The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-09
DELICATE
Operation at
Clinton.
A LIFE SAVED
BY Skillful Application Of
Surgeons Knife.

Clinton, Oct S-A kernel of corn is
may cause just such a death as the
death from which little Lulu Poland
four years old, has been saved by the
surgeons knife in the hands of DR..
c. L. French.
The operation was performed almost
two weeks ago, at the Clinton hospi-
tai, but nothing has been said about
it until now, when the child is not only
convalescent, but is entirely out of dan
ger, and happily at home, as any four
year-old might be who had not ex-
perienced tracheotomy of difficult
and unusually delicate nature.
Lulu is the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Poland of South Lancas-
ter
On Saturday, two weeks ago, Lulu
had an ear of sweet corn with her
dinner In some way kernel of the
corn slipped into the windpipe. At
first it caused nothing more than an
intense irritation and wrenching,
strangling cough. The family sent for
the family physician, and he recon-
mended an operation. The parents
were loath to consent even when Dr.
French advised an immediate removal
to the hospital.
The hours went on until Tuesday
night, The kernel of corn moved up
and down in the windpipe. Sometimes
it rested loosely in the upper part Of
the trocheas But it kept sinking deep
err and deeper. to where the trochea is
bifucated, and a tube seeks either
lung. Through all this night Lulu
struggled and strangled The fright
ened and agonized parents now were
willing to seek even the remedy of
the knife, so early Tuesday morning
DR.. French and the hospital staff be-
gan their cruel work Of mercy. Lulu
was placed under the influence of an
anesthetic, and an incision was made
precisely as for trachaeotomy in
Group, except that it was necessary to
enter the trochea to q much greater
extent.
AS soon as the incision was made the
anaesthetic could not be administered
by the usual channels, and it was adj
ministered through the incision.
The kernel was located far below the
base of the incision, near the tracheol
bifurcation
1t was a problem how to reach it. The
physicians had in mind the recent case
of clergyman, into whose trochea q
cork found entrance that could not be
withdrawn, although the surgeons
made special Instruments with which
to pierce it. But the kernel of corn In
the child's throat was lodged less firm
ly than the cork.
A violent fit of coughing and the OBJ
noxious kernel was elected into the
very hands of the operator. 1t was a
very large kernel, and it had softened
and enlarged within the trochea
Thanks to the knife of the surgeon, il
was not permitted to take the life that
was very nearly gone the night be-
fore.
A tube was inserted and Lulu treated
through it for few hours. 1t Was
found she could breathe comfortably
without it, and the tube was removed
the incision closed and healed by first
intent Lulu is we'll and the terrible
kernel is hardly a memory with her
Her parents think there's nothing else
in the world as potent as the surgeons
knife, and they think trachaeotomy is g
cure-all.
SHOULD BE STOPPED.
There is some feeling in town be.
cause dealers in cigarettes are selling
to boys under 49, under any age more
than seven or eight in fact. Little fel-
lows with mouths hardly wider thar
the width of the five-cent package Of
cigarettes in their hands, are seer
putting on the cigarettes, with the non.
Guidance of veteran smokers.
General Secretary Cornet, of the Gin
ton Y M c. A., has especially noticed
the prevalence of the juvenile smoker
in Clinton. He said to a correspondent
of The Spy this afternoon: I am con
WINGED that steps should be taken Il
have the law against selling cigarets t.
small boys enforced. l am panied anC
angered when in going to and from my
work l see little shavers not out o.
short trousers, pulling vile cigaret, b!
which they are supplied, dwarfed and
debased in a dozen ways. 1t is a crime
to sell the things to boys under sixteer
and the offense should be punished as ;
crime. / am convinced that the law OF
this matter can be enforced. 1t is onl!
careIessness or Indifference when it il
not The police have succeeded in sup
pressing the boy gangs" that wer'
once such a nuisance here They car
suppress the gangs of Juvenile cigare
smokers If they will, and they ought Il
do It"
INJURED BY A FALL
Joseph Lepent fireman in the Ian
caster mills, suffers from dislocatiol
of the small bones of the wrist, caused
by fall.
REASONS FOR MOVING.
There are a number Of reasons VIII!
the directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. are in
clined to favor removing the roonl
from the present quarters on Churcl
street to the upper stories Of the Greer
block, on High street. One reason i
that the association needs more room
If the second and third floor of tn,
block should be occupied the gym
nassum, baths and the like would b,
on the upper floor, while the lower foo
would be occupied by the office, read
ing room, assembly room and so on
Another reason exists. though not yer,
much has been said about it, The upper
floor Of the Y M. c. A. building is oc
cupied by the Prescott Club, which
though in a measure it Is democratic
is the swell club of Clinton
The feeling that has existed between
the Y. NJ c. A. and the Prescott Club
has not been precisely cordial, al
though the organizations have always
been on speaking terms, if the phrase
may be used Sometimes the members
have felt that there was entirely toe
much noise above them, on occasions
when meetings are in progress. There
were opinions to this effect expressed
last night, on the occasion of the an
nuaI meeting. The pool tables OF the
Prescott Club are just over the room
where the meetings are held, and II
was suggested that the noises arose
naturally in walking about the tables
ana playing the game.
Nevertheless, it has sometimes hap,
pened that the noises are more con,
spicuois on nights wnen meetings are
in progress. and not all the members
Of the association accept the idea thai
the disturbances are merely casual anc
accidental, as it were. The gentleman
who gave the correspondent Of The
Spy these facts, said: "Tbe annoyance
is probably the result Of mere thought.
lessness on the part or few OF our
aAiahbors. who are very young, and