Tri-weekly journal. (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1847-188?, 1848-01-15

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The action of the blister, don't feel uneasy.
Sensibity will be restored soon after."
| did not call again, but heard from DR..
s. the result.
Alter we left, our friends stood anxiously
around the bed upon which the sick man
lay; but though the blister began 10 draw,
no signs of returning consciousness showed
themselves, further than an occasional low
moan, or an uneasy tossing of the arms
For two full hours the burning plaster parch-
ed the tender skin Of rs shorn head,
and was then removed. /, had done good
service. Dressing was then applied; re-
peated and repeated again; but stillthe sick
man lay in deep slupor.
alt had done TO good. Hadn't we better
send for the Doctorg' suggested the wife.
Just then, the eyes OF H opened, and
he looked with half stupid surprise from lace
TO face of the anxious group that surrounded
the bed.
"What in the mischiel's the matter? he
at length said. Al the same time feeling a
strange sensation about his head, he plac ed
his hands rather heavily thereon.
"Heavens and earth!" lie was now full
ly in his sen ses. Heavens and earth! What
ais my head?"
"For mercy's sake keep quiet" said the
wife, the glad tears gushing over her face
"You have been very i'll. There, there,
nown And she spoke soothingly 'Don't
say word but be very still"
''But my head? What's the matter with
my head 1t feels as il scalded. Where's
my hair? Heavens and earth, Sarah don't
understand this. And my arm? What's my
arm tied up in this way fort"
"Be quiet, my dear husband, and Ill ex-
plain il all. Oh, be very quiet. Your life
depends upon -
Mr.. H sunk back upon the pillow
from which he had arisen, and closed his
eyes to think. He put his hand TO his head
and felt It tenderly, all over, from temple to
temple, and from nape TO forehead!"
ais it blister?" he at length asked
"Yes, dear. You have been very ILL.,
We feared your lile," said Mrs. H, az
feciionaiely. "There has been two physi-
clans in attendance"
u H closed his eyes again. His lips
moved. Those nearest were no; much edl-
fed by the whispered words that issued
therelrom. They would have sounded very
strangely in church; or to ears polite and
refined. After this, he lay for some time
quiet.
"Threatened with apoplexy, | suppose p
he then said inierrogaIively.
"Yes, DEAR" replied his wife. "I found
you lying insensible upon the floor on hap
pening 10 come into your room. 1t was
most Providentia that discovered you
when did, you would certainly have died.
! H shut his eyes and mutlered some.
, thing, with an air oil Impotence. But lis
meaning was not understood.
Finding him out of danger, friends and re-
latives retired, and the sick man was left
alone with his family.
"Sarahr' he said, why in Heavens name
: did you permit the Doctors 10 butcher me
in this way? I'm laid up for week or two,
and all for nolhing.o
sit was TO sa We your life, dear"
"Save The -m
"Iush! There! Do, for Heavens sake
be quiet. Every thing depends upon it,"
With a gesture Of Impotence, H-shui
his eyes, teeth and hands, and lay perfectly
still for some minutes. Then he turned his
face to the wall, uItering in low, petulent
voice.
"Too bad Too bad! Too badr'
had not erred in my first and my last
impression OF H--'s disease, neither had
DR.. S., although he used very extra.
ordinary mode of treatment. The facts Of
the case were these:
H, had a weakness. He couldn't
: taste wine or strong drink without being
tempted into excess. Both himself and
friends were mortified and grieyed at this;
and they, by admoniIion, and be by good
resolutions, tried to bring about a reform
: But, to see was 10 taste, TO taste was to fall
AT last, his friends urged him TO shut him
: self up at home for a certain time, and see
if total abstinence would not give him
strength. He got on pretty well for few
days, particularly so, as his coachman kept
a well filled bottle for him in the carriage
house, to which he not unfrequenlly resort
ed; but a too ardent devotion TO his bottle
brought on the supposed apop lexy.
Doctor s. was right in his mode OF
treating the disease after all. and did not err
in suppos ng that It would reach the predis
position. The cure was effeciual H
kept qniei on The subject. and bore his shaw
ed head upon his shoulders, with as much
: philosophy as he could muster A wig, al
ter the sores made by the blister had disap.
peared, concealed the baTbeT's work until