Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-22

Remarkable Surgical Operation That Cured Case of Arrested Development = The Aiiment Puzzled Doctors and Was the Only Instance of the Kind Known. One of the most remarkable cases in medical history, say physicians, is that of Joseph Besehlagengaul, young Ger man matchmaker living at 360 Sedg- wick street, Chicago. It is asserted by some that his ailment is the only in. stance of its kind ever known.
 For 19 years this young man was compelled to live on beer alone, and during that time his body experienced only as much growth as it should have had in four years. Two surgical opera. tions have resulted in an almost com plete cure, and Besohlagengaul is now on the high road to health. The rn- markable effectiveness of the operations was shown in phenomenal growth of inches in two months and ill a gain in weight of over 50 pounds.
 A little over q year ago an emaeiated boy was sent one day to the German hospital on the North Side and asked if something could not be done for him. The hoy Was chiefly skin and bones. He weighed 721a pounds, was E feet in height and appeared to the doctors to be about l years of age. They were as- founded when tho diminutive youth told them he was 26 years old. The in- terest of tho physicians then in- creased materially. and Beschlagengaul was given an unusually careful exami- natien After thorough investigation Dr. c. Fenger diagnosed the trouble aa q contraction of the pylorie orifce, su- perinduced by a chronic inflammation of the stomach.
 The surgeon, it is said, noticed an un4 dulating motion on the surface of the abdomen, apparently indicating an effort of the stomach to force it's con tents through it's lower opening. the pyloric orifice, and this confirmed him in the belief that his diagnosis was cor rect. An operation was decided upen The boy was placed upon an operating table and put under the influence of all an@sthetio. Vivisection was then begun by Dr. Fenger, assisted by Dr. H. J Gaiseiden and others.
 An oper5ug over a foot long was made in the front of the body. The stomach was opened, and it was found that the orifce, which should be almost as large as one's little finger, was scarce ly big enough to permit the insertion of match. No effort was made to en. large the opening. Instead a hole was cut in the stomach near this point. Then another hole was cut in near loop of the intestine, and the edges of the two incisions were brought together and fastened by a metallic Murphy but. ten, through the middle of which runs tube. Thus an entirely new opening fer the passage of food from the stom- aeh was made.
 The effect of this first operation was almost magical. The natural effort of the body to assimilate food and to grow, which had been retarded for almost two decades, exerted itself with marvelcas force. For period the appetite of the boy was ravenous. Day after day he ate like a starved animal. For several WGGkS uS Bd1uGa nGnu t4b blG Idt5 Ol z 12 pounds a day. His growth ill height was even moro remarkable In two months he measured 5 feet, an in- c1ease of half foot over his stature when the operation was performed His growth continued, but more slowly, until at present he is almost feet inches tall.
 A reaction from the first effects set iD after a few months, and the bey's weight, which had gone up from 721a to 130 pounds, fell off until he weighed only 108 pounds. A second operation was determined upon and made. It was most beneficial, and the boy was soon almost as heavy as he had been former ly. The young man is now ill the best of health and suffers only occasionally WHY SHE WAS GRACIOUS.