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Show MARVELS OF SURGERY ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE ARE THE CASES RECORDED. Equlpptd With Pirftet Knowltdg of tha Human Frama, Thtra Stoma Nothing Which tha Modern Doo-tor Doo-tor May Not Accomplloh. Since tha dayo when Shakeapear drew that aarlo-comlc picture of tha apothecary, surgical acience baa certainly cer-tainly made wonderful atrldca. You know the barber'a pole la painted white and rd, because In bygone daya the barber was the only dentist, and the white streaks stood for the lather lath-er plastered on the Jaws of humanity, while the red atrlpea typified tha blood thta flows from human gums when you pull aching teeth with an Instrument little more handy than a pair of tongs. Shakeapeare'a apothecary apothe-cary and the old fashioned dentist stood fo rabout all the surgical skill there waa In the world. It ia a long course from that to the aurgery practiced at Redding, Cal., not long since, when a six year-old boy fell from the raftera of a barn 12 feet to the floor, atriklng on his stomach and producing copious hemorrhage hem-orrhage In the abdomen. Tbla would have presented a task for Shake speare'a apothecary, and the dentist of that day which would have been far beyond their skill. It waa really an easy job for the surgical science of today to handle. The expert aurgeona almply laid the child on hia back, cut his abdomen open, took therefrom eery one of the Internal organs, found the hemorrhage to proceed from the diaphragm, an unusual place to be ruptured, sewed up the wound, replaced re-placed all the organs, Including the atomach, aa they ahould be, then sewed sew-ed up the abdomen and laid the boy away quite comfortably to rest and recuperate. Every organ In the abdomen of the child had been taken from ita place and had lain on a table for an hour, they had all been replaced properly, and the hope of the child's recovery at the time this ia written Is great Modern aurglcal aclence can do greater thlnga than thia. It can take the heart out of a human breast and bold that palpitating vital organ In Ita handa, operate around It with ita delicate Instruments, remove obotruc-tlona obotruc-tlona therefrom, and otherwlae administer admin-ister to the recuperation of Us perfectly per-fectly healthful action, put It back In place, and the aubject Buffer no , permanent Injury. Unreflectlve persona ara given to sneering ot medical sclenn. and o doubt the medical faculty admit young men to practice medicine who are not thoroughly equipped for the task. But that la a small matter weighed against the devotion of conscientious physicians physi-cians who grudge no palna In learning bow to minister to bodies and mlnda diseased. There ia no aclence In which a larger number of devoted men apend more years or give more thorough study to the Improvement of professional knowledge and the scientific sci-entific treatment of the aubjects coming com-ing under their care than the medical profession. Nor Is there any other profession to which the human family fam-ily owea a greater debt of gratitude for their unwearying attention In sickness sick-ness and accidents. Exchange. |