Life — April 7, 1898 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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306 What Our Doctors Are Doing. nedical profession has interested of late in two ope which the st ven deeply ns, by mach was successfully removed nas many suffer To the delight of rybody, the operations were in every way ful. The stomachs came out without undue resistance, and without fatal results, although in two cases the patients died within ‘o hours, the first of hi hs, and the second cronthe knee. Itis really to be regretted Dg subjects for these valuat rations, the doctors chose persons suf- ring from such malignant diseases. It would have been most interesting to watch the ca- reers of the stomachless persons in after-life, to note whether they would have had to eat to what effect the absence of the gen- eral centre of disorder in most persons would have had upon their temperament and dis+ position; and that hiccoughs and water on the knee should supervene to destroy all the good results of the operations is distinctly aggravatin Dr. Tho! MeStoneberry, of Philadel pb inoculating guinea pigs with Scotch whiskey virus, with the idea of discov- as L. is busy He: We've BEEN MARRIED NEARLY A IT'S MORE THAN A MONTH. “1 CAN, EASILY, YOU ARE SMOKING, cring an antidote for patients all so healthy t ing him in the face. It is interesting to note that a guinea pig of strictly temperate habits, which six weeks ago would not touch whiskey of any kind, will now eagerly drink a quart of Glenburst at one sitting, and immediately thereafter wander aimlessly about the room like an Irish caddy looking for a golf ball, This would seem to portend a successful issue for the doctor's experiments. ANY people in this State will be interested to know of the coming decision of the Supreme Court in a case of some importance to the medical fraternity. The n brief is this: James Whigham, of nif, which has made his at ruin is rudely star- Long Island, was oper- ated upon for ap- pendicitis by Dr, Ben- sonhurst, of Rock- away. Dr. Benson- hurst agreed to. re: move the appendix for five hundred dollars. Whigham was oper: upon, but in thi course of the operation it was discovered that ate The Vanquished: ax’ TER TINK DAT 1 GOIN’ TER DROWN VER, A YEAR AGO! crt be had never had vermiform appendix. He therefore claims that, not having had one, the doctor wld nots have cut ff, and that as a result he has no valid basis upon which to demand five hundred dollars. Dr. Benson- hurst, on the other hand, asserts that he ry DEY wus YEAR, BUT 1 CAN HARDLY REALIZE THAT. AND WE ART ON SEPARATE SEATS.” was summoned by and entered into an agree- ment with Whigham to do a certain thing nd that it was, in the very nature of the case, tacitly agreed that Whigham should furnish a basis for the operation, He alleges that Whigham was in honor bound to sup- ply the appendix, and that, failing to d So, it was he, who violated the terms of the contract, and not Bensonhurst. The will probably come up within the next month. Distinguished counsel have been employed by both parties, and much interest is manifested on all si It is the opinion of Mr, Joseph H. Inchoate that Dr, Bensonhurst will win. He cites the case of Jorkins against Cran- berry, wherein Jorkins, a householder, in Jest summoned Cranberry, a plumber. to re- pair a leak in his bathroom, there being no leak. Cranberry recovered the full value of his time, services of three assistants and costs, the Court holding that Jorkins, having sum- moned Cranberry, was morally bound to pro- vide the leak, even though he acted as he did ina genial spirit of bante case HE Vegetarian Society of Toledo ret & prominent vivisectionist some months ago to experiment on a large St. Bernard dog belonging to one of its members. The dog was a floe animal, but could not be induced to diet on vegetables, and inasmuch as his master could not conscientiously feed him on meat, the poor brute was slowly starving th, The experiment of transferring the stomach of rabbit to the dog was tried, and was in e way successful. The beast now lives exclu- sively on lettuce, cabbages and string-beans. The experiment on the rabbit was not quite so in its results. The little creature thrived for a week or two, but its inability to masticate the beefsteaks, chops ‘and legs of lamb it consumed resulted in its speedy death from indigestion. Another lawsuit of some interest involves a dispute between Dr. Squills, a dentist, and a