The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-16

; The story of the adventure and
death of Ludvic Ehrmanntraut is a
story of the desperate length that
two Jealous and hate inspired men
will go in order to wreck a cOmpet-
ing institution and to discredit
brother doctor.
1t is an almost unbelievable story
of unethical behavior and unprofes-
sional practice ever occurring in the
annals of medical practice: a story of
premeditated design to ruin, wreck
and blight-for low personal greed
and gain.
1t is a story of malicious slander
beyond the ken Of ordinary man.
THE STORY
Ludvic Ehrmanntraut, who resides
in Canada about twenty miles north of
Outlook, on farm, who has been all
ing for some time. was brought to
Outlook last Thursday afternoon by
his wife and relatives and taken to
the Outlook Community Hospital, and
placed under the care of DR.. Sam
Faucet and the nurses. Ehrman-
traut was in a very serious condition.
He could not stand up and he could
not straighten up. He groaned with
horrible pains in his abdominal cavi-
ty. Beads of perspiratiOn stood upon
his forehead. Dr.. Faucet immediate
ly diagnosed the case as appendicitis.
The unfortunate man was placed in
! bed and gotten ready for an operation.
! The wife and relatives were informed
that the case was a very serious one.
DR.. Fawcett sent for Dr. Healey of
! F'laxville to come over to assist him
in the operation and DR.. Healey ar
rived Friday morning about ten
o'clock and administered the anesthet-
ic, while DR.. Fawcett assisted by
graduate nurse, Miss Houg, proceed
ed with the operation. The incisiOn
was made and the dotcOr found a
remarkable and surprising condition.:
! he found several adhesions. a tum-
erous growth and the presence of
much puS among the intestines. The
doctors held a hurried consultation
and DIR. Fawcett, who is a graduate
of Columbia Medical College of the
class of 1908, and Columbia is one of
the four Class "a" institutions in
| America, who has served his intern
/ in big New York hospitals, who has
been a surgeon for twenty years, sew
! eral years of which was in the United
States service, and months of which
was in the American expeditionary
| forces in France next to the firing
| line, and who had performed more OPP
erations than the Plentywood small
/ town doctors, have ever seen before
these gentlemen were out of the
third rate medical colleges in which
they were educated, decides that an
operation in the circumstances meant
sure death for the patient. for to cut
| into the bowels in such circumstances,
! said DR.. Fawcett meant the scattering
of the poison through the system and
the murder of the patient. The doc
| tors then, did, Dr.. Fawcett says, the
| only thing to do, and that was to
/ clean out the bowels as we'll as could
be done, put in drains and sew up the
! incisiOn and wait until the condition
had changed and cleared sufficiently
/ to allow further operations. This
was done. The relatives were in
/ formed Of the serious condition of the
/ patient, according to the statements
of DR.. Fawcett: they were told the
man had only about chance in three
of recovering, but that in his opinion
after about ten days, if the patient
lived and grew stronger. he could
then go in and remove the cancer or
tumor and see what else could be
DONE
The patient was put under treat
ment and the care Of competent
nurses. Saturday morning he show
ed Improvement. At noon the doctor
was encouraged by his condition. At
300 o'clock when the doctor called
the patient was sleeping and his tenn
perature was normal. Everybody was
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