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SrfAR that Ms his n,,erJinn b,.;.;a,, tLa., ,.I,
myself called upop to ,,,oca hcf,r.. .r .,l... L.
| PARTICULARS Of this upaucbolv occ.ie,,
TO understand Gily ,be his,,r,, 81 ,io ,.-. ,L.
injury, It's extent the slbsconent lines. ,ti,,. De-,
Moucm Examination. will require tb.sa ,,r,,.aI,.,
! 70 be- given somewhat IN dn,I ,,Lil - ,....,',,
be interesting not only to the ueueroI iro,i,er l,,
also to the medical profession III ns,r,,,,,,r t
the fact that the train Of synpto,ns which rs,,u,
follow an injury Of the brain or spinaI card ,ver.
none OF them manifested n this case. for q y d,rs
subsequent 10 the injury
Our late friend, Nr. SrEAE. AS be has been occus.
toned to do for several years partly for his be,l,,
and partly for recrcatiou left his own business and
went 10 She burne 10 ass is, his Father in his VIM,
ana while loading a large WAGON and he st,n.,,,
at the forward end Of the load reached do,,, r., ot
the rens, bearing considerable Of Li ,yoioi, ,,,b
one band upon the forward pole or s,onJ,rJ ,,,i.L
broke of al the rack i,.ow and precipi,nted hi,,
head-ong between the horses, at which the hor.es
took fright aud ran. dragging Mr. S some G,v rods
when he was thrown h. face forciblv ,oins, ,,ra
OF small -tors other men in the field ran to him nr5
at tl,c time supposed HIM DYING but from tho sbl
he soon recovered ls consciousness and ~, c,rri{
to the neare, house. when was sen, for n rsnI.,
him, medical CT surgical assistance :-conseo,en,l,
hastily repalrcd to the spot and found hin, s,i,,
upright on a bed in his usual clparnea9 of inieIoct
and without much pain, but was bleeding ,roluseIv
| from the nose which, on examination tornd ,o
have received apparently the severest iniury obor,
! his person. though his face was otherwise ,nuch
bruised and swollen and his left arm slightly injured
these were the only external injuries discoyerabIs-
At this time there were frequent haelnaterncsiz ar
vomiting Of blood, which found was swallowed
I from the nose This bleeding ana vomiting con,in-
u"d in greater or less quantity about twelve hour,
when it ceased altogether, and Mr. SPEAR declared
himself quite comfortable, and was even disposed to
Poke about chs harsh reception by the pile Of stones,
on go short an acquaintance, &c.
/ continued TO visit Mr. SPEAR till the next Tues
day, three days after he was hurt, when he thought
himself convalescen, and said that he!reulired no fur
ther medical treatment, therefore did not see him
again til Friday, the sixth day after the accident
when was again sent for, to relieve him. possible,
OF severe pam across the hips and ons which pain
he supposed was consequent upon living so long i'm
one position. having arrived at his bed side found
his pulse numbering one hundred and twenty the
miuute) with some pain in the hend dry hot skin
bit the tongue clean and moist vet Notwithstanding
an active antphogstc course OF treatment the pulse
remained as trequenas one hundred and hitee beats
to the minute and thus continued until Monday, at
which time, my friend DR.. BARBER having carefully,
examined the case, and its accompanying symptoms,
connected wit h myself in the opinion that Nh 5.
could not recover. Here we will mention some syInp-
toms which led to this conclusion.
On being sent for to see Mr.. SFEAR the second
time found him aboring under most OF the synp-
toms that are the result OF inflammation OF the brain.
and injury the Spinal Cord, a very frequent pulse
hit skin flushed face, severe pain in the head, no-
ernnce OF light, the pupil OF the left eye permanently
contracted to the least possible SIZE, while the pupil
OF the right eye was largely dilated. and lastly tho
muscles OF the left superior eye-l para.yzcJ. With
all these, what is perhaps the most surprising of all
Mr. SrElR retained his reason to the asst. ,y.,ben,
himself conscious OF approaching, dissolution. he con-
versed freely and clearly with all of his relations and
trends On the subject OF his departure from this lite
AMI also expressed confident assurance in the hone
o., his hayinr m ssed from death INTO life and tL,,