Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-09-01
EST AFTER ca 4 AND.
an, a pugilist BY profession

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pounds without bending his
knees. He has a fierce, bull-do,
expression, He is, we'll known
In newspaper circles, for he fur
nishes sporting news every now
and then to the papers. In
summer he tends bar at a popu-
lar resort, His ambition is to
have lager beer saloon, in con-
nection with boxing gymnas-
ium. ] asked him how it was
that a man of such varied ac-
complishments was not able to
give Up SO triffing sum at
$4,000. "Why, professor" he
said, our way Of living is very
expensive. If we earn dollar
we have to spend IS cents among
our chummies or we would be
unpopular. sHaye you no fear?':
| next asked. 'Feay, what dc
you mean? | am no religious
man. ! don't mind death if il
comes easy, and | guess those
doctor fellows know how to lei
you down easy if they find yor
must go" eyes, said /; bur
suppose you come out of the or.
deal with aruined constitution
"Well," replied he, 81 am willing
to take the risk. Five thousand
dollars will set me up in bust
ness quite nicely, and l can gel
somebody else to tend to the
hard part of the work, even if l
am disabled"
"Well, the long and short Of
it is" continued the Professor,
II accepted the man and shipped
him off to South America last
week. But just before he sailed
| got letter from a person, who
claimed to be his brother, threat
ening to hold me responsible fol
the mans life, ! paid no atten-
ton to it, knowing thas he was
not a brother nor any relation.
They all said they would sub
NIT to having their stomachs
perforated, believing that the
chances would be largely in fav.
or OF surviving, and even of an
early restoration to health.
And what, indeed, are those
chances. Physicians hesitate
to give an unqualified answer.
Yet in the main they agree that
if skilfully performed there is nc
very great danger, They all re-
fer to the celebrated case of ALEX
Is ST. MARTIN, already alluded
to. Let us refresh the readers
memory as to this celebrated case.
ALEXIS ST. MARTIN was
young man in the employ of the
American Fur Company at what
is now Mackinaw, Mich. In the
year 1922, when eighteen years
Of age, he was accidentally shot
receiving the whole charge of
nusket in his left side, which
fractured two ribs, lacerated the
lungs and entered the stomach.
DR.. WILLIAM BEAUMONT, the sur
yeon in charge, restored him in
year to good health, with all
1is former health and spirits.
But the opening in his body was
never closed. From 1925 to 1888
DR.. BEAUMONT began a series Of |
on the stomach OF
ST. MARTIN, studying its opera |
ions, secretions, &C., his patient |
Turing all these years presenting |
he remarkable spectacle of a |
nan in good health, good appe-
lite and good spirits with an APP |
,rture opening into his stomach |
through which the whole action |
If the organ might be observed.
The doctor thus discovered the |
presence Of the gastric juice in |
he human subject, and demon
'trated beyond a doubt its chem
cal properties and digestive pow
RS.
He made other interesting dis
,oyeries; for instance, that the
'olor of the membrane of the
tomach is pale pink, that its APP
,earance is velvet-like, and that
he stimulus of food causes the
gastric follicles to enter into ac-