Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-12

ANSWER To DIR. GALENs SECOND NJ

! anu utf4 on LAt Jun OF september. From
! 24la Of August. 10 the 3lst 81 the same. tHer,
bat seven days; these added To the no d4ysf
! September, make snly II days. So tia, Ias b.
was confined, Only II days, b. the figure ca.cu.
/ ton, yet, We find IN conclusion Of the case,
states that on the 18Th day "thc boy sat up. al
eathIs dinner" Now IS II likely that the bo4
who from his own calculation, was dead, on
the i7h sat up and cat ms dinner, on the Is!
Make THIS calculation for yourself, and reply. /.
ter THIS gross error IN the report Of the case.
then malks the stages Of he disease beng Caid
on SAYS he, on The 9Th Of September, The secui
or thrd day after the boy was taken he stat,
that he found him IN a stale Of collapse Wit
does he mean by the term collapse! Let us 81.
Tie says, by his stimulating remedies and wan
bricks, he vas able to remove these conests
symptoms in three or four days. We are TIN
left to infer that these conjeslyeiymptoms conf,
iuied the morbid condition which he denomluas
collapse. Ii does seem TO me, that be does pt
know any thing about the stages Of disease, as d,
mltlod by the best authorities, or lie would Dt
have placed the stage OF collapse IN tie ben'
nIng Of disease, which continued under n e.
ple,lng treatment at least thirteen DAYS, allene
first saw It, before II terminated fatally. Eyy
one must be aware who knows any thing aput
disease, particularly who has been where chuea
was prevailing, that what is auown by be god
collapse, is tina; prostration Of the vital powers
which almost invariably ends in death. Ib states
that the discharges from the bowels wheuhe first
saw the negro, were frequent, walery an some
times Of bloody, irotby appearance. Who that
has ever read the history Of, or seen a use of
dysentery, or inflammation OF the bowels, hs not
discovered that the extteHilles are cold, h pulse
small aud frequent and thai great pain WI COW
err the surface of the body with cold sNat, at
any time. ! suppose he would consider ii such
cases in a state OF collapse, THIS is toorldlcu.
lous 10 extend comment He further deserves
that, shortly after the abatement Of the cOgestlye
symptoms, or in other words, after the subldence
of the stage of collapse, his fever asSumd ty
phoid character. An! strange to tell, the Uphold
symptoms followed the collapse. IS not he co.
lapse The lowest degree of typhus, and tn erm'
nation of the typhoid or lyphus stage Of nsease,
When patient IS SAID to be IN typhoid tage Of
disease, it is usually understood that is vital
powers ale depressed or declining; but wen It Is
said he is IN state Of collapse hts conduon, by
common consent, is pronounced hopeless Not
wlthstan1ng this, our learned reporter introduces,
first, the collapse, aud then the typhoid sage
Enough has been sad upon this case, tc show
those who aIe at all familiar with disease, bat DR.
GaIen is entirely Igaorant Of even tho history OF
disease.
Doctor Gaen states in bis paper that the above
case was msreprestned IN the second No. of
Medical Statistics by NJ Ds. Is this true OF
false! As NJ D'srepoued from memory, and
rs he heard the details Of the case IRON Squire !
II shortly after The death Of the negro, when The
Squire was some what painfully excited upon the |
subject the NJ rs may have been somelhmg
fuller Than he otherwise would have been; but 10
settle this matter between Galen and Nj D's,
Squire II has kindly placed in my hands Tue re-
not which he furnished DR. Galen, and which he,
DR. Gacn, t,cIlned having published, nIterhav'
ng solicited It for that purpose. The following |
IS Squire IPsreport from memory, This rport |
/, addressed to the Editor of the DemocIat and
$ IN the words following;
To The Editor Of The Democrat
Dear Sir-ln communication whiu re
Gently appeared IN your columns, aIluson was
made to the treatment Of a uegro boy OF niue,
who died of fever last fall, under the mrdcBlcaIe
and control Of DR. Spjllman. On some OCCASION
shortly subsequent 80 the death otmy boy, aeon
yersaton casually arose between DR. lolnge,
Dr. Tate and myself, 10 reference to the Poml'
nent features of his case, his medical treatment,
&c. | did not design or expect that any remarks
which made on thst occasion, should ensender
such strife between the medical genIFmen OF
adverse faith in this vicinity; and | regretslncerly
that any alluson has been made to any thing
which sad at that time. And assure lou slr,
that do not coyet the Office Of mediator between
these gentlemen, and am only induced b lnter
pose a statement Of the facts and circumstances
connected with the case 10 aIasIon, at the partc
uIar instance and Teques, Of DR. SpIIman. do
not recoect accurately all that occurred DUNG
the illness Of my boy, but will state them as near
y as | can,
About the first Of August last my boy was at
tackled with bilious fever, AT first very mid, On
the second day, think, called IN DR. SpIlman,
who had prescribed for TIE boy from the first hour
oIhs attack. For about six or eight days bis
eyac uatlons numbered from ten. to twelve per
day and and night, and we've ola thin, coffee
ground complexion, and seemed to exercise no
influence whatever over the disease. During
this time a most proiuse and almost burning per-
sp,raton was gong on. The aforesaid symp'
toms rendered me apprehenslys OF the condition
Of the boy and consequently, frequently Obsery'
ed to the Dr. that unless the action OF his bowel,
could be checked and the character OF his eyacW
atoms changed, be could not long survive he at
lack--to which he always responded,that the Go'
was doing very well. Some time beIote his death
the character Of his excavations changed from
that Of a coffee ground, to yellow complexion
and continued so till death, occasionally mixel
with blood; but still continued almost if nd
quite, as frequent as before, till one or two dayl
before he died, during which time they seemed Il
be rather cons,ipated. During the whole ofh'
time he comDlalned much Of internal heat and