The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-09
How General Washington Died.

How General Washington Died.
By consulting the third volume of
the Medical and PHYSICAL Jour pal,
published in London, in the year
1850. by 7. Brady, AZ. D., R. Bsttey,
Nj. D. and A. A. Noehden, NJ D..
there will be found. on page 400,
description or report of the last i'll
ness of Washington and the treat
ment given him. At present it is in
teresting as an example OF too much
doctoring, to say the least, 1t is as
follows:
Sometimes on the night OF Friday
the 10sh inst, having bsen expoaed
to a rain on the preceding day,
General Washington WAS attacked
with an iufiammstory affection of
the upper part of the windpipe.
called, in technical language, cynsc-
het rAnchealis The disease com
menced With VIOLENT ague, accom-
panied with some pain in the upper
and fore part of the thr0st, sense OF
etricture In the same part. cough
AID difficult rsther than a paiutu!
degluti,iUn which wAs socn &c
cesdsd by fever and olick and ia
borious respiration. The necessity Of
blood letting suggesting itself TO the
General, be procured g rleeder in the
neiehborh0od, who took from his
arm 10 the night II Gr IA ounces OF
blood.
He could not By any meaus be
prevailed on by the family to send
fer his attending physician till the
following morning, VINO arrived at
Mount Vernon at about IL o'clock on
Saturday. Discovering the cas- to
be highly alarming, and foreseeing
TIE fatal tendency Of the disease. two
consulting physicians were immedis-
tey sent for, who arrived, one az 8 80
aud the other at 4 o'clock 10 tne
afternoon. In the meantime en-
ployed two pretty copious blee1ings
= blister was applied to the par
| fected, :wo doses Of oalomel Wert
lx1ep. an injection administered
arIcH operated on the lower intes
III. g. bat al without preceptibIe az
vantage, the respiration becomiul
still Emore difficult and distressing
| Upon the arrival Of the Grst Of thC
consulting physicians. it WAS agreed
les there we're as yet no signs OF &C
cumulstion in the bronchial vessel
of the lungs, to try the result o
another bleeding, when about 3;
ounces were drawn without th'
smallest apparent alienation oil ID,
disease.
"Vapors of vinegar and water wer
frequently inhaled; 10 grsins OF calo
mel we're given, succeeded BY re
} peated doses of emetic tartar
amounting in all TO five or elk grains
, with no o:her effect than a copiou
! discharge from the bowels. Tt
powers of lie seemed now manifest
yielding to ths force of the disorder
Blisters were applied to the extrems
ties, together with q cstsplasm 6
! vinegar and brRn to the throat
, Speaking which was painful from tn
beginning, now became almost In
: practicable. Respiration grew NOR
and more contracted and imperfeG
till hali-pastl11 Oh Saturday night. II
J tanning the full possession of his il
/ teilect, when be expired without
{ struggle.
:. He vas fully impressed st 10
a beginning OF his complaint, as well 9
through every succeeding stage OF 1
r that its conclusion would be nol
l tal-sdbmitting 10 the several exsl
tions made for mis- recovery rather q
9 q duty than from any expectation {
? their efficacy. He considered th
Y operations of death upon his sys!er
6 as coeval with disease, and sewers
G hours before bis death, after repeate
T efforts to be understood, sueceede
e IN expressing q desire that he migl
E be permitted TO die without furtht
Il interruption.
e During the short period Of b
IS illness he economical his time in II
IS arrangements of such few concerns
70 required his attention WITH the u
!. most serenity, and anticipated b
approaching dissolution with evel
demonstration CT thas eeuanfmity 4
i. which bis whole lite kss been go On
a formly and siDgularly conspicuous.
of JAMES CLARKE. Attending Physieia
g ELENA G. DICK, Consulting Ply:
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