William_Henry_Harrison
Mutuwa da jana'iza
Mutuwar Harrison, Afrilu 4, 1841 Ranar 26 ga Maris, 1841, Harrison yayi rashin lafiya tare da alamun sanyi. Likitansa, Dr. Thomas Miller, ya ba da hutu; Harrison bai iya hutawa da rana ba don taron jama'a a Fadar White House, kuma a wannan daren ya zaɓi maimakon karɓar baƙi tare da abokan sojojinsa. Washegari, an kame shi da sanyi yayin taron majalisar zartarwa kuma an kwantar da shi; zuwa safiyar ranar 28 ga Maris yana da zazzabi mai zafi, a lokacin ne aka kirawo wasu gungun likitoci don yi masa magani. Ka'idar da ta yadu a lokacin ita ce rashin lafiyarsa ta samo asali ne sakamakon rashin kyawun yanayi a bikin rantsar da shi makonni uku da suka gabata. Wasu kuma sun lura cewa a cikin 'yan kwanakinsa na farko a ofis, Harrison da kansa ya yi tafiya da safe don sayan kayan masarufi (da saniyar madara ga Fadar White House) a kasuwannin Washington, tare da yanayin har yanzu yana sanyi kuma kasuwannin a tsakiyar filayen. (Ya ƙare yawo da safe bayan masu neman ofis sun fara bin sa zuwa kasuwanni.Da zaran likitocin suka kwantar da shi a kan gado suka kwance shi, sai suka gano shi da cutar ciwon huhu na huhu ta dama, kuma suka sanya kofuna masu zafin jiki a jikinsa kuma suka yi jerin gwanon jini don fitar da cutar. Waɗannan hanyoyin sun kasa kawo ci gaba, don haka likitocin suka yi masa magani da ipecac, man castor, calomel, mustard plaster, kuma a ƙarshe tare da dafaffiyar cakuda ɗanyen mai da Virginia maciji. Duk wannan ya kara raunana Harrison kuma likitoci sun yanke shawarar cewa ba zai warke ba. Jama'ar Washington sun lura da rashin halaccinsa daga ɗayan majami'un biyu da ya halarta a ranar Lahadi, Maris 28. Da farko, ba sanarwa a hukumance da aka yi game da rashin lafiyar Harrison, wanda ya iza jita-jitar jama'a da damuwa tsawon lokacin da ya kasance ba ya ganin jama'a. A karshen wata, dimbin jama’a sun taru a wajen fadar ta White House, suna ta zulumi yayin jiran wani labari game da halin da shugaban ke ciki, wanda sannu a hankali ya kara ta’azzara yayin da lokaci ya wuce. Harrison ya mutu a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1841, kwanaki tara bayan rashin lafiya kuma daidai wata daya bayan shan rantsuwar ofis; shi ne shugaban kasa na farko da ya mutu a kan mulki. Jane McHugh da Philip A. Mackowiak sun yi nazari a cikin Clinical Infectious Diseases (2014), suna nazarin bayanan Dr. Miller da bayanan da suka nuna cewa samar da ruwa a Fadar White House ya kasance yana da tushe daga najasa, kuma sun yanke shawarar cewa watakila ya mutu ne sanadiyyar tashin hankali saboda "zazzabin ciki" (taifod ko zazzabin paratyphoid). Kalmominsa na ƙarshe sun kasance ne ga likitan da ke kula da shi, kodayake ana tsammanin an ba da shi ne ga Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa John Tyler: Yallabai, ina fata ka fahimci ainihin manufofin gwamnati. Ina fata a aiwatar da su. Ba ni tambayar komai. An fara zaman makoki na kwanaki 30 bayan mutuwar shugaban. Fadar White House ta dauki bakuncin shagulgula daban-daban na jama'a, wanda aka tsara bayan al'adun jana'izar masarautar Turai. An kuma gudanar da taron jana'izar ne kawai a ranar 7 ga Afrilu a cikin East Room na Fadar White House, bayan haka aka kawo akwatin gawar Harrison zuwa makabartar Congressional da ke Washington, DC inda aka sanya shi a cikin Gidan Jama'a. Solomon Northup ya ba da labarin jerin gwanon a Shekaru goma sha biyu bawa. Washegari aka yi babban gasa a Washington. Rurin igwa da kararrawar kararrawa sun cika iska, yayin da gidaje da yawa suka kasance a rufe da katako, kuma tituna sun kasance baƙi da mutane. Yayin da rana ta ci gaba, jerin gwanon ya bayyana, yana zuwa a hankali ta hanyar Avenue, karusa bayan karusar, a cikin dogon zango, yayin da dubbai dubbai suka bi ta ƙafa-duk suna motsawa zuwa sautin kiɗan mara daɗi. Suna ɗauke da gawar Harrison zuwa kabarin. Na tuna sosai yadda gilashin taga zai farfashe ya yi kasa, bayan kowane rahoto na igwa suna harbe-harbe a makabartar. A waccan watan Yuni, an kawo gawar Harrison ta jirgin kasa da kuma gabar ruwa zuwa North Bend, Ohio, kuma an binne shi a ranar 7 ga Yuli a cikin kabarin dangi a taron na Mt. Nebo yana kallon Kogin Ohio wanda a yanzu shine William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial.