Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

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are A. i"L'"w>. week AK" last SUNDAY al
about 10 o'clork, Mr.. l.iStrell. Jr.. cam" tn
nv house and informed me that his father
had = hnrs,. ,b,k,J and had h,au -, ,ir,,,.
| : ocIork in tb,. unruiup ordered ,b,
hnr.,. t,,t "a, IN my .tal,I. and nrnc,.,iaJ IN
! give him the treatment recommended n,
! prpf Williams VIM X standard authnri;y
| which M sam. man will DOM, which COM
sist, in administering emuIsir,s at rapr,,lar
| interval, Au,r rnr,uino This ours. uf
treatment for about five. or six hmIrs he
came satisfied that I'm, rnursr nf treatment
MAS moi going IN arcnmnIish th,. desired re-
,ult. As the >ymrtnm, w,.r, heromiug more.
a,,,,rayated
! II was very evident that relief had To he
given uuirkh. and that of a mechanical
nature whIcI, i only rrsnrted To yheu
Other miId.r methods have failed NV
rruf,ssional friend nr a limited exrrrienc,
saws a prnbaug ought to have been uS,,d,
! admir- il sounds Little more, professional
hut not any less dangerous, Nv prubang
| being broken and knowing well | cnuId moi
nrurIrr, another in town MAS cuuineIIed
to have recourse 10 this instrument of de
strurtion which consists Of An nrdinar,.
whale-houe whip between six and seven
feet long. | would state for the benefit of
all interested. owing to thu, n.cuIiar con-
>truCtion of the horses throat and the diff
hculty in keeping the animals head in
pn,ition. il renders il extremely dificult IA
pass prubang, or auy other instrument.
! without more or less danger attending il.
| Did operate carefully? | claim did, A.
the following will show: Having bent back
about four or 1--WE inches of tine
tin of this destructive instru-
mrnt and tied il down securely.
and wrapped the end with surgeons cotton
and coated the same with yaselinp to render
! Il uon-irritatiug. With the aid of two As
srstants | passed il into the. throat and then
! had an assistant manipulate the a.SuphaguS
| To- ascertain when il had entered that tube.
| | then passed it down until it reached the
obstruction and with slight pressure it passed
on to the stomach. ON Withdrawing the
whip the ami nal gave evidence of relief. |
then offered him water to drink. which he
refused; but 10 make certain | dreuched
him with several bottles of water. Finding
! that ne threw none of il hack through the
noStrilS. Ia make further test | had him
| led out. which satisfied me beyond doubt
that the obstruction had passed TO the
stomach.
While leading him, the animal had a
movement of the bowels, which caused paiu
and considerable effort, Indicating that
! the bowels were very much constipated
| The pNCrememt was thickly coated with
mucous. showing also an irritat, Il condition
of thesmucouS coat of the bowels.
| also a~certained il was the only move
ment during the day. which would not have
been the case had the di-
| geStive functions been uuimpaired
! / called Mr.. I.ist.ers attention
| TO this fact b fore taking the animal
home. He eNprr>Srd hi, satisfaction, not
only of the success of NV treatment. but
also the moderate charge. and said whatever
he had i'm the future in NV line | should
get. | heard nothing more of the case un-
| tIl the following Tuesday, when MIR. Lis
! tre ST. came 10 NV office ani informed me
/ that his son had another horse chuked. On
! my arrival | aScrrtainrd that this animal
had been relieved | then proceeded Ia the
case in question. | found him showing no
| symptoms of laryngitiS or any other throat
! trouble but showed symptoms of intestinal
pain. due to intestinal inaCtun | admins
| tered cathartic and an opiate and left med-
| icine TO be given, with directions that if the
/ horse did not improve 10 let me
know | heard nothing further until
the following Friday when met Mr. L., ST.
! at the poStotfiCe | asked him how tie horse
] was doing. He said very well: he was eat
/ ing better, but he thought the bowels were
/ getting cunStipated again. and asked me If
! he had not better give him some IinSeed oil
! | replied. as they were not very bad and
/ the oil had mauseating effect. he had bet
/ ter give him tiaN~eed tea two or three times
a dav. The next heard, on the following
/ Monday night of my amateur friend ped
I ling this horses larynx on the street
then sent for said laryux. a. was an inter
ested party and had right to see it, He
said he could not find il. now A few facts
tU prove that this whip never entered the
( larynN: Ii it had. il being a highly srnSi-
tive organ and easily irritated. he would
have showed symptoms Of SIranguIatiun.
which he did not which two comptteut
witnesses will testify. Another fact: |
passed the whole whip with the eNCrp-
ton of about six inches, and the trachta
is only about half that length.
Then where did this whip 90 TO when i;
reached the lower extremity of the trachrao
| suppose my professional friend will say
the right or left bronchi. In that case it
must have produced bronchitis, which We
hear nothing Of Another fact II had
injured the larNnX symptoms OF larvngitis
would have been well developed on Tuesday,
which was not the case. WHY was not
invited Ia be present at the post mortem
examination? | certainly had a right to be,
| would say for the edifcation of NV
learned friend in treating case in Donnels-
vile last Tuesday night in conversation
about this case. Blair LefFel. a responsible,
resident of that burg, remarked that he had
frequently passed the butt end of a large
wagon whip in his horses throat without
any bad results. would also tell Iim in
nv eleven wears Of active practice | have
relieved. successfully. more cases of choking
than he will have the opportuuity Of seeing
in the same time IN come
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