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Show HEART REPAIRED WITH WIRE How Six Feet of Golden Thread Coiled In a Man's Aorta Made It Strong Again. Philadelphia With the walls of his heart reinforced by a coll of wire through which electricity passes. Just as it follows an electric-light wire, John Braden reBts at the University hospital, and expects to resume his usual routine In life In a few weks. The heart Is the pump which keeps all the machinery of the htynan body In motion. It has valves Just as all other pumps hive, and when an engineer engi-neer finds a vtlve leaking in a pump under hla care he stops the engine and Introduces a new valve If the defective de-fective one Is beyond repair. The main valve In the heart of John lira-den lira-den leaked. All through the day he was disturbed by Its unnatural noise, and at night it kept him awake. Finally the pressure hecntno so very severe and the peril to his life so Immediately Im-mediately grave that he was removed to the University hospital, where Ir. Coil of Cold Wire Inserted In Heart's Aorta. Charles H. Frazlcr essayed the delicate deli-cate task of tightening up the valve of his heart and reinforcing the entire structure. Examination disclosed the fact that the aorta was about to rupture. This would Inevitably have resulted In death. Pr. Fraxlrr orwncd the aorta as near to the heart ns possible and deftly Inserted a hollow needle which had been electrically Insulated. Through this ne.d!e I)r. Frnzler pushed push-ed and arranged In evenly distributed colls more than six feet of solid gold wire. This thread of wire was guided by the surgeon through the pulsing i blood vesRel by the sense of touch i alone, and It was built up In the i aorta, at the point cf Hi weakest dlla ( tlon, Just ns a weakened building wall ; would be strengthened at Its most perilous point. Thus the benrt was , bound round, on the Inside, with a I coll of strong but fine wire, caught , and held In place by the surgeon's , trained fingers. Then the problem of , preventing hemorhage arose. , Coagulation of tho blood wns the , great, the vital end sought. It was 4 decided to employ electricity to obtain , Vls purpoFe. Coagulation takes place , at both ends of the galvanic current t that at the positive polo being small, I black and hard, and that the the nega-, nega-, five being larger, softer and of yel-, yel-, lowlsh color. It happens that the I blood Is the very best agency In the body for the conducting of electricity, ' and when, as In this case, both poles . are inside the use and near to each other, a mild current of electricity will cause rigorous electrolysis. In applying the current to Uraden a rheoetat was used to control the fow and to prevent shock when it should ' be cut off. Thus by coagulation the reinforce-1 reinforce-1 went of the heart wag accomplished ' over the gold wire framework and . nature Is building a new wall within ' j the valve, stopping all leakage and I giving John Itraden a new lease of I life. i |
