Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-05-23
HOW POOR HARRIS VAS CRU-
SADED.
An Affecting Tale of the Times.

whose wife, lady of intelligence and
refinement, had discovered him In
his room lying senseless upon the
floor. On arriving at the house |
found Mrs. Harris in great distress
of mind.
"What is the matter with Mr..
Harris?" | asked, on meeting his Ia
dy, who was in tears, and looking the
picture of dispair
81 am afraid it's apoplexy," she
replied. 81 found him lying upon
the floor, where he had, to all APP
pearances, fallen from his chair. His
face is purple and though he breathes
it is with great difficulty"
| went up to my patient. He had
been lifted from the floor and was
lying on the bed. Sure enough his
face was purple and breathing labor
ed; but somehow the symptoms did
not indicate apoplexy. Every vein
in his head and face was filled, and
he lay perfectly stupid, but still
saw no clear indication of an actua
or approaching congestion of the
brain.
Hadn't he better be bled, doctor?'
asked the anxious wife.
81 don't know as that is necesSa
ry," 1 replied. Il think if we let hin
alone it will pass off in the course Of
few hours"
"a few hours! He may die in hall
an hOur!" she exclaimed.
81 don't think the case so danger
Gus as that, madame"
"Apoplexy not dangerous!"
81 hardly think it apoplexy."
PRAY, what do you think it is
doctor?''
Mrs. Harris looked anxiously into
my face as she spoke.
deliberately limited that he posi-
bly, might have been drinking toe
much brandy; but this she positively
and almost Indignantly objected To-
"No, doctor, l ought TO know
about that" she said. depend up.
on it, the case is more deeply seated
l am sure he better be bled. Won't
you bleed him, doctor? A few
ounces of blood taken from his arm
may give life to the stagnant eircula
ton of blood in his veins"
Thus urged, 1 after some refee.
ton, ordered bowl and bandages
and opened vein, from which the
blood flowed freely, and relieved hin
of about eight ounces of his circulat.
ing medium. But he lay insensiblt
as before, much to the distress of his
poor wife.
Something else must be done
doctor" she urged, seeing thai the
bleeding had accomplished nothing
''If my husband is not quickly re
lieved he must die"
By this time several frieuds anG
relatives who had been sent for ar
rived, and urged upon me the adop
tion of some more active means O.
restoring the sick man to conscious
ness. One proposed blisters all owe
the body, another immersion in no
water | suggested that it might b,
well to use stomach pump.
.Why, doctor?" asked one of bi
friends.
"P, rhaps he has taken some drug,
1 replied.
''Impossible, DOCTOR" said his wife
''He has not been away from home
to-day, and there is no drug of any
kind in the house."
"No brandy?~ | ventured the as
sertiOn again.
'No, doctor; no spirits of any
kind, not even wine in the house, ,
returned Mrs. Harris, in an offended
tone.
was not the regular family ply
sician, and had been called in t
meet the alarming emergency becauS,
my house happened to be nearest tn,
dwelling of Mr.. Harris. Feeling m,
position to be difficult one, | sug
gested that the family physician haf
better be called.
''But the delay, DOCTOR" urged tn,
friends.
"No harm will result from it, b,
assured" | replied.
But my words did not assure them
However, as was firm in my resolu
tion not to do anything more for tn,
patient until DR.. SOlly came, they
had to submit. / wished to make
call of Importance in the neighbor
hood, aud proposed going-to b.
back by the time DR.. Solly arrived
hut the friends of the sick MAJ
would not suffer me to leave tn,
room.
When DIR. Solly came, we convers
ed aside for few moments, and
gave him my views of the case, an,
stated what had done, and why
had done it. We then proceeded t.
the bedside of the patient. Their
was still no sign of approaching con
sciousness.
| DOn you 'HiIlh HiS hedu Ou0n
to he shaved and blistered?" asket
the wife, anxiously.
"Dr. Solly thought moment, and
then said, "Yes, by all means. Sen,
for a 5arber-and also fresh fly
blister, four inches by nine"
Hooked into the face of DIR. Soil,
with surnrisa II was perfectly grayl
and earnest. l limited to him m,
doubt of the good that mode o
treatment would do; but ne spok
confidently of the result, and said
would not only cure the disease, but
ne believed, take away the predispo
sltlon thereto, with which Mr.. Harri
was affected in high degree.
The head of Mr.. Harris was shaw
ed, and DIR. Solly applied the bliste
with his own hands, and which con
pletely covered the scalp from for,
head to occiput.
y let it remain on for two huuy