Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-24


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i REMARKABLE CASE OF CARNoMAN1A. --DrY
Louis A. Sayre, of New York city, recently
delivered lecture at the commencement Of the
medical session of the Bellevue, Hospital coll
j,lese, in which he impressed upon the students
8 the, necessity district application to al the
various branches of the medical profession. TO
enforce upon them the necessity of athorough
knowledge of toxicolegy= he cited the following
remarkable. instance: 81 s@ '@@& 10 O
- Arerson affected with paralysis Of. the ex-
terror muscles Of both fore arms, supposed to
: have been dependent upon disease Of the
spine, and for which she had been treated with
q spinal brace, which she had worn for two
] wears, and described by recent author as a
case of "carnomauia' or insanity of the
Aesh," if any one knows what that means,
came to me short time since SAP
!. She had been treated for disease Of the
spine, brace had been supplied, and she had
been assured that the paralysis of the arms
would be removed in two or three months, or
at all events, in very short :time,so soon as
the disease in the spinal column had been
cured. She was sent to her distant home. and
for two long years had worn the spinal brace;
with still increasing, deficiency Of the power OF
the fore arms, until within the last few months
she had become. perfectly! paral lyzed and was
helpless, unable to pin her clothes, comb her
hair or, feed herself, or indeed do anything
fo o'o1oc
making careful investigation of the case, |
could m find nothing of disease il any part Of the
BODY tn at would Justify this peculiar condition
of the fore. arms, except the potent influence
of the poisonous power of lead. ~LIs - = -
: The peculiar characteristic Of lead poison Isl
that the hands drop, and are incapable of be-
ing extended, although the power OF Hexlon
existsI We have other varieties OF paralysis,
attacking different limbs, but there: is no
other characteristic paralysis aot2 the hand
that Stimulates, the action Of the Lead
| gave it as my diagnosis, that this was
"a case of lead palsy. The next question was
TO ascertain how the lead 25 got there
tits a common thingin New York, ,Jfwhere we
drisk waterthrough aleadenIpipes to see these,
cases. Others are poisoned by drinking cham
pagne from bottles that have been washed with
leaaen shot, and the lead left in the bottle.
4s In thisinstancer no lead has been obtained in
that way; ;ithe motherystated that the water
Z was brought from a spring. kept IN a bucket
and drank from gourd. q WANTED TO know If
the house had been painted recently. No..
sshe had not been exposed to lead 10 any way."@
So was unable to ascertain any source from
which lead could be obtained. l found the lady
had ridden horse which had run off with her
for some distance, one; or two miles, and she
tho ~
excessive muscular action. Still the peculiar
characteristics of lead being so marked, [ could
not give up my hunt for the poison, which had
been in some way so insdiously introduced.
After two or three days of close questioning,
the lady very innocently asked me If whiting
would do it. When asked her what it was,
she handed me beautiful little bottle and said
it was "this," and on looking at the label |
found it was "Laird's Bloom of Youth, y a cos
metic which you will see advertised on all the
curbstones, which had been used upon the face,
and here was the practical result Taking the
bottle to Prof. Doremus, received an analysis
the following day, stating that it was highly
charged with lead. [ Immediately administer.
ed to her the proper antidote for lead. Aud
collecting some of the secretioDs for number
Of days. gave them also to, Prof. Doremus for
analysis. And am happy to state that dlstin-
guished chemist has presented to me a specimen
of the lead in it's metallic form, strainedifro
these secretions-thereby fully corr0borating
the accuracy OF my diagnosis and the correct
ness of the treatment. As the lead is being
eliminated from the body, | am happy to state
that muscular contractiOns are returning to the
paralyzed limbs, and thus ends our case OF car
nOmania." -, -,:-~r,-. &ECt8
DARING ROBBERY. robbery that for dar
iug.has few parallels in the history Of New
York criminal affairs took place yesterday on a
crowded street in broad daylight. At four
o'clock yesterday afternoon the family Of MIR.
Black, of the firm of Ball & Black, jewellers, =
Broadway, returned from their country seat
and proceeding to their residence, dispatched
the drayman of the firm for fourteen pieces OF j.;
baggage that they had left at the depot. ~.
The drayman obtained the baggage, and
passing by the establishment on Broadway lett
the wagon and horse on the street in the rear
While he ran in to obtain the assistance OF one
ball's residence On his return, after min
ute's absence, to his horror he discovered that
the horse, wagon and trunks had been stolen.
he learned that three men had been seen drlv-
ing the property up Mercer St. The Superln-o
teendent of Police was promptly informed or
tne robbery, and in a few minutes the entlre)
iorce Dt the city were on the oui vlve. The.
!hleVes, drove up town, and one of them, TAX
ing charge of the horse, wagon and contents
proceeded to- an ice dealer on corner of Ninth
avenue and requested permission to deposit,
the trunks with: him. Leaving four ot the
trunks and large tin box, the man departed,
promising to call for them. With the restot:
j, the property he proceeded to some point fur
e ther up town, where he disposed Of all his
load excepting one piece, which he abandoned
3 On on the corner of SeYentY-second- street and
broadway, together with the horse and wagon,
Where were found by the police. J! s21
Later in the evening, while officer Rose was
waiting at the fence on Ninth avenue, where
the trunks had been deposited for the return