REMOVED A BULLET FROM THE HEART.
HOW A RUSSIAN OFFICER WAS SAVED.
Details of an operation for the removal of a bullet from tha heart of a Russian officer at Cannes aro given in tho "Eclaireur de Xice. n
The operation was performed at the South African Ambulance Hospital, in tho hotel Beau-Rivage, by Prof. Gaudier, of Lille, and was successful. According to the latest bulletin the patient is getting on as well as is possible. Ensign Pachikov, tiie wounded officer, belonged to the Salonika expeditionary force, and was wounded while lying down. The Bulgarian bullet ploughed along his skull, touched h's collar-bone and entered his chest.
The operation did not last half an hour, and was witnessed by many leading medical men.
the bullet wns situated in a horizontal position in the tissues of the apes, in the anterior wall of the left ventricle.
During the operation the patient's heart continued to beat regularly. Only the opening of the chest caused a stoppage for five pulsations. The projectile, slightly bent by the impact, tre'ghs 16 grams.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)
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177REMOVED A BULLET FROM THE HEART. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)
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