Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-13
FED THRo' A NosTRIL.
Patrick Wha!sn's Mode OF Taking
Liquid Diet.
WHAT A DOCTORS SKILL HAS DONE.
Wonderful Tenaeity Of Life Of the Man Who
Vas Found ia Philadelphia Park
With His Throat Cut from
Ear TO Ear.

PHIIApELrHlA, lNcemoor i---fauiSA
Whalen still lies in the German Hospital
with his throat cut almost from ear TO ear,
unable 10 eat food and in Q fair way OF re-
covery. He 10 the man who was found
vsndsrine aimlsssly about the Park on
the 27lh OF November nearly exhausted
from loss Of blood. Since then he has been
under the care OF DR.. James Collins and
Or. Weed, the latter the resident hospital
physician. The treatment administered
and the wonderful sustaining powers OF
the patient, render the case one OF the most
peculiar in the annals OF surgery.
When whalen Was received at the hos
pital his exhausted state rendered immedi.
ate nourishmsnt necessary. An examine
ton disclosed the fact that the wound Vas
in the thyro hyoid space, the part Of the
throat just under the chin that yields TO
pressure.
The Knife Had Laid hare
the pharynX and passed through the epig-
lotti.. The quickest way OF administering
nourshment was adopted. catheter Was
inserted int the gullet and through II liquid
food was passed through the natural chan
w
speech, and during the exposure with the
gaping wound. taking in all the impurities
OF tie air, he had contracted bronchitis
and pneumonia, from which complaints he
is still Suffering. The complication OF all
nents made his recovery oil the more
doubtful hut by patient and skiliful treat.
ment he has 80 greatly improved ss to sat
isfy the doctors that in six weeks he will bs
convalescent The wound IL beginning TO
i., nrA. IN kaan the R,i,,es N.
gether Whalen is required 10 hold hts chin
down constantly on his chest With the
exception OF the first few hours OF his pres
encs in the hospital he has been aud 10
now being
Ped Through Its Nose.
A tube + inserted into one OF the nostriIs
and down into the gUllet, and by this de-
vice with the aid OF An ordinary Davidson
syringe Whalen - now able ~ take siK
pints OF nutritious food every day. The
menu consists, ol course. OF Nuid diet
solely-Uns pint Of milk punch aud greater
quantities Of becI tea and boiled milk. To
tbs enjoyment u bodily feast there IL one
drawback. The partAker Is deprived OF the
sensation Of taste, and imbihss his food like
q sponge sbsorbs water. altogether cal
lous to the delicious beverages that ara
served in such copious drauehts. lie 10
confined in q room kept dense with steam
and antiseptic vapors, the purpose OF which
is TO break up the bronchial. pneumonia
and prevent further disorgsni ization Of the
organs thus Affected. Should his powerful
constitution. which has served him thus
far 30 we'll. outive the draft made upon II
by heavy eIpeCtorstion, incident 10
His Lusg and Throat Trouble.
Whalen, in six weeks time, Dr. Weed
states, will he ready 10 undergo final opera
ton, after which his recovery will be rapid.
As the injury heals up toward the mid
die It will leave n hstuls, which can only
be destroyed by an incision 10 change the
wound from horizontal To n vertical one.
When this is done II will heal completely
and very fast. WhaIen hdhercs 20 his
strange story that his throat was cut by
man slX feet high, who, after iuhicting the
wound. robbed him Ot - and then left him
on a railroad track close hy the Park.