Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-29
A REMARKABLE STORY

l were in those days the personihcatiou of
health-and can claim this to- day, thank
God Why can do so will BE- told to-mor-
row, when we meet at your dinner, as you
only know that have passed through a ter
rible illness; my delivery from death being
due to the wonderful discovery in medical
science, made by a man who 10 day stands
in the front rank of his fellow-workers-uu-i
equaled by any in my own opinion. That |
l, who heretofore have ever been the most |
orthodox believer in the old school of medi- |
cine it's application and results, should thus
recant in favor of that which is sneered st
by old practitioners, may startle you, but
seeing is believing" and when | recount
the attack made ON my old hulk, how near
came to lowering my colors, and the final
volley which, through the agency above
mentioned, gave me victory, you will at least
credit me with Just cause for sincerity in my
thankfulness and belief. | will also spin
my yarn snent my China cruise, and Alto
gether expect to entertain as well as be en-.
tsrlained. With best wishes, sincerely yours,
Rear-Admiral U. g. Navy.
Hon George Wendell Sinclair Place, Boston:
An autumnal afternoon in the year lSS-
found the taunt flagship Nomad rounding
the treachereus aud dangerous extremity Of
South America. And this day certainly in
tended to place itself on record with those of
its predecessors marked stormy, its nastiness
in wind and weather giving all hands on
board the flagship their fill in hard work and
discomforts. The record Of the Nomdd on
this cruise, which she was now completing
on her homeward bound passage to Boston,
had been most disagreeable, when considered
in the Zig hit of heavy weather work. From
Suez to Alden, then on to Bombay, Point de
Gale, Singapore, Hong X opg, Shanghai,
Nagasaki, and Yokohama, the balance sheet
stood largely in favor of old Neptune's rough
| characteristics, but with remarkable even
ness the health and original roster Of the
ships company stood this day as it did
nearly three years ago-wlth one exception.
l ThIous hout the diverse and varied expo
sures incidentsl 10 cruising over the Asiatic
| station, where cholera, fevere, liver COM
| plants, m alaris, and colds of all degrees
| reigned in full force, none of the crew had
| suffered more than temporary inconvenience,
and thus it seemed very hard that now, in
| the closing days OF the cruise, there Stood nine
Il chances for, to one against, a victory being
at last scored for the destroying angel
| Desth. When the Nomad reached
| Shanghai in the early part OF her
l cruise her admiral was the heslthiest M an
1 aboard. A grand specimen Of manhood was
he. Over six feet 10 hight, weighing over 200
pounds, broad in chest and streng in lime, he
II
natures blessings. While returning late one
night from diplomatic reception at the Con-
sulate at Shapgha ii, through Overlooking and
l insufficient protection from the dangerous eff
| fects of the peculiarly damp and searching
night air, he caught cold. "Only cold,"
remarked the admiral to the doctors of his
ship, "and easy TO cure" So thought the med.
ical officers, but with a quiet though insidious
1 progression, this cold ciung 10 the ADMIRAL in
u 11E@ 49, ko-k -
| when the time came for leaving Yokob am q,
homeward bound, the admiral realized that
his lungs and throat were decidedly out of
| order. The doctors advised returning home
/ by mail steamer to San Francisco, 60 that
| greater means for curing this persistent cough
| might be found in the Naval Hospital there /;
but the admiral preferred TO stick to his ship,
| still imagining that his trouble would event
| uslly be overcome by the doctors treatment.
No one who looked at the admiral even in
those days imagined that he would fall a
| victim to lung trouble. But 1t was the old
story again typifed in this case. Only a
cold at fret; and in spite of orthodox treat
| ment the peculiar climatic effects of China
nursed ii, and hastened the cure result of
such deep-seated trouble. Time passed
| after leaving Yokohama for Boston, bring
| ing varying symptoms in the admiraPs case,
| and the doctors imagined that they held the
| disease in check at least. But with the form
alton of tubercles, pjght-sweats. and the now
! rapid consumption of lang tissues, which
had set in with alarming symptoms, the pa
tient realized that his cold had laid the seeds
of that fell syent of Death, consumption.
