Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-02
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One Way TO Cure Mania POtll.

One Way 70 Cure Mania Potll.
The New Orleans Delta tells AM
amusing ste Fy Of man who was
cured Of tbs terrible disease IN q
novel way. One Of the Mexican adj
yentu Fer5 ha / captured the fly called
the / hneuni on, and hAb brought it
to Ne " Orleans, whore il EXCEED con-
sidera pie attention by It's yoracious
appetite, and Lhe manner in which It
destrd yed ah3 deyoured insects.
Fhe r atieait IN the case alluded to
had b Zen one of It's closest observers.
Taking Ills 8 rog rather freely, about
chat inc the mania got hold Of him,
and he imag ihcd that a number of
these flies wf NE assaillng and biting
bim qh vario p# parts Of his body
Thd Doctor was sent for, and came,
adEseon conquered the disease Iihe
paiieIt called RaS11iy to The Doctor
that the icialelmons wye biting, and
asked if he di4n't see one on par
ticalqF SPOT The Doctor pretended
TO see it, and Selling the boot7jack,
.he dealt tie poor FELLOW a subinsler
on tho posteriors, which made dim
r)ar. The Doctor followed up the
blows the patient begsed--.le Doc
tor said he must Kill tie Ichnepnlans
H Tie .patien leapcd cut Of bed sal1
ran he Doctor followed, and very
dexter ously pied The beot.jacl2 lbs
the ii Etim coursed round and rouDd
fthe r. chi, until he fell into tie bel
complf tc,y exhausted The Doctor
e1clai he'd he had kill9d all tAe,Ich-
neulnd ns, and asked him If he felt
any m pre-? lie laid Trey were all
gone. The Doctor administered a
stimuli nt with an opiate, and TIE pa
tent soon went to sleep and walked
up we'll The humorillg Of the fan
tcies CT the palien., aud It'd SUFFICE
irritat lon such as was applied to kill
tie Icbneum2a in this case " bald no
doaot Very rapidly cure many cases
Of the kind
/ Taif case, related By the Dela,
remind $ Us Of one we have heard Of
which occurred many years since il
this 81 y. a valy respectable gen
eiernad imagined that he wis to die
on u tarsicllar day. lie informed
his. family of his doom and weHt to
bed to prepare for death. The fam
ily ph5 sician was called in and used
al bis Ingenuity to persuade him out
Of his. fancy; bu to no purpose The
man p4Ysey]red ia his belief, and as
tie daF ap reached, grew more aid
more ] hooay and feeble from tikiag
very-little food. Physician, friends,
and relatives believed that he would
certain y die uRl4ss some expo ient
to uHde deceive him was fesorted to-
4 last it was determined to csllI in
another physician nov dead, then a
young man. This physician was re-
marla BE for lis prompt treatment OF
disease lie entered TIE room Of
the th1uehtfal and steadily declining
patient, with his horse Nlsip Ill his
hand. Walking up to- the bed, he
iaquird d IN a very rough maaRer--++
s'5hat the devil is tie matter viii
YOU The patient taking oflaiiee al
the ID ctor's manner, turned bis face
from him and nEde no reilly. Ii
was wflan weather, and athe patient
lay Wi h Il very thin covering The
Doctor struck him two very severe
blows with his uhif, and lett the room
rs fash as his legs could carry him
the pa tent was not far behind Eim
and as the Doctor lnounfed his hoise,
he, WIN his Scant clothing, stood IA
the yard, &ischar9ing a shower Of
rotks Ind brickbats at him. After
9the Doctor was gone, he returned TO
his roe m, dressed himself, loaded his
gun, ID went to " atch for the Dec
tor, VIII b had, for at least one day, TO
make himself scarce. But the mo-
nomaniac got well, and lived many
Years To thank the Doctor for unde-
ceiTiag him by his sharp practice.
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