OCR Text |
Show NOVEL STOMACH PUMP k t Two Lives Saved by Pieces Pat Pork j Tied to Strings. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. IS, A I "stomach pump" made cf two pieces of fat pork tied to strings saved the lives of Ira Boyd and his wife, who were camping near Wr.pwalloppen last night. They had eaten toadstools by mistake for mushrooms and when they were overcome by '.he poiscn there was no emetic at hand. 1 Other campers rushed for the nearest i physician, several miles away, but J. W. Graaf, who remained with them. ! seeing that their condition was serious, Invented the novel ,emetic by making each swillow a piece of pork" attached to a string. |