Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-09-29
APhysician's story.
TREATING A CASE ACTIVELY.

floor. On arriving at The house, lount
Mrs. H in great distress Of mind
"Wha.'s the matter with Mr.. Tt
asked on meeting his lady. who was il
&. tears, and looking the very picture Of dis
tress.
I'm afraid lis the apoplexy,' she replied
i found him lying on the floor, where he
had, TO all appearances, fallen from his chair
His face is purple. and though he brealhes
il Is with The greatest r'ifficulty''
lie had been lifted from the floor, and
( was now Wing upsnlhe bed; sure enough
his aceeo 20 par PH 1st ~ ",'3ss: S,. = 80 - 10 @@p6ped
but somehow ,he symptoms did no. indicate
apoplexy. Every vein in his head and
face was .urgd, and he lay perfectly stu.
pid, but still saw no clear indication Of
any actual or approaching congestion Of the
brain.
Hadn't he better be bled, DOCTOR asked
his anxious wife.
u don't know that il is necessary re.
piled |. Il think if we let him alone, for a
while, it will pass off in the course of a
Few hours
"A few hours!' exclaimed she. He may
die in half an hour
ldoni,hink his case is so dangerous mad.
am,' said l.
Don't think appoplexy dangerous, doc.
ior?'
Blu, i. may not be upopexy.'
Pray what do you think j. is. then, doc.
tori
Mrs. H looked anxiously into my
face.
delicaseIy hnIed that he might, possibly,
have been drinking too much brandy; but
this she indignantly rejected.
No, doctor, ought 10 know about that,
said she.
Depend upon it, the disease is more deep.
ly seated. | am sure he had better be bled.
Wont you bleed him. doc,orl few ounces
Of blood taken from his arm may give
life TO the now sagnant circulation of The
blood.
Thus urged, after some reflection, or.
dered bowl and bandage, and opening
a vein, quickly relieved him of about eight
ounces of blood. Blu, he lay as insensi.
bic as before, much 10 The distress of mis- poor
wife. .... ..
Something else must be done. doctor,
she urged, seeing that bleeding had accom-
plsbed nothing. If my husband is not re.
lieyed quickly, he must de-
BY this lime, several relatives and friends
who had been sent for, arrived. and urged
upon me the adoption Of some active means
of restoring The sick man 10 conscious
ness. One proposed mustard plaslers all
over his body; another blister on the head,
and third proposed his immersion in hot
wafer.
suggested that i! nigh. be we'll 10 use q
stomach pump.
why, doc.orl' inquired one Of his rel.
allves.
perhaps he has taken some drug re.
piled |.
impossible, DOCTOR said The wife; he
has not been from home to-day, and there
is no drug in the house.
No brandyl' venIured this suggestion
again.
mo, doctor, no spirits Of ary kind, mol
even wine, in The house, returned Mrs
il in an offended Tone.
was not The regular family physician
and had been called in to meet the alarm
lng emergency, because my office hap
pened to he nearest The residence oil Mr.
II.
Feeling my position to be Difficult
one, suggested that the family physician
had better be called.
Blu, The delay, dcclor.,' urged his vile
and friends.
No harm will result from il, be assured,
! replied.
But my words did not assure them. How
ever. as was firm in my resolution moi ,c
r do anything more for The patient until DR.
S. came, they had 10 submit. wished Il
make call Of importance in the neighbor
hoAd, and proposed going, 10 be back by
theNtme DR.. s. arrived; but tho friends o
the sick man would moi suffer me TO leave
the room.
Whom DR.. s. came, we conversed asid,
for few minutes, and gave him my view
~ OF the case, and stated wha. had done anc
Why had done il.
We then proceeded TO the bedside of ou
patient; there were sill no signs Of appoach
ing Consciousness.
'Don't you think his head must be shavet
and bIisleredl asked the wife anxiously.
DR.. S. thought a moment, and then re
piled:
Yes, by all means; send for barber, ant
also for fresh fly blister, four inches b!
nine.' grg
looked in the face Of DR.. S. with sur
prise; it was perfectly grave and earnest.
hinled TO him my doub. of the gdod .ha
mode Of treatment would do; but he spok
confidently Of the result, and said that
would not only cure the disease, but, he be
lieved, 'nke nwny the predisposiIion thereto
with which NJ. IL was affected to
high degree.
The barber came. The head OF H
was shaved, and DR.. s. applied the blis,e
with his own hauds, which completely CO,
cred the scalp from forehead to occuput.
Let il remain on for two hours. and then us
the ordinary dressing, said Dr.. s..
s. If he should no, recover during The a,
lion OF blister, don't feel disturbed; sens
billy will be restored very soon af,e
y wards.
did not call again, but ] heard fro
Dr. s. the result.
AfIer we left, the friends stood anxiou
ly around The bed upon which the sit
man Law. bni thouoh tha hlistar bepAn