Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1877 — A Snake in the Stomach. [ARTICLE]

A Snake in the Stomach.

Ok Wednesday of last week the wife of a prominent citizen of Jackson discharged a snake, that, for some time previous, had made its abode in her stomach. The reptile was ten inches long and is large around as the third finger of a man’s hand of ordinary size. It was in a decaying condition when expelled, and appeared as if decomposition had been going on for some time. It was unquestionably a genuine snake, well defined as to head, eyes, mouth, in fact a sure-enough snake out and out. -, The lady is fifty-seven years old, and for nearly half that period has been the victim of dyspepsia, the disease fluctuating, at times leaving her comparatively well, then again entirely prostrated. Since Christmas she has been confined to her room, most of the time in hud. For six months previous to the expulsion of the reptile she contended with her physician ana the members of her family that there was a snake in her stomach. She could feet It crawling about, could detect a spiral motion at times, as if coiling and uncoiling itself. The reptile was always more lively In its movements a short time after food had passed into the stomach, at these times changing its position rapidly, and causing the victim the .most unpleasant sensations of both mind and body—producing nausea, heartburn, and a slight distension of the stomach.— Jadoon (Tmn.) (ks. *