EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2374, 2 June 1906, Page 6

EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION

-V n extraordinary operation has be-e-n perforniee! in Paris oy l)i . Que-iiu. of the Cochin Hospital, .r girl was brought ill suffering Ironi a solf-intlicteel stab in the breast. Tt.ekuite had pierced the heart, a.id Hepatic. it was to all appearance- eleael. Dr. (jiie-iiu. liowever, believed lie- sa.e signs e>f life, and determined to effe-ct a most ele-lie-ate operation. Opening the cbe-st above the heart, lie e-x----amiiied the- weriind ami found that tin- heart was still hleeeling. At the fourth attempt lie- sliccee-ele-e! in getting bedel of the- organ and ill drawing it out. In twenty-five minutes be- sowed lip tbe- wound with a minute needle- and the- line-st thre-uel. He tlie-n stit( In-el the wound ill the- clie-si. bandaged it. ami placeel the- patient in In-d Artificial respiration w»s lesorte-el to. anel after a colisiele-raide-time tin- cedour r-turned to the- lip-, and it was evid lit ha the pat ■ s; 1 11 lived. Sin .. - : njs-si with li e greatest care-, ami twelve days later got up. dii'.- eel he-rselt. and we nt borne. Interview .1 ut her hum.- not long alter tins, -be announce-! that on the previous night she had been to a hall ami ilanced without e-v. u io-ing breath.