The Osceola times., 1884-10-25
TWO REMARKABLE CASES.
Recovery of Wounded Persons Under Cir
cumstances Regarded by Physicians as
ImDossible,
Muncie Ind.j Special.

Recovery oil Wounded Persons Under Cir
cumstances Regarded by Physicians as
Impossible.
Muncie GndJ Special.
One of the most wonderful Iecoyeries
on record is hat Of Emerson McColm OF
this county, who on the l0th of April
had thc breech-pin Of his shotgun sunk
into his brain by the explosion of the
weapon. H. lay insensible Tor four
hours and went home, unaiied, half
mile after lUsing considerable blood and
half teaspoJniul of brain matter. AT
9 o'clock on the 2Cta, tNenty-Onc hours
after the accident, the breech-pin, weigh
ing 6l7 grains, or over an ounce and a
quarter and one and one-half inches
long, was removed, and several pieces O,
the frontal bone and piece of his felt
hat followed it. All of these had pone-
trated their depth and halfinch beyond
into the BRAN matter. No op'ates were
administered, and young McColm, who
is eighteen years Of age. experienced
comparatively little pain, and but once
became delirious.
Five months have prssed, and McCoim
who recovered rapidly, considers him
self as well as ever, except that lie dare
not expose himself 10 the hot rays of the
sun TO work. The wound, whlhc is an
inch and half long, shows the pulsation
Of the brain beneath it, but is not tender
to the touch
The case is considered remarkable
ore, parallel to which is found n the
report in the American Journal of the
Medical Sciences. Of July, 1882. HIS
wonderful recovery Is claimed to be due
to the free.out.et of the pus.
THE CASE OF LOUISA HULTZMAN.
New York Tribune.
The recovery of Louisa Hultzmar who
was discharged yesterday from the
Ninety-ninth Street Hospital, i. one OF
those marvellous cases in which nature,
unassistel by the surgeons art, saves the
| life Of the patient after all hope had fled
| 1t will be remembered that she was
turned out of home by her father ON the
evening of August last. and wandered
abou, the streets of Harlem all night
Al daybreak she staggered upon tine
| front veranda IN front of John w. Funk's
house, and he seeing the shadow upon
| the windowpane, mistook her lor a bur.
ger aud fired two shots from thirty.
two-caliber revolver, both of which tool
effect in her head. She was picked M
| by an officer, who found her lying in the
street quite a distance from Mr.. Funk's
house, and conveyed her to the Ninety
ninth Street Ho pital.
An examination revealed two ghastly
wounds. One ball had struck her Just
behind the Lett ear, shattered the skull.
and took slanting course upward
through the brain substance, and finallp
lodged, it Is presumed, against the inner
plate of the skull at the top of the back
part of the head. The other ball struck
her forehead about two inches above the
outer extremity Of the left eye, took a
slanting course downward, and lodged in
the base of the BRAN. The diagonal
course followed by each of the balls must
have caused them to intersect near the
internal brain center, and owing to the
large caliber and force with which the
balls struck the skull at short range a
large portion of the brain must have
been terribly lacerated, and the wonder
is that instantaneous death was no
caused by the shock. 1t was the judg-
ment of the hospital staff that nothing
could be done to save her life, and
opiates were given to ease Eer sufierings
until death, which was momentarily ex
pected, gave her final relief She linger-
ed in comatose state for two days
Several times her breath and heart beats
stopped for so long period that she was
thought to be dead, and then they wouli
90 on again regularly but family.
On the third day, to the surprise of hef
atten iants, shUopened her eyes, and a
CLEAN of i. 1gence was noted. After
this unai Class able return to conscious
ness. a Eastern examination was made
Heuou., m oe was found to be entirely
Il Jepnv Lind Il her right cheek hung so
low 'ested ON her neck. The
muscles : neck were so completely
relaxed that She could not swallow, and
she had lost the power of speech. Liquid
nourishment was injected into .er stom-
ach, but she retained but little food. AT
the end of ten day her condition rapid
ly improved. Her paralysis disappeared
about September |. Hsrpower ofspeech
began to return in about fifteen days
after her injury, until at pres mt there is
only a slight mpediment in her speech.
There has been, since her convalescence,
no disturbance of mental functions, as is
usual in cases where recovery has follow
ed brain injury. lfanything is noticeable
it is that her intellect is brighter her
disposition better now than it was before
she was injured.