The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-11-18
Marrow Escape from Death.

Dr. strong has furnished us with
the particulars of a case he has re
Gently attended, which occurs yer,
rarely in the practice OF any Physi
clan. In the forenoon Of Friday
October 2lst, as the wife Of Captain
Caldwell of the brig Mussey, who
lives on Bridge street, West side
was eating some chestnuts in cJm
pany with two or three neighbor;
who had called ia at hn- horsa
some one made a remark whicl
caused her to laugh. Immediately ly
alter she fell upon the floor as in d
dit, and when raised up had the ap-
pearance Of being dead, her face
head and neck being nearly black
and much swollen. Restoratives
were applied, and one Of the women
present, supposing her to be choking
gave her a smart rap on the back
when a quantity OF cbestnuts flew
out OF her mouth and respiration be.
came gradually established. During
that day she suffered rom a diff
Guilty in breathing, aud ct eleven
o'clock in the forenoon the following
day DR.. Strong was called. He
found her walking about the room
complaining of much pain. She
coushed constantly, and had grea
difficulty in breathing. lie then pre-
scribed for her as he thought fit, ant
on his next visit, the following after,
noon, he brought instruments witt
which to open her windplpe, salts
fled that u chestnut, or portion o
one, had lodged there. He founC
that since his first visit she had beer
taken with occasional fits Of vomit
! ing, which seemed TO relieve her
He did not consider a surgical oper
alton advisable at the time, and dc
ferred it until morning. On tn,
morning of the 23d he visited hi
patient, in comp,ny with Doctor,
Reese and Capener, intending t,
perform the operation OF opening tn,
windpipe, bu. from her symptoms
became convinced that tho ioreigl
body had slipped down, during tn,
night, into the right bronchial tube
Her breathing was easier, but en
! physema had made its appearance
1t was evident to Dr.. Strong that tn
point Of the chestnut she had swal
Lowell had punctured tho bronchia
tube between the rings Of the tube
thereby causing the escape OF al
from the pleura, or bag of the lung
into the cellular tissue Of the body
and she WAS threatened with hor
rib!e death. Unless the ruptur
should close up in some manner, sli
would, in few days. be putied N
like distended bladder, even to tn
ends of her fingers and toes, an
would die lingering and terribl
death. She continued to grow wors
until Wednesday night last, empty
sema having extended from her eye
to the lower part OF her abdomen i
front, and to her hips behind. Tn
depth Of air beneath her skin aver
aged nearly two inches, and he
sniferings were very acute. On tn
Wednesday night following durin
a severe fit OF coughing, which lasl
ed two hours, she threw up the chest
nut which had caused the difficulty
1t was little over one.half OF goo
sized chestnut divided laterally
having a sharp pointed end, as d.
: Strong predicted. 1t was surrount
: ed with a quantity of blood and mi
3 Gus. For three days after expellin
. the chestnut she suffered from sever
: Inflammation Of the lungs, but ii
i emphysema subsided and she is in
fair way to recover.-[ Cleveland d
8 mocrat.