The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-11-08
RAvENNA o.. Nov. Sd, 1877,

RAvENNA o., Nov. Sd, 1877.
ED. DEMOCRATIC PEEss ACCORD
ing TO promise hereby submit to the
people of this community few facts
concerning the case of the late Mrs. A.
M. Hinman deceased. The case being
of somewhat remarkable character
and very infrequent; and it having
become the subject of daily inquiry
and remark in this whole community,
it may be well for me to be general in
what have to say. AS to the history
OF the case: Mre. Human for the
past few years, had occasionally
been thrown into great distress,
aud she would describe it as "grip-
ing or cramping pain i'll the low
er part of her bowels, rather to the
left side" Sometimes the pain was
slight aud never meationcd by her to
any of the family. Her distress would
pass cff in few minutes, hours, or a
day or two. She meyer called on a
ply sician, believe, in any of these
attacks until last January, when
made an Office prescription for her. l
prescribed again for her in the Spring,
and not again till about the first week
of September last. at which time she
had had no evacuation of the bowels
for 5 or days. She had used her Or
dinary remedies for relief, but failing,
she reported her case for our advice.
She WAS about the house, and well,
able to wait upon herself. and was
most faithful and thorough in the use
of prescribed remedies, as well as all
she could think of or hear of. The
case gradually became more and more
alarming ss the number of days were
slowly counted of. About the 10th
day of tho obstruction DR.. Leonard
visited Mrs. ii. at her home, in my
absence from town. first vieited her
on the 23d of September, the 25th day
of obstruction, and continued to give
my personal efforts to relieve the ps-
tient sufferer from her perilous condi.
ton until all hope fed and signs OF
dissolution were distinctly recognized.
As physician to the case, l can only
say that l did all in my power to save
the life OF our friend and sister. That
we used all judicious remedies that
our judgement dictated, together with
the best advice secured from my med
zeal brethren when 1 met them, and
which they SO kindly furnished me.
DR.. Waggoner visited the case with
me on the Sd of October ana sanction
ed the treatment pursued and suggest.
ed that the ''eXpe Giant treatment" be
pursued in the case. Diagnosing the
obstruction to be probably structure OF
the large bowel at the lower left side
of the abdomen, we felt that If the dis
tention of the bowel by gas, did not
overcome the contraction, with the use
of local applications, external and in
ternal, (by inject;ons) 10 relief would
come. We looked upon the "knife'
dS III "a oCtACoOIC anu uOt ~ Oc Aut1S6u
or resorted to in this case. Mrs. II.
forbid reckless experiment. She was
not consoled by the tender advice, so
wisely given, that she had better be
cut open by some surgeon from afar.
We cannot harshly blame people, ig-
uorant of the nature of disease and
remedies, for suggesting remedies and
doctors. They don't know, in many
cases, that they are out of their proper
place, in so doing. Dozens of similar
cases were reported to the DR.. and es-
pecialiy to Mrs. H. and family, that
were cured by this and that remedy,
and by such a doctor not one of which
cases was at all similar in the least
symptom, except the failure to have a
"stOol" for long time.
The pos: m0rtem held in this case,
revealed q construction of the large
bowel at the base. of the "Sigmoid
Flexure," (above the left groin).
Something resembling the structure
may be seen in the long sausage, when
it is divided by string tied around
and drawn down tightly, bringing to-
gether the walls of the sheath. Below
the structure, the rectum (stright bow
ely was perfectly empty; above, the
colon Cor large boweD was filled to
great distention by gas and fecal de-
posit. The small intestines were dis
tended with gas, but quite empty of
:3ces. There were no hardened de-
posts in the bowels to be found any,
where. Gas, and deposits of semifluid
consistance, were all that could be dis.
covered, except in the upper portion
of the structure was lodged the hull of
bean. The beans were eaten about
one week after the trouble began, and
had nothing to do in bringing on the
disease. nor in preventing relief from
the obstruction.
AS to what caused the contraction
and final occlusion of the bowel can
be only conjectured. BY slow inflam-
matory process the walls of the bowel
were gradually CONSTRUCTED, till, in the
fullness of time, the passing OF the
contents of the bowels was prevented,
just at that point and nowhere else.
Very little length of the bowel was
involved. The CONSTRUCTED section was
presented for examination and discus
sion st the last meeting of the Portage
Co. Medical Society. Members pres
ent took much interest in the discus
sion. There was some difference OF
opinion as to it's being of u malignant
or non- malignant characher; !. e
whether it is cancer or not l am not
positive. The microscope used at the
meeting, failed to reveal cancer cells
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