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Show SURGEONS SET NEW RECORD iiat Nexv' York "ov- 13. A new oper- ivr atln? recor(l. so far as available data IJ! goesf was set todav in tb third an- jwJt uual clinical congiess of surgeons or -yM North America, in session heie No Ollfftr less than 175 clinics were held, with "fji more than S00 operations and demon- "Hai l stratIons for the benefit of the 2,200 va delegates who are attending the con- 3t l?t gress. jf ffe Much intei est was displayed in a mS c11,c belt! I" Bellevue hospital, where i'SJr par of a PatIent-'s 8tomach wall and WTf four feet of intestines ucre removed lg.w, and the stomach sewed up in 75 min- alilS tiles. , iffS , At the Polyclinic hospital W Ar- 'S . bL'thnot Lane, Londoir, England, and Dr. Balnwrlght illustrated a new mctn-od mctn-od of treatment of fr.ictures of tho long bones by use? of metal plates. Dr, Lano performed several operations, including in-cluding ono for intestinal stacls, commonly com-monly known as "Lane's kink." Instead of treating fractures of bones by the usual splint and extension exten-sion methods, he cuts down to tho seat of the fractuo. bores holes in the ends of tho bones and applies plates of vandalur.i stool, which are screwed to tho bones. Ho then doses the wound, applies a dressing and then puts on tho customary plaster cast Sometimes theee plates are left in place indefinitely, but often It becomes necessary to remove them. |