The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-04
BEWARE OF
ESIx-WEEKS
SURGEOl
~ --pR. y. .. I,wHENr
Expert Warns Agains,
Quickly-Made
Operator
sBORACIC ACID
q "SLAMMED" HAil
Useless In Treati
Sore Eyes, Says Or.
Eugene Smith

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scon, Vac me aug.s, fBisa ut b
Y r. iasI.nce. OF copu1u-. eyr g..
4 wlolnsWFcr oi tie a.'y e,re ..,s
!. es.tsat has e,!nic IN ST. Mary ost
tAi, Thsrsday moiB.ng. iD l, le.
day OF The alumni clinics ol lae .r
gnols Cole IS OF Medicine ais o-t
Il go
~ "..sea.de of the man who grad
II uotes lnH the medical a0ol aul
taen. apIacted oE yhe fame ana &.
EtLne hal drip from thc MsYc 500.
pei gees TO Rochester fof too 3D..
\ three weeks. and Then a. Nev Nurs
Tar a s,nIiiar period aad eoT s.
hack surgeon = ma1 can
4 rcsyibIy b. surgeon after
h snly six weeks In the ho.u ue. RE
y must f.rs, be- good. sli-aru.ni Pas
4 tieian Ssrgery isn't al IN Tie -ut
~ M. means
f pr. Lawrence made a rs ai' wiki
K The alumni tie looks q nttie like
former Gov warner. AMI ag aas
dry lHmor that crops out 80 rae
most unexpected places ie has
been enief OF sIaff of the i.a~;eaec
4 hospital since 1869. Is lecturer oG
7 ethical surgery In STATING Medical
college. and has held many hoBor-
N AIRY aud elective Offices ia various
medical societies,
Fills srhject. Thursday Was al
Nominal diagnosis. tie insisted taaf
( more iian an exploratory iRc!s.on
more than proper knoSledge OF
4 hrw TO operate. there j. necessary
a II these cases "a sixth sense. known
saa common sense. the most uHcom-
4 men Of al,
s stmAh was brought in Whp bad
been trerated on for sppendl.iil
Snd an Infection OF the gai. bladder.
/ She sfs.. complained Of pain. and
was ycly sensitive to Or. Lawreuee's
4 tOach. Superficial examination left
him some what puzsied. tie son,
rave nked an X-ray. To show il
there was a stone In the right kio-
NY. E.aally he anestAetized her.
and made more complete examina-
ton. Then be was satisfied
= ''Ier pain Is pcreIy a mental prop
! oeiti n lie declared. THE sargeon
x has done a mighty good piece oi
work This is nov case fof Ely
4 friend. pr Ives. rather than for e
surgeon All that you have 20 DC
4 row Is 70 look out for her head and
s 3he'u came ont all right.
= ~The sreater part OF infection
+ ~ ronimued. "does not come BY
\ ftptf. but through some medium.
The germ. left 10 Itself in be mi1s;
A r. ieai'ny tissue. would come 70
grief. Il must get INTO deyi5alizel
1 ~ dead tissue. when you have used
lmetrn.rsfifs 81 be-" uirch Tissues
they bee, me devitallzed. and
GOOD riso.s l0r ma a0a 90 begin.
don't 'iean tact surgeon
+ shoUidn'i Use instTumeuts-i use
them shsn have 20, bli only when
4 have 10. As TO the size u on IN.
tision. say make an inch ana a
\ talf incision Il that is enough
4 make Il foot long Il II u neces-
81 cary, ] cont like 90 use gloves
u use them only When have 20
handle q dirty case. or ease .
I don't know abcut. 10 kea7 ms
hands clean. But ! don't ike 20
use them. because I'm lkeiy g.
! pinch, and wouldn't like 10 have
nybody pinch ne Il were being
= operated on. because II might have
BAD rcsai,s"
DR.. Eugene Smith GenvcreG hls
3 annual lteufo on the general use
lsssnest q boracic acid IN aacl
tsons OF the eye.
n III isn't worth continental fo
anything" be said 1T IS not "a
\ cure for any Inflammation OF the
eyes More eyes are lost toby i55m
depending on borscit acid than
g from any other reason. Aad. gen.
tiemen. am hitting the pro.e. .ou
I am surprised that 50 many gases
are coming In for operations. ca
ID which might have been D lp,d Z
they lad been properly tren,d m
4 the early stages OF infection. in.
stead 81 being merely given a
borAcic acid wash"
x DR., Smith then removed The left
N eye OF young woman, because. he
<oald. her right eye would become
4 Infected and be lost Il he didn't
y H blamed her condition on he use
n - borseic acid, instead OF thu prom.
" treatment In the mcipiency q.
- Infection
~Bo-acjc acid won't kin The mic
sobe," he raid. 1T won't eyea make
{.1AS miciobe sick. II may produce
Eo cocytye, but II won't kin COO
lens.
"a Don't wipe haby's eyes. Yos
nay usc toracic acid warm sailn,
e0Inlion. sterile water. dropping 4
~. use sterile water-it's as goo,
N ,Nash ne there Is. Don't open th'
~ IN wipe on the discharge, a
6ms nnrrss DO, You're ike e
N1Da on . pierre OF The epithelia
l0sr ana set an Infection OF til