Triumph of the Science of Surgery Over Cancer.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 251, 31 March 1888, Page 5

Triumph of the Science of Surgery Over Ca ncer.

Kcimrfcable Fo:titudo of P itriolv Bariett While Undoy fw Qpck'rttion ior Canoer in the Throat. A si kkh'Al- opeiation for ciimur was puhirmed in New oik iccenlly, the details ol which u hou a < a-t of nio-f, icmaikabir luiniuii toihtude The operation was M) I.ii miccc— -hiM ha( it. w ill pas- into iei oid ;b a linunnli <>[ ilni In .--Kill ,md wi'iu 111 1 i)f .-uil;<". \. I'.ni irk ii.n icli is ,v ,s(c\ rdoie. i h\s huine, w ith lun w lit .md two eh ild im, i 1i 1 - at, HI, C '.it - inme-litel. r l he opuation to w Inch he Mihnnlk i with anei\e find couinjm laidy riioountci ed m t!n> Moilfls hiOuiv w^s t^i 'f i... J .i.ipm.m }„»-,, -t.xi as3,'\\\sf Filteenlh street H^tn-'lt w.ihlioin in licluinl 1U- h 'U> M'.<i h. of ;vj.i , and he h.^s !l\ed 111 ! hi- i iiuiiin lin t v loin i) r i licm« lie h.r- uolki d on iliedoek 1 ". Mtire l>o\h()od lils fellow , edol i';> ha\C lioli'd linn io '.'leu •'hiMi'^th. (iidiiiaiue and ll'ild i(lll[Kl.HU % " |)l i lit Iplt"-. lie \\<!S ,)t. wOl k on tin '\\luti Stai Tier ainmt, i I'^hlei it moiil h< a^o, when a lm\ of r^m\ tell lioin Ihi Mdt ol i steanw r .uul sinn k j him >t <;,'.tii( ;ii'_r liloni on Ihe I* ft <in> 1. Thei» \\ . i-^ .! uooil-^i/t d luid|> i,ii--i d .md In- ( \ < '.i ,i-> !' lack ( in il, Ihi i Ik u >mjl mi w ith Ij i — » \\ i>! k jii -.t tln '-'i i ii' , and m,i ill tle u Ink th< ( ill .t^ of the Moy, [la^'-ul a\\a\ k~< Ini .i^ < -n.ld ht -,•( n " I \ [ 1 1 1' .ii ,ui( •( ■pic\t.l(mi i pt i' c . A rnoi.t h I l' Ii i I \Mr 111 |,1 '1 ( I \< Illli. •,| I lll'J 1)1d:.i' i, hi di (OMU'd Ik uioi 1 1: i"i m 'uinoii'h. \n h>\ i - 1 1 _ r ii ion ,-ho.\(o' 1 1 id i !ii ' t i.h liiii luptii-td i < pi. ill « ;u I \ (-» - j cie- tine, v'.lim'i \s is attach d inlhe l< v it I ( hei k |ii^l in lionl (ii (he .ue_;lc ol the ),iu. '\li lifuiitl paid \\<> .*\! lent io!i to il and ilk/'.U 1 '! H woulil disijipeat as nU as lL >lliihil loha\e mown l'»ut lL A>{ noi h k» pt ijiowni^ all the tune Mtt-.-e--, like lit.lli DiUh, foi mid on the mside ot the cheek and extended ncdilv to the niontii. Mi rianelfc Miffeird iMich .'lOlll pain, whnhwas InnnmLr and ku ei.ilmi; and extiiidedto the let and tup of the head In about, font months the let I of the face lut^an to -\V( U. and it slowly m-eie.i-i'd in t>i/'* mil il it w<i« neaily laigc a- a eoi oanui It di'l'acLed fioin Haiiott. s beaut \, ii'it a 5 lonu; ;w )u >vh« able to vroi k he did not mind it much 13anetl did not, know what wa* th* 1 m.ittei with him, and ne\ei iclt wonied aboui il iiiuil he read, about 'wo ■niekp nu[o, ,vi account ot the ( '-eiin.iu t 'iow ii I'iukcv niaiiid> in thf* nrwipapii'*. It dawned on him then that, it he had a earn ci he had bet lei be doini; uielhin^ aboiu v, aud he uinl to the ho*<pit d

