The Washington times., 1925-03-11
DOCTORS VIE v
OPERATION
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clinical session of the American
Congress on Internal Medicine.
While q battery of strong lights
blazed down upon the operating to-
BILE, Doctor Kerr accomplished the
difficult task. He was assisted by
Doctors H. C.. Claude, p. J. Cerno
and Herman Schoenfeld. Doctor
Frank Lee lectured on the operation
prior to its performance.
Angina pectoris is painful dis
ease, characterized by suffocating
sensation in the lower part of the
chest. Medical science has traced
it's cause to a nerve leading to the
heart. The Kerr operation involves
removal of the ganglion, or nerve
center, from the side of the neck.
The nerve which causes angina
pectoris is one governed ! by this
ganglion, and the latter's removal
automatically relieves the sensation
of pressure.
Very Delicate Operation.
The operation is delicate because,
after making an incision of the neck,
the surgeon must be careful not to
injure the neck muscle OF any Of
the important veins and arteries
which are encountered before the
ganglion is reached.
Because of the extreme delicacy of
the task, Doctor Kerr has been the
only local surgeon ever to attempt
these cases. He is a. graduate OF
McGilI University, Canada, and is
attached to the surgical service OF
Garfield Hospital.
Shortly after noon today, the ma.
tent was reported to be Progressing
las well as could be expected, and
fairly comfortable" Physicians said
the operation was successful.
Coincidentally with the Leech.
Kerr clinic, a score of others were
being held in various hospitals. Due
to complete program mapped out
yesterday, each clinic consumed a \
hour, more or less, with new demon
STATIONS and papers to follow, Thus.
the visiting doctors were kept NOV.
ing from one ward to another
throughput the morning hours.
Visit Garfield Clinic.
Several nerve specialists attend.
ing the convention visited the neu.
Biological clinic at Garfield, conduct.
ed by Doctor D. D. V. Stuart.
Doctor Stuart showed his visitors
several of his patients, whom he
has been treating for nerve dis.
orders affecting the various senses.
Some of the cases, he stated. had
medical histories dating back sew.
eral years. He pointed out the diff.
ficulty of tracing the ailments to
their sources, because of the an.
parent unimportance of symptoms
leading to more serious disorder.
Other doctors attended the medi-
cal clinic of Doctor Thomas A.
Clayton, who explained the dag
noses and treatment of cases involV.
ing diseases of the blood.
Between clinics, the visitors talked
over the annual banquet held at
the Mayflower Hotel last night
when the attendance taxed the ca =.
pacity of the hosiery.
Among the speakers were such
leaders in the medical world as
Doctor William A. White, super.
intendent of st. Elizabeth's Hos.
pital; Doctor Ales Hrdlicka, curator
Of anthropology of the Smithsonian
Institution, and Doctor William
Gerry Morgan. president of the
Congress. Frederick William Vile,
newspaper correspondent, also
spoke, The banquet was followed
by entertainment and dancing.
After an evening of relaxation,
however, the physicians and sur.
geons today returned to the more
serious business Of studying the
most recent developments in med.
ical science. In several hospitals
today. yesterdays clinical program
was repeated. The new features of
the day. however. were presented