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Show DEVICE TO AID IN SURGERY OF LUNGS Special to Tho Tribune BERLIN, March 31. Prof. Mikulicz, a celebrated Breslau surgeon, will .make at the annual German Surgical congress con-gress the first announcement of an invention in-vention makng possible the. exposure of the human lungs for operation. Experts Ex-perts already acquainted with the process pro-cess say that it widely Increases the range -of chest surgery and of opera- lions in the region of the esophagus and thorax. Prof. Mikulicz's Invention consists of an ,nlr-tlght cabinet capable of containing thc patient and two operators. opera-tors. " thc patient's head protruding through an opening In the side. The principle involved is the reduction of the air pressure around thc exposed lung so as to prevent its collapse. |