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Show HIS HEART BOUND WITH WIRE. Coll t9 Feet Long Walls from Col lapsing and Causing Death. Ilaltlmore, aid -It llonjamln T : llaiilsou ot Vlrgluln recovers from tho dollcatn operation performed on him ( at John Hopkins hospital he will tarry In his aiuta during life 19 feet of wire Two months ago ten feet of the wire was inserted lu Mr. Harrison's aorta in an effort to curt an anourlem Ik hla , breast from w hlch he had been suffering suf-fering for yeara. It was found Inauf flclent, and another operation was performed, per-formed, In which nlno feet of wire were added Three months ago Mr. Harrison tbeu a government Inspector III California, Cali-fornia, came to the hospital In n critical crit-ical condition The silver wire waa In rrled In Ills aorta to strengthen the walls, so the blood easel would not burst, which would mean Instant death. The oieratlon Is exceptionally delicate deli-cate and had to be ierformed with great rnpldlty while the patient was etherised A large hypodermic tu'edle waa first pushed Into the flesh of the swelling, or tumor, and when a penetration pene-tration of a sutnclent depth was made the surgeon lifted the needle nnd then plunged It Into the aorta The needle was forced. Into the flesh with tho Idea ot preventing a bvtn orrhago It Is nnsnned Hull as the lli'idi toturns lo Us propt i i Lice It pi -ases upon I lie norm lu m tho needle has been entered and itiieogh, the latter the wire U puslii I Into the blood vessel Then the wit,- ootld The blond Is cipcitcd to mngatelo about the wire and Kriidiiall) It It hoiwtl a tissue will form While, this coagulation Is inking pl.ic- iho wlro keeps thn walls of the ami i ft.im sob lapsing nud musing Insi nit ,P.iU. The doctors say he will neuter. |