Lincoln County NV Archives News.....Operation Performed March 3, 1883
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The Pioche Weekly Record March 3, 1883
Operation Performed - On last Monday Dr. G.C. Mathews very neatly and successfully
performed the delicate operation of extracting the pieces of skull embedded in the
brain of John Capitan who had been injured by a blast at the Day mine. There were
some thirty-eight pieces of bone taken from out the brain, measuring from over half
an inch in length down to the size of a No. 3 shot. The end of one of the large
pieces of bone penetrated the brain matter two inches. On Wednesday Dr. Mathews
extracted two more pieces of bone from Capitan's brain, making a total of forty
pieces. There was also considerable rock washed and picked from his brain. These
pieces of bone and rock can be seen at Dr. G.R. Alexander's drug store. Since the
operation was performed the patient has been gradually improving, and there are
slight hopes of his recovery, yet Dr. Mathews says should such prove to the result,
it will be a miracle.

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