The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-12
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NEW YORK, March 11.-Dr, Simon
Iexner, head Of the Rockefeller insti'
tie OF surgery, the man who con-
1ered meningitis, believes that final
medical science will overcome death
nd man can live to an indefinite pc
"a. When surgeons first tried to open
le chest cavity to reach the heart
nd lungs, the lungs collapsed like a
1T of bellows punctured. A German
|lzgeon constructed an air chamber
rer the heart, with room for the oper-
ing surgeon and his assistants. In
lis sauerbruch chamber, so named
[ker its inventor, many operations on
be chest cavity were performed. Re
mt experiments at the Rockefeller in
.ltute, however, Indicate that the cham
eT eau he done away with and the
Ings kept going by a tube placed In
he windpipe, through which a cur
mt of ether and air is forced into
he lungs Thus far these tests have
cen confined to animals, but their
lccessful application to man is prom
fCould this process be used to re-
|ore life7' DR.. F'lexner was asked.
.N0h. yes; it does now," he replied.
~ is similar to the process of resusci.
1tion in drowning. The air pumped
ITO the lungs can actually bring a per.
IA to life who has to all intents and
urposes been, you might say, practi-
tlly dead. And the same way with
1e heart. But the operation has to
performed quickly while the tissues
re still alive. That the heart can be
I1de TO resume its action again is
1e of the most amazing things we
we been able to do with the human
valvular diseases of the
@<art," DR.. FleXner continued, "we
pV have reason TO hope that q cure
Iay be found III surgical operation.
may become possible, too, in cases
adyanced tuberculosis TO cut out the
useased portions of the lungs as we
Nv operate on diseased liver or kid
'Eys. We do not need all the area
y the lungs to breathe with, you
POW, This discovery will undoubted
result In prolonging life or saving
'1me OF those who would otherwise die
tuberculosis. -
Ia Could q person suffering from a
lease like typhoid fever be cured, -
flexner was asked, "by trans
tslon of blood from another when
et plood contained an antidote for
Z ne disease?n
hardly know about that he re
reo' In typhoid fever, though, lives
d tye been saved after hemorrhage BY
~ transfusion of blood from an
Gould blood be transfuscd to save
81 llIe OF dying person?'
es, so long as they were not quite
DR.. Flexner replied.
y - Il9 dpn1 how. lsoo,
~ by TRANSMISSION in this method
VE'When nerves are severed by acci
~nss or operations paralysis usually
.pits' Now the nerves are sewn to
i9 tper as broken bone would, Wher,
Id-E ENDS of the nerves cannot be joinet
OF a neighboring nerve is splicet
make it whole
are the sufferngs Of an anima
~ during operations? - DR.. F'leXnc
~ ~ IS pity the way animal eXperl
=, 4!s is spoken of as viviscctiou. h,
81 Pned; The idea comes down to u
p5r Tue day when experiments wer
y -ec on animals. But it is a painles
" >,pration. If YOU had been subjected
~ ,hypodermic injection Of morphin
*. aiu you call it viviscctiou1 In ami
- experiments 80 per cent of TIL
q ~ IN consist of hypodermic injections
- M: ynf discovcrv Of the tubercule bac
,tM explained DR.. Flcxner, "wa
made until we performed exper
C5s LIE and produced tuberculosis i
/ mais- We learned in that way tina
alsease is infectious. That is, yo
ct not expectorate, YOU must kee
,df 55Seit clean, to protect your fan