The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-12-29
ATWATER.


Dis subject was death. He treated OF
the hight the infidel has after death-a
lone fiickering star-the light any one
has without the scripture; the light
any one has with the scripture. Death
Was the wages of sin but in the great
by and by it should be swallowed up
in victory. There was large cOngre-
CATION, about rs many as could get
into the house. James Elton is leader
Of the choir, and Jennie Douthitt pre-
sides At the organ. The minister read
\ resolution adopted by the Disciple
Sabbath School of Randolph, on the
death of Dannis Holman, which was
a very nice, good resolution. Dennis
was a mem ber of that school, and came
home to help take care Of the family
after they were taken with the disease
that carried them all off, except one.
In less than one month five of this
family have gone to the unknown
place of rest, and if the theories of that
place are correct, they will have more
friends there than they have left be-
hind. A few winters back the grand
mother of these children was taken
from the stormy and changeable cli-
mate of Atwater to that far away land,
and little over year ago one of their
aunts, who lived here, but was on a
visit to q neighboring State, was taken
to that home whence ne traveller re-
turns. And now q mother and five
children join the company. The
youngest went first. Retta Holman,
aged ten years, died Nov. 81; Sarah
Holman formerly Baum) aged 43
years, died Nov. %; Laura Holman,
aged IL years, died Dec. 4; Dennis
HOLMAN, aged % years. died Dec. 8;
Lizzie May Holman, aged 19 wears,
died Dec. 13.
Diphtheria has been visitor in this
town at times since 1851. Miss Winans
had it in the fore part of January in
this year, recovered, and is now Mrs.
Baker. Mrs. Andrew Stockberger had
it very bad in this year, from May Sd
to 9th. Her throat became paralyzed
so that she could not swallow anything
80 that it would stay down. 1t would
come back, and this made her angry.
She had to quit taking food and medi-
cine ::in that way. She had q very
good nurse (her husband), and doc
tor who knew how to give medicine.
She is living yet to bless her family.
In this, or the year following, their
little boy died with diphtheretic Group.
In November, 1861, two daughters of
VIM. Lenard died Of diphtheria. They
were sick about 70 days; one was con-
fined to her bed, the membrane left
her throat and she died of want of
nourishment, or blood poison. The
other was up most of the time, and
when she died it was from want of air,
the membrane formed below the lar
ynx. A brother older than these girls
had the disease, but lightly. One OF
their sisters died of diphtheria up
North and was brought home for burial
aud it is said the girls handled the
corpse too freely and took the disease
In that way. 1 could give many other
cases that recovered, but will give two
more that proved fatal. These are all
that remember having died in the
town during twenty years, Of diphthe-
ria. Eddie Parshall, aged 5 years,
was taken with a malignant form of
this disease, March 10th, 1877, and
lived to the 22d. He had frequent nose
bleeding, looked pale and had very
little membrane liz the throat, had
very little appetite and died from want
of neurishment, or the blood poison.
There was girl few years older in
the same family who took remedies
and did not have the disease. On
July 14th, 1878, Kirkland Logue, about
IL years of age, was seen to have mem.
brane in his throat III less than four
days it had got below the larynx and
he soon died. This was q case Of diph-
thereto Group. Three others in the
same family had diphtheria in . mild
form and recovered. Trosseau describes
this disease in the following words !:
Do not forget that Diphtheris very
often sets in mildly. If there be any
fever during the first twenty-four hours
or past two days, it soon ceases or be.
comes insignificant. The existence of
the malady is hardly announced by a
slight difficulty in swallowing. The
difficulty of breathing comes later ;
but by the time it has come tho disease
has reached the larynx, and will ere
long, little sooner or little later,
suffocate the patient" This eminent
physician, for eighteen years at the
head Of hospital fer sick children,
saw more cases of diphtheria than the
busiest man in Paris. And when the
disease ragged in the country provinces
he was sent to look after the sick. And
it is interesting to read some of his
sketches. On the same as that I have
already copied is this: "At the farm
only found remaining the head OF
family and a servant girl of sixteen
years of age. The man was sitting
in the chimney and did not
even rise to receive me. His age was
twenty-seven. He informed me that
he and the maid servant were the sole
survivors Of eighteen residents in his
house and on his farm. The maid had
also seen i'll , but had been cured by the
priest Of Tremblevif, who had eight OF
ten times touched her throat with by.
dro-chloric acid. AS for himself, he
knew, he said, 1 shall die as my chill
dren, my wife, my father and my
mother have died. Firmly convinced
that such was to be his fate, he would
take no measures to avert it. I, how
ever. examined his throat the tonsils
were completely covered with pseudo
membraneous exudation the state of
the respiration and voice showed ME
that the larynx was not yet invaded.
I endeavored to inspire him with hope,
and appealing to the recovery of. his
servant, I said that all was not lost,
and that if he consented to be treated
tI,of Oh lo1 hann