News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-23

N1bl0S Garden Tor many years. Besides
having charge of the machinery OF the
theater, which has brought him into
personal contact with all the celebrities
of the stage, he has bright intellect
and a cheerful disposition. Raymond
did not take kindly to the ordinary IN
dulgences that men usual employ
to ruin their health. He did
not use tobacco or drink 1ntox-
icating fluids, but lie had one
little speciality that he heartily enjoyed.
1t is perfectly safe to say that there are
few persons who have been lured into
following his example to get share OF
the Joy that seemed to come to him.
Raymond's method of dissipation or
relaxation after the trying duties of
nights performance were over, consisted
in eating tacks for the amusement of
his friends. There was no legerdep"'
about it, either. He would swallt
handful of tacks with as much greco
a love sick maiden would candy.
found out that lie could swallow tack
while working at laying carpets when a
young man. Professional carpet-layers,
always carry the tacks in their mouths
when at work, and Raymond found that
once in while tack would slip down
his throat. He WAS alarmed at first,
but finding that he was not much in
iured by the tacks, the idea struck him
that he had discoy cred good way of
having fun at the expense of his friends,
and he has been at it ever since. Ho
has swallowed several kegs Of tacks i'll
his day, and the only bad feature notice.
able was that his appetite always ap-
peared to be on the increase. The ex-
planation of the phenomenon is q simple
one. Raymond has not q copper-lined
stomach, as has often been suggested to
him, but he has strong stomach, into
which there flows an unusual amount of
powerful gastric juice, which dissolyes
the iron.
Raymond became ambitious. Tacks
were not good enough for him, and he
got tired of taking them. He wanted
change of diet, and he made it without
consulting a physician. He made q
mistake, like many others who will not
leave well enough alone, and he is now
sitting up in a cot in the New York
Hospital, artistically done up in beauti-
full white bandages. He swallowed
dose of pins to please his admirers, but
he never sought their admiration again
in the same way. One dose was enough.
1t is not known exactly how many ho
took, but his confidence in his digestive
apparatus led him to attempt to give
few points to the ostrich. The theory
was magnificent, but the gastric juice
did not have any fancy for brass, and
each individual pin made n dive for
liberty on its own hook.
Raymond began to suffer in few
hours, and was taken to the hospital.
DIR. Wheeler took charge of the case.
The patient was kept perfectly quiet
with opiates to give nature n chance to
get rid of foreign bodies by inclosing
them in a cyst, but this solution, if the
difficulty did not appear. The patient
became pale, thin and delirious. A
swelling appeared in the region of the
umbilicus after several days, and this
increased until the skin broke and dis
charged fibres of the omental tissue,
farces and pus. There was no time for
further delay, rs the developments PROV
ed conclusively that the contract was
too large for nature and assistance must
be given.
The patient being thoroughly an@s-
thetized, an incision was made in the
abdomen in the medium line from the
umbilicus nearly to the pelvis, so that
all the abdominal spaces could be reach
ed without much trouble. The peri
toneum was very vascular aud much
valuable time was lost in checking tho
hemorrhage Mt this point.
A number of pins were found in the
! lower. part of the abdomen, where they
had dropped aIJer coming uIIUuBn Ni'
opening that had been made in the small
intestine by an abscess. Several othcl
! pins protruded through the membrane,
] I,aII 1,xvt ha
pulled out.
The surgeon was in doubt as to what
course he should pursue, but finally
made small opening into the intestine
near the stomach, through which a small
rubber tube was inserted. The bowl
was tied above aud below this point, and
warm water was gently forced through
the tube. As soon rs the pressure dis
tended the bowl fine streams, little
miniature fountains, burst forth, and a
careful count showed that there were
sixty three perforations in the intestine
in length of thirty inches. Tho
mesenteric artery and its branches lead
ing to this portion of the intestine were
Iigatured with silk passed around them
with an aneurism needle.
The intestine was then cut with scis-
sors in two places thirty-two inches
apart, and all the broken down intest-
ines were removed. The upper point of
severance was close to the stomach, and
through this opening the stomach was
carefully explored, and several pins
were taken out that had fastened ON the
lining membrane. All the pins had
reached the stomach, none having lodged
in the oesophagus. None of the pins
could be detected in the lower part of
the bowel, and the canal appeared to be
intact. Being satisfied that there were
no more pc; forations, the divided ends
of the bowel were brought together and
united with interrupted sutures of fine
spun silk. After a final search for pins
in the cavity, it was thoroughly washed
with carbolic acid solution, and tho
abdominal wound was closed with silver
and cat-gut sutures.
The operation had been somewhat
prolonged By the appearance of unfor-
seen difficulties, and the patient was in
a low state. Vigorous treatment pre-
vented collapse, and after the effect
of the shock passed away he showed
marked improI ement, being free from
pain entirely. There have been no
drawbacks The patient has an excel
lent appetite, and the removal of the
bowel does not appear to interfere with
digestion. The immense wound in the
abdominal wall is healing splendidly,
and most of the sutures have been re-
moved. In few days the patient will
leave the hospital, lavinS made the rec
ord of recovery after the removal of the
largest section of intestine ever taken
from human being.
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