New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
A CURE FOR "BLEEDERs."
DR.. Eugene Fuller Uses Thyroid Success
fully.

According to medical statistics, deaths from
hemorrhaees due TO the extraction of tooth or
from some slight wound comparatively rare.
A person who dies who suffers severely from
such cause is. to use an expression common III
medical circles, "a bIee6er." Up to a few months
ago there was nothing known to physicians or
surgeons which would cure this peculiar trouble
1t is now thought. however, that cure mas
been discovered. The credit for this discovery
is due to DR.. Eugene Fuller, who in the last few
years has frequently attracted widespread at
tention by his operations. He is a surgeon con-
nected with the City and the POSTGRADUATE
hospitals. He reported at d meeting of a sec
ton Of the Academy OF Medicine and at an
other meeting of medical men held not long ago
that he had succeeded with the of thyroid
extract in checking profuse hemorrhages in a
lad. Six relatives of the lad had suffered from
this battling disease and had bled to death.
The case Of this lad is considered to be one
of the most interesting of its kind ever re-
ported. He was taken by his father to Dr.
Fuller's clinic, in the Post Graduate Hospital.
last year. He had never been strong. He had
had copious nosebleeds. and at times the nose
bleeds were so severe as to produce alarming
results. On many occasions he had bruised him.
self slightly, and the hemorrhages that followed
made him so weak that he not able to leave
his bed for some days. DR.. Fuller prescrlbeo
the usual remedies for stopping the no" ot
blood The following week a1Ier the boys nFSt
visit TO the clinic the lads father reported that
the hemorrhage continued and that the boy was
too weak to visit the clinic. The father on I,le
next visit said he thought that the boy was oy-
ing Dr. Fuller then decided to prescribe thyrolo
extract and ordered five grains three times
day to be given. a., ,,.
and said that after the second dose al! bieeolns
had stopped and the boy had greatly IhiPIoNtSu:
At the end of another week the father brouShI
no 1ad IN 10
good color and was stronger than he had been
for long time The father also orought 10
not had severe hemorrha ages, he was not ROBUST
and there symptoms that he was pnySl-
oally breaking down. He. too: was Put on 'ie
thyroid extract treatment. The elder lad is
now apparently in good health and is able TO
enjoy vigorous exercise. If he receives slGnt
bruise he does not suffer severe hemorrhages-
DR. Fuller has not yet made a detailed report as
to the condition of the younger boy.
Dr. Fuller also reported at the meetings that
he had used the thyroid extract successfully III
another case.
The report of this discovery was printed in
the latest issue of The Medical News. In MS
report DR.. Fuller says:
to determine the value of thyroid in this & ce9nefton
appaFentIv Succeeded is very typicai and pro
nounced one of its kind Such cases are very rare.
self lifetime to encounter half dozen such, This
one report or f0n % give & the a 1 Poay rv
TO aid in the determination of the etioogy and the
close relationship that exists between hemophiIia
and the other defective conditions over which the
secretion of this gland has control.
The case of the motorman employed by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. who bled to
death after the extraction of a tooth about a
year ago. is recalled by this treatment The
man was giant in strength. About month
previous to the time of the extraction of the
tooth he suffered several slight hemorrhages
Several days after the tooth pulled he
visited a number of physicians in the hope that
they would be able to check the hemorrhage
They were unable to stop the flow of blood
The man gradually became powerless from loss
of blood, and died about six days after the tooth
extracted