A HEART STITCHED UP.
Michael Lawlor, of St. Louis, U.S.A., whose heart was sewn with 12 stitches after he had been stabbed |n a fight in > Wellston, has practically recovered. The remarkable operation is said to have been the, first of its kind ever performed In St. Louis. On ' several occasions incisions in the outer covering of this heart have been closed, but never before have stitches been taken in the heart itself while it was pumping ; blood. As soon as Lawlor was received at the hospital Superintendent W. C. O. Kirchner and Drs. Rodney Bunch and- C. ;H. Shutt performed the operation. An opening, in his breast was made in the form of a trap door, the ribs being cut and laid back. The doctors had little hope that'Lawlor would live, as the operation was an ' extremely dangerous one. He recovered rapidly, however, and soon was able to walk about the hospital. He says the wound pained him no more than a pin-prick and that he did not realise he was seriously hurt until doctors at the hospital discussed his case with him. •..''•', * ■'*.'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14235, 4 December 1909, Page 8
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184A HEART STITCHED UP. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14235, 4 December 1909, Page 8
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