March 12, 1859 ~ Saturday

12 March

It is a cold bright sunshinee morning Brother Bigler starts
for Provo. I spent the day scraping

March 13, 1859 ~ Sunday

143^th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Samuel
W Richards Preached at the close of the meeting I
company with Doctor's France, Anderson, Richardson
Dunyon, Sprague, Levi Richards, Elders C. C. Rich
A H Raliegh Durr W^m Moss W. I. Appleby King &
two others I went to Brother W^m Wolstenholmes to
again try to operate upon him & take the stone out of his
Bladder. we arived there at half past 2 oclok we comm[enced]
to administer to him cloriform at 7 minuts before
3 oclok we first consecrated a Bottle of oil & administer
to him by the laying on of hands we gave him an ounce
of cloriform & some 3 oz of Either we were 45 minuts
giving him the cloriform they commenced operating upon
him at 25 minutes to 4 oclok they run a tube up the penus
into the bladder, then cut into the body by the side of the tube
in the bladder He was 10 minutes cutting to the stone & 14
minutes taking it way making 24 minutes in the operation
the stone was of a dark sand stone couler; vary rough
surface, the following is the length of it or circumference
of it both ways and around the middle it was of an oblong
shape He did not bleed much in the operation

[FIGURE]
Fac Similee
3 1/4 inch round
Mulbury couler [color]

[FIGURE]
[sideways text]
4 1/4 inches round
Thickness standing
on edge
[end of sideways text]

He was not sensille [sensible] during
the operation being under the
operation of cloriform but
when he came to his senses
he was in a good deal of
pain, which continued throug[h]
most of the night. He bled
much during the night Dr's
France & Anderson called in
the morning & drew away
his water & blood from the
bladder with a tube and opened
the wound & took away a large
quantity of cloded blood he had bled much during the night

I attended the Prayer circle with the Twelve there was
Present O. Pratt W. Woodruff E. T. Benson & C. C. Rich He prayed
& E. T. Benson was mouth. we conversed upon various things
the business of the Provo court was spoken of Prayed for we
also spoke of & Prayed for Brother Wolstenhome. I called
upon President Young a short time in the evening. The
Calafornia Mail came in in the evening, no Eastern Mail
yet.

March 14, 1859 ~ Monday

14^th Still cold weather I made an account of the above surgi
cal operation for the deseret News I showed the stone to
President Young & many others I spent the evening at Presi
dent Youngs with the Regency Many samples or ornam-
ented capitols were Presented for the {Deseret Alphabet}

March 12, 1859 ~ Saturday

12 March it is a Cold bright sunshinee morning Brother Bigler starts for Provo. I spent the day scraping

March 13, 1859 ~ Sunday

13th sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Samuel W Richards Preached at the close of the meeting I company with Doctor's France, Anderson, Richardson Dunyon, Sprague, Levi Richards, Elders C. C. Rich A H Raliegh Durr Wm Moss W. I. Appleby King & two others I went to Brother Wm Wolstenholmes to again try to operate upon him & take the stone out of his Bladder. we arived there at half past 2 oclok we commenced to administer to him cloriform at 7 minuts before 3 oclok we first consecrated a Bottle of oil & administer to him by the laying on of hands we gave him an ounce of cloriform & some 3 oz of Either we were 45 minutes giving him the cloriform they commenced operating upon him at 25 minutes to 4 oclok they run a tube up the penus into the bladder, then cut into the body by the side of the tube in the bladder He was 10 minutes cutting to the stone & 14 minutes taking it way making 24 minutes in the operation the stone was of a dark sand stone couler; vary rough surface, the following is the length of it or circumference of it both ways and around the middle it was of an oblong shape. He did not bleed much in the operation

[FIGURE] Fac Similee 3 1/4 inch round Mulbury color [FIGURE] sideways text 4 1/4 inches round Thickness standing on Edge end of sideways text

He was not sensible during the operation being under the operation of Cloriform but when he came to his senses he was in a good deal of pain, which continued through most of the night. He bled much during the night Drs France & Anderson called in the morning & drew away his water & blood from the bladder with a tube and opened the wound & took away a large quantity of cloded blood he had bled much during the night

I attended the Prayer Circle with the Twelve there was Present O. Pratt W. Woodruff E. T. Benson & C. C. Rich. He prayed & E. T. Benson was mouth, we conversed upon various things the business of the Provo court was spoken of Prayed for we also spoke of & Prayed for Brother Wolstenhume. I called upon President Young a short time in the evening. The Calafornia Mail came in in the evening, no Eastern Mail yet.

March 14, 1859 ~ Monday

14th still cold weather. I made an account of the above surgi cal operation for the deseret News I showed the stone to President Young & many others I spent the evening at Presi dent Youngs with the Regency. Many samples or ornamented capitols were Presented for the {{Deseret Alphabet}}