The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-16
x-RAYs AND THE SURGEONS KNIFE
To Remove an Obstruction From a
stFangIing Infants Throat.

TO HemOVe an Obstruction From a
StFangltng Infants Throat.
1t was an anxious group that occupied
seats In B. & o. trgln en- route from
Pine Creek, o., Wednesday night to this
| city, says the Cincinnati Enquirer and,
although all speed was made, to them the
train seemed to creep along at a snail s
pace The party consisted of Mr.. and Mrs
| Raborn Of that place and their family
| physician. In her arms Mrs. Raborn car
ried her tiny infant, little Jenny, only 8
years old, and upon the child all anxiety
was centered.
1t was just three days before that the
little one, crawling ON the kitchen floor,
while the mother was engaged about her
| household affairs, found lace hook, such
as are put on the upper part of a shoe in
place Of eyelets lower down. AS usual
with children Jennie put the hook in her
mouth, and before the mother could pre-
vent 1t 1t had slipped into the tiny throat.
In her fright Mrs. Raborn aroused the
| household, and every means was used to
| dislodge the treacherous hoo-A. When
these proved futile the local physician was
sent for, but his skill was also unavailing,
while every moments delay threatened
to cause the death of the child by strang-
/ ulation.
Mr. Raborn Is a prosperous farmer, and
in the emergency he did not hesitate to
use his means to the end OF trying to save
| the life OF the child. In company with
the home physician, father and mother
took the first train to this city and upon
/ their arrival a carriage brought them On
haste to DR.. Ricketts, private hospital on
Broadway. The three eminent physicians
at the head of that institution agreed that
the hook had lodged in the trachea, and
defed ddslodgment by ordinary means.
During the time OF the examination the
child suffered terrible agony, and with
the explorative measures adopted it's
struggles for breath were at times fright
tul. Something had to be done, and in this
| dilemma DIR. p. s. Kramer was notified
and acquainted with the necessary details.
DIR. kramer's experiments with the Roant-
gen rays had proved successful before,
and he was asked to bring the parapher-
| MALTA used in this kind of photography
to the aid of the case. DR.. Kramer re-
sponded promptly, but no sooner was the
apparatus put into operation when it was
found that. owing to the labored breathing
OF the little sufferer only picture of the
trachisl region could be obtained.
Not disheartened by this failure, how
ever, the physicians placed the little one
under the influence of chloroform and adj
justed the microscope to the instrument.
When the child was suspended by the hair
of the head, oblivious to all pain, due to
the kindly action of the drug, the rays
were again turned on, and in the space of
three minutes a picture of the trachea
with the disturbing hook located below
the larynx were obtained. After that IT.
was comparatively easy matter to make
an dncision into the windpipe and remove
the hook. This operation was OF Short
duration, and last night little Jennie vas
resting easily, with every prospect of a
speedy recovery.