The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
WONDERFUL OPERATION
AN EYE OF FAT TAKES THE
PLACE OF ORB REMOVED
BY SURGEON WOLFF.
BOY SAVED FROM BLINDNESS

/ NOW Ine DOCIcf went ABOUT hak@
ing New EyebalI Where There Was
Just Big Red Hole in the Pa
tents Head. Painted Same Color.
NEW YORK.-It is a long time
since Jesus OF Nazareth anointed the
eyes OF a man blind from his birth
and babe him 60 wash in the pool OF
Sloan, and he did so, and came
away seeing.
Science cut a piece out of Herman
STEMS leg, made him a brand new
eye out of it and arrested the failing
OF his vision.
1t was going to be a pretty un-
happy Christmas for the Stems, who
live in the seething East Side. They
thought little nine-year-ild Herman
would be quite blind.
One evening, shortly before
Thanksgiving, Herman had been Civ
en- a penny.
Away he galloped down to First
avenue He bought a grab bag
and sat down on the curb to inspect
it's mysterious contents.
Boy "Gunmen" Destroy Eye.
Gunner" is about the most pop
ular game there is in New York these
days and suddenly, without warn
ing, a great band of twelve-year-old
gunner" swooped down on Her
man. The candy was seized during
the swinging Of fists and the flying
of rocks. When it was all over Her
man dragged himself home, a great
cash across his face and one eye
gone forever!
The doctor was called, the wound
treated, and after while, 1t was de-
cided, maybe Herman would "have
a glass eye"-when the family could
afford it. And thus the incident
seemed closed-another little trag
edy, but mot so bad as it might be-
Then the sight of Herman's other
eye began to dim. The doctor came
and said to the frantic family;
"Tae sight nerves have been so
injured that the other eye has start
cd to die
Try Desperate Operation.
At Mt Sinai hospital, where they
took Herman, DR.. Julius Wolf de-
cided to try new operation-to try
actually to give him a brand new
eye. If he succeeded by improving
the gouged eye it was thought that
the other eye would retain its power.
''Enucleation of the eyeball with
transportation of fat into lemons
capsule" is what they call this new
and wonderful operation.
First, with razor-edged lancet, a
slit was made across the lacerated
pupil and iris of Herman's eye. Then
all the pulp of the eye-envelope was
squeezed out and the pocket walls
supported by cotton gauze. Then
every muscle that controls the action
of the eye ball was isolated, tied up,
numbered and laid back out of the
way. Next the tingling nerves were
similarly disposed Of Then the dis
eased nerves-those which had start
ed to die and were already affecting
the unhurt eye-were treated.
Makes New EyebaIl.
At this critical point in the opera
ton Herman's eye was just big red
hole that seemed past all hope.
Then Dr. Wolff lifted one of the
boys legs and from the thigh cut OUT
a piece of firm, live fat. He nodded
this into ball. removed the cotton
from the envelope of Herman's eye
and slipped the living fat into its
place. Then he laid back and fasten-
ed in all the nerves and muscles,
and sewed the eyeball together. A
bandage was placed over the re-
created eyeball Herman's leg was
attended to, and the little fellow was
put back in his white cot
Now they have taken Herman
home The sight of this one eye is
perfect again.
They are going to take the band
age off ''the bad eye" and on the star
ing but living eyeball they are going
to fasten a thin film, painted to re-
semble Herman's other eye