The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

TIE NAgaFtrs ~ Itns aHd Needles.
lh. Ft.au,, g ur,si.., NtI.g E.,,
-.,a introduced loo tHr r.lt. anI hat, .
>.aN,i IyW,I.a', surt4.. ts,, 800 aI
tE.. attracted t., attention ~ ,....s,
'r~ e 90, maT,y.uu, BOO medicine u 4. .
Ituu, related lu lu.hrr, uf . vumsu
v au swallowed ..,,r,. Vu. AuI passed
.hrm 80 wears ,"',rN,e huJ . mut,
.N1uarkoHI, ln.iau,, q prolonged t,
NNiuu Wts lately recorded o., psiu,
S''tn,uu ui l~,,rnit hat = lai, a.r.d
!, v Last Nru passed 3d., ,hy ut,thr, ;
""' pine months, symptoms Il VEST
iNuou. a pIu which She bad
vi while picking hpr tcrth with
u 'N ,"'NAf l~i' iuriN two year, pr,
'''" occasional pain 100 thr throat.
~ imm,iIat, =, wpiom. hut
!" '''Nt, ~yIE,l with severe "a,
I' 'v, "ih passed avay, aud ,hv
'"" ." ',' ~ uiylum~ uutIi hama
'.''' TIL, curious tolerance
vi sue" '''' ,.Ndl,, exhibited o., the
observed 10 iuulur
'N' recorded som, Year.
p,nchout for piuS,l /.
That 30, made IA -, 90
her dali, dict, and,
Iuu or Loco WERE r,N.'
part. of th, body. WIN '''''"
most "a, striking. has
Ii, Or GIll,tt, that uy " '''"
from Time to time. nocdsr' '" whom
b,p,ntL the skin. w~btclN'' '''''
,i,d. and were removed - I'''''
or ibrcrp, Concerning q Ing
which the, had got int ucr w J."
Information could be- extracted" "'
She va, carefully watched, ntU' ~
course OF i mu.th~ mo- less Cd ,"'
needle. were extracted. al hvlng wv
i, same size. Mos, were black and"
died. hut some had retained their
i,h The majority were Unurokru. ~
-, pa,scd out of Nariou, parts "i the e"'
lppyc the diaphragm AT regular me
walls. hut in a sort II series. anu ~" '
I'm the saur direction. Mo> cNrhp'n
the region oi the left nipple. nnd a IL
=, escaped in the arm, nNlla, lhiEh' lei
81, pie. and check. Sometimes sever
4 passed out of the same opening. l
~ ilrp.,, number which escaped IN a =
., ole day was siNty-un". \ curious ~
nomrnun preceded the escape "i ga
>. needle. For some hours th" pam "
. severe. aud there was considerable
yer. She then felt 4 sharp pam II
lightning IN one at the TISSUES an"
II. looking AT the plac" al which TINS p'
- had been felt, the head oi the Nee
~. was generally found projecting. !
needles invariably came out h"ad !"
most. No bleeding was occnsioucd, d
-. not the least trace of inflammation
- sTI. l-tA. - nffAnAAnteH
,rac,rd 3ls. They were somrtit
~. held firmly. and seemed 10 hc c"ni'
ed in a kind Of induratcd canal.
wa, conicctur"d hat they bad u
~. swallowed with suicidal Intentions ]
ON the other hand. the way IN VI
the needles escaped IN series, ana u
direction with the head outward.
yc,,rd that they had been introdu
80 through the skin. That little wciCl
To bc attached to the place NJ when
=, If needles escape ~ proof "' th'lr ~
mi of introduction is evident ir"u "A
.I recorded hy Nillars of "A girl II -
at. lowed "a large number ni pms ahh
"u- dies, and two years ait"rward, dn.
.rro "A prriod OF nine months, 700 passed
of the hand. arm, nNilla. side of ia"
abdomen and thigh, al. on the lett
|, -, The pins. c%uriuusly enough "'''
nj. more readily. and with less PAIN
the needles. Many years ago "A
= IN was reported by DR.. OTTO, Of Cop"
gen. and mentioned at the time II
". Lancet" in which 800 needles pa
rn through the skin of AN hN>i"rici
,r,r who had probably swallowed them
inc an hystcrical paroNysm; but
20. all emerged in the regions u'i"N
level of the diaphragm, II were
=, an lcr'cd in groups, which CAV" r'-
.oJ. in,lammAtory swclling- OF some
;,Il, one Of these contained leo nee
Quite recently DR.. Bigger, desc
, n, before the Society uf surgery oi ID
,r.,, a case in which more than 80" ne
,Ln were removed from the body 81
IN. mar who dlcd in consequence" ~
All, prc>cucr. 1t i very rcmarktnl" ~
AMI lew Of the cases the needle. w"r'
r"'r cause Of death. and how Slight q
,La reference with function their pre-
20. and movement cause. FROM IN
hnr. time their detection 10y a magnetic
rI. lie i proposed ~ novelty b
, ,h. DIR. Gillette reminds ". this IN
- n, was employed 10y Since nearly ~
/, cal. ago. and ha, often been adopted
- I0,t6yu Standard.