Surviving A Severed Throat

íjouis (j. Liouaenski, a Hebrew, who liad his throat cut and survived tho injury, is at present in Buffalo. His siory is one of thrilling interest. In February, 1877, Loudenski, with a party of men, was crossing the rnountains in Roumanii, aiid had a lange sum of monoy with him, A band of robbers attacked che party and cut their throats. Loudenski was the fourth man whose throat was cut; but his windpipe f.nd cos-ophagus alone were severed, while the jugular vein was unharined. As he showed signs of life the robbers placed a rope around his neck and hangeii him to a tree. Ordinarily this would have produced death in a short time; but owing to the severed windpipe Loudenski still breathed through the aperture, and the ropo did not strangle him. After hanging forty-eight hours he was discoverecl and cut down. He was removed to Vienna, where Frofessor Scbraeder sucoeeded succeeded in effecñng what is almost a cure. From Vienna he has travelled about the world, being exhibited at different medical colleges. Loudenski is twonty-eight yorrs old, about five feet tall, has a sallow complexion, and wejghs 105 pounds. His weight before he reeeived the injüry was 172 pounds. In his throat half an iuch below the Adam's apple, is an orífice proving the truth of his story. In this is a tube which ho closes when hc wants to speak, but otherwise he inhales air ciiieily through the hole in his throat Dr. S. H Warren, who examined the man carefully, described his wound as follows: "An incisión was made across the throat from the inner sido of both jugular veins which cxtends to the carotid artery, severing tho trachea or bronchial tubes. Tbrbugh the orifico can be secn the vocal chords, larynx.and j; __ i__i t_ ¦ i . ¦ ¦ uiverging tuoes. Lrouuenski, at his pleasuro can show the action of glottis in respiration- somethins; never beforo behcld by surgeons in a living subject." He breathes through a tube threeeighlhs of an iuch in diameter, which curves downward. He lives mainly on liquidfood, beingunableto digest gross food. Loudeuski sniokes eonsiderably, having been advisedto do so by Professor Schraeder. He puffs cigarettes and exhales the smoke through the hole in his neck. The glottis, through disuse, has almost closed up; and every night Loudenski places in his throat an instrument weighing about four oimces, resembling a sevving-niaehine shuttle, lts size is ïncrea.scd from time to limo. Wo all dread a bodily paralysis, and would niake use of every contrivanco to avoid it, but none of us is troubled aboutaparalysio of the soul.