A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > McKean http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1711 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=49815 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Wilkes Barre Times Leader Article Date: February 16 1921 Article Description: Surgeon Removes Own Appendix as Others Look On. Dr. KANE, Aged 60, Performs Intricate Operation Upon Himself. Article Text: Kane, Pa., Feb. 16.--According to attaches of the Kane Summit Hospital, Dr. Evan O'Neil KANE, sixty, performed an operation upon himself for chronic appendicitis this morning. He walked to the operating room where as chief surgeon for over thirty years he had operated on nearly 4,000 cases, prepared himself for the operation and in the presence of _____ other physicians and nurses, applied local anesthetic and calmly performed the operation. He is reported as being comfortable today. Those who witnessed the operation were Dr. Thomas L. KANE, brother of the patient, Dr. Mary HAYES and Dr. ______________________. He was propped up on the operating table with pillows behind his back and beneath his body, in such a manner as to afford him the best view of his work, and a nurse with her hand behind him held him head well forward until his chin rested on his breast to give him full view. The operation was an extremely intricate one and was what in surgery is termed an interval operation. Dr. KANE carefully dissected all tissues as he went along, closing up the blood veins in the appendix when located. He then pulled it up, cut it off and bent the stub under to prevent infection. The operation was done with the same rapidity as characterizes the surgeon's work _______________. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com