STITCHES IN HEART
——it ' SAVING A BOY’S LIFE. AMERICAN SURGEON’S FEAT. WASHINGTON, September 21. By means of two stitches in tiie heart, which was punctured by scissors in a fab, a surgeon saved the '■ ■■■. -1 (ivc-year-old boy named Melvin Jones. _ T ~ . Dr Scoenfeld, of the Washington :;; 1 1, pulled back throe ribs, lifted the heart with the forceps . ll!b cd a cut a quarter of an ' di l"mr. T--o stitches were put in the heart, which was then placed back in position. The lad’s condition is good. He had previously received a transfusion of blood from his father.
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Evening Star, Issue 19062, 3 October 1925, Page 24
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98STITCHES IN HEART Evening Star, Issue 19062, 3 October 1925, Page 24
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