The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-17
Braddock, Pa, Man Drinks
Hydrochloric Acid by
Mistake.
Slowly Starving When Doc
tors and Science Come
to His Aid.
Increases His Weight 81
Pounds in Few Months
by Artificial Means.

-PITTSBURG. Jan. 17-Chris Winter is
marvel 10 The profession or the med
zeal fraternity OF Allegheny county.
Virtually given up BY physicians as
dead months ago and with apparently
no hope OF saving his life he submitted
10 one of the most remarkable surgical
operations ever attempted, and is now
on the road 10 recovery. For months he
has been fed through a funneI-shaped
arrangement attached directly 10 his
stomach. From a mere skeleton he has
developed into a rotund and portiy in
dividuaL
Winter is a well-known resident OF
Braddoek- One night last summer he
was seized with a sudden Illness. He
made a dash for the bathroom for A
bottle Of medicine. Instead OF the nedi-
cine he grabbed bottle or hydrochloric
acid and took a large draught OF fl
de then fell TO the floor In commissions
Members OF the household rushed him
10 Braddock Hospital There physicians
said he would surely die. Admissions
rapidly followed, due to the eaustic
properties Of the poison. A eompleta
structure OF the esophagus ensued- Win
Ter was unable 10 swallow food. II was
impossible for even liquid nourishmeDt
10 pass through the aliInentarv canal
He was slowly, but surely. starving -
death. He lost sixty-one pounds In a
few weeks.
Case of Life or Death.
II was at this critical iuncture that
DIT. Mark Baldwin was called in for
consultation. DR.. Baldwin advised an
operation which was desperate in the
extreme. Winter was advised OF IT'S
seriousness. With him ii was a cas-. OF
life or death without any hesitsncv
he agreed to allow DR.. Baldwin n
operate An tncision almost a foot ana
a half in length was made along the
medium line. There the stomach vas
exposed % view. This organ was with
drawn and then carried upward and at
tached 10 the inner membrane OF the
thoraoic cavity. directly over the heart.
A hard rubber tube was inserted. To
thls was attached a funnel arrange
ment Winter was then informed by the
physicians that he could go ahead ana
eat The only restriction that was
placed upon him was that he should not
swallow. He Immediately got busy
steaks, chops. eggs. roast beef and an
the delicacies OF the season were or
dered by him in profusion for a few
days. The patient would simply masti
cate the food and then drop IL into the
funnel AS Is well known 10 physiolog-
teal students, the digestive ferments OF
the stomach become active primarily bv
the thought OF food and its mastication
and flow freely.
Result Was Marvellous.
The result OF the operation was mar
velous- From skeleton Winter began
TO develop, and inside of few months
he increased in weight over thirty-one
pounds. His digestion is now perfect,
and 10 all intents he is a perfect man,
ONLY he cannot swallow.
Another incisi0n viii be made and an
instrument forced through the adhe-
sicns. The stomach will then be de-
tached from the ribs and placed in its
normal location. From the hospital off,
cials last night IL was stated that Win
ter VIII undoubtedly recover and he
as a in Fa