Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-19
a COMICIL CURE.


tend . man Of respeetabillty, who's
wife, a. lady Of intelligence and refine
mcnt, had discovered him in his room
lying scnseless upon the floor.
On arriving at the house, fount
Mrs. Harris in great distress of mind
a.Whatis the matter with Kr. Har
ris1" asked, on meeting his lady, VIII
was in tears, and looking the pictur
Of distress. ~
"I'm afraid its apoplexy," she re
lplicd. II found him lying, on th'
floor, where he had, to all appear
aalces, lallen suddenly from his chair
His f1cc is purple, and, though h,
blnathes, II is with great tlifficulty.n
l went up to see my patient. HI
had been lifted from the floor, ant
was lying upon the bed. Suio cnougi
his face was purple, and his breatfiina
lal,oved bnt somehow the symptom,
fdM 43 inticatc apoplexy.
Every vein in his head aud face was
filed, and he lay perfectly stupid; but
still | saw 10 clear indication Of au
actual or approaching congestion Of
the brain.
"H;tdn'tshe better lie bled, doctoris
asked the anxious wife.
II don't know that it is necessary
/ replied, II think if we let him alone
it win pass off in the course of few
hours" tss *rA - 7,
"a few hours! He may tlic iii half
an hour" she exclaimed. ..1,
II dell't,tilink the case so dangerous
as that madamc.n aattss
"Apopleky not dafngeroas!" -
II hardly think it apoplexy,r | re-
piled.
Pray Pray what. do You think it is
Mrs. Harris looked into my face as
she spoke.
dclicately hinted that lie might,
possibly, have been drinking too much
brandy, b..t this she pOsitiyely and al
most Indignantly objectcT to.
s.NO, doctor. l ought to know about
that,s she said. "Depend upon it, the
case il more deeply seated. lam sure
that he had better he bled. Won't
you bleed him, docfofi Atew ounces O.
blood taken from his arm may give
life to the stagnant circulation of the
blood in his veins.D
Thus urged, l, after some reflection,
Or,lcred a bowl and bandage, and
opened vein, from which the blood
flowed freely, aud relieved him Of
about eight ounces of his circulating
medium. But he still lay. as iusensi-
bic as before, much to- the distress Of
his poor wife. -f
4tBomething else must be done, doc
tor,0 she urged, seeing that bleeding
had accomplished nothing. "If my
husband is rot quickly, relieved, he
must tlies7 1 2 A u 1
: By this time several friends and f&la-i
tfves whrlad bcep 1ent for arrived,
and urged upon me the Adoption Of
some more active means for restoring
the sick man to consciousness. One
lHOpOsed blisteGs all over the body;
and another -blistef on the head; an
other, immersion in hot water. | sug-
gested that it might be well to use a
stomach, pump.
"Why, doctori" asked one Of his
friends. fsslf sts
! "Perhaps he has taken some drug"
| replied. i5i
"tmpossible, DOCTOR said his wife.
I" He hay not beell from home to-day,
and there is no drug Of any kind in |
the house." FL
"No brandys" 1 ventured the asser.
lion again. aas
"No, doctor. Nospirits Of any kind,
not even wine, in the house, = returned
Mrs. Harris, in an offended tone.
Iswas not the regular family physi-f
cian, and had been called in to meet
The alarming emergency because my
house happened to VI nearest to the
lwelling Of Mrs. Harris. Feeling my
position to be difficult one, / suggest
ID that the family. physician had bet.
;er he called. 4# 5sa .-,
'sBut tie delay, doctor" ," urged the
aNo harm win result from it, be as
,ured," l neplicd. 4sJ .4t4+e s4e.tr
But my words did not assure them.
However, as I was firm in my resolu-
ion not to do anymore for the patient
until DR.. Solly canie, Trey hsd y sab
nit. l wished to make . call Of i'm
,ortance idp the neighborho0d. and [
goil1 be hack By tho 1inlej
d. .Solly arHRd but The friends Oft
he y sick msY aal6 aot 4 e. sa4tf :! - toI