The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-11-25
SCIENCE MAKES OVER
THE HALT AND MANNED

to the remarkable success attained i
recent years in grating tissues, wer
some person willing to part with hi
or her tongue.
i Skulls were lifted at the Neurologi
cal Institute from the brains of tire
patients, while visiting members of tn
congress looked on. They saw nerve
coolly clipped away from the head b
DR.. Elsberg and DR.. Taylor. At tn
Presbyterian hospital an unusual pro
cess of bone grating was shown. 1
patient with a diseased bone in his lef
| leg was placed under anesthetics ant
the small bone in his right leg was re
moved and transplanted to the left
1t is one of the few operations of the
kind in this country
Z, At the Babies hospital another blood
TRANSMISSION feat was performed. a
tiny, anaamic tot and sacrificing
truckman participated. Their arter-
les were Joined, and it was declared
that in an hour the baby had shown 6
decided improvement. Dr. Willis Meyer
at the Post Graduate hospital, removed
another stomach and again demon
strated his sewing machine for stitch
! ing the stomach back in place.
Cat Lives With Head Off.
Three dogs were the subjects of in
teresting demonstrations at the Ford
ham hospital. DR.. A. L. Soresi showed
how new methods made it possible to
bring dying persons back to life. The
dogs were placed under the influence
of ether, and as their hearts were CIV
ing the last beats they were aroused
and made normal in a remarkable
space of time.
The cat was first deprived of all pos
sibility of feeling by giving it ether.
Then the windpipe was cut and air
pumped artificially into the lungs.
Then the backbone was tightly COM
pressed and soon after severed from all
the entire head was cut Off But the
heart and lungs kept on beating and
functioning, as if the cat were only
asleep and all of it's organs intact. 1t
was pointed out that the experiment
was of great value in the research into
the functioning of the human body.
Publicity to Check Cancer.
With the statement that practically
25 per cent of women afflicted with
a form of cancer peculiar to the sex
can be cured permanently if the dis
ease is treated in it's early stages, the
took steps to start crusade
of publicity which, it is believed, will
help largely to check the ravages of
the usually fatal malady A commit
tee of five leading psychologists was
appointed to begin the fight at once
and to report at the next congress-
This committee was instructed to
write articles to be published in the
daily press. The committee is DR.. |
Thomas S. Scullen, chairman, associ-
ate professor of gynecology at John
Hopkins, Baltimore Dr. Howard G. |
Taylor of Columbia university, DR.. c. |
Jeff Miller of Tulane university, New
Orleans; DR.. E. F. Simpson of Pitts
1urgh, and DR.. E. c. Dudley of Chicago.
Dr. Cullen said: "The reason why
10 many women die of cancer is be-
cause they conceal their symptoms too
ong. When they finally go to the
physician for diagnosis they are too
ate for any cure. From 20 to 25 per
.ent of cures could be effected by the
Weithheim operation if it were done
n time. We want to educate the wom
n up to the point where they will view
ANGER exactly as they do appendicitis
low 1t is high time for women and
he newspapers, too, to lay aside prud-
ry and look at the facts squarely."