30 MARCH 1912, Page 3

The New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph gives an

account in Wednesday's issue of a very daring surgical operation which has lately taken place at Baltimore. It consisted in removing the decayed parts of human brain and replacing them with healthy tissue from the brain of a baby which had died in the hospital, After the nuns- thetic had been administered the back of the patient's skull was removed and his entire brain taken out and placed on a piece of linen beside the head, where it could be seen to pulsate with each heart-beat of the patient. The diseased portion was then out out and the fresh tissue substituted, and the entire brain restored to its proper place. Though the operation took place several days ago, Mr. Buckner, the patient, is still alive and is reported to be improving.