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Dunstan Times, Issue 1165, 27 June 1884, Page 3

A SKILFUL sUiKiFCAL QFiORATIOM The American Ambassador at Vienna, Mr Kasson, has lately forwarded to hUGovernment an interestin'' account of a reuia k able surgical operaii m lately performed l y Professor Billioth, of Vienna, w ich, wondeiful to tell, consisted in the removal of a portion of the human stout ich, involving ue ir y one third of tne organ —an i, strange to say, thap tient recovered—the only successful opera ion of i he kind ever performed. Toe disease for which this operatic i was pe formed was cu -er of the stomach, aten e t wii hj the following ,-ymtoms : Tile wpeti'e is (jure poor. Th-Tc it a pecoli r ioile.-eriUa dc distress in the stomach, a feeling • hit. has !>• en described *afa at “all ijonii" seiistlion; a sticky slime eollee .s aim it toe teeth, especal.y in the morning, accompanied by an unpleasant ta tc. F-o I fails to satisfy this p-ouhar taint sensation ; but, on the cootiarv, ir, appeals to aggravate the feeling. The eyes are ainken, tinge i with yellow ;lhe ha ids and ■ ->et become n 1 1 and sticky—a eld perspirat.o . Tie uIF r ers feel tired all the time, an I sleep does n't seem to give rest. After a time the pa hint becomes n irvous and .irritnbe, gloomy his mini being fined with • vil forebo lings. When iismg suddenly from a reou in out position there is a dizzme s. a whist ing sensation, and he is b i i ed to grasp so nettling Him to keep from fatting. .he h'vels costive, the skin diy mid lint at times ; the > Inod becoming thick and s'agnaiit, and does not tdruulate p operly. Af.er a time Ihe palient spits up food son i a- - ter eiting, sometimes in a sour and fermented cmlitimi, soin itimes sweetish to the taste. O tin times there is a palpitation of the heart, and the patient leant he may hive heart disease. Towards the last thepatieut is unaole to retain any food what