Show 8 1 BULLET IS REMOVED 1 I 1 y FROM BRAIN OF OE I PRISONER w Disabled Surgeon Successfully Success Success- Successfully fully Performs Delicate Delicate Delicate Deli Deli- cate Operation i OSSINING June 27 Dr Dr W. W L. L I Chapman a noted surgeon S removed a a. a Ragged jagged ed edged ed bullet from the brain of I I Roman Boman Leondowski a prisoner In Sing Sing in the hope of restoring his sanity Dr Chapman who lives at Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin place Brooklyn was so ill himself himself him him- self BeU that he had to be taken from Warden Lawes' Lawes automobile into the prison hospital in a wheeler chair There here he was lifted to a stool from which he performed the tho delicate opera opera- tion suffered suffered suf suf- Last November Dr Chapman a stroke of apoplexy that left him shim partly paralyzed He now has but slight Delight use of his left arm and side i y Warden Varden Lawes reported that Leondowski's Leondowski's Leon- Leon dowski's condition was was' favorable to tonight tonight to- to night and surgeons who witnessed the operation believed d the patient had a fair chance of recovery Recovery I I would mean eventually release from t prison x Eight doctors watched Dr Chapman perform the operation The bullet was embedded in the brain two inches be below below below be- be low the top of the skull where it had lodged nearly four years ears ago w u. A second bullet embedded at the base of the right ear in the visual I I area was not disturbed as it was in- in closed in tissue and its removal it was was feared might leave a scar that would be as disturbing as the bullet REVEAL BULLETS Before operating Dr Chapman studied X-ray X photographs showing the location of the bullets He de decided decided do- do the one In the motor area was causing Leondowski's mental disturbances disturbances disturbances disturb disturb- ances ances consisting of attacks of epilepsy hallucinations and depression Doctors Doctors Doctors Doc Doc- tors believe e if Leondowski recovers from the operation his mind again will function as it did before he was shot In Schenectady nearly four years year ago f The The operation was performed at Leondowski's request Before he was taken into the operating room the last rites of the Catholic church were administered administered administered ad ad- ministered to the prisoner by the Rev Father William Villiam E E. E Cashin the prison chaplain Leondowski's mind was clear for several days prior to the operation Im willing to take a fighting chance he said for I might as well be dead as to have to go through life Ufe this wa way In the operating room Dr Harold Morris and Dr K N. N Barnes of the Swedish hospital Brooklyn Dr John R B. Ross superintendent of Dannemora hospital and Dr Theodore D. D Reed his I assistant Dr W. W L. L Chapman Jr sop son of the operator Dr Amos O. O Squire head physician and psychiatrist of Sing Sing and Dr Abraham Kosseff his assistant Dr George of Brooklyn and Joseph Joseh Harrison technician technician cian ian of Dannemora hospital were waiting EXPLAINS OPERATION k When Leondowski had been pl placed ced under the influence of an anesthetic Dr Chapman made the scalp incision using only his right hand Another surgeon Burgeon then under Dr Chapmans Chapman's direction removing a section section section sec sec- tion from the top of the skull as large as asa a a silver dollar Then said Dr eed ee i explaining the operation Dr Ch Chapman man opened the dura and cautiously running running running run run- ning his finger into the brain located the bullet in the motor area LoosenIng Loosening Loosening Loosen Loosen- ing the bullet he slowly worked it backward about three inches to the Inner wall of the skull Then he slid It upward to the aperture he had made and lifted it out with forceps It was rough edged rather flattened and about a half inch in length No brain tissue was destroyed in re removing removing removing re- re moving the bullet and there was no bleeding The incision was closed thirty-five thirty minutes after the skull had been pierced I Dr Chapman then opened the skull under the right ear car to determine Just how the second bullet was lodged When he found it deeply embedded in inside inside inside in- in side the brain tissue he decided not to disturb it I Leondowski was on the operating table about an hour After the operation Dr Ross said r Leondowski would be kept in Sing Sing I I until his condition Improved sufficiently sufficient sufficient- 1 ly to remove him to Dannemora If the operation had the desired results 1 Leondowski would be given his freedom freedom free free- dom He already had served his sentence sentence sen sen- tence for assault but was being kept In prison because it was feared that his release would prove a danger to society 1 |