.. Carre,l showed that veins
and arteries may be sewn together
Ike cloth. and that the after-effects
are remarkably satisfactory. Stereop-
ticon pictures were shown of dogs
that had lived from two to five years
after having such operations performed
on them. Lin one case a dog was alive
and in perfect health after having 9
kidney taken out, then replaced, the
veins and arteries sewn and the wound
closed Up.