april april surgeon working pennsylvania united_states late 19th early 20th centuries member notable family members family physicians family home listed building known remarkable feat removing appendix local age operated age repair ways kane practices included patients kane public eye gave evidence sensational trial son murder kane founding members chief surgeon large kane work railway surgery field contributed number innovations procedures equipment included windows brain surgery multiple site family home kane father general founder town kane pennsylvania prominent abolitionist played role preventing war friendship kane mother practiced medicine brother william called sister kane elder brother engineering graduate princeton kane married wife died year later weeks giving birth son march married june children august february august august twin born date kane son head romance language department charged murder wife drowning chesapeake_bay trial sensation time crowds people outside courthouse unable find room inside instrumental obtaining son presenting medical evidence trial established heart condition contributed drowning resigned position university trial book local historian gives fictionalized account events arctic explorer related uncle different person son brother kane lived family home listed national_register_of_historic_places built kane mother house son families original family home burned architect married kane family cousin word honours arctic explorer elizabeth died thomas moved family new home designed leaving family sole occupants remained kane home office death kane died pneumonia age shortly trial son months major operation sons william founded kane concept cottage hospital originated thought wounds healed better kane air died years elizabeth founded hospital hospital patients moved larger site built land donated known graduated philadelphia practiced physician kane later chief surgeon position held time operation died hospital facility ceased work hospital building administration public hospital received charitable grants tight family control hospital led complaints local physicians claimed able freely use hospital patients admitted condition chief surgeon final treatment complaining physicians felt judge proper treatment patients found condition unacceptable february formal complaints resulted investigation requesting hospital grant withdrawn matter hospital assistant away florida time answering charges fell brother board management hospital medical staff hospital superintendent hospital admission rules changed result investigation commissioners found position unacceptable profits hospital contrary large donations recommended stock holding hospital broadly extended outside kane family commissioners requested private practice offices moved outside hospital offices paid occupants cost fuel water lighting borne hospital railway surgery kane railway surgeon different railroads kane time railway surgery markedly different surgery hospital considered field frequently needed operate great distances proper hospital facility dirty conditions operations performed basic equipment materials industrial accidents railways resulted crushing injuries large proportion estimated operations kane performed years treatment accidents railways kane medical innovations intended aids surgeon field clearly inspired work railway surgeon innovations kane responsible uses music medical therapy starting played music operating theatre prior patient kane believed effect patients effective simply talking surgeon distracted conversations assistants experience soon dried modern studies shown music help reduce pain following operation consequently reduces need pain killing drugs kane invented improvement murphy button device commonly usually surgical kane seeking device larger possibility losing patient fitted murphy button kane presented paper addressing difficulty field kane lists difficulties conditions tendency veins collapse following kane solution device administer multiple instances simultaneously kane device kane normally sufficient normal slow emergency conditions kane invention rate fluid replacement times kane device subsequently criticised use rubber proposed alternative improved design sites faster fluid technique use today kane novel ideas materials use surgery influenced work railway surgery particularly concerned materials good use field advocated use supplies obtained locally hardware stores similar suppliers woven material readily available time keeping problem field unlike modern supplied sealed sterile packs time immediately use emergency situation little time use fire proof allowed quickly open fire kane proposed use repair head wounds exposed damaged brain cited advantages provided window physician observe damage emergency field obtained removing window application commonly time kane innovations use field lamp worn head surgeon intended operations carried field night kane says particularly useful abdominal cavity kane advocated practiced newborn place identifying mark matching identical tattoo mother kane aware cases claims babies mixed wished avoid possibility occurring hospital kane view complex clerical systems designed prevent errors implemented large hospital small hospital administrative staff run simply available kane argued impossible positively prove mistake purely clerical system surgery kane history operating self fingers infected operation removing appendix local performed february age brought wider media attention believed undertaken self operation kane experience procedure patient perspective mind local future patients medical conditions prevented general administered wanted ensure procedure tolerated patient kane believed usual general time dangerous local kane fairly recent replacement dangerous cocaine kane performed operation carried nearly times aid mirrors enabled work area time operation major today remove appendix larger needed modern surgery techniques kane taken home following day operation kane sensation time continued reported years instance discusses article recently held example commitment self motivation book occasion age kane repaired local caused horse riding accident years earlier operation carried press including photographer attendance operation dangerous earlier risk operation lasted hour minutes kane operating theatre working hours later career kane started signing patients letter code india ink operation finish task fell later chief surgeon alcohol kane opposed consumption alcohol alcohol previously widely treatment medicine kane believed necessary desirable spoke suggestion sale spirits reintroduced army bases alcohol ceased available soldiers base prelude prohibition army abolished years attempted introduce bill reversing decision efforts supported petition physicians letter kane soldiers find amusement attractive time determined effort taste officers plenty spare time hands publications fire proof dressing december cure internal pressure march new apparatus fracture september simple device rapid shock march new rapid april pin appendix july night operating october cardiac displacement september peculiar twin gestation february operating room june railway army surgery comparison december therapy april metal clips deep wound closure injury cancer patients securing specimens prior operation march case history march medical society state pennsylvania sheet brain surgery
Evan O'Neill Kane