Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-12
THE EVENING STAR.
MONDAY. July IL. 1850.
Singular Difference of Opinion.
NAN CLAIMED AS 4 HUSBAND By LADY WHOM
he SAYS HE HAS NOT MARRIED.

A NAN CLAIMED AS HUSBAND By A LADY, WhtM
he SAYS he HAS NOT MARRIED.
telegram from Marlborough. y. Y, July
9th. says; A strange story has just come TO the
surface In the counties or lister and DutcheSS.
Last June notice appeared In the Saugerties
Telegraph under the head or marriages, an
nouncfng the name OF Lester Burton. OF Pine
Grove, Ulster county, to Anna SHOEMAKER or
Blue Mountain, Duchess county. This week,
after an absence OF three months, Burton re-
turned TO SaugertieS, and when his attention
was called to the marriage notice declared
there Was not particle OF truth In IL,
While the lady positively asserts that 1T is
true. The young man admits that he paid her
his addresses between the months OF December
and March last. and that 1t was rumored at one
time last spring that they had been married.
that his friends Ioked him about it and that he
once Jokingly admitted it, never dreaming it
would be seriously treated. The matter will
probably be thoroughly sifted through the
courts. The Rev. Mr.. Scudder. OF Red Hook.
Duchess county, whom the young lady claims
married them. made no record OF the marriage
and gave no marriage certificate at the time
She called on Mr.. Scudder about two weeks ago
for a certificate, and upon her statement he gave
her one. MI. Burton called on Mr.. Scudder this
week and the latter. IL is said failed TO rec pg.
nize him. although he thinks he remembers the
young lady. Burton says he was never Ia Red
Hook until he went this week TO see Mr.. Scui-
the day claimed as the one on which the mar,
riage was solemnized, he was at another place
What 10 DO i'm Emergencies.
DIR. Norman Bridge lectured in Chicago re-
Gently Oh "What TO DO In Emergencies in the
Absence OF Physician" The subject. DIR.
Bridge said was so large one that IL would be
impossible to do more than touch on the most
Important points within the limits of his dis
course. Among The public at large there was
an uncertainty about emergencies and there
was habit of dealing with them in an unset
entific manner. There were few EMERGENCIES
In which even doctors had more than a few
remedies. Therefore. the getting OF a doctor on
| the spot was not nearly so important "a many
| supposed. IL the people had a larger medical
knowledge. We should keep our hands OF a
SICK or injured person unless we know what TO
oo the pest thing was TO let the patient alone
| Ia many cases, but In some there should be
| prompt action.
| The common accident OF a fainting fit is the
most familiar OF all. such persons generally
| recover spontaneously. Very few have died ia
| sWCoD, unless the result of accident. Yet the
impulse OF the populace was TO seize the patient,
| throw water III his face, and so on. A fainting
| III was the result OF the nervous action OF the
| heart and Grain. The brain is deprived of its
natural quantity OF blood, because some OF the
| smaller blood vessels contract. This was why
| patents turned pale. Instead OF compelling
the patient to sit up, let him lie down. that the
blood may return TO the brain in the natural
| manner. To dash water in his face is useless
| Out harmless. III the patient does not at once
! recover when lying down, lift his feet so that
the how OF blood headward may be increased.
| 1t was singular that old traditions chung TO
| people so long. While IL was true that people
died In faintlng fits who were suffering from
| disease yet they died all the quicker for being
/
| The next branch of this subject was conyul-
| sions These generally frightened people but
| nothing was more absurd. The patient was
| pounded, fagellated, gently of course. put 10
| hot baths and received other severe and absurd
| treatment. An ep1leptic lit lasted ordinarily
not more than three minutes, and people very
| rarely died OF them. The contortioHS OF the
| features were very disagreeabie and nobody
| who once witnessed such fit would desire to
| see II repeated The best thing to do was 10 let
| the patient alone. Generally, after a fit a
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| restorer. All that was necessary was to see
| that the patient did not bite his tongue or
| 1nJure himself In any manner. The feeling OF
the people was to interfere but they ought TO
have courage to let the patient alone. Much
may be done by the doctor, after the attack, to
prevent its recurrence There is little or no
fear of death In the great majority OF cases.
