Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1906 — HIS HEART GOT A BATH [ARTICLE]

HIS HEART GOT A BATH

Taken Out by Surgeons, Washed and Particles of Hand Removed. Los Angeles, Cal.. June 22.—T0 have bis heart taken out and particles of sand washed from it as it beat.and still survive, has been the experience of C. A. McCartney, a Pasadena contractor. While riding a motor cycle he came in collision with a hay wagon, and a wooden rake prong pierced ins breast. The surgeons found that particles of sand from the road had been driven into the wound as far as the heart. They took that organ out, washed vt thoroughly and then replaced it. Other internal injuries were attended tp the cavity’ in tiie body sewed up. and the indications are that McCnytm will recover.