The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-08-20
Grimiy Bends Over Ju-
conscious Patient.
TRIES TO lISGEGT subject
Startling Climax 70 The ca.
reer OF d Famous aud
SkillfuI Surgeon.
THE SAD p4TE or DIR. DAnxEr


In Cincinnati. to-day " Dr WI
liam r Dabnav. there has come -c
light one ~ the most remarkable
chapter % medical history
IL TELLS ri th= msr-elo-s skiil dis
PLAYED With -he surgeon knife 5F
an unrerea1ed mailman. r1ose tar-e
and practice rad grown apaf= r-ii-
his brain was III The .hro=s 81 dis
order
NOs 1rfu The -razet surgeon had
undertake. ro perform viflsee-ion
upon q patient was II realized 5T
the attendants in The operating
rnon thar madness Was directing
the arm and sealpel ~ 70 sought 70
uncover FItal organs.
Or. Dabney entered prsetice iu
Isrerts about - T@ars aZO He
made "a speciality Of eye ear and
throat 1Herationz-
TIE rr-cer-1l skill be- displayed
carried lis far.s even ~ distant
points end -ba large Draf-iee ~ laa
ounr uu here was augmented by
freoua1r calls 20 1-be- cities 20 peg
r0r-o die -1lt operation
A. bis income grew large. 10 -
rablist-1 hospital here and FUR
uisaed T. most elaborateav. ne
wore q ~eu DYKE beard and affected
Foreign -zuuere. 70 -hat even whe1
Ills J@c-ltar-fi%s caused -emsr.. they
we're -se-sed 49, due -o Tie -er-1-
fr-etv Of genius For several
nD1thz prey ous 20 bio mental coll
Ispse and -t- startling revelation or
his condition. rarely DAY passed
THAT. 5e Ola 1ot perform Two or
three 1ifr1lt operations Even
-rhile -u -hs mental state we'll
known urzeons would come here
70 uitness bis remarkable skill with
tbs knife
II wsv -ae dea7s on tie operating
table Of IN aged ana Eealthy farm
Or Jacob r 5rhaad. that brought
Dr. Labneys career 20 the horrible
climsx Sebasd mad . humorous
growth on bis upper jaw He con-
suited DR. Dabney and was assured
that a minor operation Eould re-
move the disagreement. and that a
perrnauent cure vas a matter OF
only a few days stay IN the hos
pitsl Schssd finally yielded 70 the
urzeon's persuasion and consented
TO go on The operating table on May
p last
Besides Dr. DaDuey aud the nurse
there we're present. when 5chaad
lapsed into unconsciOusness under
the influence ~ the auaesthetic. DR..
G. 3 Ballard and DR. J. p. PsnrOse-
As DR. DaDney quietly proceeded
with rhe knife the two surgeons de-
tected that there vas something
wrong and both began 10 remon-
strate. DR. Dabney became very an
zry and dnaily ordered them from
lie Operating room.
when tae twO doctors had left,
according 20 the st0-y of the nurse
who mad remained trembling beside
the unconscious patient. Dr. Dab
ney began 20 dissect rhe face and
throat OF the Unconscious Srhadd.
Both sides or the face were laid
open. and deep lncisions made 10
the throat. But rhe skill Of the
mad surgeon Vas shown in the iex-
-rerity with which ne avoided IN
fiicting a fatal wound on his living
subject
How TAR the crazed surgeon
would have proceeded with the dis
section cannot be told. fOr the hOr-
r-ifed nurse ran from the room
shrieklng that Dr. Dabney vas KILL
ing his patient Her cries brought
Ors. Ballard and PenrOse With sew
eral OF the hospital attendants 70
the rescue. and DR. DaOney. by this
time a raving maniac. Drandishing
his scalpsl over the unconscious Nv
ing subject. vas disarmed and sub
dued. after a desperate struggle
DR.. Dabney was taken 20 the
county jail and held in confinement
until be- could he arraigned in the
Probate Court for a lunacv inquiry
IN the meantime efforts We're
making 20 revive sehaad. who had
been lefi on the operating table He
failed 10 rally and died that night,
bur 50 skillmlly had the ward sur
geOn performed the terrible mutt
lation that the attending surgeons
in their subsequent testimony were
forced TO admit that no evidence
could 30 found that death was due
10 tho frightful incisions made By
DR.. Dabney with the sealpei
kner the arrest OF the specialist
many things developed 70 show