The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-07-15
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THURSDAY, JULY -: iE.s.
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IEL- ~. L AN 4A-I-' 4"
il viii be nine wees.s io-morro" nlSAt
since Co,. anthony was shot wi.h = pistol
in close contact, tie ball weighing ] OF.
IL passed directly through the right claw
c,e (collar boDet near lis centre, Iracturing
it across and splintering it badly, though
not materially displacing the fragments
He bled profusely, say fully half gallon.
The surgeons declared il to be arteriai
Llood. The entrance Of the ball was d.
rectIy over the route Of the subclavian az
trry. No pulsation existed in the continu-
alton OF that artery beyond the sits q t..
wound, until July fth-eight weeks from
the tine of the hurt. From that dste TIE
pulse in the wrist has increased Percepti
bly, from day 10 day, until the col
lateral circulation is very nearly estab-
lishe,I. Within minute after the wound
was received, he completely tainted, and
for some time he was thought 10
I've dead. lie slowly revived,
however and by four o'clock in the morn
my (the shot was at 10 p. NJ reac-
ton had so far taken place that il was
thought safe TO remove him from
the Opera House, where he had lain
all night, TO his residence From the mo-
ment Of his fainting he has never lost a
drop Of blood. During that time, while the
heart stood still, blood clot was formed in
the mouth OF the severed artery, which re-
manned there thirty-Eix hours, until We'd
nesday morning, the 18th, when it gave way,
and the blood rushed through into the sur
rounding parts. The bursting Of that clot
was the critical moment at which the sur
geons feared, nay expected, secondary hem
orrhagc But, instead, the delicate tissues
proved strong enough to stay the surging
blood-tide and form themselves into an
anenrism-a little bag or sack-which has
lasted TO this time. The blood rushing
into that sack at every heartbeat, is not
only perceptible to the touch, but its whir-
ring sound is distinctly heard by the Col
onel and all who place their ear close to it.
The fractured bone il now thoroughly
united. Only three small fragments were
removed. The wound is entirely healed,
without any suppuration. His general
physical condition Is, and has been from
the first, excellent. His powers of cheerful
endurance are surprising TO all.
lie sleeps well, and ate well, so long as
his physicians allowed him TO do 80, but
for the last four weeks he has been kept
on d rigidly low diet This is to reduce the
impulse Of the heart, and thereby lessen
the momentum Of the blood into the aneur-
ismal sac. The history Of subclavian an
curisms gives too little promise of health
or strength, or length Of days, to allow Of
his taking the chances of life with it.
The chief methods OF curing aneurisms, are
igaturc and compression of the artery
above the wound. Legation of this artery
being attended with great mortality, CON-
preston is to he tried faithfully, first Du-
ring the past week constant but partial
compression has heen in operation. 1t is
done by placing the bali of the finger on
the artery, above the collar bone, and press
ing it down against the upper rib, so hard
as TO nearly cut ofrthe flow of blood through
it into the sac. by this process the sac has
rapidly lessened, until it seems no more
than large sized almond
1t is now hoped that another weeks con-
preston will entirely close the sack and
form Il clot in the mouth OF the ar
terry. Then, for the clot to become a solid
and permanent constituent there, il will re-
quire s;ils another twenty or thirty days of
absolute quiet. Bat slow and tedious and
exhaustimg as is the process, the Colonel is
bound 10 persevcre and persist in it until
complete success is attained, or all hope of
i; gone. ii compression should fail to ac-
comrlish 4 complete cure, then the ques-
ton Of ligs;ins the artery will he duly
considered and acted upon.