Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-18
CURED BY A MISTAKE.
A Diphthcria Patients Remarkable
and Saving Error.

eTulN kHoWh thut Tue rtceht rCCoNory
OF Miss Lydla Jordan from dlpptherla
was the result of fortunate accident.
Outside of II few, the family and few
young lady was not generally known.
Miss Jordan is one OF the most popu-
lar young women in Walnut Hills soci-
ETY.. and it is said that she will shortly
marry young Avondalc man.
About two weeks ago she Went TO see
friend who was sick with diphtheria,
and, unthlnklngly, sat In the room for
over an hour. In few days she began
to show symptoms OF the disense ana 1T
soon developed that she had 1T in its
most virulent form.
The family physiclan, Dr. Disney, he,
gan 10 lose nope, so stronga u holu hau
tne disease taken upon her system;
Miss Jordan kept getting worse ana
worse, until hnaliy thc doctor 1ounu 10
ms utter CONSERVATION that tatse mem
brane was forming IN her throat. rms
Is reSarueu as the worst Possiole lorih
OF ihe disease ana one "hich Is apso-
iutely lncuraole.
Inc RAPID growth OF the membrane
was attenueu Win increaseu uiiicu'ty III
preathing' IL was grauuaiiy closnhg .he
AIR passage ne doctors lllorneu MI.
and Mrs. Jordan that lne struggle was
over, and that the disease hao trl-
umphed.
me eunhappNparents were almost wlio
WIN grlei. Inc g,ri hao peen an os
Peclal iaNorlli'e wilh lheiii W, "',ounV ,
OF her handsome lace ana sunny ulspo-
sitlon; III hardly seemed feai 10 lnen'
that she could be lying on her aeath-
BED, with her young NE slowly heeihg
away with each laborious breath.
me doctor sald 'hat IN u rev hours
all would be over. Already the mem
oranc hau grown over lhe throat, 50
that only hole the size ol large
needle renamed.
The girl was lying with hcr heao
thrown pack. Inc VEINS IN her
forehead were swolleh terrloiy
anu anu ne llcl l'eo was i,orS ~ .i nc ,ou.t ,oa..
was "i.o opem iin. ~, %n,t",t,;n r" WV; hoifV
oanie - norrioiG .',. i'"ii,a"C..ims, ,f % hn,
mnls'iihs souiu' i I,eiS ou' NS ", W. G,,
lor,n' i 'l,u liaa,ua a V'uoos NV 20 ho ho n,
sels, 2no 'ouio 'o'' WIG 'so"' ''' "'''
ennufins. n'' NJ ,oo,, vows. so,a 90 ,r;s,
r ~: Dt. nisncs nav 'euu 10y 'Hu ~ ,,,nno
LsIl"; si1 anu seeins si"u ,,Itn I;ni f III lo
.oulu : ~ ,., 'o.,o az .r I.n,th,nh,a
cine 10 DC useu "heh .he p,ea.nins itu ma
ap1u' stoppeu, anu sVar'eu ""ny Ky r;,I III
lully eNpeG'eu never 10 see .ne sili s
again uhtil sie LAY IN ihe toiiin % Will mn me
MniteHoss u, ue..n III nor le".osoS we
thnt iii |nS ,,,',i ,bn sauI g., fot - H.
w., t1i,', ,,'n ~ oV .ia hd, S,,t o,,id no,n,
5o S.e au', ,u"su, nnoa j" '''o 'o''' ''' '
TN nS,od;c;ro ,voS nlooed on , email
+,blo nonr tho bed o,nong n lot of other
nbiais oIi.I "J" Of s;,mil,r sign on5 shane The
f,4h'',, ona ,,n,bar co, loo h, Tho hed-
s;Sn af t,a;,, d,,in~ ob;Id Soon tho
snnnd Of the hreathi mo Traw londnr and
hn.aI,am Thn u,ri,hinT ~ Tho frame
shnmod ,b,t tho cnd yos verv moan
Mrs Jordon startod nm tool, from the
table what she thought wos tho Last
mh;al thn % dnntor bad joft aud ,pensr;no q
d,,t d, onSo ,,o,,rad IL o,icl.lv down bn1
dau%btor,s tbroot
rr,, ,,,a ,,o,,
he eltc' Mus iils.1,,.a.eoIs I "hu ,J Ioa
Iiple. me slrI Mrivileu "a ?,'o i,'u uo'
uone oeLore ,, ier nnSor ',alis ia .oiI fn,u ,
her nG?n' rne toil' s ,"aiy iSnp. Si."I. ',o' a
her shin. NIL Iier inoe srew "'m, anG a
III IL ~ ~, a,E sS ,,,,, &c, 49, w i
rom rom .iioil :osho.s; Nv t,, n,,
:st; lioiu VIZ w f iipa' ~ va Th;S pni,
I,..ia w., ~ ,,';n,,tn ~, wy
ias.ea ior minus. o, o,,i,
~, .i'. ~. T" a,. a si"' i;e,nS TT
sounu: -, ny s1rt oouy i,i'ou ,.;hIa vs., -
iroai @ v,io nuu. IT. 90 ,,f
| So : M ,,,,ni,' , "ohi',S :
AnS oiien veins nesa. u
s''ue, the piack Solor ol inc lace
chahSeu W uuli reu; one eyes Slowly
closed, ana the glrl began TO breathe
agaIn. ,.
.Whlle TINS was happening ana the
girl was al the very helghl OF ler sulier'
ing, the mother looked al thc pottle
whose contents haa pfoauceo tnls Ter
flpie ehect. 10 ner horror sne uls'
covered tfat' py mis'ake' she hao given
the giri large aose Oh aqua ammonia
suincleht quahtity 10 nave suiiocateo
well person.
Inc doctor was lni'heolateiy sent ior
ana when ne arrived was toia what mac
peeh zone. 10 ms astoiilsIlilehS he
iouna the glrl fGsting easy ana looklhe Z
lar petter than she mao lor a Week. hel
ups ana lhe iiilhg ol her nnputh Wer,
burned by the ammonia, as her throa
must nave peen also. an eNamlhaIiol
lnlo MISS JORDAN cohul'ioh SHOWS 'hat
aiIhouSh she was very "G'N; yet mel
throat was comparatively clear ana there
was every lhdlcatloh Oh ccflalh fecoV
cry.
On Ihe cover IN lrohI OF her' the Goc.
TOR iouha the iaiSe membrane whlch mac
peeh lne cause VI an lhe utoupie, aho
Whlch the glrl lihu cJecIco III that las'