Nourished Through Her Skin.
5 ivl iss AiTnie Cole, a young woman Hying in 'Clay-fetVecl, riear? - Jcflefeoii/ died ' the other day after a protracted illness, having been nourished for several months preceding her death "through the pores of her : skin. The cose is an extremely unusual < | one, and has attracted considerable attention. Some time ajro, when it was found impossible to administer nourishment to tho invalid through the usual channel, every device was resorted to that she might be saved from death by starvation. The stomach rejected all food and even the liquid gruels and other substances which were introduced did not remain iii the stomach long 1 enough to impart nourishment. Miss Cole was .emaciated .and on the point of death when the attending physician noticed that the i action of tho pores of the skin waei normally healthy. At> half of the digestible matter is emitted through the. pores of the skin, an ellbrb was made to introduce nourishment in that wny. A mixture of oil and gren«e was composed and applied externally. The heated «kin rapidly ab&orbed the nutriment, and the patient showed signs of renewed vigour. After each of these applications the skin-was carefully cleaned, and in this way Mi.ys Colo lived. — ' Pall Mall I Gazette.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 324, 12 December 1888, Page 6
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210Nourished Through Her Skin. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 324, 12 December 1888, Page 6
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