The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-01
HAM FAT SAVED HER.
Miss Henry Near Death From Bleed
Ing at the Nose.
As a Last Resort Ham Fat Was Used and
tbs HeMu,hage Stopped.


Camden. Aug. 1.-Nellie l.. Henry.
the young woman of Camden. who. at
ter bleeding for over twelve hours from
the nose. when close 10 dea ms door
from loss of blood. was saved at the
Cooper Hospital by packing her nos
trils with strips of ham fat, is now re-
ported out of danger. Her case, which
was diagnosed as epistaxis. is rare
one, and but seldom met with by the
family doctor. The fact that Miss Hen
ry bled for over twelve hours, and that
this condition persistently refused 10
yield to extraordinary remedies, has at
tracted much comment i'm the medlcal
fraternity. both in Camden and Phila-
delphia, more especially 80 as the Strips
or ham fat succeeded i'm stopping the
hemorrhageS that stubbornly deiied the
application OF most astringents.
The doctor who was first called in 10
attend the young woman "a her nome,
52I Berkeley street, and worked unsuc"
cessfully, with several other physicians,
To stop the flow OF blood, rather dis
credited efficacy of mere strips OF nam
fat in hemorrhages in epistaxis, or any
other trouble that principally maniIes's
itself by profuse bleeding. Many other
physicians who were seen on the SUD-
ject made the same statement. regard
ing the use OF ham fat in hemorrhages.
All pooh -poohed the remedy.
But the doctors at the Cooper Hospi-
tai. Camden, and some of the attend
ing surgeons OF few of the principal
hospitals I'm Philadelphia who were
seen in reference 10 the reasons Tor the
good results manifested in the case or
Miss Henry by the plugging of her
nostrils with ham fat, not only APP
proved of the general adoption of the
resource. but explained its anti-hemof-
rhage action. Ham fat is more or less
astringent, according 70 the amount OF
salts that have been absorbed by the
meat when i'm the curing process. These
salts are not only good antiseptics, but
strictly astringents, but in the case OF
Miss Henry the doctors say that the
ham fat. and not the chemical proper
ties. played the leading part. ana un-
doubtly saved her life. Through TINS,
In conjunction with the strong applica-
tion of muriate of iron. that had un-
successfully been used In great guam
titles on plugs OF cotton before the ham
fat was applied. the cure is ascribed
,rhe bleeding from epistaxis is caused
by ruptured minor veins. The tissue OF
the ham fat, being superfine and yield
ing readily, fills in the minute rup-
lures or tears in the throbbfng veins.
The blood pouring over the fatty US
sue coagulates in blots on the ham rat.
and forms scab. The hemorrhage
ceases. and the blood-scabbed ham fat
soon forms into what is called cline.
Cline is a non-porous membrane re-
sembling skin, and is the tissue that
forms over all healthy sores. and makes
the scar. The greatest efficacy OF ham
fat i'm nose bleeding Is It's softness and
atiaptrbfffty TO wedge-fHte the micro
scopic tear. and its very fattiness re-
sisting the blood which would force its
way through chemical applications,
causes the ham fat to be the best rem
edy i'm nose-bleed even though II be
what is sometimes denominated
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