Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-17

not to do anything more for the patient,
until Doctor s. came, they had TO
submit. | wished TO make call of i'm
poriance in the neghborhood, and pro-
posed going, to be back by the time DR..
S. arrived but the friends of the
sick man would not suffer me to leave
the room.
When DR.. s. came, we conversed
aside for few minutes, and gave him
my views of the case, and stated what |
had done, and why | did it, We then
proceeded to the bedside of our patient.
There were still no signs of approach
ing consciousness.
"Don't you think his head ought TO
be shaved and blistered p asked the wife,
anxiously.
Doctor s. thought moment, and
then said
Z" Yes, by all means. Send for bar
Der; and also for fresh fly blister, four
inches by nine"
looked into the face of Doctor S.
with surprise. 1t was perfectly grave
and earnest. hnted to him my doubt
of the good that mode of treatment
would do. But he spoke confidently of
the result, and said that it would not on
ly cure the disease, but, he believed, take
away the predisposition thereto, with
which Mr.. Il was affected in high
degree.
The barber came. The head of
Il was shaved and. Doctor s.
applied the blister with his own hands,
which completely covered the scalp from
forehead to occi put.
Let it remain on for two hours, and
then make use of the ordinary dressing"
said Doct. S.. elf he should re-
cover during the action of the blister,
don't feel uneasy. Sensbility will be re-
stored soon AFTER"
| did not call again, but heard from
Doctor S. the result.
After we lett, the friends stood anx-
iously around the bed upon which the
sick man lay but though the blister be-
gan to draw, no signs of returning con-
seriousness showed themselves further
than an occasional low moan, or an I'M
easy tossing of the arms. For full two
hours the burning plaster parched the
tender skin of lis shorn head, and
was then removed. it had done good
service. Dressings were then applied
repeated and repeated again but still
the sick man lay in deep stupor.
1t has done no good. Hadn't we
better send for the Doctor?' suggested
the wife.
Just then the eyes of H opened
and he looked with half stupid surprise
from face to face of the anxious group
that surrounded the bed.
"What in the mschief's the matter p
he at length said. At the same time
feeling strange sensation about hi:
head, he placed his hand rather heavil,
! thereon.
I" Heavens and earth p He was now
fully in his senses. Heavens and earth
What ails my head :"
" For mercy's sake be quiet" said the
wife, the glad tears gushing over her face
"You have been very i'll. There, there
hc" ohu o'S opohC oOpilinS'N -
"Don't say word, but lie very still"
"But my head What's the matte
with my head. 1t feels as if it had beer
scalded. Where's my hair? Heaven
and earth, Sarah don't understand
this And my arm? What's my arm
tied up in this way for p
g BE quiet, my dear husband, and II
explain it all. Oh, be very quiet. You
life depends upon it 2"
Mr.. H sank back upon the pill
low from which he had arisen, and clos
cd his eyes to think. lie put his hanC
TO his head, and felt it, tenderly, all over
from temple 10 temple, and from nap,
TO forehead
" Is it blister ?" he at length asked
A" Yes, dear. You have been very i'll
We feared for your lile," said Mrs
IL, afectionately. "There hav
been two physicians in attendance"
Il closed his eyes again. Hi
lips moved. Those nearest were nc
much edited by the whispered word
that issued thereirom. They would hav
sounded very strangely in church, q
10 ears polite and refined. After thi
, he lay for sometime quiet.
. "Theatened with apoplexy, l SUP
pose 2" he then said inleuogativey.
Yes, dear" replied his wife, {"
found you lying insensible upon the Aoc
S on happening to come into your room
! 1t was most proyidential thai discover
b ed you when did, or you would Gel
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