Dr. C, E. Forkner, of the PLUME., in charge of the patient and the trip has the help of eight Chinese nurses and two American nurses who came out to China recently for this cate. The large party also includes Aitictans, electricians, and a number of other specialists besides Mtr. Snite Me. William Alston, chief engineer of the PLUME, is accompanying the troup as far as Japan to make sure that the mechanical and electrical arrangements are as they should be. has been a long struggle since the 26-year-old American was stricken infantile paralysis fourteen months ago while on a world cruise In the s, Empress of Britain. He has been as near to death as possible without dying but his condition has shown some signs of improvement. Wiis family hopes that in a medical centro such as Chicago where there are many specialists in this disease that something may be worked out to help the young man.
No expense whatever is being spared by the patient's wealthy father to secure the best possible treatment for his only son. His wealth secured largely in Chicago by financing vari. ous sorts of projects is much needed Jat the present time. The cost of the trip from Peiping to Shanghai by. train was roughly U.S. $10,000.
Tense Minutes Alt was tense for three-and-a-half minutes on June 6 as the life of a young man hung in the balance, But the dangerous moments passed with out mishap and to-day Mr. Fred Snite, relatively safe within his dependable "iron lung" is speeding across the sea towards San Francisco, Chicayo and home in the s. President Coolidge.
Flawlessly, every detail of the hazardous trip from the General Hospital to the steamer was carried out with much of Shanghai's popu lation ooking on in wonder. Although infinite care was applied throughout the journey which began noon and lasted until 340 pam, the most eritina! stage was reached 1 o'clock when the yourg patient wag taken out of the protecting ey~
"This important stage was reached when the Dollar teader ¢rew alongside the steamer moore st buoys 11 and 12, The patient, worse brea thing is self-suMeient only up to Ave minutes, was taken out of the "lung" and placed on a stretcher, which was carried with. deliberation, and yet maximum speed, up the gangway.
With his father, mother and sisier ooking on anxiously, the young man was given "shots" of alr at regular intervals as the stretcher went up the gangway and up the stairs of the ship to "B" deck, to stateroom 115 where safety lay in the shape of Anxious Moments "Down, down, down, down. called the doctor and at each order the bellows were pumped down by hand, foreing the breath of life into paralyzed Tungs, Eventually. the pro cession reached the cabin, just three-endea-half minutes having lapsed between the withdrawal from one "lun and the insertion into the other.
Very much present were men of the Shanghai River Police who held hands in forming a cordon to keep Interested people on the ship at a Feasonable distance from the" little recession, which consisted of the patient on his stretcher, Dr.
Forkner, four nurses, all wearing medical masks, and the members of {the crew carrying the stretcher, Over the patient's mouth and nose was placed tne rubber_mouth-piece fof the resuscitator. It was taken off and put on again at intervals, the Patient fling his jaw hungrily at tines. The bed of the tung on which he was placed, on reaching the cabin, was slid into the cylinder ike a drawer and the perilous period was over. The tenseness was gone and Smiling relief took its place.
Early in the morning, crowds began collecting at the General Hospital and waited patiently until noon. The garden of the hospital was cleared by the police at 11 o'clock, the people being moved outside the gates.
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