Watch a Musician Play Violin During Brain Surgery
by Brigit Katz/Smithsonianmag.com
In the fall of 2019, Dagmar Turner was told that a tumor that had been growing in her brain for years had become large and aggressive—and would require surgery. The mass sat on her right frontal lobe, close to an area that controls the fine movements of the left hand.
The possibility that surgery might damage this part of the brain was a major concern: Turner, a violinist who plays with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, relies on her left hand to regulate the lengths of the instrument’s strings, thereby producing different pitches.
Fortunately, the patient had an idea.
“I suggested, actually, if they want me to play the violin during the surgery,” she tells ITV News.
This week, King’s College Hospital in London, where the surgery was performed, released remarkable footage from the operating room. As doctors work behind a plastic sheet, Dagmar, lying on the operating table, performs melodies on her violin. Over the course of the procedure, she played music by Gustav Mahler, George Gershwin and the Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias, reports Guy Faulconbridge for Reuters.
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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I’ve seen this before with a guy playing a sax. For non musicians they talk with the patient and sometimes have him or her read. This is to make sure they aren’t taking out a needed part of the brain.
I wonder what they would do if the patient was a concert pianist.
this is Crazy IF I was her Doctor and she offered to stay unrestrained fior the sugury i’d throw a fit …… Crazy but maybe this girl got too much balls …….
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