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Show lEcniarVable Snrriral Operation. Drs. John S. Mahou and W. 31. Herron, of Allegheny, performed the novel operation of intubation on Charles . Lcckc, the 3-year-old son of the pastor of the Smltliflcld Street M. li. church. The little fellow was suffering front diphtheria and rould hardly breathe. The mouth or the patient was distended by a gag, which also dilated the throat. A cone fliapH sliver tube was then Irmrtcd In the wludpipe, but so placed as not to interfere with tho esophagus or osage to the stomach. Immediate relief was experienced, ex-perienced, and constitutional treatment treat-ment or tbe disease was begun. The old method or making an incision in-cision in tho wind tlpennd placing the tube therein had th rjvery dangir-ous dangir-ous nnd oljectionablu feature of permitting Uie cold air to enter tho lungs, which In many Instances produces pneumonia. By the other means tbe Inhalations are warmed by passing through the mouth and nostril-, or, in oilier words, natural breathing Is restored. The operation was erformed in this locality but once before, aud that was in a cose wheroachilJ'aair passage was al most closed by croup. Tho tube Is Inserted by means of curved forceps. for-ceps. Tho new treatment was invented in-vented by n celebrated pliyalcn of Chicago, and li i been In use only two years. iTsSujr Leader. |