Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-06-28
HIS HEART ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

AVA NN'S"A 80 ~ w J W. ANS"
York, is very much interested in a
very singular case which has lately
come under their care for treats
ment. The immediate object CT
their endeavors is to restore to its
natural place in the LETT side the
heart Of Lath.op G.. Warford,
which for two yeas has been doing
inadequate duty in his right side.
although they deemed it scarcely
worth while, Gays the Star, OF that
city to attempt to correct this freak
of disease when their skill was first
invoked, the vital organs of the
patient were found to be 80 sturdi-
|g constituted that great relief has
already been experienced by the
sufferer, and strong hopes arc Gu
tertained of his permanent cure ul-
timatelg. E - -
The history Of the case is as fol-
lows In the winter Of 1877,
Warlord, then cashier in French's
Hotel, contracted a severe cold
which mover, to his knowledge
took the shape OF active pleurisy,
although its consequences indicate
that p|euritic Inflammation must
have existed. He was an active
and strong fellow Of %, and this
seizure was his first attack Of acute
disease. Despite remedies the cold
progressed, and his first medical
adviser was Of tho opinion
that he was going into rapid dc.
cline, and that bis life was worth
at most only q few months pur-
chase. The treatment prescribed
looked only toward mitigating his
sufferings. Late in the spring Of
1877 he had become so weak that
he was forced to give up business.
and he went to Troy, his oative
place, to spend his few remaining
days. DR.. Waldo, his medical at
tendant, was much puzzled to &C
count for the absence of symptoms
that invariably accompany con-
sumption. He sounded his patients
chest and found that the left lung
was completely atrophieG and was
doing no duty whatever.
Pursuing his Investigations he
was dumbfounded to find the young
mans heart beating in his right
side. Warford himself was uncon-
scious of the shifting Of the organ.
He had never, dur ing his life suf-
fered any discomfort from it, but
always therefore, vixen he had &C.
casion to notice it, he had always
found it on tho left side where 9TH
err folks hearts hang. No such
change of position had been report
ed in the medical experiences Of
physicians, and the doctor was
greatly puzzled to account for it.
The Star says dropsy was suspect
ed but the absence Of many charac-
teristic symptoms destroyed this
opinion. The disease also maniles-
ted itself in b.oated sac under the
eyes, in swelling of the extremities
and in peculiar Opaque pallor,
and all these symptoms were alb.
sent in Warford's case. Dr.. Nc
Lean, one of the most eminent prac.
titioners in Central New York, was
called in consultation. Warford had
then become so enfeebled that the
physicians thought his tenure Of
life worth the risk Of an operation
to disclose the source of disease. 49,
They, with one consent, agreed
that the chances were largely in
favor of his dying under the knife.
Very unexpectedly his strength re-
covered somewhat within the next
few days, and they decided to risk
the operation. BY this time the
doctors had reached the conclusion
that he was suffering from Pyo-ho-
drothorax, or purulent dropsy of