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Show Blood Was of a Chocolate Color Bemarkablo Condition Found by Medical Men in a Now York Hospital. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Yesterday a woman died in the Presbyterian hospital hospi-tal from a disorder, tho nature of which was not known, and Coroner's Physician Physi-cian O'Hanlon was called to make an autopsy because the physicians were utterly at oca. Dr. O'Hanlon found that the blood In the body, Instead of being red dark, was of a chocolate color, and that every organ had been stained a similar hue. So remarkable was this condition regarded re-garded by medical men that doctors were summoned from different parts of the city to see If they could furnish an explanation. Not one had ever seen or heard of such a condition before. Could Not Diagnose Caso. The woman was known as Kate Leary and was about GO years old. Shn was unconrclous when taken to tne Hospital. Her pulse was extremely rapid, but weak, and the pupils of the eyes had contracted. Her extremities twitched convulsively. No physician at the hospital hos-pital could diagnose the care. She died one hour after reaching the hospital without regaining consciousness. Every Drop Chocolate Color. "I have performed over 7000 autopsies," autop-sies," said Dr. O'Hanlon, "but never before be-fore have I seen nnythlng like this case. Every drop of blood in this body was of a dark chocolate color, and every organ was stained brown. There was no perceptible per-ceptible thickening of the blood, and it was without clots. Mixture of human blood with chlorate of potassium would turn the blood brown, but not a dark chocolate color." Dr. Sully, clinical pathologist at the Presbyterian hospital, examined rome of the blood under a microscope but no chlorate of potassium was visible. |