The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-11

Puzzles Doctors by Worhing % Hii
Temperature AmaEinElv.

Puaales Doctors by Worhinr Up His
Temperature Amazingly.
Tho physicians ~ "a number ~ thc local
hospitals are mystiaed, SAYS Che Phua-
dclphia Record. over the actions Of O. Ger
man named August Hohmo, who is UNI
doubteilv the most artistic hospital beat
who has ever worked the came in this
city lie has the rcmarlmble power OF
running his temperature away up above
fever heat. and has been known 20 get it
as high as l1s degrees. IN addition To
this he can spit blood az will and has
| other equally useful ways Of working
! upon the sympathies Of the sOft-heartcd
| persons.
Hohme was brought into the nineteenth
district station house on Thursday even
/ ing by Oficer Carr. He was picked up
on the street in a faintiuP condition by
the policeman, and conveyed to the sta
| ton house in wagon. Upon recovering
| consciousness, he was suffering from severe
| internal injuries, and began splitting
| blood Seeing that the man was a Ger
man, the officers sent him OF TO the Ger
| man hospital with many manifestations
of sorrow at his deplorable condition.
Scarcely an hour elapsed. however, be-
| fore an ambulance returned TO the station
! house with Hohme inside. II was noticed
that he hadsno difficulty in walking up
| the steps this time, although he had TO be
carried down when ne left for the hospi-
| tai With the alleged sick man was a
note to the sergeant from DR.. G. M
| Hughes, of the German hospital staff,
| saying that the man was an impOstpr,
and had been discharged from that irsti-
tuition on July 81.
Hohme was locked up in a cell, and the
police started out to investigate his case.
/ L I,
all the hospitals in the city by his cccen-
trio methods. At the German hospital it
was said that by some strange means he
would work his temperature up, and on
one occasion the instrument registered
ia under the armpit. In ordinary cases
1l0' is regarded as fatal, and by careful
watching the doctors found that he
worked his temperature up by artificial
methods when he thought the Instruments
were about to be applied. Greatly mysti-
fed, the physicians used every effort to
make him tell the secret, but the strange
patient was obstinate, and absolutely re-
fused to divulge the trick
About a week ago, Hohme was ad-
mitted to the University hospital, where
he was recognized as having formerly
worked his little game. The staff there
determined TO adopt extreme measures
to get rid of him, and diagnosed his case
as kidney trouble, telling him that an
operation would be necessary. One Of the
young doctors was dispatched for the in
struments, and when Hohme caught sight
of the leen-edged knives he evidently
thought the game had gone far enough
Loudly protesting that his kidneys were
all right, and that he felt ever so much
better, he begged them to postpone the
operation. But they paid no heed to his
entreaties and began sharpening the in
struments. This was too much for
Hohme, and with wild yell, he sprang
from his couch, and, before he could be
stopped, jumped out of the window, and
went tearing down the street at the top
of his speed.
Experiences of a similar nature were
related at st. Agnes and other hospitals
where the German had worked his games.
This evidence was submitted Yesterday,
when Magistrate Deviin committed him
to the house of correction for yagraney.
No sooner did Hohme hear the sentence
than he was seized with a violent At of
coughing and began to spit blood Dr.
Loder, the district surgeon, was hastily
summoned, and declared that the man
was In no condition TO be sent to the
house of correction. After considerable
parley, in which DIR. Loder maintained
that he could not be mistaken, the matter
was compromised by sending the man to
the aims house, where he could receive
treatment at the Philadelphia hospital.