Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1935 — Page 6

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OPERATION FOR HEART AILMENT MAKESHISTORY Patient Resting Easily After Surgical Step to Relieve Angina Pectoris. BY DAVID DIETZ Cnlt-4 Prraa Staff C*rm.ndrat tOoi 1(31, by Onitwl Kraut CLEVELAND, Ft*b. 19.—Medical history has been made at Lakeside Hospital here with performance of the first operation In history for relief of angina pectoris, a heart ailment which in the past has been reararriM as incurable and eventually fatal. The operation, it becane known today, was performed last Wednesday by Dr. Claude S. Beck, surgeon at Lakeside Hospital, a unit of the University Hospitals group, and assistant professor of surgery at the Western Reserve University Medical School. The patient was resting easily today. The procedure was based upon laboratory investigations carried out upon animals by Dr. Beck since 1933. Fed Justified In Step Officials of the hospital felt justified in tryiiig the operation upon a human being because of the successful record of the experiments and because the patient in question had suffered several severe attacks In the days preceding the operation so that his death was regarded as a matter of days, if not hours, unless the operation was tried upon him. Medical men believe that in all probability the operation will become known as one of the most important medical discoveries of recent times. Within the last few decades sudden heart attacks have j rolled up an appalling death rate. Angina pectoris is a disease of old age. usually striking men and ! women past 50. No day passes j without its victims. Often the vie- j time is an important man who has I reached the peak of his career. A sudden heart attack killed cxPresident Calvin Coolidge. Angina pectoris is a form of sud- ! den heart attack attended with j severe pain. Sometimes the first attack is fatal. Often the victim ! suffers many attacks over a period i of months or years. There are other forms of heart attacks which likewise strike the patient with great suddenness. Means Much to World Ttle new operation marks the first attempt to take a definite step to protect the patient against such attacks. If it proves as successful as present indications suggest, it will mean as much to the world as the discovery of a cure for cancer. To understand the new operation, it Is necessary to understand the workings of the heart and the causes of the sudden attacks. The heart is enclosed in a sort of sack or pouch called the pericar- j dium with which it has no direct j connection. Large arteries and j veins enter the lop of the heart. j forming its only connection with the rest of the body. The heart itself is a muscle and as such must be nourished by A supply of blood. This it receives from the coronary arteries, the first small arteries to branch off the aorta, the large artery into which the heart pumps the blood supply, tut* Down Blood Supply Angina pectoris is caused by a hardening and thickening of the coronary arteries. This cuts down the supply of blood to the heart muscles. Eventually these arteries 1 become entirely closed off and then 1 death results. Other conditions associated with hardening of the arteries, as for example, the formation of a blood clot and its lodgement in one of the coronary arteries, may cause sudden death. The new operation, in essence, consists in giving the heart anew source of blood supply to compensate for the loss of blood occasioned by thickening or blocking of the coronary arteries. In the case of dogs, the pericardium was opened and a layer of fat which ordinarily occurs around the ' pericardium was attached to the heart. Pectoral Muscle Cot Th's fat in the dog is rich In ' small blood vessels. It was found that these became emerged and supplied blood to the mu.r.es of the heart. In this connection, it is interesting to note that tht heart has a remarkable capacity for adjusting itself to new conditions. Thus for example. In certain types of heart disease, such as leaky valves, the i

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J. Elder Blackledge The Marion County Democratic Women’s Club will hold a reception in the Riley Room of the Claypool tonight for the wives of Indiana legislators, and three club members holding elective offices. Mrs. Nannette Dowd, member of the City Council; Mrs. Roberta West Nicholson, State Representative, and Miss Hannah Noone. Center Township Trustee. J. Elder Blackledge, Indianapolis magician, will entertain club members and their guests with many of the feats of magic he presented in his New Year’s Eve program at the White House. A musical program will be given by the Schellschmidt Trio. Mr . Smiley Chambers is president of the club.

WERNECKE IS GIVEN OMER JACKSON AID State Chairman in Capital to Push Candidacy. H>t f'nit> f /*rrj WASHINGTON. Feb. 19—Backing of the Indiana Democratic organization behind the nomination of Richard Wrrnecke, Terre Haute, for United States marshalship at Indianapolis was given impetus today by the appearance here of Omer Jackson, state Democratic chairman. Mr. Jackson is backing Senator Minton in urging the old-time Terre Haute Democratic “boss.” Senator VanNuys refused his indorsement and is recommending Fred Bays, Sullivan, instead. The Bays faction is opposed to Gov, Paul V. McNutt, who is credited with making successful the Minton nomination and election. Judge Posey Kime, Evansville, of the Indiana Appellate Court, and William Storen, former State Treasurer. are also in the city with Mr. Jackson. DETECTIVE THRILLERS PROMPTED FIRING OF SCHOOL, BOY CLAIMS __————_______ _ A 16-year-old boy told Municipal Judge Charles Karabell today that he conceived the idea of setting fire to public school No. 62, Wallace and E. lOth-sts, last month, from reading detective “thrillers.” Judge Karabell bound the boy over to the grand jury on S2OOO bond and sent him to the City Hospital psychopathic ward for investigation After hearing testimony, Judge Karabell ordered the arrest of a man with whom the boy. suspected of setting other fires in the neighborhood of the school, said he had been friendly. WOODMEN TO PRACTICE City Group Preparing for Convention Meets This Week. In preparation for a convention in Evansville in April, the Supreme Forest, Woodman Circle, will meet Thursday nights, beginning this week, for practice. Trapping Bill Before Senate A bill to legalize the trapping of foxes at any time during the year and in any place except parks, game preserves ard public forests was introduced yesterday in the Senate. heart enlarges itself to two or three times its normal size in order to compensate for the leaky valves. In performing the operation upon the first human patient, the pectoral muscle was cut and brought in contact with the heart. The lining of the pericardium was roughened so that the heart, the pericardium and the muscle were brought into close contact, thus permitting the blood vessels of the muscle to supply the heart.

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