The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-01
A STUBBORN CASE.
Capt. Nickel Under Treatment
For Nose Bleed.
He Has Obtained Relief But Is Not
Yet Out of Danger.

NEW YORK, Oct.1-Interesting and un-
usual methods have been resorted to at
the Hudson street Hospital within the
past two days to stop an extraordinary
case OF nose bleed which threatens the
life OF Captain }. F. Nickel, 55 years old,
of Il5 West One Hundred and Fifteenth
street.
Captain Nickel's nose began TO bleed
violently on Saturday afternoon last. His
nostrils were plugged with gauze, and
for awhile he appeared to have been re-
lieved. The bleeding began afresh late
Saturday evening and developed consider
able stubbornnoss. On Monday morning
Captain Nickel had been sufficiently re-
lieved by treatment to venture down town
to his desk in the Office of the Preferred
Accident Insurance Company at 265
Broadway.
Monday afternoon the hemorrhage re-
turned and he went to the Hudson Street
Hospital, where appliances for more skill
full treatment were at hand. The bleeding
continued with violence until 6 o'clock
that o, ening. Rouse Surgeon Richardson
and his assistants stopped 1t at that time
by plugging the posterior mares with
gauze. This gave only temporary relief.
Then Belocque's canuia,a delicate surgical
instrument was brought into use.
The rupture was found TO be just in
the rear of and above the posterior mares.
BeIocaue's canula is a hollow needle,
through which a gauze thread can be
passed. This instrument was inserted in
Captain Nckel's mouth an the needle
that the gauze thread could be seized in
the nostrils and drawn through the nose.
In this way, with one end of the gauze
| thread protruding from the mouth and one
| end from the nose, the two could be
brought together and twisted SO as to
bring a strong pressure 10 bear on the
ruptured vessel.
This is an extremely painful operation.
| 1t was not resorted to in the case OF
young Julius Gotlieb, who died at Mount
| Sinai Hospital about two weeks ago from
nose bleed, because the patient was too
weak when he fell into the hands OF the
| hospital surgeons to warrant such vigor-
| GUS treatment. Home made plans of re-
| lief had been depended. upon in Gotiieb's
case until the loss OF blood that he had
endured precluded the possibility of any
severe measures. In Captain NickePs
case the bleeding had not gone too far
! to permit these stringent efforts 10 stop
its flow.
| The use OF the canula did not prove
effective. Although the gauze thread
had been saturated with perchIoride OF
iron II failed to do more tnan temporary
good. After that sterile gsuze saturated
with acotic acid, a very powerful sstring-
eDt, was forced into the nostrils until
they were completely pluggd. This
stopped the flow again, and may have
the effect OF permanently relieving the
| patient. DIR. Richardson would not
venture a statement to that effect, how
ever. lie declared that II was remark
ably stubborn case, and that the patient
was by no means out OF danger. The
rupture he declared, might break out
siresh at any moment.
Captain Nickel is very weak from ex-
cesive loss Of blood, but appears to be
bearing dp well. lie is married and served
during the civil war as q naval officer.
| The medical term for the trouble from
which he is suffering is haematophilia,
or haemophilia. Ii Is hereditary, and
in many instances 1t has proved fatal.
Young Gotlieb died after having bled for
five days. but was not taken to Mount
Sinai Hospital until two days before his
death. The bleeding in hsemstophilia
Is not always from the nose. A cut at
any part OF he body may produce IL.