Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — IS CURED OF BROKEN BACK [ARTICLE]

IS CURED OF BROKEN BACK

Remarkable Surgical Operation Save* the Life of Victim of Automobile Accident. Wilmington. Del.—Robert Baldwin, twenty-one, of Bellevue, whose back was broken on February 2 when an automobile he was driving turned over on him. has been released from the Delaware hospital as cured, after one of the most delicate and remarkable operations ever performed at that institution. As soon as he had been admitted to the hospital he was placed on the operating table and the tenth vertebra removed from his spine. This bone was broken, and in addition three other vertebrae were dislocated. Dr. Harold Springer of this city performed the operation, which Is said to be one of the most difficult and rarely successful. A recent morning Baldwin walked a distance of a city block with the aid of crutches. His legs were weak, but he found no trouble in getting around with the crutches. He is arranging to be exhibited before surgical clinics in several cities.