New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-06
An ITALIAN PEASANTS SURGERY
THE SINGULAR CASE IN BROOKLYN WHICH has
CAUSED MUCH TALK AMONG SURGEONS.

TIE SINGULAR CASE IN BROOKLYN WHICH has
CAUSED MUCH TALK AMONG SURG IONS.
The surgical case of Mrs. Amelia Slower,
brought a suit for malpractice in Brooklyn court
some months ago against DR.. Arnold W. Catn and DR..
James EmdOrf has been brought to public attention
again Owing to the apparent conflict Of facts is
puzzing as IL is Interesting Mrs. Slower, who lives in
Boston at the time she received her injury visiting
her sister Mrs Thorburn OF No 81 South Portlandave.
Brooklyn. TO TRIBUNE reporter who called upon her
recent v Mrs said that May 81 1873 she fell
from a pano-sooi while she lighting toe gas and
Injured her left Dr. Can pronounced The injury
severe spTau, or confusion, of the hpiont, but his
treatment which listed several months failed to bring
any r,lef. d.. Daniel Ayrcs Of Brooklyn and Dr.
Jarvis s. Wight. OF tie Long Island Hospital. pro-
nouuced tie injury fracture The latter plac d the
limb in sp,ns several weeks. At the time the suit
was IN court a number OF physicians made eXamiua-
tiou Several Of whom F. H. Hamilton. Of New York, u
the best known, pronounced the injury a severe con
fusion; others held that there fracture o. the neck
O. the fcmur The trial resulted in disagreement OF
the jury.
suffered excrucating pam all these months" CON
tinued Mrs. Slower my limbs seemed to be detached
from my body. and dragged rs 'lrssIy a-trr me as
walked on crutcAes Finally was induced to - and
see sIcnora Dal Cn. the Italian peasant woman who
came this country last fan with the family OF Stewart
l. Woodford. LaI heard OF some Of her remarkable
cures but lad lifjle fuih in her skill She IN moment
"a ~
most all OF her surgical cases, sha ordered the
bip TO be poutced number OF DAYS with
low mallow and wheat bran This size sad, was to
soften the ngamens. As the limb had been eXerc-ed
mach there was some danger thai the large HgameDt
would strong enough 10 hold the bone INFO
place after il SET BY gentle manipulation OF the
mb after the muscles had been relaxed and softened
she SET the head of the femur its socket and bound
the hip with the white Of and tow At the end OF
fifteen days-Ime 10-the Sgnora called and placed me
Oh my feet found that experienced no pain but only
a feeling Of weakness. In "a few days ! ahl,
walk AMI now can Z" up and down three PAIRS OF stair,
and walk raj blocks at time. Furthermore. tie
remedies that were applied TO my Limb which very
much wasted and shrlyelled. 10 bund IT ~ and
strength H. have restored it almost to the norma con-
believe that what SignOra - GIN dd for Mrs. Sfovcr
corroborated my diagnosis do NOT believe
dis coated is 1t is my opinion tia, there never
was fracture or dsoc ition but nai there was con-
rnIie IN = IN 1inc and contract IN .of the muscles
aud a loss Of motion IN the iont snura DM GINS |
advice pOuce the JOINT pcrssicuuY for fifteen or
twcntg days was good. because produced relaxation
81 All those muscles and looseuei NJ a the adue.i,rs
around the JOINT Hur NJ npuidlOas also showed thai
notion was possible. By Mrs stovor'- con
ddeucc IN The limb restored, and the she
il The better il gels"
Dr. f. IL. Hamilton, Of No 10 West Thirty-sccond IT,,
who IS The author Of rcaiIse on fractures and sl0ca-
tons. asked for ms opinion OF the cas". "Nnen
the patcn6' be sad, about year after the arr-
dent examined the LIMB very carefully, but uud 10
evidence tLIt II had ever boon broken or |
homes GiSiSs"'e, We're ' net ont Of place Wien
made my examination. could move the JOINT quite |
freely il directions ard nave the mpre sion
that able II walk moderately wei 8itn The ai !
u cane l. impossible, II n had been Of Joint
from The time OF the O1GDa injury mp TO the ilne 81
winch she claims It 10 have be put IN place by this ta
Ian anyone 10 nave pat III paCedt least |
without If such violence that 81 would have
dmgcrcd The tearing 81 the limb rom The Dodv. Even
put place could not have pecn re aimed there. TIE
iOI This statement well known % stu
dent 81 surgery. II II reduced therefore, the
simple process claimed il must be cas~ed a miracle
aud not as surHci operation A. ior myself, have
never t'"n sncIi ilIacl- PERFORMED NO rNttIha' az
pucaOuS capable Of relaxing the muscles OF me hp
joint ~ which lie from six To ten inches from the
surface and they could not be relax a Il they
within half incn 81 the surface II would be llGpO--
slhe 10 PIT the bone back into its sock end Of
years because There WouI be no socket there. IL
wJuid be hiied up with "a Nitrous and hgamcnt 'us |
structure"
sig:.ora Dal Gin ~ a natrouy-lookiug woman OF me
q um IN dark har aud eyes. Nncu engaged In !
eJuyersatO1 she talks with Italian vvAciy Of voice aud
30 YES It was decided Of dslccaton," she said
The bone was above tie caYtv There many cases
have used The same treatment for hnila cases Tor MY
years vi success, though am the hrst OF my iauy Ia
treat hap diseases Of long standing The doctors DO not
believe IN what do because thcy doht want 10. When
l in Venice q learned PLY -ican wrote long article
which claimed that thigh bone could not De put
IN place after the iapsc OF forty days But uoiwltsIauH
does up, bur not n ol L. many cases, too. the heal
Of the fcnur becomes too large and viii moi back INTO
It's place"
Upon the Invitation Of signorl Dal Gin the reporter
10 see al operation upon what sue termed dilo
cation Of tuc mp Of several wears standing The pat cnt
was child. The operation .ulI cd In lcngthcnIug Of
the limb viii h Wa- shortened Two aud quarter inches
by actual mea uremeut, by two mcncs The Treatment
and operation were the same az described IA Mrs |
sienora DI Gin c1rcssed the cAld iondy and seemed |
WAC with delight 90 her success.