Show there are men living who are completely astounded to see the marvelous marve loua progress made in matters of surgery skill since the time of their boyhood and not only in matters of surgery Bur gery but in every other department of science in surgery agery however the progress made is remarkably A 0 wonderful onder tul here quite auit recently tile the questioned was discussed whether it was murder or suicide in the case ol of dr mcdonnell who was found in his room in a hotel in chicago Clil cago with ith a bullet wound back ol of lils hia left ear penetrating the brain the physicians unanimously agreed that it aa was improbable that he could have shot himself and the caso so seemed to bo be one ot of murder wh when ell ca llund found lie he was still living and a consultation of leading physicians was decisive that tho the only means of saving dr me mc donnells life w was a by an immediate hold bold and delicate operation no less indeed than an invasion of the brain itself in a search bearch tor for the death dealing bullet dr mcdonnell Donnell Hc was VM placed under tile influence of ether and then removed into the operating room where A number of the most prominent surgeons of america were present tho the following extract from froin a chicago exchange details the par tic ulars lara of tho the delicate operation s the scalp WM was shaved and bisin facton around the wound for the e distance ot t a bands the ghastly po powder 0 burned bullet wound behind the I 1 sit left cor car was waa irrigated wilb a tl belil fit lion while the sur burgoon goon dr stools ed ad lor for the performance of this llila delicate dell CAle and critical place piece of surgery i proceeded w with tilt it cr razor bolor like hue knife to make a cut throe inches long behind the ear directly dl really over the wound down to the bone then with a chisol like liko scoop he h 0 peeled pl s led away t ha e flesh lad and muscles inua claa il from t ha vital leaving the bone bro bare anil and white with on an muzly u gl ragged wound la in the center through which h ch the bullett had into the brain ont of this hole brain substance was wai oon bluntly next the bleed ing beof ion were can caught with twe tweezers czar ezera nd and I 1 lloil ad ill aagut then arabel or twenty broken shattered pieces of wore wor carefully oare lully picked out of the ilia brain lira iiii ani the lurrain carefully explored the wounded brain for the wax was soon found and located two no inthea und under erthe the brain bralic itself in a direction downward aad andhor for w ard from a point of entrance or dr steele carried a pair of forceps along a guide to the ibe bullet and as ai he ll ii lud and hold held it up to lo his bl said hero here la IS the bullet and probably we have barad abla mans inna life ht at least we have given 11 hloi I 1 in the iho one chance to recover by this oper pa tilon rallon A rudder drainage dral nafe tube lube win was t thieo hen the wound carefully washed out and peaked with lodor orm kuza gauze anti and uyer layer after layer of medicated choose cloth and over all a starch laddago PaD dago when lie be was to bed fram the llie op erwing room and a huge ice bag placed around ills a heni h C all to combat inflammation the op oration was wai certainly a brilliant success and bids lair fair to savo save hi life lite lire slid and prevent another ahlber murder belog being added to 0 o the lonn long list hit of the lie year altogether it Is 1 on ona of the most moil cases wo we have ever acer boon been called upon to report und aind reflect rehenia credit upon the surgical stad or of the ba hospital |