Proparing For the Knife I h T. .1. Keane, the hoiw: Mil made .1 cm of ul txamiuatiuti of tlu new LMowtb <unl found epi'hehiil cancel celh in i piece ol ti-^iu which w a.» tuko-i from Liv patient <5 ihnmt and •Mibmiilod to nnenwo pu ,il ( \ainin;ilion Tin disease had to Iho li'it ton-il ai. rl u\ul<i, and had mkeri in a p.ii I of the tontnie at the bast, and (he nppci jawbom '['')"!( m a-, no lor al t>i in li ! nril te .it nu nl <;i\ en. a i .d tlu v pal ■( nt v, a-> pni nn .J.. J . iliet i o pi cpait In n. toi t lv» op( la tion to cum pale tin lane 1 :, winch \\,ii> -i"ulai m kind and position to Hie one winch kill* d< i< ncral (liant r riic pat.v nt v>ns* taLrn to lin opt rating-room t^atuiriay at 2 o clock in the atteinoon Dr. Keane did the wuik, anil thcie weieu do/en phypu'«cnl '•\im. Mi Ban<'t-t, |u«L In on the table and t.ike the ctliti -aid Mt KtMne. "No -ir. I will mil le-ponded the p.iiieiit ' You <an i ut. m\ head oil and I will in 4 -a\ a w.nd, hut l'l! not take a 1 linu. r t o d> -t ! o\ mytsen-ei- 111 l'O! ;^i\e \ou an) ti onhle. The pitienl - tlctet tiiination could not bo -liakt i). the knurs on the l.ii>lo ii.ul no i !l 'ct on him, and the woi k went on without Mu ane-thetie 'Io deaden the -iMi-iliiht \ of the u.fMiibi ine= m the mouth . > i- to in » m nt '^'iL'^in.' it \> a^ p".:nt' d w ith tin 'I pei rent i-oeamc A i,awt < tender w a^ rlu n jilai. od between the te th on fho M'jht -ide and by u-miij.' .' ,•?» t -new lln mouth w a- opun.d mi w ule that it nearh di-loc.itt dt he |.iv. It w,i^ unoon. loi table )oi tin pit ion!, but it j;.m a trood \io\v of tin tumour. \ d> ( p inoi>ion v^a<- iv.nde in thi i^hotlv o.i the inside alon<, tin lew or |anbonc. The blood 'jiif'hid into tin moutli like a fountain, -In umu that the tiinioui «a< voiy wi-culai Spoii'jff- weie packed into the mouth, ,iud a> ta>t a- they bec.um saturated \\(W <|uiokl\ iemo\ed ntn\ otiieis put in thin place The patient had cieat chin \ ult\ in bieaihinj and the mMi umont-. »\<io^ot in leadme^-, to split. open !n-> w mdpipi and iii.-oi'i a t r ar hei>loni\ tube if it should bo in co -.u y.

