Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1909 — SURGEON CAUSES OWN DEATH [ARTICLE]

SURGEON CAUSES OWN DEATH

Instrument Used In Nasal Operation Given Too Hard a Tap. San Francisco, May 26.—Dr. Oscar N. Taylor is dead as the result of an operation for the removal of a growth in the nose which he performed on himself. He hit his delicate chisel too hard a tap, causing it to pierce the base of the brain