The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
SILVER ABDOMEN
HAS COL. R. sNowDEN ANDREWS
 AN EX-CoNFEDERATE
Hurt Many Times Worse Than Presi- dent Mckinley and Yet He is Still in the Land of
 the Living.

Speculation as to the prospects of the Presidents recovering from the wounn III his stomach, says The Baltimore sun, has recalled to many Baltimoreans the desperate wound received by Colonel k. Snowden Andrews of the Confederate ar tillery service, now living at NO. lU' west North Avenue. ,
 Colonel Andrews was riding on his horse at the battle of Cedar Run, when a shell struck him on the right side; com pletely tearing away the abdominai wam' rowly missing the intestines as 1t passed out.
 Colonel Andrews was placed by the roadside by some friends. Messengers were sent for a surgeon, but none could be found. The Colonel lay by the road side from noon until night, when an ameuaeef me ne had dRifsssa ssen sum snernRs R fully Scious. without any relief whatever, and no dressing to his wound. In falling from his horse. and afterwards as he lay prostrate much dirt and other foreign substances entered the wound.
 Jolted for Eight Miles.
 After being jolted over the rough ground for eight miles he was deposited in a farm house, still alive. much a,9 10 were aware of the case. When told of the wound the army surgeon Wbo had been unable to respond had declared that At the house the inmates thought he was about to die at any minute and said N was useless to send for a doctor, but the Colonel insisted that he was going to get well. and to satisfy him a country doctor who was passing by was called in This physician also said 1t was use. less to do anything. especially as he had were carried in the usual assortment of country physicians. Colonel Andrews de- clared that he was not going to die without a strong fight for life, and or dered the doctor to proceed.
 Rough Surgery.
 Acting under these positive instructions the doctor pulled out the intestines with his bare hands. the Colonel. who was under no anaesthetic bearing the suffer ing In stoical manner. Pure spring water was used to wash the intestines, after which the doctor replaced them carefully as he could and sewed up the wound. He then set the injured leg.
 It was slim array of instruments with which this feat was accomplished. and even they were not of the best, for some use that the operation had to he stop ped while they were sharpened and cleaned on an emery. stone. That the wound in itself did not kill the Colonel is a wonder. but that he did not die any how of blood poisoning is something that has never been understood.
 Tried It Again.
 When the doctor had finished his work the soldier was laid fiat on his back in bed and left to be treated by his order ly. assisted by the occasional visit of the surgeon of the battalion. They were ab- solutely without medical appliances of any kind, medicines being scare in the South in those days. and all they could do was to bathe the would every half hour with cold water. This they did, with the remarka ble result that no fever developed. and in six weeks the patient had recovered his strength to such an ex- tent that he was able to be carried to Richmond on a train, partially support ing himself on crutches. At Richmond he remained as a convalescent for sev- eral months. and then returned to active duty in the field. But the actual work of soldering was too much for even his wonderful strength and constitution at that time, so he was withdrawn and was sent abroad in the interest of the Confederacy, serving there for many months. but was not able to again take his command
 Became a Fox Hunter.
 When Colonel Andrews reached Rich mond the best doctors n the Confeder- ate capital took charge of his case and he was fitted out with silver plate to V ear across his abdomen, and he has worn it ever since. After the war he became almost as strong as he was be- 1 fore the wound and frequently went fox hunting. It is related that one day he rode fifty miles on business and pleas. rTe combined without feeling any seri- ons effects from the unusual exertion