The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-24
CARRUTH's CASE.
THE. MOST REMARKABLE ON
RECORD

OF THE cAsE-TELEscoPIc VISION.
Inc latest phase of this remarkable case is
reported by the Vineland correspondent of
the New York Herald: Mr.. Carr.th. the ed
itor of the Vinelsnd Independent. who was
shot by George K. Laudis, the philanthro-
P1st.in March last has now almost recovered
! from his wound, and Mr.. Lands. his assaiI-
ant, has taken up his abode in this city since
his release on bail last week Fhe r,~overv
OF Carruth IS regarded as a marvel in the
history or surgery, and has occzsioBed
men. The size OF the bullet. in di
rectlon after entering the brain, aud
the depth OF penetration we're
all circumstances which seemed
to point to his death as being certainty in
a very short time, if not imunediatelv No
one until lately, ventured TO predict his re-
coVery, and tce chances of the patient were
| considered still more precarIous 10 the opi.-
| ION OF the great majority of physicians hy
the fact that he as under the care of no.
neopathic men of medicine. His recovery
remarkable as IL Is, is therefore regarded as
very important one for the interests Of
the followers of Hahnemann, and much,
interest Is manifested in the history of the.
case. one o. the professors in the Hahne--
| mann Medical College, upon whom / called
for an opinion of the case of Carrutb, said
TINS morning. 81 believe that the depth of
PENETRATION OF THE BALI.
In this case exceeds that of any other on
record in which recovery took place" DR..
j. o. Morgan, or this city, who was the sur
geon having the case OF Carruth in charge,
favors the Herala with the following history
OF this remarkable case: Il seems necessary
TO state the facts of the case in order to; dis
possess the public of inaccurate impressions
sfioat. 1t will be remembered that on March
~ lands fired the bullet, which entered the
posterlor of the head, about the horizontal
line and little to the right, ranging forward
and lodging evidently somewhere near
the right eye. producing instant un-
Econsc9onsness ana causing. Carrcth to
fall heavily on The foor.. The eyes
sof the wounded man were ecchymosed,
especially the right one, andfo some time
1t was matter of doubt whether the fal on
the floor was not largely the cause But
the extent and persistence of this eocby-
raosls around the right eye was such, to-
gether with the direction of the bullet it
was concluded it must be due to a fracture
of a petition of the base of the skull
physician in the neighborhood had removed
a lose piece of bone Before DR.. Z. r. fuller.
homeopathic physician, was called BIZ the
fan1iy OF Carruth and took charge OF the
case. By the desire of Landis DR.. Crosse,
lr.r the allopathic surgeon, also appeared on
the following day. Hss too, removed a piece
of loose bone, but
FOUND THE BULL TT INACCESSIBLE.
Tho patient had by this time recovered con-
seriousness, under homeopathic medication,
and desired to be treated exclusively by she
homeopathic system, upon which was sum
moDed by telegraph on the second dav after
the wouDdlng. L arrived on the afternoon
OF the following day, probed the wound care
fully, and found the ball deeply embedded
in the brain, which had closed over its track.
Recognizing the fact chat further explo-a-
ton WOnl6 C6rtainl1 no m fioh Il
made no further effort ia that direction the
symptoms being excellent under his hoIaeO-
patbie treatment. { then dressed she
wound with referenco-Eo the prevention of
any ontowsrd event taking advantage of
its position, to secure drainage of the
inevitable suppurat-on. Consulting with
his family physician, DIR. Tcner
we agreed upon the course of medication to
be followed. The case progressed in ASIA
vorable a manner as We could have expected.
but sometimes we were very mnch alarmed
and despaired of saving him. The wound
discharged freely as the healing process
went on, but it was soon manifest that his
vision became imperfect on the left side,
with either or both eyes. His pulse ranged
aS,tirss from 50 to g, and as convalescence
came on it rose to 2. After we had been in
consultation for some days my colleague of
the Hahnemann Medical College, Professor
81 r Thomas, was called to join the consul
tatioD on single occasion ON which hecon-
Improvement increased in -apidity as. the
cicatrzation OF the wound went on; bot iG
was only after iSpse of seven weeks that
he was allowed to set up, in order that
the perfect
DRAINAGE CT THE WOUND
n1ight not be interfered with, a mattey-a bso-
lately vital to him After .shat time he was
gradually allowed more liberty, ana, at the
end of the second month he was got into a
chair, and week later could walk with as
sistance. The wound still continues to dis
charge very small amount of lymph p1s
having ceased 20 be formed Imperfect Wis
ion of the left side OF objects still continues
to some extent, but another more remarka-
bic feature has been developed sinoe he has
been sitting "a. He has telescopic Visions
that is TO say, he can perceive distant objects
which other eyes could scarcely discern, with
wonder III claerness Of vision, and he can
not judge Of distances, often fmagin-
ing that buildings long way
off are quite near by. The lefs-sided obscu-
rity of visioois another remarkable feature
of the case, especially in view. OF the re-
searches OF various surgeons aud Dhysioio-
glsls in the same field. lie - their conclu--
sion that tho optic nerve OF either side is
largely concerned with the supply of visual
power to tbs same side OF both eyebails
there being an optic nerve Arising from each
side of the brain. Further information on
this subject may be found in. the Medical.
and Surgical History of the Rebellion, part
/; surgical volume page 20T.' In this case
the injury Is evidently to the right nerve.
Now, the conclusion of Psychologists is hat
the lett side of objects is seen by the right
side OF either eyeball, the lines. of vision
crossing the axis Of. the eye on the way to.
the retina. The observations made in, the
case OF Carruth tend 10 confirm these.
two conclusions OF science, and therefore
ada greatly to the interest OF the case.
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