WATCHED HIMSELF DIE
To chat with surgeons while he regarded them in the act of cutting out his heart, and then to watch himself die, was the astounding experience of Air M. L. Nobles, fifty-one, of Santa Rosa (California). As a result of a severe attack of influenza, pus pouches formed about Noble’s heart, and it was decided to perform an operation to remove them. A local anaesthetic was administered, and the patient, in specially-arranged mirrors, ■witnessed the removal of three sections of bis ribs, conversing the while with tlie surgeons. At one stage of the operation his heart was lifted from the body and held before his eyes while an effort was made to pump the fluid formation from the sacs. But after the organ was returned to his body Nobles began to sink, but before falling into the coma in which he died watched the doctors working feverishly to preserve his life.
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Evening Star, Issue 19841, 14 April 1928, Page 10
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154WATCHED HIMSELF DIE Evening Star, Issue 19841, 14 April 1928, Page 10
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