The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-12
LIFE KEPT IN HIM BY FORCE.
THE REMARK BE PLIGHT or a BOY
IN MANIA TTlN HOSPITAL.

Though Itis Luu7s Estuss 90 No Their
WORK. Vytuis IIonsna nnr Rssr Kept
Anve by Art;nsiai Rsspirat,sn BoRssr
Thsu In Any case In the Medical Record.
The surgeons in Manhattan Hospital worked
all Yesterday afternoon and far into the night
TO save the life OF the most interesting patient.
from a medical standpoint that has ever been
adm tied to the institution. The patient is
william Holland. n good-lookng boy. rs years
old who lived with his widowed mother ut 5lb
West lJ!th street.
Hls brother John came TO the hospital Mt |
o'clock yesterday. He told superintendent
Fcnn that William was dying Mt home and
asked that an ambulance DO sent there as
quickly as possible. Dr Belkunp went with
the ambulance. lie found the boy delicious
He was shouting wildly that he was not w.
and must go out and sell his parers. The
little fellow had aided materially in supports
ing the household hy selling newspapers. Dr.
Bclk nap took the patient to the hospital. Upon
arriving there he seemed TO have improved
and was able to walk into the accident ward.
lie was placed on an examination table and
left In charge Of an orderly while DIR. Belknap
left the room to change his clothing prepara-
tory to making q thorough oxaminatio OF the
case.
The Doctor had barely closed the door when
the orderly ran after him and told him the boy
was dying. When he got back to the ward tho
boy was absolutely breathless and purple in
the face. as II sufrocating. His heart and pulse
however. were beating regularly. though fee
bly. A glass held to his lips showed no evil
dence Of moisture.
Dr. Eelknap rcsorte1 10 artificial respiration
and natural color slowly returned to the boys
face The orderly said the patient had seemed
all right until n moment after pr. Belknap left
tho room. lie complained that his head was
too low. and asked tho orderly to lit II. Be-
fore tho man could reach him the hoy raised
his head. There was n Sudden contraction Of
muscles oftho Left side ottho face. and the rn-
tient sank bank and ceased to breathe. Then
the orderly summoned tho Doctor
While listening to this descrlptins Of the at
tack Or Belknap ceased the artificial rrspirh;
ton for moment. Instantly the boy censed
to breathe and his face Eecame purple. IN"
physician hastily resumed his labOrs senhin:
for br Tray an , the Two therea''or "i;er-
While one surgeon worked the toys arms to
make the lungs do the work they r-fused to
hynodermically. In this wav ammonia, tine
ture OF "details, strychnine. and atrorine were
Nothing. apparently. would compel the lungs
10 resume their functions. ON entering the
hospit al tho boys TEN perat Ire was 1UI S-1U-.
At $50 J.. NJ. 1t had sunk to ~.
During that interval every attendant in the
hospital had been pressed into the lahorous
work OF keeping IN the artificial resIiratinn.
Oxygen was administered, electricity and hot
cloths applied Finally hot water bags were
Tlarch MI about him. AZ 1880 o'clock IN" hoy
was still alive. but had 10 10 kept so by nrti-
fetal respiration. In other respects his condi-
ton hat apparently i'm proved
only the crldest history oi the case could
be obtained from Mrs. Holland. Shn said her
sOn had been out in the stoIin on Friday sell
ing PAPERS. and had come homo At night wet
10 tho skin. He COMPLAINED OF pains in the
head and neck. The next morning he was
much better. and insisted that he must
go out to sell his papers. Mrs Holland was
afraid 70 allow hum To- go. and &" prevent him
i'll again. lie became delrioua. Then his
mother called in doctor. who told her II was a
case Of pneumonia. Before the doctor re-
turned yesterday the boy had become 40 much
worse that Mrs Holland believed he was dying
and sent her son John to the hospital for the
ambulance.
The hospital surgeons saw that tho boy has
complete paralysis Of the respiratory centres.
but what has caused 1t they do not know.
They add that the longest recorded time Of
Eseping n person nlive by artificial respiration
Is eight hours. asst night they had exceeded
this record, aud the 10y seemed to 10 growing
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