El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-10

week, gathered together 80 persons who
offered themselves as subjects at the
clinics that are in process. His work
is being done at Hotel Dieu. DR.. 3.
F. Norris perfOrnzee an operation which
involved the evisceration of the eyeball
of five year old Mexican child,
Elecia Herrera The operation was
successful DR.. J. ". Britton, OF
Cisco, Tex, assisted DR.. Carpenter in
the performing of a flap operation upon
the left eye of Jose Navarez. age p
years. who is afflicted with traumatic
cataract The operation is known as
the Carpenter method
Appendix Operation.
DR.. H E Stevenson. began his clinic
at o'clock and his first patient was
Mrs. N. B. Burke, who was operated
upon for appendix and pelvic trouble.
The second operation perfOrmeI by
Tom German.
Drs. W L and c. P. Brown began,
at 8 o'clock, a very difficult operation,
in which Mrs. S. ". Parke. of Nevada
was the subjeca Mrs PaGl1e was
sent to the clinic BY DR.. : Z Mcdaniel
Of Tularosa. n NJ. The problem which
confronted the surgeons was an IN
united fracture of the femur, or the
large thigh bone. Mrs. Parke had lost
the use of this leg and the function
of the operation to restore it The
bone was found to be very badly frac-
tured and while the subject will have
the use Of the leg, it would have to be
operated by swinging movement from
the hip.
Removes BuniOn-
Drs- Brown alao performed an op
Grafton for the removal of a bunion that
had attached itself to the chief bone Of
the big toe and the operation called
for the dissection of the buniOn as
wei as the removal Of a part of the
I bone and the opening Of channels
( tnaa nsrafnr =
velop.
DR.. J. A Rawlings presented two
cases of Monaghan idiOcy in children
which were closely examined by the
attending physicians The name Of
'sMongoIian" came from the fact that
the eyes of both children had drawn
up in the manner peculiar 20 Asiatie
races.
DR.. L G. Witherspoon performed a
plastic operation at noon Friday upon
a child in which a hare lip was cut
and the parts jOiHfd together
At the FL Paso Pasteur institute at
noon Friday clinic was held in which
! several patients undergoing the treat
ment were given injections Of a toxin
made from the serum OF dogs spines-
Several rabbits were innoculated with
the germs Dr. Hugh :. White and
Dr. NJ B. Wesson were in charge OF the
clinic.
The physicians and surgeons gath
ening for a supper. at which several
entertainers from the Crawford thea
| ter furnished cabaret amusement be-
tween the courses The regular ban
quet of the association will occur at s
o'clock this evening in the ball room
! Of the Hotel PasO del Norte.
Afternoon Session.
At , o'clock in the afternoon the sci
! entific session began at the Hotel PasO
J del Norte with a report by DR.. Francis
I n McKeon, Of Fort Stanton, y. NJ. on
case of abscess Of tuberculosis origin.
J The discussion which followed was
opened by Dr. Hugh Grouse, of Fl Paso.
Additional names which were placed
on the register Friday. were: Drs.
J. G. Wilson, Wilcox. Ariz.; G. W r
/ Smith, ClOudcrOft. y. NJ; G. A. Miller,
ir., Vaughn, \. NJ; J. Dale Graham,
Elephant Butte, n. NJ: R. f. Mcbride.
7 Las Cruces, y NJ; o. + Talley, Chi
I huahua, Mex; ". F. Lee, lola, Kas;
| F. H. Wichmann, Torreon, Mex: A. z.
Lauson, Anthony, y. NJ: JOS J. Been
I nan, San Antonio. y. "