Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-23
ONLY BEER HIS FOOD,
FOR NINETEEN YEARS HE TOOK NO
 OTHER NouRlsHMENT.


 Case of Arrested Development = The Ailment Puzzled Doctors and Was the Only Instance of the Kind Known. Ono of the most remarkable cases in medical history, say physicians, is that Or Joseph Beschlagengaul, a young Ger man watchmaker 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 Ill four years. Two surgical opera flons have resulted in an almost com. plete cure, and BeschlagengauI is now on the high road to health. Tine re- markable effectiveness of the operations was shown ill phenomenal growth of inches Ill two months and ill a gain in weight of over 50 pounds.
 A little over year ago an emaciated boy was sent one day to the German hospital on the North Side and asked if something could not be done for him. The boy was chiefly skin and bones He weighed 721a pounds, was 1 15 feet in helght and appeared to tho doctors to ba about II years of age. They were as- founded when tho diminutive youth told them he WAS 26 years old. The in. terest of the physicians then in- creased materially, and Beschlagengaul was given an unusually careful exami- lation. After q thorough investigation Dr. c, Fenger diagnosed the trouble az aeontraetion of tho pyloric orifce, su- perindaeed by chronic inflammation of the stomach.
 Tho surgeon, it is said, noticed an un- 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, tho pJloric orifce, and this confirmed him ill the belief that his diagnosis was cor rect. An operation was decided upon The boy was placed upon all operating table and put under the influence of al. an@sthetio. Viyisection was then begun by Dr. Fepger, assisted by Dr. H. ] Haiselden aud others.
 An oper'ng over q foot long was made ill the front of the body. The stomach was opened, and it was found that the orifco, which should be almost as large as one'a little finger, was scarce ly big enough to permit the insertion of a match. No effort was made to en. largo the opening. Instead hole was cut ill the stomach near this point Then another hole was cut in near loop of the intestine, and the edges of the two incisiens were drought together and fastened by q metallic Murphy but ton, through the middle of which runs q tube Thus an entirely new opening for inc passage of food from the stom- aeh was made
 The effect of this first operation was almost magical. The natural effort of tho body to assimilate food and to grow. which had been retarded for almost two decades, exerted itself with marveloss force For a period tha appetite of tine boy was ravenous. Day after day he ate like starved animal. For several weeks he gained flesh at the rate of 215 pounds a day. His growth in height was even moro remarkable Ill two months he measured 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 ip after few months, and the bcy's weight, which had gone up from 721a to f30 pounds, fell off until he weighed only 108 pounds A second operation was determined upon and made. It was most beneficial, aud the boy was soon almost as heavy as he had been former ly. The young man is now in the bess of health and suffers only occasionally
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