Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1917 — HAS HIS APPENDIX FOX-TROTTED OUT [ARTICLE]

HAS HIS APPENDIX FOX-TROTTED OUT

1 . „ [ Chicago.—Ragtime is i the latest fad in the operating [ room. It was used by two sur--1 geoqs to assist in giving anes- ! thetics. Dr. Thomas A. Carter [ and Dr. Martin Ritter brought i « talking muchine into the oper- [ atlng room at the Columbus hos- | pltal and put on popular airs to | distract ‘resisting* patients’ atl. tention so they would be susceptible to anesthetics. "I believe It will prove a big i success,” said Doctor Bitter. “Many patients resist anesthetics. and music soothes them P. W.' Coombs of 5223 North Winchester avepue, was the patient who had his appendix foxiflUMeiWkzmri: