A REMARKABLE OPERATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 14

A REMARKABLE OPERATION.

/ ' Some'-^time' ago>a man nimed- Gilmore siistained a - severe out on the-side-, of tho head while working in thtshush m the Ohura ■Valley, : and lie was'carried many miles on, a stretchor'to. meet.'the .'doctor, who. had been, notified, and-was 'on, lus ... .way out. from Ongarue--:-By candle-light in ,a, bush whare, Dr.° : 'Rowlands' porformed "an - operation, portion of tho brain having to.be cut.away. Later '-it -was 1 : reported' that Gilmore. had made'a remarkable recovery, .within a very short - period after the operation, antL was, "in''full'-'possession' of his '-mental . faculties. The sequel to this interesting, operation .was a 'tragic one- Ever smce Gilmoro. recovereid he Lad been worrying; ahout- his section, and at 1 last' Dr- ,'Rowlands: consented 'to Gilmore riding out'to the - Section providing, he walked ' his' horse: the. whole way, and, the doctor impressed upon "him - tho need ( for ettr§me care. 'The moment Gilmore got ! 'awayj'"howevcr,--lie flung all .prudence asido -andvgiillbped 'after two-'horses. and/trwl to.j lead ,them to Ongarue One broke aWay, afid : he 'returned • over'|the- rough, bush -tracks on a rough travelling pony It was nine o'clock; on f the < following night that he , re- n turned'to. Ongarue,.andT he stajed, up till' <11 p m in a billiard saloon Then confessing he-,felt f'cronk," ho grow steadily worse, 1 and-'on'-the'following: day was,, delirious.; •Alth'ouglr -'ini operation . was' performed ; to relieve >the (pressure on the brain, tho patient gradually s;lnk till de<ath ensued. Examining, 'the brain after, death,i the doctor found t, at ! the 'torn-membranes> had .firmly healed,. and, would effectually shut off any spread of in-fectioE'-from tho wound -,to. tho braui.. Iho braiif iteblfj where, it ihad been laoeratod at the 'time of tho accident, had healed, ,but all that side of the organ was in a state of acute inflammation, beyond any doubt resulting ■from-the ■;shaking' injury _of the fragile vnowly-ioined'- itissno: by., galloping, rofcgh riding,' • oto. :: I£ GilmorO. had- fallowed the doctor's-'advice 'ho i-would haye made, a (perfect Recovery. - , > '