Wonderfnl Surgery. ' j A!i>' th< htMiKir r l)ai;e \\<ip fhc( kod iht, in- j ei-iou v.'is extend* d udu ud :ui(l 'ill around thi i ! •_! i of the dwased mn'-s Tht> n ihent ;.!(!((! the •mi i^on<\ gKMtlj lu-tead of •_i €I♦ n i <jl ilwtiied when flu \\ . ii :ii blood i .in info h]^ bluo.'i'. he calmly shut ii|) hii wind pipe and held hiv bieath until lh" < loud ruuld i l cleared aw,i\ A piece oi tissue was iai-(Ml ->o that it i ould he H'l/fd with Lhunib-hifct'i)-. and the uhoU m.i-s an it .•ippiMicd in the month \\a^ di^^ortcd out with knno rtnd The hit tonsil \\,) c l ouiovod L'nt ii uh Th« ii\nla «a^ cut . l\\ ay and a section of the toof of tin mouth ,i I-.i i The ' n^c of the lohlmic on the loft siflrwa.i cu^- into alntut In If an inch. This look owl ."ill the < anerrou^ U-mic on the inside. This pai t of the opeiaXion lasted an houi. and tlv^ patient stooti on !us feet all tJie time. He Mas.itipavenlly the mof>o uneonccincd person piesml Ho bixd not ntfered a \\oid of eODipl?unt, and when his tare tin in d black Iroin partial suffocation, caii'-ed by the blood jrottinjy into the larju\, he biout^ht himself out of the I rouble without assistance, lie had Buflercd tenible pain, but the only sign of it was the palench and anxious expression of his face r ri)e most horriblo toitmc yet to come. The hemoirhap-e in tiic mouth had to bn stopped before the operation could go on. Styptic cotton and othei t.hmjjs weie tiied without sucee^. I'aciuelin'.s , theimo-cauteiy \va«s got in leadincss as «a doiivr K^o)/. The cautery was raised to; a white heat foi about half an inch. The j surgeon gave the patient wai uing and then | plunged the heated metal iri'o his mouth and ran it over the wounded surface. Smoke from the burning llosh penned from the patient's mouth, and teais of agony i an down his ciieek and mintjled with the blood. When the cautery became cold it wis heated again and applied to some other part of the mouth. This was done several times and finally cheeked the hemorrhage.

Fortitude off the Patient. j No I oiicu during 1 this terrible ordeal did the patient wince. lie did not- e\ en clendi his fi«st, but rented his hands on his hip-. mo*t of (ho time. He h;id from; Uiroujjli onou£>h to put 99 out of 100 peoplo on their b.icks in ;wi nneonscious condition, and yet lie said ho felt liist-ra(e. The patient was next placed on hit* batik on the operating table to remove the external tumour, which operation included

the removal of <'i poi lion of the uppoi jawbone. The patient refused do take whis-k^ , as lie wan a temperate man. Di. Ke.ine, well knowi'iy; the a^ony c.iu^cd by eutti ix into 'homo, iolt justilied in <^i\inj; thu pain ntclhi i against It s will. Tin) saturated cone was placed near his I ftico, and he soon became diovt.sy. f(/ was ; brought closer to Ins hiee slowly, and linully was hold over his noso /md moutJi, and in a litilc wlulo he lioc.ime ane^thcbifi^n!. An incision w.ismndein the centre of tln^ tumour from ( ho car to the chin, and the •h< ck was divs( r-led up and laul ovci on the i.ice. The cancel oil'- (i-Mio was taken out) with a metal .scoop jn lar^o piei es, and the lior.e wjis evpoied. [t w.i^ m liad condition. L,' 1 foiccp^, with a s'l.irp rd}(c, Meie foi((Ml ihioufrh the bom', the as sci^-soi s t.hrouj^h doth, and all tho duc.'xyd -eel Km wasuwmmd. It was nioie cxtcnm\c I han wan .supjio^ed Nearly all tin; MipiMior uia\dlar\ and 'i lar^p piece of the infci l.ir maxillaiyon (Jic loft h'ci c taken our ln>fon> (he hc.ilth^ bone wu-, icachci. Thi>]),nh<it the oucialion was attended hlmi w 111 piotuHrhemni iha^c. \nit \\ a'ie.vsil} eoutiolled with li'j.'ituie^. The wound was wa^lunl -niMi an aniiifptic M>'u(ion, and all i*i n b mo dinin,i(^( I ulie liad been adjiiMtod in the |aw it w.i-< closed wi(l>Mitme-< and iifinda'-ed. The v. hole oper ition kt-ted two hoi.i Th nniient i.il'icd (juic klj f'oni uhe hhoek and was ai)'_r]\ v> hen he hcud thatcthei had been en in him Hi' is doum: J |)lendidly now 'md will mini be well !)r Keane thinks that he liii.s ( Mccicd i\ peiuiaicnt cute, as, in h'^ opinion, e\ en i ni.ih.;n.'int j^ r i owtli will not re! in n it Ihi kmie l 1l 1 - used in time. — ' .\cu Yoik ]'u - "