Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-07
HvpNorIsa GAVE RELIEF
a Protrastsd Case Of Hioooughins Cured
by Means of Nfrsucrtsu

a Protraetcd Case Of Hiccoughing Cured
by Means Of Mcsmerisn.
An old man with "a remarkable all
ment hobhlod into tho city ditensary
aud sank exhausted into the examining
chair. He was colored man. apparent.
L. sixty years Of age. and was hiccough.
ing violently. But his spasms were very
weak, sometimes being noiseloss and
only noticeable by tho horrible contor-
ton OF his features, as though they gave
him excruciating pain. BY the aid OF
sigus and few disiointcd words tho old
man told DIR. Fitzpatrick that he had
been hiccoughing since Saturday night
at II o'clock, or about thirty.six hours.
His name was Jake Pittman, and hq
lived at 3 North Loyoe. his occupation
being that of roustahout on the wharf
boats.
While no was taking on his clothes ho
suddenly began TO hiccough, aud do
what no might ho could not stop. Ho
tried all the known household remedies,
such as drinking mine swallows Of wa.
ter without thinking Of red fox's TAIL
chewing up two green onions "without
letting tho juice touch the left molar'
and allowing his wife TO fire big pistol
beside his ear TO scare them away"
They were all fruitless efforts, and Pitt
man continued to hiccough with any
thing but agreeable regularity. All the
noighbors on tho block came In and pre-.
scribod with like result. All Saturday
night no hiccoughed, all Sunday and all
Sunday night BY Monday morning no
was deal moro dead than alive. When
he dragged himself into the disponsary
he was scarcely able TO walk.
For rome limo DIR. Fitzpatrick worked
upon the unfortunate man, using num-
Der OF remedies that promised we'll, but
bettered nothing. Then he had Pittman
partially strip himself, and with the aid
Of an assistant bound u bandago around
the patients chest 80 tightly that ho
groaned from the pressure. This was
to loosen the diaphragm, the apparatus
directly affected, and seemed to produce
some effect, for the hiccongh spasrns
were less violent. Bnt hey were 10y no
means stopped. Even with the bandngo
bound round so tightly that it seemed to
sink into the flesh tho curious disturb.
anco kept mp every half minute.
DIR. Fitzpatrick then decided TO try
hypnotism. He made several passes be-
fore Pittman's eyes with his hands aui
found the old man ready patient. Ilo
followed the physicians eyes with pain
full intcntness and seemed to completely
lose the power Of volition and motion.
When lie saw tho hiccougher was under
tho ''influenco" Dr. Fitzpatrick sudden
ly commanded him TO close his eyes
land Sleep" still keeping up the passes,
aud as the obedient eyes dropped thor
lids and tho patients head sunk to his
chest tho operator exclaimed. "Whon
you open your eyes you will stop hic.
coughing" In few minutes, with u
few light taps on the ears and slaps on
tho face, Pittman was reused from tho
hypnotic sleep. and strange as II may
seem his unnatural coughing stopped as
quick. To say that ho was overjoycd liz
naming Pittman's condition very mild.
ly. He bcamed all over. grabbed tho
physician's hand and pumped 1t for fivc
minutes and skipped from end to end
Of tho room like a schoolboy. DIR. Fitz-
patrick had Pittman stay at the dispon-
sary for over nm hoar to see II tho hic-
coughing wonld return, but II did not
again materialize. Pittman left tho old
city hall the happiest man in st Louis
81 Louis Globo-Democrat.