The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-16
KENOSHA VET IN
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Earl B. Jacobsen Nearly
Bleeds to Death i'm Uni
versity Hospital.
MOUTH Is SEALED

Earl b. Jacobsen, % years o. age, q
son of Bernard M. Jacobsen, truancy
officer of the Kenosha schools, and one
of the Kenosha men who saw long and
honorable service in the late World
versity hospital at Urbana, Ill. Jacob
sen for over week has had the care
Of the best medical experts in the
country in an effort to save him from
bleeding to death. In order to stop
the fow of blood, which followed the
jaws of the young man have been
sealed with plaster of paris cast and
his gums have been sewed together.
1t is declared that the most heroic
measures known to the medical and
surgical science have been taken to
save the life Of this Kenosha ex-
servfee man. Mrs. Bernard Jacobsen,
mother of the suffering young man, is
constantly at his bedside and letters
from her this morning brought new
hope thai the battle would be VIM
ming one.
Bleeds Two Nights and Days.
Young Jacobsen came into state of
complete exhaustion after blood had
continued to flow from his gums and
mouth for more than AS hours. 1t
was then that the surgeons decided to
seal up his mouth with plaster cast
and several casts had to be made be-
fore one could be kept in place. Be-
fore the plaster was applied to his
mouth and jaws, the gums had been
sewed up by surgeons and even then
the blood rushed through the gums
and broke through the cast Of plaster.
The young man is in state Of COM
plete exhaustion and while the blood
still continues to be a menace, the re-
port today indicated that the physi-
clans attending him were hopeful that
the battle to stop the flow of it had
been won,
Served With the Navy.
Earl Jacobsen was one of the first
of the Kenosha boys to get into the
navy after the call for volunteers and
as an engineer he was assigned for
service on one of the United States
submarine chasers. For two years he
had the excitement of service. When
he was sent home, it was found that
the exhaust gases of the engine room
had permeated his whole system. As
soon as he recovered a little of his
strength, he applied to the government
for vocational education and he was
sent to the University of Illinois. The
infection Of the gas first showed itself
in an infection of the lungs and it was
feared that the young man was suffer
ing from tuberculosis. When the lungs
were cleared after long treatment the
physicians discovered unmistakable
signs of Bright's disease and in order
to fight this disease it was decided two
weeks ago that he would have to have
two teeth extracted.
staggers Back to Fraternity House.
lie went to dentist and when the
teeth were removed the blood flowed
freely from the cavities. He started
for his home at the Phi Kappa Phi
fraternity house and staggered into his
room exhausted. A short time later
he was removed to the hospital and
although everything known to the sci
ence of medicine was done to stop the
bleeding the blood continued to flow
from the cavities for two days and
two nights. Then the surgeons de-
eided on the heroic measure of sealing
up the mouth of the young man. It is
expected that he will be forced to wear
the plaster cast for weeks to make
certain that there will not be a return
of the hemorrhages.
Physicians seem to be agreed that
the condition of young Jacobsen is the
direct result Of the inhaling of the
fumes Of the gasoline in the engine
room of the submarine chaser. They
declare. that they are hopeful of his
complete recovery in time.