Telegram-herald., 1889-06-22
PUPULAR SCIENCE


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cases are On record whsrs tbs @esaod as
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u4ry =, 1889 reports -ae case ot cnlo
W1o lad swallowed q bass Welgat Il three
k.acrcI grams ia ceBtea Der, lsofs aE1 Il
y aom I6e physician was GA tie poLEt II
performing gzstroteuy. According - Dr.
- zers advice the child uas pat in bed
kept oa rs risnt s4de, - - - Facilitate the
passage through taspyiorus, and then fed
with - much potato, prepared IN different
methods 10 stimulate the appetite, - lie
could De persuaded 70 take
In I've days the foreign oSdy was evacu-
ssed IA The faces. He aiso refers - The
case Of patient who had swallowed sci
OF artihei a. teeth, and another who had
swallowed a breast pin one and half
inches 10 diameter Ia both OF which cases
the foreign bodies were removed without
airiculty
Al The meeting Of the Society Of Physi
clans IN Vienna, a. which the above cases
were reported, the discussion which they
stimulated led 70 the report OF several Otser
cases, on . especially, by EOchenegg, which
Is especially remarkable Ia that II oeal~
with the case OF young carpenter, who, In
isS4, swallowed long nal, which was re
moved BY gzstrotOmy. Tive years later the
patient was 30 unfortunate as To swallow u
second nail similar la all respects 10 the
first. The potato cure was employed
and the nail was secured after nine days.
In the Deut-che Aedizine Zeitung fo-
March II, 1859, DR. Deichmuller refers TO a
case Of young glrl, ten years OF age. who
bad accidentally swallowed a pin Pam
was complained of under the breastbone,
and DR. Deichmuller. acting on the sugges-
ton acquired through the report of the
above cases, restricted the patient To the
potato diet Very shortly afterward the
pain disappeared from the chest and was
felt in tho stomach Six days later it ap-
peared in the right inguinal region; two
days subsequently, having increased in Sc
verify, IT was felt in the left inguinal re
gion, while in the evening OF this day the
foreign body was evacuated with the faces.
IL is hardly necessary for US To call atteu-
tion TO the principles upon which this
method IL based. Potatoes, as is well
known, are composed of nearly twenty per
cent Of carbohydrates, eighty per cent OF
the solids being starch and cellulose On
account Of this large amount OF carbc-
hydrates, a great portion Will resist the
action Of the digestive juices. The cellulose
and other carbohydrates increasing great y
! IN volume from Inhibition with wate-, lead
to an accumulation of an immense amount
I Of indigestible residue; consequently the
intestinal tube is, throughout the entire
time of the ad instr on of this food, filled
I with large masses Of non -absorbable mat
/ ter The folds of the intestine become ob-
liberated, and hxation OF the foreign body
( in the intestinal tube is thus avoided. IL
seems that from i've to nine DAYS, or even
longer, are required for the evacuation OF
the foreign body, and in every case which
/ does not seem desperate, a trial of this sim
+ pie plan of treatment should precede .esort
10 gastrotomy. In fact, at the recent meet
/ ing Of the Vienna Medical College, Prof.
! Bllroth said that since the Introduction of
1 this procedure, gastrotomy for foreign bod
les should become an obsolete operation
Therapeutic Gazette.