Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — It May Come to This. [ARTICLE]

It May Come to This.

A prominent surgeon suggests that the principle upon which wounds in other vital organs are dealt with by modern surgery might often be applied with equal success to the heart. In ▼lew of case* on record in which the heart has resisted the effect of gunshot and other wounds for hours and even days, it is at least open to discussion whether a surgeon might not open the pericardium, clean out the clots, and close the wound In the heart wall, with a chance for the patient of recovery, which certainly could not bo lessened by the attempt. It Is claimed that this is no more improbable now than the safe remotel of a tumor from the motor area of the brain seemed to be in the recent past. That the application of sutures would necessarily stop the action of the heart Is not proved; and if it should be there would remain a qucetlon of possibly starting it again. The danger from the entrance of air into the circulation has been proved not so great as has been supposed.

A Childlike Pair. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse enjoy playing the role of sovereign more than any European prince or princess. Those who- live about the court At. Darmstadt speak of their efforts in the right direction, owing to their extreme youthfulness, as touching to behold I The Grand Duke has lately become a director of the Darmstadt Opera House, a very serious director indeed. When the affairs of state are not pressing too heavily upon them, the young couple spend their time playing tennis, dancing, and, be it whispered, are enamored of the simple delights of playing "Consequences” and “How? When? and Where?”—Lady’s Picto-