Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
SIGHT RESTORED
BY USE OF KNIFE
AT CLINICS HERE
Operation Performed on
Woman and Girl at Sur
geons' Congress
AID FOR PLAGUE VICTIMS
Visiting Doctors to See Mobiliza-
tion of Bed Hospital in
Park

A mlddle-aged woman was made 10 see
through her left eve for the hrst time 10
more than two years, portion OF peri-
ned eyebar was removed from the lett eye
OF girl and young man was lifted with
an artificial pupil In an eye clinic To-Day
at the Hahnemann Hospital.
The operations were performed by Dr'
W. w. Speakman. 1925 Chestnut street.
Philadelphia, and professor OF opthalmoiogy
Z at Hahnemann Medical College. This clinic
was one OF the important features OF the
xfth-day session OF the Clinical congress
OF Surgeons, which Is IN session here
The woman, who regained the sight OF
her left eye. has been suffering from cata-
ract for more than two years. When the
cataract was removed by Doctor Spcakman
the pasient could tell the time OF day with
the eve which had been affected.
Al a Blochley Hospital clinic given by
Or. ]. X. Young a case OF amputauon of
the thigh was shown for tuberculosis OF the
knee. Or. Young was assisted by DR.. Robert
l.. Gray.
In the case of the girl suffering from n
petrihed eyebali, the eyeball had been slow
ly turning 10 lime. and the operation was
performed merely 10 improve her looks
DR. Speakman entertained no hope OF saw
ing the eve he merely cut away the lime
portion of the crystalline lens, leaving
totally black pupil
PARALYSIS CURES
How the limbs OF infantile paralysis VIC
Tins can be rested by rebalancing OF mus
cles was demonstrated by DIR. j. Ma Spellissy
at ST. Josephs Hospital Doctor Spellissy
subject was a young girl He cut the ten
dons in the right heel causing the heel 10
droop Then he transferred the tendons
OF the big toe from the Inside OF the loot
70 the outside OF the foot. This, he said
would bring the action Of the tendon on
healthy muscles and would enable the child
TO walk.
He said. however, that she would have
20 walk on the fiat of her foot instead OF
on the toes ms formerly.
PAINLESS OPERATIONS
A remarkable method of performing pain
less and bloodless operations by the use
Of a new drug called ''novocain" was de-
naonstrated at the Polytechnic Hospital TO-
day by Or. p G. Skliern.
The operation was for dermoid cyst OF the
head
Doctor skillern told the assembled sur.
reons that these cysts frequently contained
teeth. sections of jaw and hair. The phe
nomena resulted, no said because the cys
developed from skin tissue, and hair, teetf
and jawbone develop from the same source
He said that cysts were dangerous De
cause cancer formed from the same tissue
In this operation the doctor used the new
drug novocain in nerve blocking and sale
the drug was superior TO ether and sever
times superior 10 cocaine.
HOW DRUG is USED
The drug is made in Germany, but be
cause of the war Is hard to obtain at thi
time Doctor sixiilern injected two pc
cent solution Of novocain at a point wher
Il blocks the pain impulses of the nerv
nbers from getting to the brain. He com
pared his method TO that OF a telephon
exchange saying when a telephone sub
scriber refuses TO pay his bill he In cut OF
from the rest of the system. Novocain cut
on the point Of operation from the rest o
the bodily system.
In regard to making the operation blood
less DIR. Skiilern said: THE first duty o
the surgeon is TO find the artery which sup
plies the operation field with blood and sup
press this artery, SO there will be no bleed
ing of tissues There are three ways o
doing this. First. have an assistant pres
the artery against the bone second. squeez
the artery with rubber bandage; third
use a metal clip on the blood vessel trunk.
A patient. who. three days ago. was sub
jected to an injection of magnesium sui
phate for delirium tremens, was toda
brought back before the clinic He was |
perfect condition. showing that the opera
tion had been a success.
HOSPITAL MOBILIZATION
Hundreds of physicians are coming int
Philadelphia today from all sections Q
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware an
EoO-bed base hospital tomorrow on Belmor
Plateau, in Fairmount Park.
The mobilization of this hospital promise
TO be one of the most important features G
the clinical congress OF surgeons herr
Of1icials of the War Department at Wash
fngton, officers Of the regular army an
officers OF the National Guards OF three G
four States will come here TO watch the OF
eratIons of the field hospital
The mobilization OF the bed-base hospiti
VIII be under the direction of DR.. Georg
w. Grille. of the Lakeside Unit. OF Clev'
land Doctor Grille returned recently frol
hospital work In the European war zon
and he IL considered the foremost author
ny on bed-base hospitals In this country
For the FIRST time army officers an
physicians In this country will have a
opportunity tomorrow TO witness big bee
base hospital under full operation.
Corps OF nurses and physicians will
IN attendance and ambulances will he col
stantly travelling 70 and from the hospiti
base from An imaRinary battle1eId