The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
ANOTHER CASE OF STAT
TON.
A Lady of Battle Creek Who !
Taken No Food for III Days|

Last October, Mrs. Ingram, of Battle
Mich, visited a dentists office and
a large double tooth pulled, which was
painful, from a cavity. At that time SID
the very picture Of health, weighiny
pounds. The extraction was a very da
and painful one, and Mrs. Ingram be
very excited and finally had a nervous
She was taken Immediately with a s
pain in the bowels, which has CONT
night and day since that time, accompa
by terrible sickness and nausea. Sl
tempted to eat to sustain life, but the Dir,
of food only produced a loathing and ID
sickness. The experiment was repes
made with the same result, and until
came a torment and was given up.
Since October IL, 1880, she has lain IN
unable to take food or drink and retain
her stomach. No sooner is a particle Of
admitted to that organ than the sicknes
turns, and unable to eject anything by "
ing, a paroxysm of retching comes on
leaves her in a total exhausted condition
is not necessary that food he presentd
produce it. In fact, these paroxysms, O
every hour or so, perhaps oftener. As
as it became certain to her attending phys
that all attempts at keeping her alive
Producing luod to her stomach by the md
method resulted in a failure, he began q
her injections, thereby sustaining life
process of absorption through the walls d
intestines.
Since she first became i'll, this process
been resorted to daily, the food being
tea, milk, and SUCH nutritious substai
She has lived thus far on these liquids in
ditionto the call on her accumulated fiesi
latter being 50 great that she is now red
to about eighty pounds. The body is
emascisated, but her face still bears a ha
appearance, and does not strike one al
reutly belonging TO a person who has subs
for 0 long in this unnatural manner,
suffered such confined and excrudl
pain.
Her nerves are at such high tension
she Is able to sleep very little, not over
hours ia t~weuty-four. a lilful, restless d]
is ali her nervous state will allow.
short rest is generally taken toward mod
when the vitality is very low. With red
Ing activity of the sense she begins tie I'd
inos the 81 aSmodic efforts of nature cont
throughout The day, until exhausted she
into the unsatisfactory Sleep described.
Within the last few days, owing To-
Strain on her throat by frequent contrad
Of the muscles during the retclling, She
substantially lost her voice. and is nov
able 10 speak above u low whisper. A
staut fever attends hei, accompanied
inOidinate thIrst. She cannot drink
than eat, and is. in reality like
Ancient Mariner, with "wa'er, water Cd
where, and moi a drop to drink
DR.. Robertson, who las had the cd
"har4e from the first, hts made Il Very
tul ur'c If her symptoms each day.
says ne tloliOje !teS III u Encouragement VI
nervous system, aud & sympathetic irrli
Of the bowels. His treatment Of the ca
" stimulating application, tending to r7
the peri,taiit movement in that region,
i've still Iias hopes that with the assistants
the naturally strong constitution possess
the patient, lie may he able to restCr
natural action. She is now about thirty
of age, an las besnd twice married,
present husband being Henry lngraa
tcanster. She is the mother of three chill
AS a girl she was known as Nellie Dunn
was a hearty robust specimen OF bIod
health. and the possessnr OF more than
narily fine constitution, which did not
to advancing age.