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Show A PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIOSITY. Recovery of a Man Whoe Lungs Were Exposed Ex-posed by a Wood Saw. Gus Carlson, who was accidentally thrown against a steam wood saw some four months ago and a gash cut across his breastbone and ribs, exposing his lungs and other internal mechanism, has nearly recovered and will soon be able to go "out. The doctors were much interested inter-ested in his case, or rather in viewing what was inside the case, as it ia very seldom they get a chance to watch the expansion and contraction of a set of lungs. The most remarkable thing about it was to see how gradually the lungs were filled and how suddenly they collapsed when the breath expired. The doctors would have liked to leave a peephole open in Carlson's thorax, but were afraid he might contract pneumonia through it. Portland Oregonian. |