The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-01
Remarkable Endurance.

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A remarkable instance ofthe tenacity
q hanAa iifs and sAs possibility OF
human endurance came unde the no.
tice of n COurier-y0srnai reporter yes
,erday. There are equally curious
eases on record where persons have
SURVIVED destruction of parts OF ths
brain and enduring grea; phy seal Iri-
vationa but this seems Ca b. unique
and sione in medical annals Ga the
evening Of the ID OF last ApUl Joha
Platte. a molder n; the Louisville Man.
tel and Casket Foundry. returned 20
his home. on The pike. just Opposite the
Institute for the Blind. and found his
wife sitting IN = char. with the lett
side of h-r face and hesi resting on The
hot stove. She wss unconscious aud
alone. and no one knew how long >he
had been in that position. bui the rcusn
was hiled with the odor ~ Burning sesh.
and n neighbor VS. of the opinion thai
her face had not been on the stove more
than an hour, as she was seen IN the
ward about that length of time previous
20 her husbands arrival She WIS
placed in ted and DIR. J.. w. Maxwell
was summoned 10 attend her. but no
one entertained the slightest belief that
she would ever speak again. The doc
tor found that all the flesh on the left
side OF her face, the ear and b scalp
TO the top % her head. was cooked into
A crisp, and was ready ~ the leasttouch
10 drop OF. She remained unconscious
until the mex. day. when she rallied,
but WA delirious for nearly a weeN.
Healing applications were male. and IN
two or three weeks all tho burned flesh
became loose from the bones n was
taken of. and she complained of but
little pain. She seemed in a fair way 10
! recover until erysipelas set in, and for
several days she was again though, To
he at the point Of death
The latter ailliction yielded. however,
20 the proper treatment, and WAS
| checked before il reached all parts Of
the burn. After it disappeared, the
| process Of decay went on until the Jaw
and cheek-bones anu the skull ON that
side of the head were laid bare. The
front line Of the burn extended from a
point on the top of the head. passing
lust back Of the eve down BY the corner
of her mouth to the chin, and after
the flesh was removed the dry bones
Of the Jaw. check and side of the head
appeared a il they had been scraped.
The injury extended down on her neck.
and DESTROYED the iuguiar vein AMI all
the facial nerves on that side. After
the erys;pcias was cured she complained
of no more pain, and during the entire
| period of her aF'iction has experienced
noae OF the physical shocks and pros
trations which were constantly cN-
pected. Her pulse remained normal.
her appetite good. and for the past
month she las been able TO walk abou
the room or sit in her rock NJ chair the
most of the time. DIR. Maxwell has
been doubtful of her recovery all along,
hut she expresses Il determination to
ge. well, and a. she has passed safely
through her affection for the past two
and a half months, her indomitable Will
NAV carry her through. Recently tho
exposed bones APP ear to have been
seriously affected by the heat. and are
beginning 10 show signs Of decay. The
point of the iaw-bOne where il i at
tached 10 the temporal is beginning { o
crumble. and the doctor thinks that The
outer table of the skull on that side will
come OFF. The che.k-bOn one has drawn
AVA from the temporal and caused n
cavity into which the finger can he IN
serted nearly two inches. She lives on
liquid food entirely. and eats it with a
lively relish. The wound presents 4
most CHASTITY sight, and how any n
can live and enjoy good health under
the circumstances is indeed a mystery.
DR.. Maxwell has been very attentive
TO the ease. and rs none of the family
were able to properly attend TO il he
dressed the wound daily. and is. there
fore. thoroughly acquainted with il in
all the stages through which it has
passed. He has strong hopes of the
ultimate owe of his patient. He
has had Mrs. Platte photographed in
two positions, in each OF which the art
ist has produced q perfect but n most
| CHASTITY picture. He is preparing a re-
port of the case for the profession,
VIII Oh will no doubt bring TO light some
new conditions under which Il patent
can .'s,ill live.'-LOuiSriHe Courier
| JOHTRri.