Early landowners in this Vernon Township settlement included Dennis Carsey (Kersey) born in Georgia in 1789 and William Hood, the son of the Revolutionary War veteran (same name) from Jefferson County, Indiana. Carsey purchased a total of 80 acres of federal land buying 40 acres in 1834, and again in 1837.
Hemispherectomy is a very rare neurosurgical procedure in which one cerebral hemisphere (half of the brain) is removed, disconnected, or disabled. This procedure is used to treat a variety of seizure disorders where the source of the epilepsy is localized to a broad area of a single hemisphere of the brain, notably Rasmussen's encephalitis. About one in three patients with epilepsy will continue to have persistent seizures despite epileptic drug therapy.
A cystectomy is an operation to remove all or part of the urinary bladder. The most common condition warranting removal of the urinary bladder is bladder cancer. In men, the bladder, prostate, seminal vesicles and lymph nodes are removed. In women, the bladder, urethra, part of the vagina and lymph nodes are removed. In addition, the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries may be removed.