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Show SHIJI CCLUIiN Bat Yo-jng lfcli:a Girl Is VcrJErfcIIy Restored by Scrgery. r ' " . - NEW TORK, May 4. A young Italian girl was used as an 111 us- ! tration of the subject of lapar- j otomy,- which was discussed at the New York Academy of Medi- cine last night, and. excited the greatest' interest. " The girl last October was shot through the spinal cord, abdo- ' men and liver. The surgeon who performed the subsequent oper- atlon read a paper on the sub- Ject before . the academy. The girl now only shows a alight halting In the action of the left leg and a small tendency to bend backward. The opinion was ex- pressed that she would evtntu- ally gain entire control of her . powers of locomotion. This was declared to be one of the most wonderful cures effect- d through the medium of Amer- lean surgery. In many respects the wound was like that which caused the death of President McKlnley, and was Identical, it was said with that which resulted more recently In the death of Marshall Field, Jr.. in Chicago. |