. The literary digest. read it, my steps sall be, and one is reminded of thegrinding of scissors ! One quotation of Mr. Wards remains which seemsto prove (or test) the rule rather sharply— She seemed a part of spring ; but let any one read this line aloud, and he will find that he blends the two ss into one. Tennysons verse is not for the eye but the ear. Yol. XYI., No. 3] THE LITERARY DICzEST. 75 SCIENCE AND INVENTION. LIVING WITHOUT A STOMACH. THE opinions of physiologists regarding the functions of thestomach have been somewhat altered by the success of arecent rather sensational su
. The literary digest. read it, my steps sall be, and one is reminded of thegrinding of scissors ! One quotation of Mr. Wards remains which seemsto prove (or test) the rule rather sharply— She seemed a part of spring ; but let any one read this line aloud, and he will find that he blends the two ss into one. Tennysons verse is not for the eye but the ear. Yol. XYI., No. 3] THE LITERARY DICzEST. 75 SCIENCE AND INVENTION. LIVING WITHOUT A STOMACH. THE opinions of physiologists regarding the functions of thestomach have been somewhat altered by the success of arecent rather sensational surgical operation in which the entirestomach of the patient was removed. The subject, a Swiss wo-man, is still alive and well, and naturally her condition has ex-cited wide interest. A brief note of the operation has alreadyappeared in these columns, but we are now enabled to lay before-our readers more particulars from an accurate account of the case^contributed by the operator. Dr. Carl Schlatter, of Zurich, Switz-. STOM.^CH. Preparatory Steps for Operation, a, Oesophageal cut; d, duodenum ; c,• duodenal slit ; d, stomach ; e, slit closed by suture ; /, jejunum. erland, to TAe Medical Record (New York, December 25). Inan introductory note. Dr. E. C. Wendt, of New York, says ofthe case, which he terms remarkable and unique : At the date of the present writing, December 9, 1897, overthree months since the operation of total ablation of the stomach,the woman is still under observation at the county hospital; butshe is to all intents and purposes a well woman, and does her fullshare of the daily work of the ward. On the date of my first visitI found her in a yeiy cheerful frame of mind, and quite loqua-cious. She is already beginning to realize the interest and im-portance attaching to her case, as she has had medical visitorsfrom many quarters of the globe. The lay press of all Europehas got wind of this extraordinary instance of alive woman without a stomach. On my several e
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