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Show SURGICAL SEARCH-OF SEARCH-OF MUCH MOMENT ; Noted Physician Discovers n Method of Combating Ar- ferial Diseases. CHICAGO. Mny 31. Dr. Victor D. Lcspiniisso of the Northwestern univcr-! univcr-! sity medical school told an alumni audience audi-ence of physicians yesterday that he had discovered a surgical secret -which may do much lo save life and modify suffering. In a broad sense, ho said that it is a successful method of reuniting reunit-ing blood vcssols and arteries and battling bat-tling arterial diseases. To prove- his claims wore not mere theory, tho doctor euuscd sevcvral dogs to be brought forth for inspection. Each was cited as an example of a peculiar operation. Tho livers had been removed and reunited in some of the dogs. Legs nan been cut off and rografl.cd lo others. Tho secret, Dr. Lespinasso oxplaincd. consisted in his successful reuniting of several arloriea. Heretofore, Dr. Lespinasso sa's physicians physi-cians have boon forced to resort to sewing sew-ing to obtain tho desired end. Tho stitching method was unsuccessful, bo-cnuse bo-cnuse it too often resulted in tho formation forma-tion of blood clots, tho constriction of tho arlcries or their enlargement. For five years Dr. Lospinassc tried to find a substitute for tho ncodlc and thread. What is clnimed lo bo the solution consists con-sists of the use of rings of magnesium. Tho severed vessels aro joined by theso rings or couplers. In theory Ihcy do not differ from tho couplers used by tho fire department. Magnesium is used because it readily dissolves -when the completo union of tho severed ends of tho arteries has ta-place. ta-place. j |