The hacking &C ugh of the admiral had in
itself bsen sufficient food for serious cons;d-
GRAFTON, and now, as in the warm autumn
days the flagship gallantly rode over the blue
waters OF the Pacific, bound for Cape Horn,
the doctors hoped much for success. But
| this boisterous afternoon found the good
ship struggling with gigantic seas set of
from the Cape by a fierce northerly wind.
Leaden were the heavens and sad the
hearts of all aboard, for that morning
The usual bulletin of the medical officers
had set forth this intelligence: "The ad-
miral is in same condition as reported last
night. A burning fever has been slightly
reduced, while other symptoms are as here.
tofore announced" All understood these
words without questioning. The beloved
admiral had during the last two weeks been
very low. The symptoms of blood poisoning,
| torpid liver, intense pains throughout the
body, eyesight and mental faculties affected
appetite gone, through iuaction of that great
regulator-the liver. These were the means
which had reduced the admiral from the
pinnacle OF health to the valley and shadow
of death. Consumption held full sway now,
and the well-known skill of naval doctors
was in this instance al least completely
foiled.
The admiral had issued orders for the
flagship to touch at Montevideo for coal, and
it was the intention of the doctors to land
the admiral there for treatment. But one
man in the 81 p was wrapped In the gloom
of despair, as standing by the weather rig.
ging on the poop-deck he gazed absently
over the seethipg waste OF waters. This was
the admiraps con, lieutenant, and attached
to his fathers staff. He feared that the veal
and tear of ship.lfs weuld sap his fathers
strength beyond endurance, and before the
ship could reach Mobtevideo. Among a
group of sailors gathered around one of the
great guns on the spar-deck stood the cap.
lain Of the fore-top, Brown, slight but
hy-looking man. His companions were
listening to a recital of his sufferings from
consumption, which had developed while be
was attached 10 the sloop-of-war Ranger, ly.
ing in tue harbor of Yokohama year ago
this "yarn" having been started by discus.
sion about the admiral's condition. The
men had just returned from some work
around the deck, an order for which had in.
terrupted Browns story few moments pre-
viously.
ga year ago this day 1 was hove to in the
| D1l SiCk udJ III lLe hanger, ln6u Oh
Yokohama, an l tell you, psrds, twas nc
use pipin' my number, cause was nigh on
passln' in my enlistment papers for lons
cruise aloft," continued Brown. "Corsump
tion had me fiat aback, and The doctor says
it was no use to stow away his lush In my
hold, seein' that my bellows was condemned
by higher power than he could Wrastls
with"
"How did you pucker out of it?" asked q
gunner's mats.
aWa'all," replied Brown, "my Chinee
washman come to me enc mornin' an he
says 10 me, me hab got alice same Melicar
man medikin, do you hesp goodp sayi
bring il of, Chang, l buy all the same
That afternoon Chang hove up with four.
teen bottles of lush, enough to kill or cure
the whole ships crew, an that looked fresh
in their nice wrappers. Says Chang, China
man doctor hab got plentee more, he make
heap good we'll with my sick, this number
one medikin alice same through Yokohama.
Wa'all, l took the bottles an told the doc
Ter / was gon' to try one az by the ssiIin
orders on the bottle, and the doctor he
laughed and Gays twas no good, but done
ss The regulations says from the fret, an
here am, gin the doctors ideas TO be sure p
| With this triam phapt assertion Brown
looked about the circle. Then, lowering his
voice, said, "boys, I've four of these pre-.
cious bottles lefI-ain't give 'em all away
yet after was cured-an' if you all think
that it wsuld not be toe free with the 'old
man. suppose l 60 to his son there on the
poop deck an say what I have 10 you, an
askin' his pardon, say We want the admiral
to try the stuff in my bottles, seein' that they
cured my consumption"
This idea met with approval from al
sides. Therefore Brown walked off for the
interview with the admirable son, with nc
little anxiety in his good hear. as to the re-
suit OF his mission. Approaching the lieu
| tenant Rraun saIutad and al far Ia