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Show HIS TONGUE CUT OFF; MAY BE ABLE TO TALK fS9 NEW YORK, March 1. B. 8. Finch, an official of a Brooklyn coal , company, has submitted to an operation for the removal of his tongue. About two-thirds was cut away, yer with the remaining portion of the organ and the muscles of his throat be will be able, after a little prac- T tice. to speak Intelligibly, The operation Is the second of that nature . performed here within a few months. . : - Finch had been a heavy smoker, for years and complained six S months ago of an Irritation near' the base of his tongue. A cancerous gTOwth appeared and spread so rapidly that when . the operation was .' found necessary the tongue had become affected from tip to base.- The glands of the -mouth were also congested, and It became necessary to i remove them. : ' ' ' " i " The tongue was first pressed to one side In order that the surgeons ; .could get at the lingual arteries, severing and tying them, and thus ) checking; the flow of blood. The loss of blood was about six ounces -and O tie operation lasted flftey-two minutes. - , )S . |