The historical fit was next spoken OF 1t
would be hard to describe an hySterical f1t. as ii
assumed manly form. There was also the apo
pletiG ut, which deprived people OF conscious
ness There was nothing to do In such cases
except to let the patient alone. keep him quiet
ard horizontal. wipe the fiuid from his mouth
| with napkin and allow nature to assert itself.
The next thing was conclusion. A child may
fall out OF window and bump his head. BE
household are directed to keep the child awake
which was deadly error. The best thing to do
was to let the child fall asleep and let the
shaken up brain recuperate 1t was the natural
The best remedy for conclusion was rest.
The principle to be kept In mind by surgeons
and nurses was to allow the patient to go to
| rtsi. He was sorry to say that some medical
ratn had become possessed OF the idea that the
| injured Guild should not be allowed to 60 to
ST. II the child is to recover at ALL sleep will
| revue him.
Another style of accident that stirred people
up was that which produced hem0rrhage; OF
course, violent hemorrhage generally led to
speedy death, but nature had provided its own
| remedy In stopping up the bruised blood ves-
| SeS with ci0tS. A large artery would bleed on
uItil the patient died. Therefore, If a doctor
rtlt. and il it beats rapidly and grows weak, he
| Is losing too much blood Tie normal pulse OF
healthy person was seventy to eighty, while
which Indicated danger. The thing a sur
Sure on the severed artery. This re-
e eT,d one Sne% eo od p o
pressure on the wound itself, with a handker
chief or with the fingers, which will form clo
horror Of blood, which was foolish, as it wa
perfectly tnnocuous. Some people, however
could not help fainting at the sight OF blood
the reach OF the unprofessionaL Crushed mem
berS and Injured parts or the body should
STEPPED In hot water-that is. water as warm a
the blood OF the patient, almost SO degrees Fab
renheit. Cold water also stopped bleeding b
contracting the blood vessels. II was slngula
thing that both hot and cold water had a.
excellent healing effect on bruises, and prevent
| ed, In most cases. modification.
Another emergency was that OF pain. whic
most frequently occurred to children, ofte
| causing loss OF sensation. A common thin
with children was the eye or ear ache. Coll
was another horrible agony. They had AWAY
| within their reach for relieving such pain-hC
water. Water blood warm, or little warmel
allowed to flow gently into the ear, or apple
| TO the face or other aching part, was the bes
means OF alternating severe pain. Make the az
| pllcatlon continuous until the proper object {
| securing rest for the patient Is attained, an
| then cover the face with some warm materia
| Until the patient began to complain OF the hea
| OF the cloths, STEPPED In hot water, applied {
him, do not deSiSt. The best thing was TO hay
. wriDger near the afflicted one and after dir
| ping the cloths In very hot water apply tn
cloth TO his face or body. Medicines for allev
| ating pain were generally charged with opium
q | about which a great cutlery was made. Q
| course, it would be very dangerous TO Civ
opium In its pure state, unless 10y medical dire(
, | ton. Medicines that had some opium in theI
were generally the best: Dover powder, ipeca
| and paregoric were good medicines, IL not give
/ | In any excess. Care should always be taken ~
to give overdOSes.
The lecturer then devoted himself to the sui
| 1ect OF mineral pOfSonS. They had been taugt
, that when an alkal1 poison was taken, tt
, remedy was an acid; and when the latter wa
| taken, the antfdOte was an alkalI Unfortl
i ! hately, however, talthough the principle WIS
r | correct, there was not time to apply such rem,
~'"s =" most cases. Where adds were takel
nature generally relieved the patient oy actin
as an emetic. II they are not vonited immed
ately the best thing to do Is TO give the patien
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