Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1904 — Kernel of Corn In Throat. [ARTICLE]

Kernel of Corn In Throat.

There has just been another case in this county of a little child getting an obstrnotion in its throat, whioh was almost exaotly a parallel case to that of the little Pettit ohild, of near Parr, whioh lost its life from a graiu of ooffee in its wind-pipe. This other case was a two year old infant son of Wm. Whitehead, a farmer who lives very close to stoutsburg station, in Wheatfield township. The baby was seen from its notions to have got some foreign substanoe in its wind-pipe, Tuesday morning. Drs. Veuch, of Wheatfield, and Rice, of DeMotte, were oalled. They found the ohild in a very serious oondition, end gradually stranglingl to death so much so that its Skin was turning blue. They oalled up a Rensselaer physician, in the middle of the night, by telephone, and he advised an operation as soon as it oould be done, and by the request of the DeMotte and Wheatfield dootors, he went up and performed the operation Wednesday forenoon, Drs. Rice and Veuoh assisting. It was necessary to open the trachea, or wind-pipe, and very low down at that, and even then the obstruction couldhot be reached until it was raised by suction, within reach of the physician’s foroeps. It was then removed, and found to be an unusually large kernel of 00m. The baby nearly died from strangulation, from blood, but was saved by artificial respiration. — n l * *- , 1 After that the baby oame out from under tffie ohloroform and rallied finely and in less than an hour was talking gaily to its mother. The physioians think its ohances for recovery are excellent. The advantage it has over the little Pettit ohild is that the substance has not been in its throat so lonjf and has thus caused less injury and inflammationThis, in all probability, is the first time such an operation has ever been performed in Jasper oounty. *