The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-14

Report OF Committee on eAe Case of Mrs.
DR.. Waggoner's Office,
Ravenna, May z, 1874.
Meeting was called to order by the
President, DIR. Warrington, of Atwa-
ter. The minutes of last meeting
read and approved.
Report of cases being in order the
Committee appointed to report on the
case of Mrs. Burnhsm, of Rootstown,
submitted the following
REPORT.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Portage County Medical Society
Your Committee, appointed at the last
meeting of our Society, to visit and
investigate the case of Mrs. Burnham,
of ROotstoWn, (the lady who lost her
tongue) have performed the duty as
sined to them, and are enabled TO
make the following report of the case.
The lady is fifty-tWo years of age
of nerYo-sanguine temperament, spare
habit, of rather sfrumous diathesis,
and has enlargement of the thyroid
gland on the right side. She says,
some twenty years since she had what
was called cataPrh, with very offensive
discharge from the nostrils, preceded
and accompanied with sever pain in
the head, face and neck. At first con-
slant, but as years passed, at intervals.
This condition continued for fifteen
years, the discharge gradually dimin-
ishing and finally became arrested.
About the time the discharge from the
nostrils ceased (some six years since)
her tongue became partially paralyzed, /,
so much so that she spoke with diff
Guilty and could not take food unless
it was placed in the pharynx. The
right half of the tongue became par
TALLY wasted. With this condition of
things she would have spells of pain
in her neck throat occasionally, more
particularly at night, which would
last for some hours. This state con-
.tihued until the early part of January
last. when she had some swelling in
the natural half of the tongue, with
occasionally ssIight lemorrhage, as
she supposed from the throat, or base
of the tongue. On the I'D day of
january, while feeding heraelf in the
usual manner, she felt sensation of
choking, and in the effort to expel the
CO0LHiL6 Vi IH6 LlOulA anu lilEOdl3 fCOS
tongUe tell out. This was followed by
the most severe hemorrhage she had
had, at any time. The appearance of
the tongue was normal, with the ex-
ception of the right side being some
what wasted. il was not indurated
or softened. The tongue had ulcera-
ted just above the thyroid bone and
seems to have done so without her
I.
ing, having no discharge of puS, or
anything to indicate such a disease
until it fell out as described above,
leaving the liberated surface in view.
The hyroid bone, with maEcles at
tached, remain normal. The ulcera-
ted surface healed readily in short
time. She is feeling now, some two
months since the occurrence, as well
as for some years, and converses as
! freely and nearly as well as when she
had the partially paralyzed tongue.
| Her sense of taste remains good
Your Committee are not prepared to
say what the charater of the uleera-
ton was, or even to offer an opinion.
They have given you the facts of the
case for your consideration. The case
is certainly one of peculiar interest,
and, so far as our reading and obser-
Vation is concerned, without q paral-
lei in medical history.
Respectfully submitted
5osEFH 5osEFH Pnaes. MAea0srn' Committee.
III. p. HUGUs, le
Ravenna, May 7th, 1874
After long discussion the report
was adopted and ordered published
in the county papers with the minutes
of the meeting.
After report of cases by Drs. E. w.
Price, Alcorn. Leonard and j. Price,
the President appointed as Essayist
for noxt meeting, ..Drs. BeIding, APP
plegate and Sherman.
Meeting adjourned to meet at DR..
AIcorn's Office tae first Thursday in
June next, being the annual meeting.
a. w, ALcRoN, Sec'y.
THE Both inst, is the day set apart
NIL over the country for decorating the
graves of those who gave their lives
for their country in the late war of
the rebellion. We hear of no steps
being taken for observing the day in
this town.
In recent letter from Senator
Thurman to Hon. A. NJ. Jackson, of
Bncyrns, the writer truthfully re-
marks: at is the duty of every man
to honestly tell the people that there
is too much Indebtedness in the coun-
try-federal, state, municipal, corpor-
ate and Individual, land that the true
remedy is, not speculation and more
Indebtedness, but economy from the
General Government to the smallest
township, and in every corporation,
family and individual"
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