Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-19
ONLY BEER HIS FOOD,
FOR NINETEEN YEARS HE TOOK Na
 OTHER NouRlsHMgNT.

Seso oh arrested development The
 Ailment 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 watchmaker living at 360 Sedp. wick street. Chicago It is asserted by some that his ailment is the only in. stance of it's 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 ln four years. Two surgical opera. tions have resulted in an almost com. plete cure, and Beschlagengaul is now on the high road to health. The rr- markable effectiveness of the operations was shown in phenomenal growth of inches i'll two months and in a gain in weight of over 30 pounds.
 A little over year ago an emaciated boy was sens one day to the German hospital on the North Side and asked if something could not be done fer him. The boy was chiefly skin and bones. He weighed 721a pounds, was 1a feet in height and appeared to the doctors to be about II years of age. They were as- founded when the diminutiye youth told them he was 26 years old. The in. ffrest of the physicians then in, creased materially, and Beschlagengaul MS given an unusually careful exami- nation. After thorough investigation Dr c Fenge@ diagnosed the trouble aa contraction of the pyloric orifce, su. perinduced by chronic inflammation of the stomach.
 The surgeon, it is said, noticed an unq 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 pylorio orifiee, and this confirmed him in the belief that his diagnosis was cor rect. An operation was decided upon. The boy was placed upon an operating table and put under the influence of an anasthetio. Yiyisection was then begun by Dr. Fenger, assisted by Dr. H. J Baiselden aud others.
 An epep5ng over a foot long wax made in tho front of the body The stomach was opened, and it was found that the orifee, 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 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 ineisiens were brought together and fastened by metallic Murphy but ton, through the middle of which runs tube Thus an entirely new opening for 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 swo decades, exerted itself with marvelGas force. For a period tbe appetite of the boy was ravenous. Day after day he ate like a starved animal. For several weeks he gained flesh at the rate of 21a pounds q day His growth in height was even more remarkable. In tive months he measured feet, an in- crease of half foot over bis stature when the operation was performed. His growth continued, but more slowly, until at present he is almost 5 feet inches tall.
 A reaction from the first effects set in after few months, and the bcy'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