St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-11
She ATE ENORMOUSLY
But No Wonder, Since She
Had Four Stom-
achS.
Their Position Is Correct, if
the Number Does
Staptle.
One, On Being Rem owed,
Weighs Over Sixteen
Pounds.
The Remaining Three Are Do
ing Very Nicely, Thank
You.

1t has long since been claimed by DR..
Delaield, the celebrated surgeon. that
the freaks of nature were internal as
well as external in the human system,
but the latter received all the attention
and excited all the interest both from
the layman and expert because visible
to the eye and easily understood, al
though the former, being hidden and
obscure, might be thousand times
more interesting from every standpoint,
and with proper investigation go a long
way toward explaining many diseases
and indicating methods of treatment.
BY internal freaks he referred to NAL
formation OF the organs, small, enlarged
and double organs, and various other
peculiar and uneXplainable combina-
tlOnS, the counterpart of which are seen
externally in twO-headed and four
legged perions, the Siamese twins, etc.
DIR. DELAFIELD'S BELIEF
In his idea is so strong that he publicly
advocates a poSt-mortem examination
upon every body, whether there is any,
thing obscure in the disease that caused
the death or not. 1t has been thought
by many that he rides his hobby too
strong and has become something of
nuisance through his persistence, but
there is undoubtedly great deal in his
claims, and large amount of knowl-
edge would certainly be gained if au-
t0pSleS were held on every body. The
chances of poSt-m0rtem examinations are
very slight comparatively outside of
hospitals, and it is common thing for
a physician never to see the inside of a
body after he graduates and goes away
from the college disSecting table. There
is no money in autOpsieS, and physicians
are built on the same plan as other peo-
pie and can easily excuse themselves
from seeking knowledge in this way on
the plea that they are too busy. The
time will certainly come, however, and
it is not far distant, when autopsieS will
be common, and when they become
fashionable they will be sought after as
much as they
ARE AVOIDED NOW.
When the time does come there will
be hundred of cases where surgical in
reference will be considered justifiable
in Graduating defects that post norton
examinations will indicate are present
In connection with certain symptoms,
and humanity will be benefited in I'M
told measure thereby. The prejudice
against mutilating the dead will have to
be overcome, it is true, but this will be
done in large degree when the sub
ject is up for free and full discussion
outside of the medical journals. Famil-
iarity with the idea will lessen its hor-
rOr and dread and assign dead body to
its true place in the economy of nature.
The operation that was performed
on Mary MOnroSS last week is one
in point. In this case, it is true, the OPP
Grafton was not the result of post NOR
tenn experience, because such condi-
ton of things as was found was never
seen before; but it is safe to say that
the same conditions have existed in
many bodies that have been laid away
i'll the ground without examination, and
which, if they had been known, would
have explained the remarkable combi-
nation in Miss MonrOSs' case, and given
true explanation of her symptoms.
The surgeon would then have moved
with the confidence of knowledge, in
stead of cropping blindly in the dark.
Miss Monross is twenty years of age,
and the daughter of a well-known paint
manufacturer in Brooklyn. She is a
tall blonde, rather thin, but very grace
full in movement, and has always en-
JOyed the best of health from earliest
childhood until the last few months.
The singular feature of her whole life
has been
AN ENORMOUS APPETITE.
There was no limit to it.and she never
saw the time when she could not have
eaten more. Her capacity was equal to
her appetite, and food never distressed
Der, no matter how great the amount
| taken. Quite often, when no strangers
were near. her appetite was given full
swing. and she would eat enough for a
dozen healthy people and still yearn for
hn
man with an ordinary business in few
months. An abnormal appetite of this
kind and worms usually go together,
and when Miss MonrosS was younger
she was put through course of medi-
cine to eXterminate the worms. Her
appetite was sharpened by it. The food
appeared to aSSimilate well. and the
large amount of DOurishment taken gave
her wonderful power of endurance
She required but little sleep, three or
four hours out of the twenty-four being
sufficient. She never complained OF be-
ing tired, no matter how great the strain
she had passed through. AS long as she
remained WELL and there were no seri-
ious results from her popularity, no
alarm was felt.
slight commissions and frequent attacks
of vomiting after eating. The trouble
was laid to dyspepsia, and she was
treated accordingly without relief.
These symptoms were followed with an
| enlargement of the abdomen, so sudden
and marked that the scandal monpers
started an Infamous story in regard to
the girl, and which led to a suit of
SANDER by Mr.. Monross against neigh
Dor. There was no foundation for the
story, the young lady being the persona
fication OF virtue. The abdOminaI swell
ing increased rapidly, and was
of Tav an By flesh gra MIA Moss loss
ross was finally sent to the Lex
ington avenue private hospital, and
placed under charge of DR.. Mundi, the
well-known expert in female COM
plants. A careful examination led DR..
| Mundi to the conclusion that tumor
| was forming, but there was nothing in
| the symptoms or external examination
| to indicate its character. The heart
being pushed out of place promised a
dangerous complication, and showed
that there was no time to be lost in
| speculation, after the usual injections
and medicines for reducing the SWELL
ing had failed. The patient was
LAID ON THE OPERATING
table last Monday. 1t not being known
WndI was going 10 De IOunu, extra pre-
cautions were taken to have everything
in readiness for all emergency. The
ether was given at 2 p. m, and when
the patient was thoroughly under it's in
f1uence an incision was made in the
median line above the umbilicus about
five inches in length, through the alb
dominal wall, which was not more than
a half inch in thickness. The surgeon
introduced his hand into the cavity, but
could only discover that there were sew
eral foreign bodies present. The in
cision was enlarged, to give a better
| chance to work, and this gave view of