Surgery by Magnet

In Manchester, N. H. last week Dr. Nicholas Demetris Michou, 59, was recuperating from an operation which his physician thought unique in the annals of medicine. One day in January Dr. Michou sat down in his office chair, leaped up with a 1 1/2-in. piece of hypodermic needle buried in his fundament. Because he could not reach around to treat himself, he called in Dr. George S. Foster who probed in vain. By last fortnight the needle had worked 2 1/2 in. into Dr. Michou's flesh and was approaching his hip-joint. Dr. Foster had an idea. Calling General Electric laboratory officials in Lynn, Mass., he asked them to build a huge electric magnet.

In a laboratory at Lynn three electrical engineers, two nurses and Dr. Foster stood by while swarthy, black-mustached Dr. Michou stretched himself out on a big oak table. Dr. Foster made two inch-deep incisions. Dr. Michou hoisted up his buttocks. The engineers thrust a small steel cone attached to the 250-lb. magnet into one of the incisions, switched on a 3 1/2-h.p. current. Nothing happened. The cone was drawn out, inserted in the second incision. After one breathless minute there was a tiny click. Seven voices cried as one: "We've got it!"

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