Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-08 | Page 1 | Doctors Fight to Save Man Who Amputated Own Foot

Doctors Fight to Save Man Who A Amputated Own Foot LORAIN Ohio Aug 8 INS UNS- INS Surgeons in St. St Josephs Joseph's hospital fought today to lo save save the life of William Capps 19 19 Somerset Ky who amputated his own foot with witha a pocket knife after he had fallen lallen beneath a freight train Capps Capp's foot was crushed when he slipped from a train and fell beneath the wheels west of bf f Ver Ver- mili n yesterday esterday fth his pocket knife he performed performed pcr- pcr per per- formed the operation on himself l I II f ji lt h t He th then n made a tourniquet from his clothing and nd nd Improvised crutches crutches' from the bra branches hes of a tree Using the crutches he hobbled three quarters pf a mile mUe to Vermilion Vermillon Vermillon Ver Ver- millon milion where where he ne he was placed In Inan Inan inan an ambulance and removed to Lorain t i Capps was without medical aid for pore re than seven hours He Re HeM Rein M in critical al condition from fromI I and loss of blood when he ed at jf J it itA J A t t t