The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
EN- YORK BOY CONCEALED
CAUSE OF TROUBLE, FEAR.
ING ScoLplNG.
x-Ray Used to Locate obiect-chiId
Suffered Agony for Weeks
Percn.s Thought 1t Tu-
c.,csis.


E'tai 0nsratlons wa per-
farmed IN the Israel Hospital yes
terday A brass headed nail an inch
.nag. located with X-Rays, wfs taken
tl'oN tfie lungs of l2-year-old Jacob
\ a.i er, lr Of No Az Essex street.
The boy uttered intense pain for
Ave weeks and many doctors had
tried in vain TO diagnose his case.
His parents thought he had tuhercr-
ios;s,
| The boy viii be playing with his
icompaniors within day or two, the
doctor at tire hospital say, but re
Iwil' in Tire fntrre be careful not to
| lsWellow nail Far that he would
iae scotied hF lis narnpts caused him
! t9 conceal the cause Of HI; violent
coughing Te WIS near death wnen
his father tcols the lad to the hosp-
tai lat Friday Eer, Francis Huber.
| In charge Of the chlldren's depart
ment, after hearing the history Of his
case, ordered an x-Ray examination.
Concealed II to the Last.
When the little fellow was on op.
Grating table Saturday the doctor
asked him:
Are you sure. Jacob. that you
didn't swallow nail while you were
lplaying with your boy friends?"
No" answered Jacob, Il didn't
swallow any nail"
Sure OF that?'
Sure"
The X-Rays were turned on the lit
lte sufferers body. marked infla-
lmmation of the right lung. 80 great
as TO threatea an abecss. was dis
closed. and imbedded In the center
of the inaamed area was TO be seen
the clear outlines of a. nail such MS
ysed in hanging pictures The
Hight was turned on and the little
fellow was taken from the table
"Why didn't you tell me that You
Swallowed nail, Jacob?e asked Dr.
Huber.
Il was afraid my father would
Iseold me, answered the patient
Ordinarily after the X-Ray picture
Is taken the physicians depend in op-
Grating upon locating the object to
be removed by means of the picture,
but yesterday Dr. Hrber used diff
Iferent method for the first time. He
had the boy taken to the x-f1ay room
on the fourth floor of the in titutlon
and placed on small table. with
the X-Ray tube underneath II. Or.
| l. s. Hirsch. the photographer, took
his place in another room and made
ready to rse the light.
| iii HI h., t,n
where the operation was 10 be 10na
was partition of lead two inches
thick fro protection from the in
tense rays Of the light A small win
dow was in the partition. and placed
in a diagonal position inside this
window was small mirror. BY
means of this mirror DIR. Hirgeh reg
ulated the electrical current in ac-
cordance with DR.. Huber's instruc
tion
The Operation.
When all was ready the boy was
given an anaesthetic and his wind
pipe was opened A Horoscope
screen a sort of range finder. was
placed on the chest of the boy and
by this means Tie location Of the
nail could be plainly seen, Guided
| by the shadow of the N-Rays, a deli
cate long forceps was introduced in
70 the windpipe and down into the
smaller air tubes. The ehadow of
the forceps was seen by the watchers
to advance gradually and touch the
| shallow of the nail In less THAI a
lsecond the nail was being gradrally
drawn from the boys lungs and out
through the windpipe.
DR.. Huber was assisted in the OPP
| Grafton by DR.. Solomon Horowitt, the
house physician. A numheS. of neg
latives were made Of the operation
and his history will be given 10 the
American Academy Of Medicine.
Since the hoy swallowed the mani
his sufferngs have been intense.
Never robust. he lost flesh rapidly.
He had paroxysms Of coughing, which
Irove the nail farther down from the
windpipe and into the lung. He -suf.
|fered intensely from loss of sleep, had
fits of vomiting and failed rapidly.
Within a week afterwards he was
Withdrawn from the school he at.
tended and was under tie care OF
doctor But little Jacob wouldn't tell
even the doctors who were called,
what allied him.