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Show I AS THE WORLD I REVOLVES I LIVES WITH STITCHED HEART. Chicago Boy Survives Wonderful Surgical Sur-gical Operation. His bullet-gashed heart sowed together to-gether with necdlo and thread, Edwnrd Pelt, tho Chicago ofllco boy who attempted at-tempted suicide, will probably live to Join tho list or the most rcmarknblo surgical patients In American medical annals. Dr. Carl Wagner, who performed tho extraordinary operation, believes tho lad will survive. If Edward Pelt doc3 llvo ho will bo the only human 'being In tho world with a stitched heart. A slit nearly half an Inch long was cut by the bullet ho 11 red Into his chest. It was at the extreme bottom of tho heart, grazing tho edgo and cutting cut-ting n wide, ragged gash. Bosldos tho heart wound tho bullet crashed through the lung and toro away much tissue. Tho solMnfllctcd wounds brought ou a hemorrhage. Early death was certain unless tho How was stopped. Dr. Wagner quickly decided on tho' heroic operation as tho only chance. Chisels wcro brought Into uso and throo ribs cut through on tho left sido close to tho breast bone. Thcso throo ribs also had to bo broken at tho extreme left side. Tho surround- . fcjl ing flesh was cut through, and then .W tho wholo laid back like a lid. ' I Tho heart was first attended to. It was beating feebly becauso of tho Pelt and His Heart. I II ct 73 '"jt jR i m ow.OPMA'C yysj i 1 j This Is Edward Pelt who has sur- 9 'vlvcd ono of tho most remarkable oporatlons of tho ngo. Tho drawing shows how Dr. Wagner opened his pectoral cavity and stitched up tho heart and lungs lacerated by tho bullet bul-let patient's weakness. Tho task was delicate deli-cate and cxtromcly dangerous, but tho patlont's fnst-wanlng strength made necessary great Bpeed. Only during tho slight pauso bo-twoen bo-twoen beats could tho surgeon apply his Instruments. Six stitches wcro taken and tho wound closed. Tho horaorrhago Immediately Im-mediately stopped. ( Tho ruptured tender tissues of tho lung wore then drawn togothor, tho lid of tho chest closed down and fast- , enod. i |