New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-09
The Inst DAYS Of Rem.


Chief of the Medical Staff in the ia'e nun
garian army. We translate the most IN
portant portions of the narafl'e '0r lie
I'rltune 49,.
IT. friends Of Gen BEN have requested me
-. -, account Of his last illness. During
the greater par, Of the campaign IN Iransyi'an.a'
nos, nosi,ion in the Hungarian army led me 70 De
CONSTANTLY At his side We were separated by
tho weUknown issue Of the hungarian war, and
!, was until after year that I again net HIM.
under great change Of Circumstances.
On tie 9th Of June, ts5O, / found the old
General in the barracks at Aleppo. IL seemed
delighted TO sec me again. How often have
wished" said he, "to speak TO you about my
health hope YOU will now cure US all, for We
arc All more or less it," While saying this, ms
checks flushed as i had seen them before IN mo-
men,s Of passion, but IN a few moments they
rev pale. He held my hand in his mutiated
rioht hand. and felt the depression OF the tenn
pcrature The skin was dry and hard his COM
plexion a coarse brown, and the wrinkles OF his
forehead, evelids and neck, showed a decrease
of the contracting power. The pulse at ms
nrossure This did not correspond with the
weakness Of the carotid, and afterwards, on e1-
aiming the heart found my fears confirmed
that the arteries, which are so liable to disease
IN old men, had suffered partial ossificaiion
His usually piercing eye had lost its brlillancy
and It's roundncss His breast appeared to have
grown fat and narrow, and he respHed with di-
hcuty
All the symptoms indicated that nature was
making use OF her last resources 10 keep IN mo-
tion the central machine of breathing and clrcu-
Iation, the most important springs of life. The
digestion was bad the appetite almost entirely
gone, and the action Of the system interrupted
The result Of my first examination was clear -
IT was case Of marasmus OF old age. lhere
was no local affection, no disease IN the proper
sense Of the word but IN spite OF the not very
far advanced age of the General, all the lmpOr-
tant organs Of life had come 70 the end OF their
career. might almost say that the intensity OF
the life which he had led had the effect OF
stretching the nervous system, 50 far as tins was
connected with the animal functions OF breath
ing, circulation, and especially OF DIGESTION
The intellectual functions of this system were
not at all disturbed, and found the full vitality
OF an indomitable spirit which he was always
accustomed to manifest The Aslatc sun OF the
country had still further weakened his digestion,
and the air, or some other influence, 1--WE physl-
cans know not whch) had produced an erup-
ton on the skin,--a usual effect with Europeans
upon their first arrival. My patient complained
particularly of this eruption, which greatly dis
Of d eli
"You must cure tins irghtful eruption" SAID he
"as soon as possible; every thing depends upon
it | cannot sleep at all for 1t and It runs my
digestion and my whole health" He asked me
to make an external application, and It was with
difficulty that | could convince HIM OF the danger
of a sudden suppression Of the eruption, unless
an issue or some artificial secretion was eStab
lished. "Thon, my dear Doctor said he, 81
prefer your pills and powders, for have had
quite enough of artificial sccrcnons,' referring to
a eunshot wound which he had received IN the
year 1881, and which had continued open from
that time prescribed powder Of sulphur and
sugar three times a day.
wished by thispractice to operate on the ox-
ternal skin also recommended daily warm
bath, TO which had been added an ounce or two
of the infusion of yolcts, and a thorough ablu
ton with soap and water Immediately before 60
ing to bed In order to make The skin more hex
iblo and thus relieve the patient as much as
possible, directed him to be rubbed twice day
with sweet almond oil, and at the same time to
eat nourishing and stimulating food This treat
mcnt was continued Tor four weeks without any
visible change, when II was suspended, with the
exception ct the bath, which seemed To have
acted favorahly. The appetite was M some de
gree restored, the digestion was pretty good, the
eruption had almost entirely disappeared, the
skin was no longer irrtatcd the discharge OF his
old wound was increased and presented a more
favorable appearance, and although the pulse
the respiration, and the state OF the liver remain
ed the same, the patient was IN general better,
and began to show his usual Sp0rtiye manners
| remarked to HIM IN VAIN that only some symp-
toms Of has disorder were allovlated, and that he
must vet do much before II was entirely restored
al eat and drink WELL" he replied, Il sleep
comfortably and have no pain, was never stout
and am now thin, and this agrees with me very
well" He consented only to an infusion of tc-
verfew, which he took daily as tea at 10 o'clock
in the morning. He gradually began to walk
and ride, and found himself comparatively well
He determined TO leave the barracks and go to
sort Of country house which was situated near
the rver This building was the former quaran-
tine, and the residents who are acquainted with
the locality know that the persons who were IN
quarantine there. have suffered greatly from fe-
yer, which IN most cases proved mortal On this
account the house was abandoned. The resi-
dents alluded to. Joined with me IN endeavorng
to disSuade the General from his resolution.
Among them was the General OF Division and
Commandant OF (he Garrison, kehrn PaScha,
whom my patient esteemed as a brave soldier