The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31
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Surgeon Shows Possibility
Of Enlarged Duct, =.
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BY wendell BURCH
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81
| (UP)-Gall-stones, one of the
Oldest and most painful banes to
! human life, may be eliminated
entirely from the list Of ailments
requiring repeated surgical re-
mOval.
In a paper to be read before
the 25th clinical congress OF the
American College of Surgeons
Dr.. Arthur w. Allen, of Boston,
Mass, describes. simple proven
tive to accumulation of the hard,
sometimes death-dealing obstruc-
tions. ..v. ... - - ..
i Cutting for the stone" has
oeen a surgical practice for CEN
tunes, fashionable even in the
days of little Samuel Pepys, bah
ohng diarist of the late seven
teenth century. -.
Source Of gladstone trouble
usually lies in the small duct lead
! ing from the liver to the intesti-
nal tract, DR.. Allen said. Too fire.
Quently this duct as modelled by
nature 49, so narrow that the
tiniest obstruction causes trouble,
/ and AN accumulation of the
/ "stones" Soon piles up.
The remedy, obviously, is to
make the duct larger. By insert
ing a hollow, tough "stretcher"
the duct can be made to pass all
normal Instructions which appear
in its length. DR.. Allen submits
that such "stretcher" has been
found in small device, made of
materials which resist the stom-
ach. acids, and resembling chiefly
ripe olive in size and color.
1t was pointed out that accu-
mutation Of the stones ordinarily
presents the only surgical prob
lem in gladstone cases. When
means of passing the stones thru
the duct have been achieved, the
suffering and illness attendant to
their clogging theipassage is elm
mated.
While an initial operation would
be required to place the 'stretch-
er" in position, recurrent opera
tions for removal Of the stones
would be obviated. Mere remov-
al Of gall stones in the past has
not offered any permanent relief
from the illness, inasmuch as new
distinctions may aform and clog
the tiny duct after an operation,
since the real source of difficulty
-narroWness of the duct-haS
not been affected 49,. =. o.. i
=, Dr.. Aliens report was. but one
Isof scores presented the congress,
detailing new technique in oper-
ating, new means of cutting TO
cure" -. 10
A fracture conference today
offered one of the highlights oil
the convention, which has for one
of it's major topics surgical ways
and means of healing the fright
full wounds sometimes inflicted
on modern man by his robot serv-
ants---the automobile, industrial
machinery, steam and electricity.
DR.. Paul b. Magnuson, Chica-
GO, offered a list of "don'ts" to
would-be good Samaritans intent
on helping injured persons.
"Cover up the injured person,
but do not let some willing soul
coax you to grab him under the
knees while the other fellow takes
him Under the arms-and between
you, drag him to the nearest durg-
storp, where the floor is no soft
er or warmer than was the street.
"Maybe in doing this well-mean-
ing act you have doubled him up
like Il jacknife, making a mildly
injured spint a severely injured
one. Maybe the sharp end OF a
fractured bone in the leg has
been pulled across nerve or ar
terv, and will necessitate an am
putation instead of healing al
terra moderate period of disaDll-
ity." Il
For skin injuries, don't run for
| the iodine bottle, he warned.
iodine is a strong irritant when
it is fresh" he said. "If it has
pbeen lying around for some time
and ali the alcohol in which 1t is
dissolved has evaporated, 1t leaves
| concentrated solution which IS
dangerous to use on a normal d.
fskin." o..
DR.. E. Dunbar Newell, Chatta;;
roogp, Tenn, urged use Of local
fanae&thesia at, the$t site OF fiac-
lures to relieve pain and obtain
complete muscular relaxation
DR.. E. Wayne Palmer, Phoenix,
Aria., urged establishment OF IlEsV
aid stations at every airport dail-
Egerous crossroads. and along ma
jor highways as means OF ELM
mating needless suffering among