Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-23

'"a, a pressure ooa', WIN six PERSIA.
on board, was capsized yeslerds.
ternoon, durisg the tremendous .o, 81
with which we were visited. o.nf IAN
Mr.. Littlejohn's hotel, and all on NC
persisted! A number of persons ws,
on the shore, in sight. but for war, &c
a boat could not render assistance =.
the unfortunate sufferers. Two mso
in fishing boat, in their anxety -
reach them, broke one OF their oars "
We have heard ihe names of bat ,wo
of these drowned: Mr.. Smith. tavern
keeper, in Bond street, f. P. and b;s
son. about eight years Of age. One
of the men was seen struggling for TX
or 90 minutes after the boa. cspsized.
Chronicle
From The Baltimore american
Tight LdciRg We noticed shors
time ago the occurrence of case AZ
sudden death in this city, oecasioneA
by tight lacing. The Vermont Jour.
nal Of the 4,b of July contains a com.
municalion from DR. Palmer, which
gives tho distressing particulars sttep.
ding The death. of Mrs. 8 of tina,
town. aged l8, which was produced
by tight lacing, causing an abscess 10
form near the pit OF the stomach, which
burst internally. DR. p obtained Der.
mission to open the body. In The chest
the left lung was shrivsIled 10 lbs
thickness of ene's finger. and its spon.
gy structure destroyed so as TO be-
wholly unified for bearing a part in
the process Of respiration. Its degen.
Grafton of structure was wha. pbsi.
clans designate by the term hepotiza.
ton
There were extensive adhesions Of
the stomach and liver 10 the surround.
ing parts. The circumstance in this
case which led 10 my giving il publ
city, was its exciting cause; which, |
have DO doubt, YVES the tight dress worn
by the patient previous TO, and after
the commencement Of her sickness
This is rendered nearly certain by The
fact that she bad never been seriously
indisposed ustil the period when my
account Of her case commences; and
-thar none Of those appearances were
detected in the lungs, which aecompa.
ny consumptive disease. It'll further
in proof of The same fact, that notwith.
standing the extensive ravages Of dis.
ease, the constitution steadily resists
any participation of the local affection;
thai there was no fever at the com.
Anencement, and very little at any peri.
cd; and that not Of The becticaI kind;
and that the body was not more ema.
ciaied then it probably would be from
an equal abstinence from food in
state Of health
Thus was the life. forfeited, and a.
ii were insured by one OF the most
vigorous constitutions, MrO,Un awos
in obedience TO the dictates of fashion.
The cases of lingering disease, Of
slowly proiractrd yet certain death
from the same cause, are almost Of
daily occurrence. Many Of our finest
female faces are seen for a few weeks
at Church, growing gradually paler,
then we find them a. bsme with their
cheeks sutfused with the hectic flush,
and the krenly Intelligent eye that tells
of fbe fire that is consuming within;
and seon we are told that the cen.
sumption has secured its victim.
Very many Of these cases 4 have
traced in improPrieties in ihs mode Of
dress; but it has never occurred to me
10 witness any other case in which
death was produced by this cause 50
suddenly as IN Inc one l have row
described. DAVID PALMER.
IreVord, June 22, 1929.
From the Sag Harbor Correcter OF June IL.
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