The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-12
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The New Orleans Bulletin says that
the Following was written by az Fellow
fever patient on the fifth dsy after
being taken saick; the labor d writ,
ing Ii caused "a, relapse, which came
very near costing his life 9.,.1
The writer Of this has had glimpse
of purgatory. and the way IL came to
pass was this; tuesday morning,
"Yellow jack" so called, introduced
himself unceremoniously, and at once
proceeded to break every bone in
this poor SUBJECTS body. . He was left
helpless and prostrated. Now ap-
peared an army of little devils, who
commenced prowling, prodding and
digging, to satisfy themselves that
not bone was left ,unbroken.c But
in spite of all these devils, the skull
remained unbroken. They made a
detail to keep continually beating
the subject on top of the head and
downwards towards the neck. Then
they had kind of Greek fire which,
at regular intervals, they poured
down the spine of the subject.
Having arranged all these prelimi-
naries they, of course, thought they
had him dead. Now then commenc-
ed q curious game; all would whirl
around, then stop all Of sudden and
play with some strange devices that
were neither cards nor dies, yet
something of that sort. The subject
watched this game with intense in
terest, so much 30 that he almost
forgot his broken bones and un-
hinged joints. Thus his mind with
the spirits and the game went spin
ming along together till about dark,
when servant entered and asked if
the subject was sick. He rather
thought he was.
A delegation of neighbors now
crowded around the bed to learn how
the sick man felt. He endeavored
briefly to convey some idea of his
feelings. One of those present asked
if he would take o preparation to
check the fever. He answered he
might, provided it was neither calo-
mel nor quinine. No, it was q
homeopathic remedy. Well, the
subject had no objection. Soon after
q physician made his appearance,
looked rather serious, gave his in
structions, and told the subject to
quench his thirst with almost any
decent drink. Now he happened to
be always thirsty, tried citrate of
magnesia for q while, but soon grew
disgusted with it, then tried lemon
ade, but with no better success. The
novel idea struck him to try pure cold
water, and it turned out to be exactly
the thing.
The physician continued his visits,
and would announce from day to day,
with curious cir, that the patient
was better. In the meantime, when
not interrupted, the subject and the
spirits and the curious game played
by the latter went swimming along
together as much 80 as on the first
day, but gradually the host grew
smaller; some of the spirits seemed
to have urgent business elsewhere,
others Jagged, and all that ran
around grew more and more careless.
But just in exact proportion the sub
ject grew more and more powerfully
weak" Thursday morning he was
all powerfully weak; the spirits had
oil left but two, one rested on. each
eyelid. With kick and snort the
subject flung back the bed cover,
landed on the floor, and said, 81
aint dead yet" ,ap. rs,
With the assistance of O nurse, OF
whose existence the subject now be-
came aware, he found his way back
to bed again. Friday morning he
found himself SO powerfully weak
that he did not feel able to raise q
finger. The doctor came and looked
rather more pleasant than usual, said
that everybody had expected the sub
ject to die, but, continued be, "You
are not going to die; you'll be out in
few days" lFttlttJ ftt
A brilliant idea struck the subject
and, summoning all his strength, he
raised himself on his launches, and
told the doctor he would like to have
something to eat. The doctor sug-
gested that the subject might drink a
cup of coffee with boiled milk.
Would duck swim? The coffee was
well made and drank, and the patient
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