Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-03
SNAKE N BS STOMACH
Chicago Machinist Declared to
Have a Live Reptile In
His Stomach.
The Doctors Laughed When He
Told Them of His Peculiar
Ailment.
Use of the X.Ray Proves He Was
Right-.The Only Case
On Record.

Chicago, Jan. Sunless the x-ray is
at fault and in error a living snake has
made it's permanent abode in the stom-
| ach of Henry Huesselman, 5245 Paulina
street. Such a fact is shown by a ska
graph picture developed by Wolfram C.
Fuchs from an X-ray examination Of
Mr.. Huesselman's internal anatomy.
That he has been harboring a second
being within himself has been realized
by Mr.. Huesselman for many years.
When he diagnosed his ase to physi-
clans, surgeons and professors they
laughed at him They said he was suf-
fering from Authorizations.
Monday his belief was confirmed. Pro-
fessor Fuchs had Their developed a sec
cnd skiagraph and it howed plainly the
outline of the guest to which the sick
man has furnished a home and living
for wears. The first X-ray examination
was made w weeks ago. The ska
graph showed the presence of something
foreign to the stomach and as only a
very faint outline could be followed a
second examination was made Saturday
and Wlen JHG ShldSidPh %
the long. slim body of the snake ana
even its head could be easily mace OUT
from its coils in the stomach. NOW the
question is how to get rid OF the unWel-
come occupant. Medical science mas
commended tha it is impossible LOT any
life foreign to the human BODY 10 exist
for any length of time within 1T. There
fore those who have watched anu
studied Mr.. Huesselman's case are COM
,,letely at sea and car not o1er an eA-
PLANTATION. 49,
The case Is a puzzle to scientists VINO
have known of it. 1t is remarkable TOT
It's Irregularities, there being nothing
like II. II ia said, known to n medlcai
world. In 1883 Huesselman, who is an
expert machinist and engineer and mad
lust arrived from Germany; secured
employment at Shamokin, Pa. Whiie
tr.,re he drank we'll water constantly
and now supposes that he swallowed
what is commonly known as a water
snake. which in the light OF a Is
scarcely visible to HI naked eye
ing TO its smallness and olo Not Q
afterward he noticed a slight tickling
sensation in his throat and stomach.
This did not brighten him and he went
for months without giving 1t a serious
thought.
Finally 1t annoyed him so much that
he consulted eastern physicians, and
MANY prescriptions for as many all
ments were given and taken. None fur
nished relief. In 1890 Mr.. Huesselman
became satisfied that he had q snake
for a ledger in his stomach. He was
then engaged in the laundry business
at 365 North Clark street. He con-
suited DIR. Anthony, 465 Dearborn aven-
ue, and told him Of his belief. He says
DR.. Anthony laughed at him. e he
related his story to DR.. Fitzpatrick at
the Chicago avenue ~dispensary. There
again he says he was laughed at, and
snake pronounced an impossible
ity.
He determined then to explain his
trouble before professors and physi-
clans in Germany. He went to that
and again was laughed and
scoffed at. All these men believed he
suffering from dernentia- One
physician doctored him for some time
a cancer in the stomach, but that
afforded TO relief. Then for awhile, he
saws he was treated at the Alexian
Brothers hospital. When he told the
attendants that he had some win
thing in HIS stomach, they, too. smiled
increduously, and said he could not live
IL his statement was true. He told them
the dizzy spells and the choking
sensations he suffered and to humor
him. doses of deadly poisons We're given
by several physicians. He had taken
arsenic, Choral and ether, and even
drank water in which tobacco had
been stepped for days. None OF these
afforded the slightest relief.
Once, he says. he placed yarn IN his
throat and fished for the stranger that
was choking the life out of him. Fin
ally deciding he could secure no relief
nor rid himself of the haNbitant In his
he settled down to starve 1T
to death. He would fast for three or
days at a time and then would be
forced to eat enough to satisfy himself
and the stranger. Then came the x-ray
He went to an expert and
knows what ails him. He drinks
water now thru a strainer.