The morning times., 1895-08-09
Physicians Can't Stop Butcher
WiIIingham's NOsG-bIeed.
SINKING SLOWLY TO DEATH
Two of His Brothers Died of the Same
Fearful Disease-HopeleSs Case
From the First Great, Interest in
the Patient and Many Curious
Remedies Suggested,

James Wiihngham, butcher, employed
for some time past at Center market, and
who lives on the FoxhaIi road, is diving at.
Emergency hospital of a very unusual sick
ness. The common name of it is bleed
ers' disease" the scientific name, "Hae-
mophilia' He is far gone and can hardly
last more than day or two longer
An efforts of the physicians, using all
remedies known to medical science, have
so Tar been without avail
s., The physicians looked upon the case as
almost, hopeless from the first, for while
the disease is of rare occurrence, it is wen
known, and no well marked case has ever
been cured so far as known here
Mr.. Nilnusbam = as brought TO the hos
pitaI from the market in the ambUla nee
about 8 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
As then stated in The Evening Times,
he was taken with bleeding at the nose
while at work early that morning, and tried
hard to stay the flow.
All the ordinary household remedies
proved useless, and after some hours, IN
which he became much weakened by loss
of blood, Mr.. Wiliingham was taken to
the hospital
HIS BROTHERS DIED OF 1T.
There the staff of physicians was sum-
moued and a CarefuleXamiuation was made.
1t was found by inquiry of the patient that
two of his brothers, living in Prince Georges
county, had died of similar ailment.
This gave the sure indication rs to the
character of the disease. Further inves-
ticatiou showed that Mr. Willingham was
suffering not merely with nose-bleed but,
as is usual IN such cases, there was a rlow
OF blood from all mucus surfaces, includ-
ing the mouth, stomach, and kidneys
A course of treatment was determined
upon and followed for time and then it is
understood a change was made upon the
highest authority but again no relief
highest authority but again no relief was
observable The exact treatment followed
is withheld for professional reasons, aud
will only be known upon an official report
of the case.
The blood has slowly ebbed away till the
patients strength is quite gone. Last
night Dr. Smith said the fluid running from
pores of the mlcus membrane was almost
entirely serum, very few red corpuscles
being present
The disease as indicated is hereditary
and incurahle. Prof. Osler, cf Johns
Hopkins, in his Practice of Medicine"
tells of the whole fishing colony on one Of
the Mass sachusetts capes near Reading
where all are more or less afflicted with
the disease and the pulling of tooth is a
dangerous surgical operation, quite likely
to be folio wed by fatal bleeding.
MALADY Is HEREDITARY.
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sofar as investigated themalady desceDds
by the mother to the male offspring
though it may pass to the female also.
1t is supposed to arise mainly from some
organic weakness of the blood vessels and
to be in no way the direct result of ordinary
illness or of any 1mprudence.
1t is thought that the blood may be in an
impoverished state and so flows more
freely and fails to coagulate in the air as is
usual No difference, is observable, how
ever, by simple tests between the blood OF
patieuts having the disease and that OF
persons in ordinary health. The phenomena
offers a field for Investigation.
Since the fact of Mr.. Willingham's illness
at the hehospitalhas beeukDownvery numerou:
INQUIRIES have come in there regarding him
At the same time there have been many sug-
pestious of means and methods for stopping
| the flow.
One of these was that employed by Dr.
Agnew, of Philadelphia, in the case OF
President Garfield. 1t consists in the
| Insertion in the nostrils OF a plug of fat
bacon. Another suggestion was the use OF q
ten per cent solution of antipyrine.
Severalh have beeuquite outside the practice
Of medicine, old women S remedies, and the
like. One was charmto to be used by placing
next the body Dear the heart.
Mr. Willingham's employer has been very
constant In his attentions, visiting the
hospital two OF hree timesa dayand keeping
his family out In Maryland informed of bis
condition. -