Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-17

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| floor In great. agony: his brother coming
| with him, enquired what was the mat
ter; the history which received OF his
case was as follows? 6 They were together
/ in the evening, being sunset and dark, set
ting up corn tops in the field, which had
been cut and lying on the ground two days.
| While they were employed, James felt a
/ severe sting on the right shoulder; he i'm
medately put up his hands, and fboggdt
he brushed off large spider. He was
much incommoded BY pain, but continued
al work until dark; they then went to the
house, and after sitting few minutes he
fell like sting on the same arm, a little
above the elbow; he rubbed again with his
hand but felt nothing they had no can
!. de, and By fire light they could not disco
/. yer what gave the sting. 81 this time the
first wound became considerably more
painful, and very accute PAIN at some times
down the spine. HesupPoses it was about
half an hour from the time he felt the last
wound, that the pain in the small OF his
! back was extreme it increased SO rapidly
that he determined to endeavour to gctto
my house (about mile distant) in order
to apply for relief. When they were about
half way, as they walked briskly along,
James complained ola great weakness in
his back, and in a few minutes was unable
to keep himself erect, and fell PROSTATE On
the ground His brother (being stout
strong map) took him On his back and
bro,, III ~, 'to nav bouee
/" When frs. came to him, his pulse
was hurried, but not tense all his COM
plant was his back. | requested him to
sit up, but he was unable to rise, and was
not still a moment +; we helped him up and
he could not support himself with his body
erect. The first medicine made use OF
was bout a half a pint of new milk and
two table spoonfuls of the juice of green
plantain mixed, which he drank a poultlce
| of bruised onions and common salt was
then put to the wounds, which upon exam
! ination found to be little swelled, about
the size of dollar, and in the centre a
purple speck as large as pins head.
g L waited half an hour, bat there was no
mitigation in his pain and weakness, |
| then repeated the milk and plantain juice,
| and waited three quarters OF an hour with
| out any relief. He then complained of
severe pain in his belly, which in about
| ten minutes extended to the stomach. His
complaints now were very great; and to use
| his own expressions, |" his stomach was
| drawn up into small knot" | was at a
loss what to do; his agony appeared great
er than ever saw man suffer.
g After a few minutes recoIletted i. was
! DR.. Mead's opinion g that all animal poi(ons
were acid, = and dill believing that lis fniferings
were occaGoned by the bite of fpider, rs / have
| fevcraI times heard Tome OF the fame fymptoms
| fpoken of as attendant on pefloDs who were
/ known to be bitten OF flung by lpider; like
| wife l have very oflen feen large fpiders under
| corn tops, that have lain on the ground for feve
| raj days; and his cafe appeared desperate, de-.
ternined to Try the effttt OF an al&aH taken into
the itomach, therefore mixed forty grains of faIs
! of tartar, l.. DIS mach water as would dfoive il,
and gave him to drink, liiewfe wafhyd the
/ WOUNDS with Rrong 1lutlon Of falt of tartar
| In fifteen minutes he laid his fomach and wounds
| were little ealer waited half an hear,
when the cfamp IN the Romsch increaied find
| ing no. Inconvenience from the large dofs of fat
| OF tartar given, gave him repeating dofc of
| forty grams, which entirely removed the e..
! in the itom4thin twenty minutes.
Th.re were now omc intervals OF cafe, Of fhor,
duration the pain and weakness in ,he tack was
| fill very diarfiing at times AT half paR IL
o'clock, oblersed that he was relieved in
| fone n.e4fuse, and in times Of eaft, wa:ch
now frequently occurred for FIVE minutes !. 6
zine, he was difpofed to fleep, gas hm
/ h,m 40 drops OF laudanum. At - I found
key Acep, therefore leaving 70 dlcps of lsuda