Modern Surgery.
A remarkable operation has been performed in the Newcastle hospital by Dra Harris and Horsfall. Last August a young man received a severe gunshot wound in the thigh, destroying the great sciatic nerve, muscles, and sinews. Two months after admission to the hospital an operation wasperformedand two gun wads, several grains of shot, and a piece of cloth were removed from the groin. The wound healed but he was unable to use the leg. Ten weeks ago he was re-admitted to the hospital and the doctors procured and killed a a sheep. While the animal was still wiirm they removed about six inches of the sciatic nerve, and, putting the patient nnder the influence of an anaesthetic, made an incision in the thigh, and introduced and stitched in the nerve from the sheep. Galvanic treatment was applied till the beginning of December, when he was able to leave the hospital. The man can now get about with the assistance of a stick. He has a little difficulty in raising the foot, but is rapidly recovering the full use of the limb.
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Lake County Press, Issue 692, 23 January 1896, Page 7
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183Modern Surgery. Lake County Press, Issue 692, 23 January 1896, Page 7
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