The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-16
CATFISH STING
VERY PAINFUL
Horn in Mans Foot Caused all kinaa
of Trouble Until Operation Was
Performed to Re-
move II.
LIKE PIECE OF FLINT
Don't Kick Four Foot Fish In the
Head Before 1t Is Dead IN
less You Are Inviting
Trouble.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Oct. 16.--After
carrying the horn Of catfish in his
foot for eighteen months Lou Rey-
nolds had it removed by DIR. Spencer
at st. Luke's hospital.
1t was vicious looking piece of
bone which DR.. Spencer found after
operating on Mr.. Reynolds foot. 1t
was fully an inch long, hard as flint,
and with barbs that were sharp as
needles. The little trouble maker had
lodged between the third joint of the
middle toe and the long bone of the
foot and was in just the one particu-
lar place where 1t would cause the
most discomfort.
Mr.. Reynolds Is member OF the
team of TexHna and Reynolds, who
have played with all the great wild
west shows on this continent They
have played in vaudeville and have
been seen at the Majestic here In
their short shooting act.
Mr.. Reynolds states that year ago
last May he was fishing off the pier
at Ft. Myers, Florida He was having
great luck catching cat fish of all
siezs and weights He caught one bic
fellow about four feet long. He yank
ed him out with a pull and the big
fellow was Hopping around on the
l-planks making a great fuss. MIR. Rey
fnolds gave him side-long kick will
his foot and the old fellow took occa
sion to shove his horn in Mr.. Rey
nolds foot
1T burned like needle" said Mr.
Reynolds. Never in the history oil
undressing did any person take their
shoe off quicker than I did. do not
remember of unlacing it, After ! go
the shoe off and saw the blood I al
most tainted. The pain was terrible
| danced and waved my shoe around
The catfish was still Hopping about
AS though in dream ! just beat an
pounded him over the head with tha
shoe. | laugh now to think of it.
Il could not sit still. 1t was jus
one fearful, nerve racking pain afte
another in the foot | have had tootl
aches and headaches but nothing tha
ever approached that pain in volum
and strength.
There was little blood, not muc
though. That night l had great dei
of trouble getting shoe on. Fror
that day / never knew What peace {
mind was. ! suffered all the torment
Of the damned. | would wake up
/ the night with that burning, itchin
sensation in my foot that almos
drove me frantic at times.
I Mr. Reynolds states that at on
time he managed to get piece {
bone out, but not all of it. He paid
visit to doctors all over the countr
just for relief but did not get it, Th
trouble was discovered with an x-ra
photograph of the foot. There tn
little piece of foreign substance wa
discovered and Dr. Spencer ordere
him to the hospital where, with tn
assistance of DR.. Jarvis it was re
moved after an operation that spli
Mr. Reynolds foot almost in tw
pieces. Mr. Reynolds was moved t
his homo yesterday
at was cne of the most remarkabl
cases in my practice" said DR.. Spel
GER in speaking of it. The peculia
shape of the prong and the barbs o
, it caused it to travel from the plac
where it entered on the side of HI
foot to where it finally lodged unde
the bone Had ii not lodged again'
the bone it would probably have pas
!, ed entirely through the foot and NJ
caused nearly so much trouble.