Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-13

my ne, TIC soon told, hoNtNtfi Nit We Hdu
been affected with his present disease, which had
been greatly aggravated by his voyage To Rus
sid this had killed. him On feeling his pulse,
he said, You can form no judgment by my pulse,
is 50 peculiar" soon perceived, that to man
age the case before me would he like steering be-
tween Scy Tia and Char,bdn, and concluded To
proceed BY cautious sonudnrs, rather than ad
vance under full sail.
told him he had been 50 LONG and invalid he
must have acquired an accurate knowledge Of the
general of practice adopted to la, case. He
replied, Certainly, a, forty fool ., physician,
You know | remarked there were ldioSyncra-
cies IN many constitutions, aud wished to ascertain
what was peculiar about Inn Tie sand, | have
been an idiosNnctaey all my life. THIS appeared
truly a most trito and corree, view otlhc subject,
although the querist did moi consider IT necessary
10 give a concurring reply. lie informed me that
all the preparation, OF eamphor invariably 'njmed
him, and as to ether, =. II would blow me up
Not 50 OF opium and lis preparations for ! loon
discovered he was accustomed 10 the free use OF
this drug IN some form On otlcr. On one occasion
he told me that he either did could Il am not
clear as to the words dbl coWa) take opium
like ! Turk but | certainly received from him
the impression, that he Wis IN the hhitualrsc Of
opium in some shape other. His conversation
Mas curiou>y diversified, and he complained with
no small aSpcrlty of the difficulties he encounter
ed after leaving the Steamboat lie was put into
Il wrctchcd hack-lhe eass Of the carriage was
brokcn--hc had been OBLIGED 10 90 from one llo-
tel 10 another in search of LODGINGS, exposed to the
pcltngs OF the storm, and every rhlng was IN
state of discomfort. lie soon introduced the sub
leets of the Qu,kcrs, COMPILING ntng us in hiN Pc
cuar manner Tor ncatnuss, economy, order! com
fort m every thing, right i'll every thing, except
poltlcs--" there, always twiNteal." Before !
retired, he repeated a potion al the ltanN ol the
Episcopal Church, with apparent tcrvor. lhe
following morning, he sent ipr ne earl " was
called from bed. lie apoloesed handsomely Ton
disturbing me and from tins period We appear
ed mutually to enter into our new acquaintance IN
the capacity OF patient aud physician. After CON
siderable experience in sick chambers and at death
beds, may say never met with IA character 50
perfectly original and unique. lie miGht some
times be compared to spoiled and fractions child :;
bnl little observation convinced me-, that in the
midst OF his extreme constitutional nrltahIitN, pc
tulcpoc, impotence and saroasm, there wire SOM
noble traits of character among these, va,
keen SENSE of propreh. Aud when this
WAS gently appealed In, there was DISPOSE
ton to be convinced aud acknowledge in
dlsrrctIous. On more than one occasion, II
seemed proper for the patient 10 understand, that
while his physician felt every disposition to trcai
him with kindness and respect, hr was not inSen-
sibe to what was due 10 himself. On one occa-
sion, when proposed something FOR hi, relief, be-
pctulantly and positively refused compliance. !
paused, and addressed few word, to linn. His
good SENSE prcdominatcd In apoogi,cd, and va,
rs submissive as an mani. enc evening pro
posed medical consultations ieafih% the choiee
10 hhScn WIN an hselilaaee oi 'h'''o CONT
dencr III ms lhcnlcal ait'hdln', he promptly on
Ieclcd 10 inc Pr"posal, WIN lhc lr"''fh' IN Il
multitude ol counsel, thtit Is confusion; 1t leads to
weakness ana 'ndcfhIon the pai''nt may d'e
WINE the doctors are staring ii ca'h "'h'h va
PdIluls WIN ''''' ana '1pell1lS IL hIRh' ""uia
receive inc hlnh'Sl "ehno"lta'eleh'N III INC h'oe'
ahf''oha'e tones, euhelallN WIN NC aun'lol
''on pIcNN Nou-'c dos hlfse Aou-lhd ne " III
pleNs YOU u seemed IL II hie disposition 10 'il-
lcAc on 'lc pronunciation oil NpIhs '"Hu hpth'
''a'i''''u """ci any circumstances o. nuu''l N"'-
'elIng or immediate danger ol DEATH h' N'eot-
est deviation ltom ms standard oi pfor''l must re
met ana Corrected. In the aPph'a'Ion "i words
once remarked TO me, thn although the 'r'",h
was N"c ''"""'!o' Sei WIS Pio'Iap'' I" any "'u-
Il 'or u'''''> ana P"pll' documents h'r1o>' eve
y "oIo was IN us cNat' 'ee- no "'"pIr mean
,'s-'!c'c " sands ne NUM- preceding Ms
aaalo, : passed. 'b"9' TWO hooIs N ms 'h''nori
ne on me, ~ Pla'hiNe 'ohe' tat MS poor 'o'h
was worn uo"h WIN i'l'@oe' ana 'o"l''Ird I" 90
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hhe" "hrfc |" pace MS mana ON any 'Hh" IA Il
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