Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-23

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eighteen years GA Wh9 lives vita his
parents al 10. 1ll f.rlF -sixta str est. neaI
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the ri bt side of h.s halF hss baen kno,,
to his attending = hg ieltH Tor seven ,ssa ~.
bat lt vas careiuIy kept fr9n the pat.le
untI uo.s. Noune Edwards Is au alia
suffering fr0m palmsnary consumption.
Nouns 3 ards has ieeB au invallI ever
snce last April. T. . a. the tim- a doctor
was FIRST calie.l u see hlu he hal ben an
der the care Of physician from tas eity
~h0 Is noted for skIl ia the tr6atlu snt OF
lung and throat dis -asss. II g4e city doe
TOR discovered the phenomenon lie never
mentioned the matter 70 the yoans mans
parents OF 70 any one else, 50 iar as is
known.
Dr. Chavett, who is attending him. was
seen yesterday by representative OF The
Tilihae and asked log some details OF tie
queef case. He said
1t Is indeed very sin ular freak II
nature. have been in practice thlrty-two
years, aud, though few isolated eases Of
this kind are mentioned in the books
never saw such "a clse before When
took the patient To tr.a at him for cousump-
ton, | stripped his chest T. examine his
lungs. Ia a moment discovered. ~lth the
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side instead OF the left. Placing a steth-
oscope 10 the spot 1 distinc;l, heard and
felt his heart beats They were regular
and natural as those Of aay other persons
heart. There vas no pulsation az the other
side of the chest. His pulse was at seventy
Eve, which ! regarded as a normRi action
The action OF the heart a "a not seem 10 in
lerlere ia the least with the action OF the
lungs; but be was suffering with pui-
monafy disease resulting from ca atarrh. No
0ne bat himself seems 10 have known
where his heart was located, nor did he
appear to realize that be was essentially
different physically from other persons"
DR.. Pierpont was also called upon for a
statement of the case He said:
Eyes, il is as YOU have been informed.
The boys heart is located in the right side
Of the chest. / think the center Of that
organ is an inch and half or two inches
TO the right Of the sternlm. | was loafh
TO believe 1t when Dr. Chavett told me
about it, | thought IL probably a case Of
aneurism, which sometimes produces en-
'argement of an artery and pulsation
herein which appears like heart beats.
But an examination with an instrument
satisfied me that the heart was indeed To-
Gated as DR.. Chavett hal told me-"
The reporter also visited the home of the
family aud was introduced TO the
patient, and was permitted to ex-
anime hm himself. .Ipon placing bis
hand upon the young mans right breast
-ht hrohbing of the heart beneath were
ls palpab e, strong, regular, and clearly
defined as any ever felt. The boys heart
was surely there. The hand was next
placed upon the left breast. and not the
slightest pulsatiOn or vibration was per-
ceptible.
Young Edwards is youth Of more than
ordinary Intelligence. Prior 10 his illness
ne was one of the bright st pupils IN the
Graham School lie was never seriously
i'll until last April when he took severe
cold, from the effects of which he has
never recovered. Several weeks ago he
was emaciated almost to "A skeleton, but
recently he has gained about twenty
ounds in weight. HIS mother thinks his
heart was not always where it is now, but
that it has changed position since he was
a baby.