Today in Heritage Hist
ory, July 9, 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the worlds first successful open-heart surgery without anesthesia. Mrs. Hale told reporters she didn’t remember giving her husband permission to perform the operation on her. But she did acknowledge in his defense, to having short-term memory problems since agreeing to allow him to perform the world’s first lobotomy on her, without anesthesia.
July 9, 1893- Mrs. Williams
09 Monday Jul 2012
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Awesome post. Love Gary Larson too!!
Whoa. Was that in the marriage contract or what!?
I had open heart triple by-pass in 2006. For at least two months after that I was very confused about tech things and handyman things. Made check book errors and other records keeping mistakes. They say oxygen deprivation for a 5 hour surgery is a myth but I think otherwise. Now I am working at about 97% brain efficiency I would estimate. But that 3% of confusion and forgetfulness is very frustrating and infuriating. I can sympathize with people at the very beginning of Alzheimers.
My doctor asks if I hear strange voices. I don’t. Just the regular ones: God and Lincoln.