The surgery involved a 7-inch incision and a forty-pound tumor. Marietta Journal (Georgia) Thursday, 23 October 1890 Mother Jane C. Cattell July 4, 1824 - Oct 20, 1890 Asleep in Jesus DEATH OF MRS. CATTELL AFTER A REMARKABLE SURGICAL OPERATION. Mrs. Jane C. Cattell, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. James G. Hughes, on last Monday morning at 11 o'clock, aged 68 years. She had been in ill health for a long time owing to a growth of a tumor in her stomach. It was sapping and insidiously destroying her life, and as death was inevitable, she made up her mind to undergo a surgical operation and have the tumor removed. For some weeks the Doctors gave her constitutional treatment, to build up her system, so she would have physical strength to endure the ordeal. On last Monday, one week ago, Drs. N. N. Gober and G. Tennent performed the operation, assisted by Drs. Cortelyou, Rossignol and Kemp. An incision of about four inches was made in the stomach, but, owning [sic] to the im...
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