New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-16
SHOWS HOW TO TREAT
CURVATURE OF SPINE
Or. {. G. Abbott Demonstrates.
Then Reads Paper Before
Surgical Congress.
IMPORTANT CANCER TESTS
Effect of Transplanted Tumors
Seen at the Rockefeller
Institute - Final
Clinics To day.

Modern methods for the correction OF
curvature of the spine received an es-
pecial degree Of consideration yesterday
at the Clinical Congress Of Surgeons ot
North America, IN session at the war
dorf- Astoria. At the last evening neellhe
Of the session Dr. T.. G. Abbott OF Fort-
land. Me. presented his paper on 'l~ateraI
Curvature Of the Spine" following
demonstration Of his method OF treat
n,ent al the Hospital for the Relief OF the
Euptured and Crippled in the afternoon.
'rhe study of cancer and proof OF us
contagious nature was another SUBJECT
which received the attention OF the Visit
ing surgeons, a series OF demonstrations
by Dr. Peyton Rous at the RockelelleI
institute during the morning being given
10 show the effects of transportation OF
cancerous tumors from diseased 10 Wen
chickens.
,rhe results of operations by DR.. f. G.
Abbott were discussed by him before Tue
large conference Of the evening III ,ne
ballroom of the Waldorf. The speaker
explained the use of the Abbott jacket,
contrIyance TO secure the proper bodily
position OF the patient, his explanation
being later commented upon by Or. jon"
Ridion. of Chicago. and DR.. Royal whit
man. These and other surgeons Wiz
messed the demonstration Of the after
noon. in which DR.. Abbott was ASSISTED
by DR.. Harold A. Pingree in showing MS
treatment for. scoliosis. or curvature OF
the spine.
Effect Of TranspIanted Cancer.
In the study of cancer the experiments
OF DR.. Rous during the morning attracted
q number of surgeons TO the Rockeiehef
Institute Dr. Rous's experiments sho"eu
the effect Of transplsntable chicken tumor'
even though the liquid injected mas Oeeh
filtered and the germ is beyond the power
of the microscope TO see. These and other
, experiments made throughout the present
session, while failing TO determine the
exact nature of the disease, are indica-
tons OF the latest efforts Of surgery 10
discover cause and cure.
At ST. Lukes Hospital other surgeons
witnessed demonstration by Dr. Robert
Able OF structure Of the psophagus, or
clogged windpipe. due TO the absorption
OF certain poisonous substances. The
demonstration consisted Of an operation
by which a silk thread is run down the
wndpipe, followed by an lDcision in the
stomach and the use OF a see-saw move
ment. with the thread cutting the sides
Of the structure.
DR.. Walter NJ. Brickner, operating at
the Mount Sinai Hospital, demonstrated
the effectiveness of resetting bone cut
from the leg of patient in the arm in
place OF a large section eaten away by
cancer.
At the Polytechnic Hospital DR.. William
Seaman cambridge demonstrated the use
OF thyroidectomy-local anesthesia. The
application of spinal anesthesia, or the
injection Of the anesthesia into the spinal
column, was also shown.
Following the various clinics through
out the city an adjourned meeting Of the
congress was held in the late afternoon
at the Waldorf Astoria. At this time Dr.
Franklin II. Martin. general secretary
presented plan for consideration
whereby a special college OF surgeons
shall be established to grant a supple
mentary degree Of medicine, which will
set a standard of requirements for sur
zeons. The object, the speaker stated,
was the restriction OF surgery to fully
qualified experts.