Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-30

such as local and general bleeding, cathar
tics, &c.
Very littlorelief was obtained from rem.
edies until the 9th day Of my attendance
when an abscess which had been FORMING
near the pit Of the stomach burst internal.
~. and WINS discharged by vomiting.
learned by this time that my patient was
in the habit Of tight facing, and was now
informed that she had, some time before.
ridden ten miles on horseback, witIra s,il
wooden corsett lOshcd 10 the chest, with
its lower end projecting against tho stom-
acll +; that she was attacked with a vomit-
ing Of blood tho following day, and that
her symptoms had continued TO increase
from that period. The vomiting of mat
ter was attended with temporary mitigO-
ton Of her complaints, and some hopes
were entertained Of her recovery: but on
visiting her on the 9th of June, found tho
soreness and and swelling at the pit Of tho
stomach had returned j; attended with great
distress, anxiety, restlcssness, &c. Bis
tering, leechcs, and other usual remedies
were now had recourse to, and persevered
in vigorously, bat without tho effect even
of alternating her distress. Largo doses of
opium were now our only resource, and
they afforded but short lived respite from
her sufferings, which had become dread
fully severe, and were only terminated by
her death, which took place on the morn
ing Of the 10th. ...
permission was given mo to open the
body which ! proceeded to do, assisted
by my friend, DR.. Kcndrick, 12 hours af-
ter her death.
The following are the principal of the
morbid appearances. In tho chest, tho
left lung shrivelled to the thickness Of ones
finger, and its spongy structure destroyed
so as to be wholly unified for bearing a
part In tho process Of respiration. Its dc.
generation Of structure was what physi-
clans designate by the term hepGtization.
About three pounds ofbloody corrupted
matter was contained in tho left cavity of
tho chest surrounding this spoiled and
shrivelled lung.
In the abdomen, large absccss existed,
having its seat In the cellular substance
Immediately In front Of tho stomach and
left lobe Of the liver. The cavity formed
by the adhesion Of these parts contained a.
least two pounds Of matter; and it was
the bursting Of this cavity into the stom.
ach that tho vomiting Of matter in the car
y part Of her sickness had originated.
There were extensive adhesions of the
stomach and liver 70 the surrounding parts.
The circumstance In this case which led
sg6t dress worn 81 sS BaPois
to-, and after the commencement Of her
sickness. This II rendered nearly certain
by the fact that she had never been seri-
ously indisposed Until tho period when my
account Of her case commences and that
none Of those appearances were detected
In the lungs, which accompany consump-
tive disease. IL 10 further In proof Of the
same fact, that Notwithstanding the extern
sive ravages Of disease, the constitution
steadily resisted any participation with the
local affection; that there was no fever at
the commencement, and very little ut any
period end that, not Of the hectical kind |;
and that the body was not more Remacia-
ted than It probably would DO from IN O.
quail abstinence from food in state Of
health.
Thus was life, fortified, and as II were
insured by one Of tho most vigorous con.
situations, ttroWn 0Cay In obedience to the
dictates Of fashion. The cases Of linger.
ing disease, ofslowly protracted, yet certain
death from the same cause, are Of almos
daily occurrence. Many Of our finest TO-
male faces are seen for few weeks a
church, growing gradually paler, then w
see them at home with their cheeks suf
fused with tho hectic flush, and the keen
ly intelligent eye that tells Of the FIRE, tina
10 consuming within /; and soon we are tolt
that the cOnsamption has secured its vic
tim.
Very many Of these cases ! have ira Geo
to improprieties in tho mode Of dress; buI
II has never occurred to mo to witness any
other case, In which death was produced
by this cause 50 suddenly as in tho ono |
have now described. ,..-
q DAVID PALMER.
"TretGord, June q, 1922"
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