Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-01-28
A Strange Case.

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Vastly more Importance attaches to
the case of Lily M. Kahn now than
when we wrote Friday last, writes Il
Hartford City, Ind, correspondent OF
The Indianapolis Sentinel. Microscop-
ic Investigations and research develop
the fact that the object expelled from
the bowels of the little sufferer belongs
to the 'snake family" 1t is now
seventy-two hours since it was expell-
cd, and it is yet alive, and promises to
live for days to come. 1t is over two
feet long, perfectly round, smooth,
and uniform in size throughout its
entire length. Whenever the water
becomes chilled in which it is kept it
becomes torpid, rigid, and apparently
perfectly lifeloss. AS soon as heat is
applied again it becomes active, and
its movements all indicate it to be a
snake of the water species. Under
the microscope it has been seen fire.
quently to dart out tongue that re-
Sembles the sting OF bee. 1t has been
in the possession of your reporter since
Friday noon, and sufficient time has
been given to examine all its charac-
teristics, every movement and by the
aid of a powerful microscope we have
now no hesitancy in asserting it to be
species of water snake. The fact
that the child was subject TO great
thirst and drank copious draughts of
water, and Immediately after would
gain relief and comparative comfort,
leads us to conclude that the cold
draughts of water chilled the torment
or until it became torpid, thereby
or A n oh a ;tn
from the terrible agony it endured.
any form of entozoa or worm describ-
ed by the authorities that infest the
human body. The little miss is now z
years of age, and has been afflicted for
over three months. She commenced
to complain of peculiar movement
in the stomach as if something alive
existed in that organ. AS the days,
weeks and months went by the symp-
toms became gradually aggravated,
until at last she was compelled to take
her cot, where she lay in great agony
for several days at time, constantly
calling for water, of which she drank
as long as the stomach would sustain
it. Her appetite was depraved, and
'Or days at a time she could eat moth
ing. AT present, she is greatly ema-
ciated. weak, almost bloodless, and
though on her way to rapid recovery,
the physical suffering she has endured,
and the great agony of mind IN regard
to something alive in the stomach"
has reduced her to a shadow; but inn
mediately on being relieved of it she
exclaimed, Il am well now! Oh, feel
so good" and called for something to
eat, and the great thirst she had been
subject to is entirely gone. For
short time before its expulsion she
complained of pain in the bowels just
below the stomach. Then it gradual
ly followed the intestinal track until
it was discharged alive. We conclude
that she must have drank water in
which the Ova or egg had been depos-
tied, or the object, alive and quite
small. existed, and then gradually
developed until it attained its present
size. 1t certainly possesses more than
passing interest, and invites investiga-
ton by medical men and other scien-
lists as to its probable generation in
the stomach from the Ova or egg, or
alive, and existed there for over three
months, and then became dislodged
and was expelled from the bowels
alive. Hundreds of people have seen
the object alive, and each and all are
startled and amazed, and express SYM
pathy for the little child and Joy at
her release from the terrible tormcn-