The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-03
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a PEEP INTO
LIVING MANS STOMACH.

The case Of Aieris, St. Mrtn is one
with wh;ch the l"Li;c, aud especially
those who have given particular attention
Nihi mcini.l Sci, nee, are nlieaTv some.
What familiar. IL i u,ieed a most extra
cr,liuary ole perhaps We might say, The
most cN'raordIu ~ aud singular one
known in Ito aum,I> Of suigcry. S,.Mar
tn u Of Frvuril descent la tie year
lS22 When he WIS eighteen y,ars old,
"nl whir cmp,ulci in the sctNIcc "t thc
American Fur Company, ia Cana'I', hc
was accidentally Wounded 10y Tie dis
chargc o! muskct Iuaicd with duck shot,
u, hc calls it, hut wl:yh must, We iter,
have been the srzr ut back shot. lie Ia.
form, us that he did not feel ar Know that
l." had beer lit. hut u moment nr two aE
forwards ha y;H0 coH chW, Us if - pail of
water had Keen dashed over him. The
charge entering -IaIcIslv from huhind,
passr,i quite through I'M hody, tearing I'll
the muscles, carrying away bali OF ihe
sixth rih, iaccra,ing the left lobe oi the
lungs as well as the Diaphragm, p"Ii"ra
ting 'ie stomach, and exposing TO tic view
the perlcardium or covering a.. the i.car,.
y paiiiUn Of the lung, rs large rs a iur
key egg, laccrated nrd lurn;, and just
below ihs, portion of The stomach pro
iludcd irom the wound, the fnod at the
Same lilae passing ilUm the orilirc thus
na!c III the stomach. The oriicc laS
revcr heated, and through II the processes
"f digestion can he plainly s,em IN the
1 - al.
Who attended lin, published some ears
"g", II volume made up f"m tie facts
c"nHfcled with this case, aud entitled,
" hr. Bcanmom's l'hl sioIogY aud expert
mcit..' Tiiis wcik embraced the olsur.
Nati"Gs and experiments on ST. Martin,
anil may lc SAID 10 hc the fourda,ion Of
nenrly ail the loriti,e know ledge now
possessed by lie world on lie sui jet "f
digestion. IL tbs look DR.. i. gives the
psrih MARS "f The treatment of the case,
nnd Ihe siuguiar recovery uf the patient
CuriouSy and happy cnoneh ly the ri
l'sS:on ofihe Sides uf tie proifuioJ Ior.
iions OF tl.e stomach to megr0 cosfoiS rnd
ilie adges of the external ,ouuj, free
exit was All ,rlcd to the coutcnis at Ilm
organ, and etfusien into the Abdominal
cavity Vas thus prevented, aud the mans
lie saved. Probably roi one man in
snillion, it wounded in n similar manner
would recover m NIL, while the chances
against such direction aud result o. an.
oth,r accidental, or eveo intentional shot,
would be so enormous as TO defy cor,no.
:a.iaa anl aisnasi t. .pa== hel,3G. The
case OF st. Martin is pr5t ably ihe tir,i the
last, and the only one Of the kind that the
Woftl will ever See and tie optorturi-
sIes which it Hff;qds Tor the acquisition of
positive knowledge concerning the hu.
snau stomach, and digestive functions are
of corresponding interest and yalue.--
Think VI the hiea of actually Witnessing
she process of digestion aud the assiuila
sion of,atious foods in iiic interior of the
stomach.
The Interesting subject es Study MAS in
Hartford on Saturday aud Sunday hast,
aud wehad the opportunity Of seeing him.
lic Is un,:cr the cste % DR.. john Bunting
formerly surgeon in the Bri,ish armS, aud
sho pr"ptsrs 10 cxi,fbit this lisipg WON
der 10 the nhrdicaI nien Of some of our
large ci,ies, epfeviors 10 a journey with
linn to Europe. While hcic, ST. Martin
aud the Doctor were guests OF Col. Colt,
atwhosc 'ivitation they were induced to
stop while on their way TO Boston. for
the purpose of allowing 10 the Hartford
Med'ssl.Soele'y AN opportunity OF noting
tbe PROFESSIONS aud the effects of diges.
slon, the absorption Of ditieIeb, knds Of
food, DE. aef M 49,.
. So,ne Of Tie Gacts thus obtained arc new
and interesting, oibers seem 10 confirm
previous tlieUries Of the I'hysiciap. ~
y !, WIS k,snd that brpdy ,skep ppor
~ Imply stoHHeh. G'alf an ho'a' Lefots