SURGICAL MIRACLE.
Heart Stitched and Replaced by
Doctors.
STABBING WOUNDS,
(Received 10 a.m.)
LONDON, July 15
A surgical miracle at St. James' Hospital saved the life of a London patient who was stabbed twice in the heart, according to "The Lancet." The heart was steadied by a hand and the first wound of three-quarters of an inch stitched up and the heart replaced in its cavity. It still bled and a second wound was discovered and similarly stitched.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 167, 16 July 1937, Page 7
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