Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-05-03
A DANGEROUS OPERA,
TION.
WITH oATARRH FOR
YEARS.


AFFLICTED WITH oATARRH FOR
YEARS.
Which Caused a Naso.Pharyngea
TumOr IN the Nose.
A Pretty New York Girl Calls the Sur
geon to Her Rescue.
He Cuts Off the Nose, Removes the Tu.
NOR, Replaces the Nasal Member.
NEW YORK, April 14.-"Physician,
heal thyself" is phrase very COM
monty flung at poor doctors when they
chance to pick up germs of disease and
have to lay up for repairs. A sick
doctor is looked upon with distrust.
He is supposed to be contagion proof.
His knowledge of diseases, remedies
and antidOtes and the mysterious work.
ings of the human system are thought
to give him power and strength suf-
ficient to laugh in the midst of a plague
and to throw off disease as readily as
water slips from the back of a duck.
Yet II Is commonly known that ply
sicians have their share of the ills that
flesh Is heir to, and their inability to
heal their infirmities gives sanction to
the sarcastic term applied to them
Physicians, however, show wisdom in
one thing. When they are stricken
down with sickness they do not feel
their own pulse, take the temperature
of their bodies, examine their tongues
and inquire into their own symptoms,
but almost invariably call some other
physician to do these things and fill out
the prescription that the conditions
warrant. They know full well that
where there is sick body there is a
sick mind, and they lose confidence in
their ability and judgment.
When physicians hesitate to treat
themselves through fear of consequent
ces, what must be the assurance Of the
individual who, ignorant of the laws of
nature, the manifestation ofdisease and
the effect of drugs, undertakes to
CURE HIMSELF?
1t may be true that too many drugs
are given even by intelligent physicians
than are good for the patient; but it is
certainly true that when unprofession-
ais treat themselves for disease which
they know nothing about, with nos
trums and empirical remedies fiaunted
in the face of the public with high
sounding titles, as cure alls for every
complaint, they work incalculable mis-
chief and in most cases do more harm
than good. What an outrage that peo-
pie so far lose their common sense as to
throw into their stomach large and
small quantities of nostrums, the in
gradients of which are kept a profound
secret to facilitate the imposition upon
the credulOus, upon the bare assertion
Oftheir value by grasping and hum
bugging manufacturer, backed up by
the testimonials of imaginary people!
1t would be mercy to humanity to
"throw physic to the dogs" as far as
quack medicines are concerned, but it
would be pretty hard on the dogs.
SARAH ALTMAN,
The pretty daughter Of the well-known
dry goods dealer, was afflicted with ca
tarrh for several years. Tt was only an
ordinary case, such as is commonly
met with in this climate of sudden
changes, and would never have given
serious trouble. But the young lady
chanced to become possessed of circu-
lar of one of the many catarrh special
lists, and she Immediately became
greatly alarmed. She learned from it
that she was on the edge of consump-
ton, and that her nose was liable to
drop off at any time from decay.
The next step was to obtain relief
from the advertised remedies. She got
nasal douche and squirted some irri-
tating fluid into her nose and took the
regulation internal remedies. She per-
sisted in using these things until the
mucous membrane in the nose became
greatly yinfiamed. Instead ofconsulting
an expert specialist, she still adhered to
empirical treatment, trying all sorts
of alleged remedies without of course,
getting any benefit. At last the legiti-
mate result Of the irritants used in the
nose appeared in the shape of beauti-
| full
NAsO-PHARYNGEALT TUMOR.
Its growth was very rapid, and in O
short time filled up both nasal passages.
AS If to add a greater protest to the hor-
rible treatment the nose had received.
the tumor grew backward and hung
down to the palate. Miss Altman,
when too late, saw the folly of her
course. She suffered terribly, both from
pain and mental anxiety. Her mouth
hung wide open all the time, as she was
unable to breath through her nose.
Her general health speedily declined,
and there was great danger that the in
fiammation would extend to the lungs
and end in hasty consumption.
DIR. Rice took charge of the case after
the tumor had become we'll develed and
endeavored to reduce it by absorption
and external applications. These did
not avail, and an unsuccessful attempt
was made to remove it with the plati-
mum loop and the galvanocantery
This could have been accomplished ifthe
loop could have been passed around the
tumor. 1t was packed so tightly into
the nose that o hair could not pass 1t.
Nothing remained but the asteo-plastic
resection of the external nose, a difficult
and
DANGEROUS OPERATION.
The patient was put under the inf1u.
ence of either at home. An incision
was made In the upper lip, just under
the nose, beginning at the right ala
nasi. 1t was extended horizontally In.
the first molar on the left side. The to
cision was then carried obliquely up.
ward. so that the tissue where the
mucous membrane passes over the
gums would not be injured. It ran
along the entire length of the nose to