The chronicle=news., 1912-11-25
NEW NOSE MADE
OUT Of FINGER
Of PATIENT

Now York. Nov. 25.-in nearly
every hospital In New York City op'
erationa IN various sorts were wit
messed here by delegates to the Clin-
ical Congress OF Surgeons OF North
America. Al the Waldorf. headquar-
,crs Of the congress. $500 surgeons
reEistered. and at least half Of these
were spectators at demonstrations Of
the newest methods for decreasing
the death rate. Some 200 clinics were
on the days program.
Thine manuflcturing OF Il new nose
from a finger was done at the Pres
byterian hospital by DR.. Clarence A.
McWilllams. The patients little fin.
ger was bound to what foundation OF
the nose remained. The two surfaces
that were bound together were no
treated that the finger will begin i'm
mediately TO grow on the nose. II
VIII remain bound In place until II
has gained firm hold then another
operation will sever the finger from
the hand. sim other operations will
follow until the trausp!anted finger
Will be formed into very satisfac-
tory substitute for a nose.
a patient Mt the Polyc!lnIc hospital
had his tongue removed. The attend
Ing surgeons say he Will recover.
They declare that II would even be
possible for him to have new ton
que. owing TO the remarkable success
lnttlned In recent years In grnfting
Tissues. were some pcrsons willing To
part with his or her tongue.
Skulls were lifted nj the Scurolog-
ical institute from tho brains OF
three patients. while visiting mem
b.rs of the congress looked on. They
SEW nerves cooiiy clipped away from
the head by DIR. Elsbcrg and DR.. Tay-
lor. AT the Presbyterian hospital nm
unusual process OF bone grating
was shown. A patient with n diseas-
cd bone In his left leg was placed
under anesthctics and the small bone
In his right leg was removed and
'ransplanted TO the left. II II one OF
the few operations OF the kind In this
country.
Al the Babica' hospital another
blood TRANSMISSION feat wns perform
ed. A tiny. anacmic tot and . sac
rific!ng truckman participated. Their
arteries wcrc Joined. cnd II was de-
clarcd that in an hour the baby had
shown decided imurovement. DIR.
VIII Meyer. n. the Post Graduate
hospital removed another stomach
and again demonstrated his sewing
machine for stitching the stomach
back In place.
Three dogs were the subjects Of
interesting den,onstration at the
fordham hospital. Or. 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 a. thei-
hearts were giving tho last beats they
were aroused and made normal In
remarkable space OF time.
The cat was first deprived OF all
possibility Of feeling by giving It
ether. Then the windpipe was cut
and air pumped artificially into the
lungs. Then the backbone was tight
ly compressed and soon after severed
from all connection with the brain.
After that the entire head was cut off
hut the heart and lungs kept on
beating and functioning, rs II the
cat were only asleep, with all OF Ito
organs intact. 1t was pointed out
that the experiment. was of great
value In the research into the func-
tioning OF the human body.
With the statement that practic-
ally 9 per cent Of women afflicted
with a form Of cancer peculiar to the
sex can be cured permanently II the
disease Is treated in It's early stages.
the congress Mt its meeting in the
Academy o. Music in Brooklyn took
steps to start crusade OF publicity
which. II is believed. will help large
lly to check the ravages Of the usually