Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-07-26 | Page 5 | De Ricqles Suffers Surgery

DE SUFFERS SURGERY UNDERGOES AN AIT OPERATION FOR FOB appendicitis well known live stock mans chances for life hang in the balance alphonse phonsa AI do de live stock agent of the rio grande western and ono one of 0 the best known wen men in the territory underwent an opel atlon for appendicitis at st marys hospital yesterday A at midnight he was reported as resting easy and the physicians think he his has an even chance for recovery mr de came in from a trip last saturday suf suffering Coring from symptoms which he feared indicated appendicitis ile he went at once to st marys hospital for treatment the physicians found the patient buffering little pain the there was as no outward presentation to how the presence of inflame a lion his PLIC and t temperature were very nearly y normal cundey under the conditions it was thought inadvisable to operate wednesday night however the patient became re rest less and it was decided to opera operate t a yesterday morning dr pinkerton assisted by doctors meacham aud and conducted the operation it disclosed the tact fact that the entire vermiform appendix had become gangrened and a large lare abscess had formed conditions which it Is thought would have caused deatti death if the operation hod had been delayed twelve hours longer the operation was waa successful dil immediately dia tely the patient sustaining the shock well dr Ale meacham acham said last night that he be the C hence chances were re favorable to recovery dr fowler r ir thought the chances about even