The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-08-16
Prominen, Newspaper Speaks.

er's life. Edward Oman. with neck
dislocated, suffers Paralysis; wagon
wheels passed over his body"
"Gothenburg, Neb., Aug. p
Especial Telegram Edward Oman,
a farmer living near Arnold, forty
miles north of here, few hours ago
fell from his wagon, the wheels pass
ing over his neck and shoulders.
Apparently his neck was broken.
Part of his body was paralyzed. His
head was twisted and immovable and
his jaw set.
Members of the family wired to
DR.. B. j. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa,
and to DR.. Lee w. Edwards of
Omaha who rushed here on the Ov-
erland Limited, then jumped into a
high powered automobile and rushed
out to Arnold and took immediate
charge of the patient.
"When the doctors left Arnold
Oman was much relieved, was able to
turn his head from side to side free
ly, the blood had begun to circulate
and natural feeling was returning
to his arms and body.
"The doctors told Oman that his
neck was not broken, but that two of
the vertebra were subluXated. They
expressed the opinion that he would
recover. He will be brot here and
placed in care of DIR. Slingluff.
Conan is a prominent citizen and
his friends are reioiced at the success
of the race against death"
Another Frantic Race.
Just as we were ready to leave this
home to leisurely take our time
travelling back 40 miles to Gothen-
burg to take any train that happened
along, l was handed another telegram,
which read:
DR.. B. j. Palmer, care H. W. Sling
huff, D. c., Arnold, Nebr.
C. E. Anderson, Sterling, Kansas,
wired. Has patient II years old.
Aortic reorganization. Sick two
months, tongue filling up. Wanted
rates. Wire him rates and advise
his wiring you direct, if terms salts
factory.-F. w. ELLIOTT, D. c.,
Davenport, Iowa.
l then wired DR.. Anderson, as fol
lows:
C. E. Anderson, D. c., Sterling, Kan.
Rates are two hundred dollars a
day and expenses. Time counts when
/ get off one trip and begin another.
Leave tonight for Omaha. Wire me
care DR.. Lee W. Edwards, Omaha.
Can leave Omaha noon tomorrow
and arrive Sterling Friday morning.
Palmer.
Side-tracked.
This changed our plans, We put
- H. 1,r- 1,,ff
nit the high spots to catch an early
train from Gothenburg. THE COLO
40 LIMITED of the Union Paci-
fic was headed east for Omaha which
did not stop at Gothenburg. We wiz
ed Mr.. Murray again at II at night
and not in vain. Within 10 minutes
of sending our wire to Mr.. Murray,
he returned word that this LIMITED
would stop and pick us up for Omaha.
We arrived in Omaha, and had
lunch with the bunch. "hit" the
Missouri Pacific for Kansas City be-
cause DIR. Anderson had madly
driven 80 miles at 2 a. m. from Ster-
ling, Kansas, to Hutchinson, Kansas,
that morning to get to Long Dis
lance telephone which was open to
call Mrs. Edwards to tell me to come
on, that everything was satisfactory.
At noon l telegraphed DR.. C. E.
Anderson, Sterling Kansas, as fol-
lows: >
C. E. Anderson, D. c., Sterling, Kan.
Long distance phone message re-
ceived. Leave this noon for Kansas
City Arrive Sterling three fifty six
Santa Fe Friday morning.-Palmer.
Almost Missed 1t.
We had minutes for changing
at Kansas City to catch No. IL on the
Santa Fe which put me into Sterling
at 3 800 a. m. the next morning. 1t
was RUSH from one train to an
other. Upon arriving | was RUSH
ED IMMEDIATELY to the bedside
Of Mr.. Smyser.
The Second Case Given Up.
This patient was II years old. The
symptoms were those of aortic re-
gurgitation, difficult breathing and
practically dead at times from neu-
ralgic pains in the upper chest. DR..
Anderson had been adjusting H. P.
and Lu. P. for these troubles with
the result that the case had been get
ting worse, had been given up to die
OV PHYSICIANS ana as HOpeleSS ny lne
Chiropractor. was the 18th hour
call.
An examination revealed the fact
J that the case had GENERAL DROP
ISY. That when he was SITTING
ZIP, his heart and lungs were normal
and he suffered none with pain. As
soon as he LAID DOWN, the heart
and lung trouble began and it got
worse the longer he laid until to-
wards morning it was at its worst.
He fully expected to. die any early
morning I think he would. At
one time the case became so desper-
ate that he applied plaster to his
hack, over the region of the lung.
When / saw the back all the skin was
gone and the muscles were so much
raw meat exposed to the air. This
was done to draw away about one
quart of water from the lung cavity
which relieved the case and saved his
life from this one attack. He de-
clsres that. he would have died had
this not been done. This was but
one of the many indications which
proved the nature of the case.
! arrived at the time Of the day "A
a. n.y. when the case was worst. 1t
was simple. that the dropsy of the