Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-02-25

= did not manifest symptoms to justify Their
suspicious. He had no tremor, was not
fiGgety with his hands or impatient, bu.
answered all my questions calmly and ra-
tionally. There was great palor Of face,
no injection of the coats of the eyes. and
pulse sharp and quick. l noticed some
twtching of the eyelids while closed, also
of the musels of the face, and slight jerk
ing of the limbs. lie remained in thi,
state about an hour, when he again walked
up, suddenly opening hi, eyes.
l sent to him, both to be of service and
to ascertain whether he would be inclined
TO take liquor, for which intempe-ate sub
jects who have delirlum tremens little of
lhehair of the dog that bites them often pro-
duces cure:
I viii you take little tOdy p
lie opened wide his large ewes and fixed
them so steadily upon me and with such
anguish in them that L looked from him to
the wall beyond the bed He said
! Sir, if its potency would transport.ne to
/ the elysiaa bowers of the undiscovered
spirit world / would not taste It, Of its
: horrors who can tell
L must administer an opiaie to give you
sleep and rest
| Then he rejoined: Twin devil and
spectre of crazed and doomed mortaIs Of
earth and perdition.'
! Mr.. Poe. 1t is very necessary that you
should be quiet and free from excitement;
you are in critical condition, and excite
ment will hasten your death p
/ Doctor, am i'll. Is there no hope 2
The chances are against you.'
How long, oh, how long, before l ace
my dear Virginia My dear Lenore ! L
would like to see my love, my dear love =
L will send for any one you wish to
see'
knew nothing Of his family, and asked,
Have you family ?
No, my wife is dead, my dear Virginia:
my mother-in-law lives. Oh, how my heart
beeds for her Deaths dark angel has
done bis work. l am rudely dashed Apou
the storm without compass or helm. Ian
guage cannot tell tie gushing wave that
sweIls, sways and sweeps, tempest-like,
over me, signalling the 'larum of death.
Doctor, write to my mother, Maria Clemm
Tell her Eddie is here. No, to late to
late. l must lift the pail and open to you
the secret that sears the heart, and dagger
like, pierces the soul. | was TO have been
married in ten days Here he stopped to
weep.
Shall send for the Lady, asked sup
posing she lived in the city.
'Too late too late y
said, oh no; will send my carriage
immediately
No, write, write to both. Inform them
Of my illness and death both at the same
time
Give me their address,
Mrs. Shelton, Norfolk, Va, and Maria
Clemm, Lowell, Mass.'
Noticing the color rising to his face and
the blood-vessels filing upon his temples,
and the eyes becoming consesIive and in
clinins upward, asked no more questions
but ordered ice to his head and heat to his
extremities' repeating the cordial with an
auodyne, and waited with the nurse out
side the door for fifteen minutes. No fur
ther change, except that his pulse had in
,.A in nd Eaahla and
flying. kept nurse in his room, and
another outside to prevent his being dis
turbed and 10 notify me of any change
that might take place.
had sent for his cousin, Nelson Poe,
having learned he was n relative, and a
family named Reynolds, who lived in the
neighborhood of the hospital. There were
the only persons whose names bad heard
him mention living in the city. Mr.. W.
n Poe, came, and the female members Of
Mr.. Reynolds family. He continued in
an unconscious state for more than an
hour. On examining bis pulse 1 found it
very feeble. sharp and irregular-l20 TO
the minute. l proceeded to givs him q
febriIuge mixture and a stimulant. He
partially aroused willis getting the draught
and seemed TO stare, the pupils Of his eyes
dilatlng and contracting alternately. |
sat down by his bedside. took his hand
and placed my fingers upon his wrist, and
telt assured. from all the symptoms, that
.ature was yielding. l had beef tea ad-
mnistered with ammonia. My particular
friend, Professor John &. 5. Monkur--w no
gave much of his time to the inmates of
the hospital, and particularly, when espe-
cially called upon, was already, and cheer
fully attended the summons night or day
when within reach-had Deen sent for two
or three times previously; but being Ou.
attending to his general patients, had just
returned, and came in at the moment
AS soos as he fixed his eyes upon him he
said, Doctor, he is dying"
replied, Yes, fear it is all over.''
He carefully examined the case, and be-
ing iu possession ot all the facts in regard
TO the agents employed aud symptoms pre-
z
.enIed- which were carefully noted down
in u record book of the hospital--he gave
| it as his opinion, which | was fully prepar-
! ed TO confederate that Poe's death was
caused by excessive nervous excitement
from exposure, followed by loss Of nervous
power. The most appropriate name for
disease is encephlitis.
The doctor advised free use of wine,
beef tea, and gentle cordials, while using
! ice TO the head. The patient raised his
J hand TO his mouth a. though he wanted
| a drink. a small lump of ice was placed
upon his tongue. | then gave him a
! mouthsul of water to see whether he could
! swallow treelJ. He took it, swallowing
with some difficulty but he drank a wine
glass of beef tea. He seemed TO revive
and opened his eyes, fixing his gaze upon
the transom over the door, each room hav-
I -. ,,or ha door fo tioy,