The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-09-18
SUDDEN DEATHS.

Lancet have world vide application.
AT any rate. The lesson taught is one tkat
every civilized community may well lake
10 itself, The sudden death Of Madame
Ma asdrus. wife Of The, Turkish Ambassador
itself very sad and shocking-is., says
the English editor, only the last Of several
sudden death. in persons OF high social po.
sitlop. calculated 10 produce an excessive
Inpfession Of the risk of sudden death In
cldent to diseased condition Of the heart.
We have lost lately, ~ a. similar way,
two bishops. one member Of Parliament,
and now the distinguished lady Of the. Turk
ish Embassy. We. are Informed that Ma
dame Masurus labor ed under disease of The
heart, and that she was advised by her
medical attendant not to attend the grand
ball 4 the India Office" given. il may be
added. IN honor Of the Sultan. The advice
was. unfortunately, disregarded. In many
such cases il will be found that The fatal
result is produeed by avoidable indiscre-
tion, amounting in some cases to reckless
stfatn on the physical or mental power, or
indulgence in the passions. " Apart from
such irdiscretions, the occurrence Of sud.
den death from heart disease would really
be less common. One OF the bishops allud.
ed 70 died shortly after helping TO carry an
invalid friend up stairs. The member Of
Parliament was notorious in the House for
the amount Of committee work he did, to
say nothing Of the long. exciting, and ex-
haosiing sittings oi the present session,
which he should have ayoided.,' s.tstA
Coming nearer home, we are privileged
TO give Tie experience of medical friend
who had under his care some years ago two
persons in the prime oflife-strong, athlet-
&c subjecis--who meet their death by un-
due bodily strain. The first, in lifting a
weigh. 70 show his strength, bursted the
aorta, or great artery Of the body, some
distance below the heart. He survived the
lnjnrr four days. The second was bust
ness man, who had repeated attacks ofheari
disease, and was warned repeatedly by bis
physician against any unusual bodily effort
or mental excitement. forgetting the
warning, be ran one evening al nighifsllsa
short distance 10 osertake an omnibus /; he
Tell and expired 10 few minutes.
Recurring 10 the remarks Of the Lancet !:
!" y j. Obvious that sudden death is, in the
right sense ol the word an accident. and that
bnt for something attempted, which should
never have been attempted, the accident
would not have happened. u should be
The stndy Of persons 80 affected nn, only TO
live quiet, leisurely lives, but to resist the
nccasioDal temptations TO extra exertion
and excitement in which the life OF the
present century abounds." all that has
been said of heart disease will equally ap>s
ply to apoplexy and other diseases Ct the
brain. followed by paralysis.
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SINGULAR pEATH.--Thc recent sudden
and singular death d James Regan. Of Al.
bany, near Bainb,idge. on the line Of the
Susquehanna railruad, furnishes a subject
Tor serious contemplation BY all persons
who have moles or warts on them. Young
Regan bad mole or wart on the face,
which was cut with razor 10 the hands Of
an inexperienced person, who undertook
TO shave him 10 barn. IL did not pro
luce lock jaw, as stated, but paralysis. and
u was from the effects ol this disease that
be died. DIR. II. :. Sill attended him. Dr.
y. says that while the whole right side was
paralyzrd. the left leg and arm became ri-
gid and the face turned over the left shoul-
der. The mole or wart cut was on The
left side. which no doubt produced the
contraction Of The head and limbs Of the
side.
A local editor Of Western exchange
informs his readers that he has no sweet.
heart now--he's married. A friend pf ours
says he knows another editor who has no
sweetheart now--she's married.
A boy nine years Of age, the son Of An.
drew jackson of Centre Hill, N. j., fell
dead While his father was rhastising him
on Saturday evening. a'i1h /