Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-13
WITHOUT A STOMACH.
MAN pATRIu uPsETS FHeo0"
cE,vED IDEAS.

Kind of Meat-Entire s'o"'"
d Year Aso-HeIIas Receive"
v,irht-He Follows
,.,nasiu Former Years
:, italian named Juan Patri'n' u
Gu francisco. has upset all PEE
,efved ideas in regard 10 dlse9'.OA
..,s;.,an Without stomach ana
oorsooucptlv without the assistance y,
the gastric juices, he dises,S gu,
grows fat on soups, spashe'',' 80
oIa tamaIes. beef, mutton an"
,ronarlv seasoned with garlic ""0
drinks his usual allowance OF WEE
wear ago Patritti was dying Oh
oonoSr ri the stomach. To-day ne IS
boTe and hearty, does his day "oiN
~ n1oughing or driving milk "ason'
and does not know what y SP.r
means. During he last year fa',l'l'
has done so Well that he mas pm on"'
cd q ticket for Europe, and Will slai
soon on trip to Italy 10 WISH MS oiN
home.
patritti's case IS one of the raresC
known TO medical science. The nFs'
oneration for removal Of the stomach
was in Zurich, Switzerland. Inc pa
tieut was a woman, and a1ter Nc.
stomach had been removed she nved
two wears hut wa fed on peptonlZed
food Another case was that or MIS-
Mapendie. who had her stomach re-
moved in the German hospital III oah
Francisco. eighteen months ago. one
is still alive and lives on peptonlZeo
| food, but Patritti eats and llVes just DIS
he did before his stomach was re-
moved. and his only complaint is that
| now he can only work eight hours
dav instead of ten, as formerly.
Pafritti is a dairyman in San Mateo
county. He is thirty-nine years oId'
About this time last year he was al
| mitted to ST. Mary's hospital, and Dr.
George ChiIds Macdonald dlaghoSeu
the case as one of cancer Of the stom-
| ach. It was learned from the paueh'
that he had been i'll and unable 10
work for about three months. Before
that he had never been i'll in his I'VE.
He was very much emaciated and
| weak.
The case seemed hopeless, but the
| doctor decided as a last resort 10 re-
| move the whole of the stomach. WIN
}be assistance of Drs. Frazer, King
we'll McMonogal and Bailey, DR.. Mac
| Donald successfully performed the
| operation, but the patient was almost
| in a state of collapse when 1t was
| over He gradually rallied, however
and soon was on the road to recovery
A month after the operation Patrltt
| thought he was well enough TO &C
home Without asking anybody
| leave he slipped out of the hosplta
and was met in Market street during
he afternoon by DR.. Macdonald car
rying a gripsack weighing Twelve
pounds. He objected strenuously &c
| being taken back to the hospital, bu
Dr.. Macdonald insisted, and back ne
went. He was kept in ST. Mary's unit
July %, when he was discharged. A
that time he weighed 107 pounds, ant
he gave the doctor to understand tina
his usual weight was 1875 pounds.
From the hospital Patritti went te
his ranch in San MateO county, ant
there he has lived and worked ever
since. He eats the same kind of food
as others in that section, and claim!
that he can digest pork as easily az
chicken. year ago he did not weigh
100 pounds, and to-day he is within
two pounds Of his regular weight-13'
pounds. A few days ago he told DR.
Macdonald he was as we'll as ever b.
was, but grumbled because he got tree
when he had been ploughing six o.
seven hours whereas before his stom
ach was cut out he could work ter
hours and not feel fatigued.