Show BRAIN SURGERY clr by alio llio of an extraordinary surgical operation marking almost a now era in physiological knowledge aa well as burgic il performance for mance is reported in alio london times tho success ol 01 taco operation u important for two reasons it demonstrates tho possibility of what had hitherto been considered impossible and it illustrates tho practical benefit to humanity of the experiments tn vivi fiction fcc tion of animals that havo been so fiercely rier cely assailed aj wanton cruelty A patient had been adm to ora of the london hospital who biad for soilo time been ciui epilepsy and paralysis of iho brain his ings had reduced him to tho acro of exhaustion and an examination of his caso that DO medicines could saro him or cruys do moro than partially im tor turca under all previous methods of treatment was nothing before liun but months of painful misery and nn lionizing death it was evident that ills was a caso of tumor of the brain and that no relief cuned possibly bo obtained without removal of the tumor tho of of tho bi ain lias proved by bojt examinations and their have acon ascertained by anto studies but whilo clinical and patho logi cal observations alio knowl cago which enabled alo skilled practitioner to detect tho existence of tho tumors they havo not afforded any duo to tho situation of alic in tho brain mass alio ex of prof on rabbits and monkeys rendered unconscious of pain by anesthetics demonstrated tho localization of and motor bunc ions in cerebral hemisphere so that the position of am diseased process by which they might 0 o invaded could bo definitely determined in ninny cisca it la possible to map out alio scat of certain pathological changes in these hemispheres with EO much and as if tho skull and its coverings aud linings had bacomo transparent so that tho surface of alio brain was exposed to direct inspection dr kuglics in charge of iho epileptic patient lad watched iho experiments of trot with celoso attention and by means of their revelations ans ablo ta the meaning of alic convulsive of his patients muscles and trace them to n certain point in his brain dr concluded was a small tumor located in tho ascending frontal convolution on alio right side which was silently and re eating its way into surrounding textures the of prof ferrice biad not only enabled the skilled lo 10 lacato tho scat ot tho disturbance but had also proved that an operation if performed with nice skill would not bo fatal dr explained tho situation to his patient iio pointed out alio impossibility of a caru by medicines or even of retarding iho of the destroying growth then ho ou crad him iho chanco of an operation of a formidable nature ono never before on n human being under which ho might perhaps kiik and die but from which tie might perhaps obtain complete relief tho luau had faith in his doctor and eagerly choc alio operation on alio llio of november air godico surgeon to university hospital in the midst of au earnest and anxious band of mcdina men made an opening in he scalp skull and brain membranes of the patient at the point dr placed his finger alio point corresponding with the convolution where ho declared tho was scaled and where it was actually discovered in tho of tho bradu exactly dr uennett biad predicted 1 tumor the of 1 walnut was found and removed without dini cully at the account was written sixteen days after the operation the man was convalescent le scent having never had a bad symptom and was fall of gratitude for ano relief afforded igini iio lias been snatched from the grave and from much and there is a good prospect that he will bo restored to a lifo of comfort and usefulness tho importance of this case can not lo 10 overestimated over estimated hitherto cases of epilepsy mid paralysis caused by abnormal growths in tho brain hao been deemed absolutely incurable now thanks to tho experiments 0 professor ali H dreadful can bo conquered by surgical skill without experiments on chloroformed chloro formed rabbits and monkeys it would leavo been impossible to localize tho malady or attempt ita removal tho successful opar n on hero recorded opens up new and far reaching aistis of hopefulness in brain surgery lias watched for months and years tho progress of the dreadful malady witnessed tho tortures of alio and realized abo utter helplessness of family friends and medical skill to stay the progress ot tho disease or mitigate its tortures but will tho magnitude of the blessing to humanity that has resulted from abo experiments in vivisection cleveland herald |