Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25
REMARKABLE RECOVERY,
sudden cure OF a Man Who Wad
Been D-af and Dumb for
Ninc Months.

About nine months ago young
man named George Hansen was Sc.
liously i'll in this city withtyphOil fever.
and when he recovered from it was with
the total loss of his hea,ing and his
power of speech. This terrible calam.
ity rendered him almost wild, ana
for a time the contemplation of the
te mlnation Of his life was moi an uu-
frequent thing with him.
Through the exertions Of friends
Mr.. Hansen was employed to assist in
copying the records of the 9Th ward.
ct Hastings. Last Saturday night Mr..
Hansen complained to his room mate.
Mr.. W. Hoyt, that he felt a very un.
pleasant pressing in his throat and a
painful buzzing in his head. lie had
the Nhiskers shaved from his chin, ami
tried various applications, but they
were of no avail the pressure contin
ued, and the buzzing did not diminish
in the least Hoyt continued with him
till about | l o'clock at night During
this time, Mr.. Hansen obtained some
temporary relief from the pam and
suffering. he wrote on his slate that he
felt that his speech would that night
be restored to him or he would die.
About three o'clock Sunday NOR.
ming, after he had recovered from
terrible spasm occasioned by the pain.
lie asked lIoyt TO take tube that had
been used to inject kind of powder
into his throat, put it to his ear, and
speak in an ordinary tone lie did 50,
when Hansen leplied in natural voice,
though without knowing that he had
heard or spoken. lie complained of
the buzzing and cracking in his head.
though the pain seemed to be decreas,
ing.
a little while after this Mr.. Hoy.
left the room, and was absent several
minutes, and during his absence Han.
sen had one Of the seve.est attacks that
he had been suffering, and during it's
continuance he discharged consldera.
BILE offensive matter from his throat.
From this discharge he received instant
and complete relief to the pressure in
his throat and to the buzzing in his
his head, and when his companion, Mr..
Ioyt, entered the room he was aston.
ished by being greeted by Hansen, ex.
claiming: "Well, Hoyt, how are your"
The restoration was so complete, so
sudden, and so unexpected that both
dan en- and his compauion hard y knew
what to make Of it, and could hardly
realize that it was fact. They talked
it over, experimental, and tried in a
variety of ways to prove that it was
fact that Hansen could hear and talk
They finally concluded that the new.
was too gooi TO keep, and so they took
the morning train to the ci y to let
their friends here know of the god
fortune that had befallen The sufferer
Immediately upon arriving here the
two went to the residence of Mr. John
B. Oliver, friend of Mr.. Hansen, and
surprised him Mr.. Oliver had been
to Hastings on Friday, and had con-
versed with the sufferer by witing on
slate, and was, Of course, astounded
o hear his friend talking as glibly as
! though nothing had interfered with his
ability to speak From divers resi-
dence the two went around town, sur.
prising their f,iends with the good
news. Probably there never was so
happy man in st Paul as was Mr.
Hansen last Sunday. For nine mon hs
he has been without the power of hear.
ing or speaking,snd oppressed with the
terrible expectation that he would
never again be able to hear OF to speak.
st Pad (Minn.) Pioneer, December
22.