Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-19
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to speak or move.
'tAf er the doctors caution I began
to grow afraid Of myself. It was q
horrible sensation. 1 dreaded to 20
to sleep at night, and though drowsi.
ness overpowered me at last, l awoke |
unrefreshed. During the day I was
languid and tired, but / dared not lie
down, for / knew by experience that
IL I slcpt By daylight, 1 was almost
certain to fall Into a trance on awak
ing. As a consequence CT all this
mental disturbance 1 became seriously
III, and l was ordered to the country;
but before arrangements could be
made for me to go / was stricken down
with brain fever, and my life was de-
paired tf.
"Now, before the fever attacked
me, and while l was confined to my
bed by the sickness brought on by
anxiety about my condition, the
frances seemed to disappear. When
I slept I was r, fteshed and awoke at
once to { II vigor, andnot, as formerly
by slow degrees, to wretched helpless.
ness and im%mobility, l think l should
have escaped the brain fever had 1t
not been for the doctor. He told me
that the epilepsy was only MASTERING
it's forces for an attack more vigorous
than any I had yet experienced, 40 q
storm sometimes lulls before It sweeps
everything before it. He frightened
me terribly, and my brain gave way.
"The BRAIN fever was conquered,
but l was very w.ak-so wax I did
not rally. The doctor, always cheer
ful, said I never would. | lay for
days, neither asleep nor awake, but
not Ia q trance, for I could move and
speak feebly. She m,y 90 out like
the snuff of q candle at any minute
said the doctor in my hearing, and I
nearly verified his prediction by going
out Ut once.
"One dsy-it vas June 2, 1851
felt that I was really improving. Life
seemed to be coming back to me. The
doctor had not noticed it, but I knew
by the unwonted dissinctness with
which the rumble of the Greeppoint
wagons struck upon my ear that I wa
gathering Q strength. At last I
grew tired, and, for the first time In
several weeks, I slept soundly and
healthily.
II awoke slowly, and with the rigor
Of limb that I knew so we'll. An un-
utterable horror took possession of
me as I felt that I was in q trance,
and remembered the good doctors Ca
pacity for laundering. My fears were
we'll founded, for half an hour later
when the nurse came to LOOK at mo 1
heard her utter a quick exclamation
OF alarm, and h%urrylrg away, she
called my mother and sisters. The
doctor was summoned and arrived,
when all my relatives In the house
were around my bed. He felt my
pulse, put his hand upon my fore
head, forced open one Of my eyes and
examined the pupil, little thinking
that 1 saw him as plainly as he saw
me, and sorrowfully remarked:
"'I feared it. She is going fast
"Oh, the misery of that day and
the night following! On the morning
Of June 3 my body was cold and
stiff, and while my mind was as active
as ever, I knew that I looked like o
corpse. My friends thought me dead
and when the doctor came they stood
aside, silent and weeping, and made
way for him to approach the bed.
He looked at me steadily for q few
seconds, and then said r~everentially :
"'Yes, poor creature, she Is gone,'
and he covered my face with the
sheet.
"The u~ndertaker's men were In the
room waiting to fasten down the coffin
lid. Kisses innumerAble had been
pressed upon my face, and I had given
up all hopes of Life, when an old lady,
worth all the rest Of the visitors put
\ together, elbowed the others out of
her way, and stood beside the cofin.
She wal my Aunt Jane, and she had
come from Albany to see her favorite
niece for the last time. Her presence
seemed to calm me-, for we loved each
other 40 we'll that / could not think it
possible that she would allow me to be
buried alive. She was stopping to
kiss me when abe suddenly started
back with the very simple and homely
remark:
"'Why, her nose is bleedipg!'
Il was perfectly true, though up to
that time nobody had noticed 1t. My
mental agony had made my nose
bleed.
CHOW, the doctor knew qui te
enough about his business to be very
much startled at seeing fresh blood
flowing from q body that had been
dead two days. He examined my face
and said hastily, 81 he for the first
time noticed the color. take her
back to bed" ..
"The s%uddenness and immensity of
the relief restored all my facilities and
as the men took me uL l said, with
hardly an effort, and In perfect natural
tones:
"Thank you doctor, how are you
auntieW
81 think I have told you the whole
story. recovered very quickly and
have never had a trance since. The
doctor still practices medicine in
Greenpoint, and Is considered one OF
it's best authorities on diseases of chill.
dren, and whenever he sees me hetells
me confidentially that from the first he
had a 'latent suspicion that the vital
spark fingered somewhere but l dc
him the justice to discredit the state
ment."
H~orsfIrd's Acid Phosphate.
AS A BRAIN FOOD.
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