The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-25
A SKIlEuL SURGICAL OPERATION


The American Ambassador at Vienna,
Mr. Kasson, has lately forwarded TO his
Government an interesting account OF
remarkable surgical operation lately
performed by Professor Billroth, of
Vienna, which, wonderful to tell, con.
sisted in the removal of II portion
Of the human stomach, involving
nearly onc.thrd cf the organ-and,
strange 10 say, the patient recovered
the only successful operation of the
kind ever performed. The disease for
which this operation was performed
was cancer of the stomach, attended with
the following symptoms The appetite
is quite poor There is peculiar indies.
cribable distress in the stomach, feel.
ing that has been described as faint
"aH .gons" sensation; sticky slime col.
lects about the teeth, especially in the
morning, accompanied by an unpleasant
taste. Food fails to satisfy this peculiar
faint sensation; but, on the contrary, il
appears 10 aggravatc the feeling. The
eyes are sunken, tngcd with yellow; the
hands and feet become cold and sticky
cold Precipitation. The sufferers feel
tired all the time, and sleep docs not
seem 10 give rest. After time the pa
tient becomes nervous and irritable,
gloomy, his mind filed with evil fore.
bodlngs. When rising suddenly from
n recumbent position there is dizziness,
whistling sensation, and he is obliged
to grasp something firm to keep from
falling. The bowels costivc, the skin
dry and hot Mt times; the blood bccom-
ing thick and stagnant, and does not
circulate properly. After time the
patient splits up food soon after eating,
sometimes In sour and fcrmentcd con.
dition, sometimes swcctish TO the taste.
Oftcntimcs there is u palpitation of the
heart, and the patient fears he may have
heart disease. Towards the last the
patient is unable to retain any food
whatever, as the opening in the intes
tines becomes closed, or nearly so. AL.
though this disease is indeed alarming,
sufferers with the above named symp-
toms should not feel nervous, for nine
hundred and ninety-nine cases out of q
thousand have no cancer, but simply
dyspepsia, a disease easily removed if
treated in a proper manner. The safest
and best remedy for the disease is
Seigcrs Curative Syrup, vegetable pre-
paration sold by all chemists and medi-
cine vendors throughout the world, and
by the proprietors, A. j. White Uimit-
Sub lLODNtoli, ~.
This Syrup strikes at the very founda.
ton of the disease, and drives it, root
and branch, out of the system.
st. Mary.street, Peterborough,
November, Goth, 1881.
Sir,-It gives me great pleasure to in
form you of the benefit have received
from Seigers Syrup. / have been troub-
led for years with dyspepsia; but after
few doses of the syrup, found relief,
and after taking two bottles of it feel
quite cured.
am, Sir, yours truly,
Mr.. A. j. White. William Brent.
September Sth 1888.
Dear Sir,-I find the sale of Scigel's
Syrup steadily increasing. All who have
tried it speak very highly of its medi-
cinal virtues: one customer describes it
as "God-send to dyspeptic people"
always recommend it with confidence.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Vincent A. Wills,
Chcmist-dcntist, Merthyr Tydvil
TO Mr.. A. j. White,
Seigel's Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been dis
covered. They cleanse the bowels from
all irritating substances, and leave them
in healthy condition. They cure cos
tiveness.
Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies,
Oct. "a, 1882.
Dear Sir,-I write to inform you that
l have derived great benefit from
"Seigeps Syrup" For some years have
suffered from liver complaint, with its
many and varied concomitant evils, so
that my life was perpetual misery.