Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — BARE OPERATION SAVES MAN [ARTICLE]

BARE OPERATION SAVES MAN

Stitching Together of Two-Thirde of Spina! and Bew|ng Up . Covering Insures Life. Mount Vernon, N. Y.—Patrolman Pasquale J. Ruffalo of this city, who was shot through the spine during a saloon brawl three months ago, has been discharged from the hospital completely recovered, thanks to the unusual operation which was performed on him. It consisted of stitching together two-tblrds of the spinal cord, which had been shot away, and sewing up the envelope which covers the cord. The surgeons at the hospital marvel at the recovery of the policeman, because be was seized with paralysis in tho lower limbs, and It was generally believed that he could not live.