The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11
MUSIC WITHIN HIM
A KANSAS PHYSICIAN HEARS EN-
TRANCING SOUNDS IN HIS
STOMACH
GIVES HIS BODY TO SCIENCE.
A REMARK ABLE WILL BEQUEATH-
ING HIS BODY FOR INVESTI-
CATION.
GIVES HIS BODY TO SCIENCE.
ARE INExpLIcABLE.
Hopes a Medical Society VIII Under
take to Explain Them to
POsterfty.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
Realizing that there are some points
In my anatomy that may be of interest
to our profession, l will map them out
in order to facilitate the work of the
operator who may dissect my remains"
This is clause from the last will
and testament of Dr. T. N Foote, of
Argentine, Kan. The doctor is still
very much alive, but he has published
his will in order that the medical pro-
fession generally may know that his
body exhibits some remarkable and sci
entlfically inexplicable phenomena, and
that he is willing, and, in fact, wills,
that his remains after death shall be
investigated by competent medical ex-
perts. He Therefore formally bequeaths
his body to any medical institution Of
respectable Importance that will agree
to make such an investigation.
The phenomena that DR.. Foote con-
siders so remarkable are fully describ-
ed In this peculiar document.
After describing some peculiarities
of minor Importance. he tells some re-
markable stories about his stomach.
The surgeon who makes the exam
1nation," he writes in his WILL may
or may not find anything abnormal,
for OF late years my stomach has
caused me little or no trouble but some
years ago l suffered much with indi-
gestion, acidity and reorganization.
A frequent metallic tinkling, as If
an iron or steel rod was lightly hit in
that region, was heard, which was very
annoying, and after this I was pros
trated by solar heat, and was unable
TO labor or retain food or drink to any
extent for thirteen weeks"
This metallic tinkling in his stomach
Is something that the doctor fails to
understand after much research. There
is no precedent or parallel for 1t. but
the sound was persistent for so long a
PERIOD and was so distinctly audible.
that he thinks he owes it to science 70
give his body up for examination after
death.
Again, he suffers from a consciousness Of
having third arm, and this so acutes as
10 occasion MIN real mental distress
Then he feels like steam engine" as he
expresses It, and, again, like a musical in
strument' or these latter feelings he goes
INTO this explanation in his remarkable will
For a period Of eight years a noise re-
sembling the interrupted escape of steam
from locomotive was heard with every pull
satlon OF my heart, which led me to ex-
pect trombosis cerebri and greatly ANNOYED
me, but during this time was frequently en-
tertained after retiring by hearing two soft
each, commencing on G of the middle scale
and ending on below.
These sounds were peculiarly melodious
more so, in fact, than any produced on or
gan, piano or harp, and would often be re-
peated once a minute or so for an hour or
more. Thir origin was, Of course, attributed
what that condition was I am unable to
even conjecture. and leave 1t, hoping an
autopsy may shed some light that may benefit
the profession, and thereby humanity at
large.
"All the above conditions are now much
improved, and 1t is. perhaps, my duty to
state that stimulants have contributed
more to effect this than all other prescrip-
lions that ! have tried, though socially and
financially l am aware of their evil effect.
But what can l do when suffering other than
to resort to the only remedy known? I
realise that the tendency Is to overstep the
bounds OF moderation, and strive to guard
against that evil the best I oan''
These are the principal features of what is
probably the most remarkable and last will
and testament ever made In this country.
DR.. Foote exacts very little In return for the
bequest Of his remarkable body to science.
He makes the condition that his remains, or
such parts Of them the examining scien-
lists do not need, be cremated, as he has de-
cided objections to the custom of burial
He further conditions that the medical So
ciety accepting bis trust and taking his body
pay his widow 1886 a year for the remainder
of her life, but he tempers this by remarking
that his wife will scarcely survive him, as
she is suffering from a serious heart trouble
and that If she does she cannot at best live
long.
He also adds to his will long dissertation
upon the objections to burial and the ad-
vantages OF cremation. He wants a portion
Of his dust given to his married daughter
and he bequeaths his extensive library and
apparatus Of all descriptions to the medical
society that undertakes the trust made in
his will
DR.. Foote got his education at the Univer-
sity of Michigan and the New York Medical
college. He was born in Massachusetts in
1923 and spent most of his life In Ohio. He
says in his will that, though ruined three
times by food and once by fire, his practice
has been successful.
A Kansas City Times reporter who recently
visited him at his home found him "a patri-