The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-23
COLONEL ANTHONY.
He is Again Interviewed. What
lie Said
Tc Reporter Of Rochester
Rsper.
%h..t the Surgeons Ia tie East
Think Of his COnditi.
ON &c.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 18th !

| dorchester Democrat and Chronicle, l3;hl
Colonel Daniel Il. Anthony arrived
this city Saturday evening. 1t is now abo,
four months since he received his paint,
and almost mortal wound. During III;
time the public have xaiched his case wit
considerable anxiety, and especially W.
this true OF the people of this city, whe,
Colonel Anthony lived for 80 MANY yea,
and is so we'll known. To publish agsi
the details of the encounter in which b
was wounded would be superfuous, "a a
are familiar with them, and they wouI
therefore prove OF no interest. There ar
many things connected with Colonel An
thongs case, however, which are of publ
interest, and hence it was that reporter O
the Democrat and Chronicle called upon tina
gentleman last evening. He was found a
the residence Of his sister, Miss Susan 3
Anthony, on Madison street. Our repre-
sentative was cordially received BY Mis-
Anthony, and by her introduced to the col
onel. He was reclining upon couch in ,
coy little sitting-room, and about hin
were gathered several of his relatives ant
friends. Among the number was Mrs. An
thony, a medium-sized lady of very attrac
tive appearance, and Captain J. Merritt
Anthony, who has been hecolonel's attend
ant all through his terrible siege. To thi.
gentleman's careful and faithful nursing i.
due in great measure the degree of health
and strength which the Colonel now enioys
DIR. Allen, Of this city, was also present last
evening.
Notwithstanding the fact that Colonel
Anthony has been 80 near deaths door, his
face and figure show no emaciation. He i,
tall, finely formed man and appears TO be
the embodiment of manly strength. II
will be remembered that the bullet which
gave him his wound severed the main art
cry OF the right breast. 1t was thought for
long time impossible for him to recover.
The majority Of the surgeons in Kansas,
opposed legation, but DR.. Gross, the cele.
brated surgeon Of Philadelphia, recon-
mended compression. Following this ad-
vice, two surgeons stood over Colonel An
thony for ten weeks, alternating every other
hour, COMPRISING the artery with the fin-
ger. The compression was removed two
weeks ago. On inquiry of our reporter as
to the present condition of the wound COL
onel Anthony said:
swell, eastern doctors do not agree with
those out our way in relation to The nature
OF the wound. l should think was visited
by at least twenty surgeons, some of them
noted IN their profession, and they all
agreed that the artery only was cut. Yet
DIR. Gross, his son, and DIR. Agnew, all cele-
brated surgeons Of Philadelphia, give me
another theory. DIR. Moore Of this CITY. by
whom l was examined TO-DAY, explained
my case exactly as they did. These gentle
men say that the subclavian vein is also
cut and that the blood passing through the
aperture from the artery to the vein i. re-
urned Immediately to the heart. The sci
.htIfc maine given this case by the sur
cons Is dyteTid renous dneuyism. The diff |
erence In the opinion OF the western sur
cons was that il was simply an oreriaI
ineurism. One surgeon only in Kansas diff |
cred from the rest, and he said it was an |
neurisndi raITiJ.
heporter-How does this theory of our
astern surgeons affect the probability OF
htire recovery!
NOlohel An'hony-it renders 1t more
ountiui: The case Is one which can be
cached by no medical treatment, and no
irgical operation can be Of any avail
ave legation, which all concede should
OF he undertaken, except rs last resort
the atttcnpt TO save iiie. / may ulti-
'alei! recover completely. 1t Is, however,
question Oh time.
n. LES J"he'"fe Colonel Anthony re-
iesiec our reporter TO place his ear
gains. MS breast, when the rushing sound
me D'ood, iorced by the pnlsation of the
eart through the aperture In the artery,
ana oe oisiihc'iy heard. 1t sounded not
I'M NE hoise Oh me working oil steam
al Instance.
Two weeks ago." the colonel continued,
ne compression was removed, and then /
IT began to hear that sound. l commenced
ting as usual about that time, and have a
ined at the rate of a pound a day since !
en-. l now weigh l57 pounds. My former
light was lS6. The jar OF the journey did
t injure me in the least, 30 far az l can
;, and in fac. l feel much better than S
len l left home. There is of course an ii
usual feeling in my bIeast, arising from C
E movement of the blood through the q
erture. The nearest comparison / can
Ike is that i: feels like heavy palpita- N
N. OF course at tines it makes me very p
rvous. There is no other case like it in Il
. country. Cases of aneurism are very Of
e. There are but dozen or 30 in the il
lited States. 81
Owing to lack of space, We shall be CT
npelled to condense the remainder of the in
erview with Colonel Anthony, which til
$ throughout very Interesting. The COL ic
i expressed himself in the heartiest II
ms in regard to the manner in which the
geons of Leavenworth had cared for m
o. They had done all that could possi- on
have been done to save his life. The a.,
son Why they had differed from the bi
tern surgeons was that the removal of il,
compress had allowed signs to appear en-
'on ni'ief'o were not noticeabie. The an
i''e nad expF,s-ed Their kindness in va en-
As Ways put Tue incident which had At re
~ hil 'ne mot deeply was this: On ex