, 1879-05-21
A SNAKE IN HIS EYE.

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John i. Andrews. u H'ercflnht OF this ctfY, wu8
sitting bllnlfoldcd yesterday tp the aecoutls.orY
frunt room Ut hs l.alstison,e residence, No. ti03
North Thirteenth street. Mr.. Andrews slinpely
head was hound mp will, t,any linen oa,nIagrst
but. although Ills cyeA were fhr t, time being
a!Et,slcst, ho was In happier frame Of mint
tl1an lie had known for yeors. l!c has brtn blind
IN tho left eye for twenty ycars Ur more. t.''l
during the uast Two ylara he lias al Intervals
suffered The most Intense agony III thc oyc from
wlsicn tic light lln g1c out. Scnrrs ot doctors
looked at md prescribed fur the cYe, hlt Wilt
out doing It my good, until on Sunday last an
eminent surgeon Of this city removed from the
eye lire uystlccrcus or embryo tanc-wor,n.
"Whrn WIS n boy," he said, " ! wns struck
In TINT eye With basket nnl pretty badly hurt.
1 Tint soon gut well and ! thought no nurc VI it
for number of years. When had becotnc
| man, however, The eye beEan 10 cataract, and
The aIeht gradually went u,lt. Tint vas more
| than twenty years ago. III the time of DIR. Me-
Ctcllau, WHO was the great surgeon Of his day
IN this citY went to Or. Mcclellan, hut lle
told mo to let u a,onc as thu sight Of the oslvr
| eye was unin.patrpts. Soon aftcr TINT removed
| to tie West, wLero wa remained about glght-
con yearB, untii about two years ago was
| ycrv fond Of hunting, md spent inaAy Of nv.
leisure hours With my friends In drupplfg prat-
ru chickens and quail, md sotnstiules We fol-
lowed larger ga,ne.
| N found that as mr. LETT cye went out the
sight OF the right one was grealy improved. Its
power scurned to ba doubled, and l could sec
much farther and clcalrr tfun any Of my nsso-
cIntcs. never felt Tie loss Of .ff sight uf my
Springfield. u1,tl oscr Western cities loo'icd at
II, bnt they alI told ne ~ lot it-pers!stcntly
aiona rs long as II did mt trouble me md thu
sight Of tlp other eye rcnatnru Eood., At tlmt
time II did not pa!n Mn ut all but about two
years nud a haif ago It began to giyo me
| trouble. It began to pan me at times severe
ly. ihcn went to surgeon III Kalamazoo,
Mich. hut after lookfnE nt It llc told ns to let
easnc tuck to tflis city about Two years ago.
uid say good ,nany different doctors. Some
prescribed onc thing Md 6oine an0lher. All
look their fees aud mons Of them did nc any
gnod. ...-..,,.-.,.t..-
"1n tho meantime was getting worse. For
.days at time tho eye would be nll right md
give M no pasn ae ALL 9!se strongest gss!eht OF
sudden The paIn would come upon mse, mud
would suffer iut1escribab10 torment. would
clasp my hands to my head G,ld Ect u'nler tho
eonn1er in tnc , storr trying t. t. sss awaS f;om 7,
was not the light. Then It would leave mo as
suddenly rs 1t cnme. During thcsu Bpriis
could feel something moving IN mr. eve. rs
thpngh hammer wcrc at work u It. ihyo
little fellow was In III active state, uni wan
thrusttng out his hcaa from tho sack In whic, 'lo
lived.
went TO tic Wills Eye HospItal. Tie attend.
mt asked nc II was able 70 pay, anything. I
said yes. would pay libcrally, and he told me
I tint under those circumstances they could do
nothing Tor utc. sat wns lo,sn1 TO get adyen
days, and then, putting on nil old hat n.'d d!-
fcsent cont, and wrapping up q bundle in q
pocket lmiMikerShlef, took u tn my hand and
nszcl. ] a srd when asked ii I was nbie to pay
said no, md rot treatctl 1T o1lce, but they lid
not lind ont wlsnt thu trouble was. ntne did mu
no rood. After got DISCOURAGED there young
physician, friend q mine, told me e co to
viii n,ako your ylse study, 1 emit tell you
nj, tllllt Or. tiarrotson did. VIVA IN his hHnds
for weeks md weesa. Hc blasteret n,o arnil'ni
the eys until It was raw, 70 draw out the inlam-
matlnt mud at Inst ho eail; know what It is
nut; It isnot Inflammation, ana tMt Is one point
gutncd' liz drew out i discussed tuotll ind cut
i'E; fl,,aiy ne said: it does not eotue from
taott1 nurve, md tint IS another point saincd.'
lip dascd me With quInine Until 10 was satisfied,
uul then he sal: 1T Is not n,laslna, alsd that
'sLast Thursday he put mt into n darlsenetl
room, ul,Il, tlEow!ng an intlescrlbably bright
light into my eye. ls ooked 1sitn my cye ior two
mortal opr, A. la,t he oxeusa r. ,o ,nss S
|
cya he could see tllc ltttte thing initiating lis
SILK. Il looked, lo sall, like a lttlo balloon
ss!ne m ~ a-it T. S ,nf gye ps oan Xen %ie'
roS roso over r iousotop. 1lso head was out u.n
downward. making = good representation Ut NJ
balEoon's baskct., lle took my to Dr, Asncw't
olllce ati showed i to h!1n. tlc also showed Il
day ho took mo to tic college a,d lcctarcd o1
tna und my cysticorc,is to the students. On Sln
day morning Dr. Garrstson and D.; Mcclure
eatac lsso, and, wlliit sat IN n this chair. Will
my lett, tlte latter cut Into my eyc, pilt tn
, littla hook, drew out lint pnrt in which ttss
ltttau tll!n., lad matlo hss bed, alld cut It oil
When they l'ad dressed tie cye, yon ought ~, &c
dow With tlnt thing in their hands. Ihey Wort
as excited a,w. nseaaed as would he t had dts
covered gold mine. As he held httn III llts band
II hc would stick out bis ead.' They had take'
! out the bed tn wlict, ho lived, md iiY keeping
him wartn they kept him aiive for two da,s. u
, have understood. Ilen, for fear tl9st hs
him Hsls, mt him IN somo hardening liquid, A'k
Wlon he Is properly preserved they propose ts
, cut him up into eections.
never iolt bctter " r. ny !,is," aasa alr. An
,, to ksup the we'll or! lanogcd for fcw day.
for frnr thu light might atlrct Il, but hope Il
i havu both banlagcs oil IN short tlme.h
Dr. t}arrrtson WIS afterwards visited, hut HI
politely rctlisM to talk about the case. thinking
Il, as ii. sait, matter OF no interest outside ol
professional circles. liz eaf1. however, TINT Il
. had been hs good fortune, VIII! tfc assistance
: Of Dr.. AfrCiuru, to rcInovc llyo cysticercu
from &r. Andrews eye, nnti lint soon fai
history ut tlla case would be published IN one ol
" ttit Nulicat 1u,rnass.
Tile HnGllc eminent octistst WHO Wns t!le Urn
physician In siss city to exan.!ne slv "smasie'
III tho lIusaca eye, rebortttl III lilo lf'Ht4. say
siat Sir. andrews is The lrst authenticated cas-
Of c5stteorcus IN the hu'i'an eye III t!s yo'sasEy