The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-11-26
No Q


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...-Exoitement at the Medical
College,
some three years ago our physicians
witnessed the process Of digestion through
an oridco left by gun shot wound in the
abdomen OF Alexis st Martin. But a
greater curiosity was yesterday exhibited
TO the students Of tho University Medical
Q U'logo at the hour Of Professor Motts
olinique,
1t was a case Of deficiency Of the slcr.
mum breast bone,) which enables the
several movtm nts OF the heart TO be seen.
IL has excited Intense interest f1r several
years past throughout the ci,ies Of Europc
and Britain. The subject Of the defect is
a very intelligent gen,leu m, NJ. Groux,
native Of lllmburg, twcut, eight yeqrs
ol ago, somewhat under thcaverago height
and rather pale, though he appears to be
IN health. He was introduced by Dr.
Mott, who Thought that tho substance
which occupied tho place Of the slenum
mightb1 cartilage. NJ, Groux then show.
ed tho peculiar conformity Of his chest
and gave an excellent lecture on The
hearts action, demonstrating his remarks
with colored plates, an artificial heart and
his own body. The collar bones nre not
connected; (neilher are the ribs 10 their
opposilos, } but there is groove where
the steruum should be; the skin is natural.
In It's natural state this groove is about an
inch and half wide, but it can be disten.
ded to three inches. On looking at the
groove a pulsavle swelling is discernible
opposite the third aud fourth RIBS; ii res.
pira ion be suspended It rapidly rises 70
an enormous extent, and remains full and
tense until the breathing is restored. when
| il soon subsidies. his is tho heart BE.
tween the olavicles there is another pulsa.
tile swelling. easily felt, which is the
aorta. the great artery from the heart
THE dilation and contraction Of the lung
is Also seen In coughing, the right lung
suddenly protrudes from the chest through
the groove, and ascends a considerable
distance above the right clayicle into the
neck.
The technical details Of these wonder
full disclosures will interest protesyona
men, and to general readers Of physiolog.
the sight will DO extremely interesling.-,
II would be well il it could be exhibited
in all public schools.
M, Groux remembers being taken b.
his family doctor to medical society i
Hamburg, when about two years old, bu
he did not know Cor WHAT nor did Oh
full importance OF his case occur TO hin
till he was over twenty years Of age. l
l849, while on a visit to London, he wa
attacked with choers, aud then IL wa
that his defect was made known to th
profession lie was shown to several dis
linguished medical men as great curl
osity, and was advised to travel throug
Europe for the benefit Of the profession
] Not long after, while attending TO hi
business, which was very oonfning, h
, was attacked with hemoptisis (spittin
. Of Flood } He then concluded to abar
{ don his occupation and follow the sugge
. tiyn often made to him, 70 travel and sho
himself TO medical men OF the cduntri'
Of Europe, Britain. aud now of Americ
He has an album Of two volumes, whic
are nearly filed with the autographs {
tho chief members Of all the importar
medical societies and universities Of Eu
rope, from st. Petersburg to Madrid, an
from Vienna TO Galway, testifying TO the
I great interest in the case. The signr
lures Of professors and celebrities VIII
have examined him number over tw
thousand.
AZ the close of his lecture yesterday d
Mott, proposed a collection in NJ Groux
behalf though his regular fee had bee
: paid by the faculty. Scarcely had i
said the word when the silver began
fly into the arena from the seats Of d
7, vast ampitheatre Nearly all The thrC
hundred students were present, and Il
shower of quarters nearly jeopardized u
lecturer DR. Motif and his attendanu
together with Dr. Alex, b. Mott, wi
seemed TO be target in the innoceI
/ amusement.