OPERATION TO GIRL
[ REMARKABLE CASE IN AMERICA [ (Received March 5. 5.5 p.m.) FALL RIVER (Mass.). March 4. What is considered to be one of the ; most remarkable operations performed ] in the United States occurred to-day when in a clinical exploration, a wellknown surgeon, and an expert in hernia operations. Dr. Philemon Truesdale, put into normal position the inverted stomach and other misplaced organs of Alyce Jane McHenry, aged 10. Attended by a large group of observing physicians, Dr. Truesdale, when ihe situation became apparent in all , its details on the operating table, found it necessary to take the stomach, which was upside down and up under her i shoulder in the left chest cavity, with : all but two feet of her intestines and spleen and appendix, and place them in their normal position. The girl's case, which has attracted national attention, was considered grave, and although she stood the twohour ordeal well, the physician declined to make a prognosis. Dr. Truesdale said: "I do not want anybody to say that this operation was a success, but I do not want anyone to say it was the opposite."
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 7
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187OPERATION TO GIRL Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 7
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