The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-04-05
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tispt. There was ssiliis rs Signs, osY - a.
pfoac cSipg conscious ness ss
Nl on yoI htIik hjis Head; ;onrl "a jt lbs.
shaved :s,'F !. and blistess asked ttiey wifss
ssaid n
- bysaI lSmeans. Send fSra batbeaT..s
and also s sos5a fresh blister iour inches.
looked into the fs e 81 Nth. iii 8
surprise. . He Was PssrteetIs grave apds|
earnest. lhinted fohfn, ni doubt 81. tlis, e
good that modesof treatment would as
But he spoke coDtiden.,y 81 ihs result. andsf
said thatii would not .orlY cureStI tIia dis.
ease, but he believed, Take away the5 slire pies
disposition, thereto; and with which! MI
H-was =, affected Ia a high degrses.
= ihe barber came. The head of. Mr.
E---was shaved; and DR.. applied
the blister with his own hands, which coy,
cred. the scalp from forehead 10 occiput.
tLetit remain on for two hours and
then make use of THE ordinary; dro.ssinp - 4
said Doctor S.. t.Ifhe should nj i2e.
cover duringAhe acti5fof the blister, don't
leel el.f uneasy, Sensibilily will be restored
! : did lid not call again; butgI heard from,
Doctor S.--t the result, (. e ~
After we left, the friends stood anxious.
~ around the bed upon which the. sick
man lay; though the blister began to.
draw, no signs of returning .consciousnesa
showed themselves, further than on $oeca.
slonal low moan, or an uneasy tossing. or
the arms. For: two hours the burning
parched the tender skin of Mr. HIS. heea,,d.
and was then removed. Ithad done pood
service. Dressings were then appIiad,
but still the sick man lay in q deep stupor.
ut has done no good. Hadn't we bet
wife, 'e -. Z,
Just then the eyes of H---opened, and
he looked with half stupefed eyes from
face to face of the anxious group that sur
rounded the bed,
"What in the mischlef's the mattera',
he at length said. At the same timn
feeling strange sensation about his head.
he placed his hand rather heavily thereon.
"Heavens and earth!' He was now
fully in his senses. "Heayens and earth!
What ails my head2" sa
"For mercy's sake, keep auiet,'' said
the wife.with glad tears rushing over hen
face. SYous have been very i'll. There. 1
there, now!" and she spoke soothingly.-,
"DoG't say word, butt lie very still a. IS So
.But my head. It feels 3as if scalded.
Where my haii2 Heavens and earth,
Sarah! northumberland this. And my
arm! What's my arm tied up in this
way fora" t5.s
"Be quiet, my dear husband, !, and nj
explain il. all. Oh, DO very quiet; youp
life depends upon it,
Mr.. H-sank back upon the pillow
from which he had risen, and closed hia
eyes totthink He put his hand to hid
head, and felt it tendsrly all over, frof,
temple to temple, to and from nape "a
forehead.
"ls it blister2" he at length asked
"Yes, dear. Vou have been yeryili.
We feared for your life" said Mrs. H..
affeollonately. There have been two
physicians in Attendance
H--closed his eyes again. v His litis
moved. Those nearest were not much
edited by the whispered words that pro,
ceeded therefrom. They would have
sounded strangely in church., or to ears
polite and refined. After this he lay for
some time quiet.
Threatened with apoplexy, I sup.
pose?" he then said, interrogatively.
eyes, dear, replied his wife. 81 found
you lying insensible upon the floor, on
happening to como into your room. Il
was most proyidential that discovered
you when ! did. or you would certainly
have died."
H-shut his eyes and muttered some.
thing, with an air ofimpatienoe. But its
meaning was not understood.
Finding him outof danger, friends and
relatives retired, and the sick man waa
left alone with his family. s
"Sarah!" he said, "wby in Heavens
name did you permit'the Doctors to butch.
er me in this wayl I'm laid pR fbr d
week or two, and all for nothing"
"it was to save your life, dear"
"Hu-u-s-h Therel Do, for Heayen.a,
sake! be quiet. Everything depends up.
on it," Y
With gesture Of impatience, H;
shut his eyes, teeth, and hands, and lay,
perfectly still for some time. Then he
turned his face TO the wall, mpt.ered in q
low, petulant voice.
"Too bad! too bad! too bad!''
had not erred in my first and my lass
impression of H-'s disease; neither
had Doctor s although he used la very,
extraordinary mode of treatments The,
facts of the cosn wara fhocn, .f sss..f'is
H--had a weakness. He could not