Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1887 — Prompt Surgery. [ARTICLE]

Prompt Surgery.

David McGranahan, of Yellowstone, Wis., is a man of ne#ve. While reaching to pick up a board from the tall grass a rattlesnake bit him on the end of the finger. With one blow Of the hatchet he amputated that finger in about half a second after it was bitten. Then he paid attention to the snake and cut himinto small pieces.