The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-07

| had got entangled, Ia still fresh In the minds
of the readers of the Gazette. Since the &C.
eurrence we have received numerous letter,
from parties asking an account Of the lady,
condition since the occurrence. Many d
these correspondents, being physicians, ask
questions that show that there is division
Of opinion in the medical fraternity through
out the States "a to the method of treating
the case. As none of the editors of this papeI
clam to belong to that honorable body, W
beg to he excused from giving an opinion on
q case in which the doctors disagree" W.
give you the facts, and each one can draw
his swn conclusions
The accident occurred on the 3lst of July
at 4 p. m. The physician who dressed the
head arrived at the scene of the accident
twenty minutes after the occurrence, exam.
ined the scalp with the view of replacing II
on the girls head; but decided that. a. il
was entirely detached, and had become cold
there was no chance OF its growing on. He
then dressed the wound, covering il with cot.
ton batting. After the lady had been re.
moved to her home another physician was
called in, who insisted that the scalp should
have been replaced Immediately, and that i,
should be done then, six hours after the &C.
cident. His opinion prevailed; and the cot.
ton hating was all picked of that could be
removed, and the scalp was replaced, being
secured in its place by stitches at the angler
and by strips Of adhesive plaster. For five
days it lay upon the head firmly, with every
appearance Of life and health; but on the
sixth day spot, abont the size of twenty
five cent piece, became tender to the touch
and little soft. In about twelve hours it
had opened outward under the scalp to the
anu ulSe"alsH matter m'Seu up WIN
oou,; nS,e i,u ns me sne mex. i've uays II
, ~" ~: ~ . IA . .p ulusie'1 Pe'nD'
~ n ~. =. hsm ''eI vi .ne neau anu 'o ,.e
neau' uie iei' sue oischargihg Dut III
lle, anu ron put Two points About
oe" " u NAP "ose"eu u. l"is way
por'lo''s u " ICING CUT away oy tne auend-
lsg surgeon a. II ots:me loose. Az aoou. D
elocs on tne morning OF tne eleventh Gay
ai'eI 'hs acc'%en', al'er sleePlne soundiy all
nignl' she c1ileH Ior drink OF water ana
xhile the nurse was gone she raised herself
Up III oed, anu ,ne soap was drawn on ana
i9unu lying on .he oaek oi the niece, entireiy
ae'aeheu except as the ear, from which II
mao 10 oe deIacied WIN Inc SCISSORS ana
ame eyebrows whicn mad grown hrmiy on.
Inc head was iound 70 oe covered with a
coatng Of nesh, from an eighth to quarter
OF an men thick, except In two or three
places nan an inch across, where was found
deposit OF COTTON as thick as sheet OF pa.
per: since then these places have filled
with gTanulat'ons, and the fiesh has increased
In thickness until 1t Is now nearly even with
Upon examining the scalp after II came
of. il was found TO hive been attached in
IL. Ioxl l. A. ~
points which had become detached BY sup
puration showed genulating points, looking
like new flesh starting on it; the blood YES
blood.
The ear had partially united, and was
quite sensative-so much so that she could
tell what part of it was touched. DR.. Win
chester, the attending surgeon, thinks the
scalp was torn off by the lady in rising from
her pillow, to which 1t had become fastened
by dried matter during the night She is
now doing we'll and out of danger her re-
covery is only question of time
The skin on her eyes and eyebrows, hav-
ing become attached, is natural, and the
physician says he can warrant the entire
head to be covered with new skin, he in
tends to take skin from her arm and place
it on her forehead and temples, so that it
will be smooth and natural. Then, with
head of false hair, she will, in few months,
again walk the streets Of our bluff city, 70
apparently hsr former self that it will take a
close observer to detect the marks of the
frightful accident
~.
1900"
U" me 0aH'"'''e A"e''e1s, Aug. 20.
IN thursday morning last the public were
reeaIea WIN me particulars where husband
A!emPte1 10 k'u ms we oy discnargiEg
pistoi AZ her, ana to-day the public Ia treated
70 IKE sensation, win the dinerance that
'ns Ine ala sne snooung. Inc anair occur
leo snoniy aner 0 O'Clock Ian evening, at the
I ~ u n:..lnoIe anu gay s.reets, aod Tor
.ne ume Icing m creA!eu 'ne mo,a intense e3-
S :. "e f'aries uiiecy engaged In
'"e elA'I ree Lev" n~Ser' cierk lii an IN.
surance once IN TINS cry. anu residing at 25S
S.I.e" ~!ee., snd u ms "ne, uertTnde BAKER,
Ie,s'1'ns AZ 90 n.lre street. FROM what
coula !" g:'neled, II appears tnat the parties
we're married. IN January 'as', put, instead OF
the msrrlage proving naPPy one, has
peen tne ieyelse, ana IN June iaa the hus-
anu pa hs. 'rT Ta. ns .iae anu ieluaed 70 re-
the corner oil Gay and baltimore streets, and
u ,: INV ~ ne in'enoeu 70 again
lve WIZ nef' ne rePned tnat ne did
nos, "nen s1e sudoeniy die1
su.an Iesolse .nu nIeu, oI', ,o'unaIeiy 10.
=. w" pa,e's Ae PIS,oi was oaoiy aime6! ahd
.ne o''is S!e'ec rom inc Weapon Gia 10
Nai "ia' sue IA" "Is'eo nef
% NY VIE. nAkel was In tne aSa Oh Puiiing
'"e uiSker seonu uHe, wheh ner arm ws