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Show LIVES VOTH A BROKEN NECK. One of the Most Remarkable Cases on Record In a New York Hospital. Of all the cases of patients suffering from broken neck that have recently been recorded in this vicinity the most remarkable undoubtedly is one now under un-der treatment by the surgeons of the Gouverneur hospital. Several instances of dislocation of the bones of the spinal column have come to light within the last few months. This is a case of genuine fracture of the bones of the neck at the base of the skull, an injury that has heretofore been generally regarded as mortal and iu which the results re-sults have always borne out the surgeon's sur-geon's diagnosis. But in this instance not only is the patient alive, but there is every indication that he will, after proper care, recover his physical and mental faculties and get entirely well. Little Isaac Goerstein, 9 years old, of 4 Allen street is the patient. He was returning re-turning from school on Wednesday aft-1 ernoon about 2 o'clock, and at the corner cor-ner of Henry and Pike streets was knocked down and injured by a passing truck. An ambulance was summoned, and the surgeons diagnosed the case aa cerebral hemorrhage. He was removed to the hospital, and a more thorough investigation in-vestigation was made by House Surgeon Jamal. Dr. Jamal discovered that the neck was broken just below the base of the skull, which was slightly fractured, and that the lobe of the right ear was split. He and two assistants began work on the boy, who was then unconscious, and made a plastic coat which covered the body from the waist to the top of the head, leaving only the face visible. The plaster cast makes it impossible for the boy to move the upper part of his body at all, and the respiration is labored and uneven. When asked in reference to the case, House Surgeon Jamal said: . "When I discovered the neck was bro-jpjn, bro-jpjn, I ex 'IUrt i-he boy to-die.. as. of I h,o rAilllllSV11 broti not in tne Labit of living any great length of time after the accident. Death is usually instantaneous, and especially so with children. "It is the most remarkable case that ever came under my observation, and 1 have searched medical works and cannot find its parallel. The boy is gradually improving, and the chances are now that he will survive. I shall bring the case to the attention of the medical world and invite doctors here from various hospitals hospi-tals to examine him. I have taken an especial interest in him myself and am sure my brother physicians will do likewise." like-wise." New York Herald. |