Show MIDSHIPMAN MAY liVE I Navy Football Player Undergoes a Critical Operation for Injury to ro Spine Annapolis Md Nov 7 After lying In Inan Ina Inai condition an ai a almost totally paralyzed the tha Injury to his spine In the Villa football game three weeks ago Midshipman Earl D Wilson quarterback quarterback quarterback of the tha Naval academy football team was operated en this afternoon In Inan Inan Inan an effort to save his life The operation was successful In every way wa said the surgeons of the navy who performed the th J Parts of the of the fifth sixth fourth and third cervical vertebrae were removed and the pressure from bone fragments re relieved relieved relieved The casing of the spinal cord was opened and carefully Inspected It was found that tho tim cord had been dangerously compressed d beneath the tho fourth vertebrae due to the dislocation of that vertebrae The patient left the ta table table ble blo In excellent condition with his chances decidedly Improved The outcome depends on the extent of the original dam damage damage damage age to the spinal cord It was found that above and below this point of pressure the cord was per perfectly perfectly normal Experiments by the sur surgeons surgeons surgeons geons showed that while smaller and I much compressed there were tome some pulsa pulsations pulsations and signs of life In the injured por per portion portion tion of the cord |