The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-04-23

tCcnfrihcted 70 the Southern Journall.
Mies G. Jewess. native Of Mississippi
aged Is; apparently we'll nouri5hed;
weight. 100 pounds; height. 3 feet 3
inches; has four sisters and one brother
In good health; parents living and heal
thy.
Had measles when 6 to : years old:
when years old had fUst bite. In good
health until three years ago. when she
returned from school with tOrticollis.
This trouble lasted three weeks. short
ly afterward she was treated fer Theuma-
tism in the right side; worse al shoulder
Joint; all joints of right side were swol-
len: confined TO bed three weeks. Rheu-
matte pains, less severe, continued OIL
and on until month ago. In Septem-
Der, 1889. her eyelidS became sore; large
vescleS formed on the upper lids aud a
few DAYS later vesicles five TO six inches
long appeared all over her body. and
COutdlllet d 'icGl, NditiS NUM- "i'V'
rupturng, a thick. yellow crust formed.
dropping off after Il few days. For this
eruption she used a salve locally and
took internally twenty-four bottles of
Cuticura. Zach bottle contains I53
grains Of Kali HydD
In June. 1890. she went to Hot Springs.
Arkansas After taking five or six baths
she had TO abandon them on account Of
large vesicles forming on her hands.
arms aud neck Immediately after com
ing out of the water. For some time he
fore going to Hot Springs, besides the
vascular eruption, a sudden blush.
warm TO the touch. would frequently ap-
pear Oh the upper part o! her body. espe-
cially on her arms and hands; quite
painful. After lasting few hours
disappeared and left no mark, while
others, a few honrs after appearing
looked as il the ppidermis had been
scratched of this area with finger nails
and exuded yellowish fluid with 5treakf
Of bright blood in it. After three or
four days a thick yellow crust formed
over it, finally dropping off. leaving the
surface underneath disc0lored red fol
several weeks.
Returning from Hot Springs, she was
placed i'll the hands of another regular
who advised Sulphur baths daily. Eight
or ten days following this treatment
her hair began to break Oft close to the
surface of the skin. in patches. COMPEL
ing her to keep her hair shaved. During
this time vesicles ceased to form. In
| the latter part of May another regular
| was sent for. He prescribed MercuriuS
COrrOsivuS and Kali Hyd. Twenty-four
hours later she began to perspire pro-
fusely from the whole body in paroxy-
SIMS: had eight attacks during the fol
lowing two hours; perspiratiOn, cold as
| ice. The next day she had several more
attacks Of sweating and was given Bell
adOnna. four drop doses four times daily,
and Iron and ErgOt ten drop doses. Pu-
pills becoming dilated, feeling stupid
etc, and too sick to continue this treat
ment. Strychnia and something else
were given hypOdermicaliy. Sweating
continued daily. ten to twenty-seyen
times a day for six weeks (neyer at
night.
She then came to me, giving above
history. also complaining Of headache
Of tight, drawing character, as if the
brain was surrounded on all sides by a
tightly drawn rubber issue. also gen
eral aching pain i'll tho head often has
an icy cold feeling. and two or three
times hot feeling in the head. This
drawing pain dated back several months
and was constant. She complained of
rheumatic pains, quite severe, shifting
from one joint to another. Finding no
eruption. / prescribed Sulphur and Bel
ladOnna. Three days later vascular
eruption and blush reappeared, and
sweating diminished considerably.
During the first few days she was in
my charge she had as many as twenty
seven attacks of sweating during the
day, amounting to fifteen gallons and
perhaps twenty. Sweating never oc-
Cured at night and was clear. odorIe8s
and very cold, becoming fetid after
standing while. On three or four oc-
casiOns the sweat was warm. The at
tack lasted but few seconds and was