The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-13
Lizard In the Stomach.

The case of Mrs. Parker, of Iowa
which has been often stated and com
mented on in the papers, has at last
been settled. 1t was stated that THU
woman had q lizard in her stomach
The regular physicians pronounced hel
disease consumption when it first ap
peared, but quack was called in ani
her husband thus states the method o.
treatment to which he subjected her:
A German from Lisbon, calling him
self Doctor (whoi saw her about eight
weeks ago, and, after an examination
pronounced the disease a snake, tape
worm, or lizard, said her lungs were
just as good as his lungs and no disease
in them; said he could take away the
animal from her in three or four days
and she would be as fat and hearty al
any one.
First process Of operation, to eat salt
herring, just taken out of the brine
with vinegar, and crackers soaked il
vinegar, for food, for the first week
and put OH her stomach a poultice Of
garlic, also fish oil and lard simmered
together, and give her a teaspoonful
morning and night, and bathe the Ihroa,
and chest with the same-the garlic
poultice to drive the creature out of the
stomach, 30 that putting hot milk be-
fore the patients mou Ii when she bent
over like hoop, he could induce the
vile ''sarpent" to approach near hel
mouth 80 he could get mold of him with
his tweezers aud draw him out. She
must not drink anything bu5 whey and
sour wine, ana tea of elder blows and
chamOmile, and to be sweat over sour
whey. At the end of the first week
could not get snake out; would have te
try another week; thought he had not
gone quite thorough enough.
The second week, did not allow her
to drink anything but sour wine, and
not to eat anything at all. At the end
of two weeks, came to try again; milk
heated, and put in pan rs before; said
the snakes head was 80 large that II
could not come up that way; no food
yet.
The third week he said he would kill
the snake and have it pass the other
way, and gave her teaspoonful of each
castor oil, and turpentine, morning and
night, and not to eat anything yet.
Said in three days the snake would
be dead. She took turpentine and oil
over a week; wnen he came back and
said the snake was dead, and would
pass away from her in twenty -one days
which was five or six weeks ago. Said
the bones of the skull and the skin
would not digest, and that they would
pass off so she could see them. Gave
her permission to eat, but the turpen-
tine had irritated the stomach, so she
could not take much nourishment.
After the twenty one days had ex-
pired he said the meat and skin of the
animal would not pass off for three OF
four weeks and perhaps longer Two
weeks ago he said it was there yet and
would not come away for a month OF
two, and might stay tor months, for the
reason that the outside had become
coated like the stomach, and the acids
of the liver would not act on it, that il
had been there so long it had become as
q part of her being. The following was
prepared by the doctors directions, and
ordered by him to be worn the whole
time: One pint each elder bark, slippery
elm and bran, put in flannel bag and
covered on both sides with black sheep's
,rool.
Before he commenced doctoring her
she was up and around the house quite
comfortable. Last Friday she was
gaining strength little, and went a
few steps to her brother. When she
came home and got on the first step she
fell from it and bruised her temple. She
became unconscious the next morning,
and remained 50 until she died, on Sun
day noon.
After the death of the poor woman, a
post mortem examination was made,
when it was discovered that her lungs
were nearly destroyed by tubercles, but
in her there was no lizard, nor even the
bones of one. e..