New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-10
AN INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS.
WISE DOCTORS VINO DID NOT DISAGREE
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY UPON TIRE REMOVAL OF
sO-cALLED TUMoR.


so-cALLED TUMOR.
CHICAGO. June 9.-The Inter-O Ocean ana
Tribune this morning publish q story which is said 10
he tho history OF one OF the most remarkable snrgc'
operations ever performed. Thirteen years "so
woman, fifty years Old, whose Husband uiou III
1877 Mrs L. ]. Putnam, OF No 467 Lasale-aVe'' "ae
about become mother. one day she vehtureu o
IN a rain storm and caught cold Immediately al'e' ''
she began TO experience peculiar sensation "on "o
could not understand, and from that time on she was
taken sick and enlargement, supposed to DE t"o
began forming in the abdominal region.
After many consultations with various physicians sue
sent tor n prominent doctor In st. Louis lie 'oiu h0
that it impossible well rs impracticable 10 reo'
the supposed tumor by surgical operation; that u co
only be done at the cost tho patiense lie adVlSeu
her to 20 to ST. Louis and submit TO course OF hcnic"
instead. Accordingly. In the ial Oh 1877 sue
proceeded to Louis and remained under MS care LOT
several mouths but she received no lenent from nus
Efforts and returned home. From that time until le D
although under the hands OF various physicians she
could find no relief
In 1881 she began having sposms which physcians
generally agreed were cDlcptic fits. She had been
troubled with periodical pains In the region OF the aouo
and the commissions increased in number until she
endured many six day. These spasns were nc
companed by nj pain and always on without the
slightest warning and varied In length from ve minutes
to an hour and half Under these circumstances she
became fearful of going outside the house. she also
began 20 lose her reasoning power, her MIND DeihS
materially affected.
During all these years she has been under constant
treatment from the best physicians In Chicago they al
belicying that the tumOr could be absorbed or that IL
would disappear at the change OF life. About month
ago she consulted Dr. j. b. McFarich, asking hln.to
give her treatment for It's removal with medicine Out
was told by him that medicine could ever cure her.
and that nothing could her but surgical operation
which might be attended By loss OF life
At IA consultation less than week ago between num-
Der OF prominent physicians 1t decided that the
tuor could not removed without the operation prov
ing ia al TO the patient She was Informed Of the result
Of this consultation and after several more attempts 10
affect "a relief with medicine she at last decided 10 allow
the operation to be performed.
Yesterday morning Dr. McFatrch assisted by DIS NIL
ton Jay and A. l. Clark the house Of the sufferer
In La ave and the patient. after an aifecionato
farewell to her family and friends. prepared for the
oIeIaon which She did not expect to survive she was
kept under the influence ether for hour an incison
was made I'm the abdomen aud the supposed tnmor
removed To the amazcncnt OF all present 1t proved to
be- not a tumor at ALL but fuly formed and we'll
developed child.
The incsion was carefully stitched and tho patient
successfully survived the operation. No explanation OF
the phenomenon Is attempted. The operation was both
delicate and terrible and the escape from death nearly
miraculous. The patient is conscious and doing we'll