Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-09
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CIV, was er1 sentfor in greathaste. to
attend a gentleman of respectab;l;tu T, ~
.WnoSe e'wIfe, a lady mtellirence ana
ITehnementY had discovered hin, ;u i,
t5,s an room' lying sense!ess upon the
~ ~, Is,g fE gyWg0bkf
kNT0sn T0n,a arriving at the house, / found
S W.. W,m great distress ofmmd.
:. "nat Is the matter, with Nj
vt Iasked, on lmeet;nn ,,;th
MS ms aady' who was in fears. and looI
eo me picture of distress.
s..I am afraid it is anonlexv 81, :.
Ien mnere he had, 70 all Sappcarance, fal,
zen zen suddenly from his chair. His
S;iace ls purple, and though he breatbes
ssshT.Wilh : = win great difficulty ~aiS@I"
ssbssS% %Sa. l;s,c up = 10 my patient He had
ueen iIited from the floor. and was ,'
Low iy,ng upon the he'd. Snra =.
enough, his face was n,,rnie ana o.
SaSvaa.illng sva,lg lSbored, but somehow the the
EnPaoms did not Indicate apoplexv.
sssery VEN IN his head and face was
b"sg bgeG 'et;,I ana nd he lay perfectly stupid,
DIN silll lsaw no clear ind;cat;op of
.,f af . actual orapproaching congestion
.sa,., ,ifadn ne better be bled, doctor7'
asked the anxious wife. 49,. ~
\ aoat know thct that is necessa-
y, ! rephed. i think If we let HIM
aatone,sitwHlpass off in the course
OF few hours, ~ '' %
A,I don think the case is so danoer.
GUS. madam, 'o ua'eer
.g,, AApoplexy not dangerousl,
n,;adh hardly think it apoplexy,' Ire
,orl5, Fray what do you think it is, doc
10 "a MFs, l G. looked anxiously into
! s,d5eellcstely hinted that he might
possibly have bee. drinking too much
brandy, but she positively and almost
indignantly objected. e.f,s|' ''''''
No doctor, fought TO knowabout
anas, she said; depend upon il the
sllsease Is more deeply seated; ] am
sure sure ne had better be bled; wont YOU
geed hnb doctor7 "A few ounces of
70 plood taken from his arm NAV giyo
Rie 10 ihe now stagnant fcirculation
of blood in bis veins.
,Lhnsurged, after some reflection,
ordered bowl and bandage, and
pandage, and opening a vein from
Wn,ch the blood flowed freely reliev-
ed hlni OF about eight ounces of this
circulating medium. "a Buthe still Law
sassInsensible as before, much to The
sdistress of his poor wife, 1.6a
g Somethlng else must be done, doc
A.or' she urged, seeing that the bleed
ing bad accomplished nothing If
ny busband is not quickly relieyca,
he must de- ~ Gsl,
g BY this time several friends and
relatives who had been sent for, ar
rived, and urged upon me the adop-
non OF some more active measures
ior restoring the sick man to con-
sciousness. One proposed mustard
Piasters all over his body, another a
blister on his head, another his inn
mersIon in hot water. suggested
tnat i might do well TO use a stom-
SciI pump. gt].f ~ 5000 7fi6T
4 49,, sss,s;s 1Sss::: ;ss::s' asked one Of his
Perhaps be has taken some drug
Impossible, doctor, said his wife. |
lie has been at home all day, and
shereis no drug of any kind In the |
obrandy3's lyenjysed the soe- |
Festion again. - Sf
8 NO, doctor no spiritsof any kind |
so the house, returned Mrs. c.,
in an offended tone. a aa.F9 aa'
lwas not the regular physician,
and had been calIedSo meet the elal.