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Show LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE. Ono of tho most noted of American fl surgeons hns startled tho fellow mem- bcrs of his profession by his bold ex- HJ perlments In handling the human HJ heart In cases of cessation of tho beat- HJ lng of that organ under tho influ- fl onco of anaesthetics. Ho has been so HJ daring In desperato cases as to cut HJ down to tho sourco nnd foundation of' HJ tho circulation of the blood nnd so M to manipulate tho he.'t as to All tho II arteries anew from tho pulsations HJ which he has excited. Tho marvels fl of present dny surgery sometimes HJ seem to bo almost miracles. But both HJ surgeons and physicians confess- fl themselves frequently baffled in thoi H presenco of serious cases of pneumo- flj nla, or cancer, of leprosy and of tho HJ bubonic plague. Now York World. Hj |