Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
To Which Mankind Are Always
Exposed.
KNOW WHAT YOU SWALLOW
And BE Careful Of the Direction IN Which
You Send ll-causes Of Some Sud.
Don Deaths Tflumphs Of
Surgery.
- hi snnnnr Gnsotle,

New York. March ~ Ix-rostmaslcr-
General Thomas j. James while a.
his desk DO the hank Of which he Is prcsi.
dent. one morlug recently, was seiHed
with q ht of coughing which he though
was due TO a temporary irritation va
his throat Instead Of overcoming tho
trouble q increased His board Of o..
recturs, who wore 90 meet that morn
ing became alarmed. Tor V seemed inn
possible TO stop a cough which nppcar.
cd &C uwcs almost 90 stfdnrly General
james. Preparation rolled on hs fore
head in great drops and be no mst be-.
came 80 weak hat he was hardly ahlo
% stand
II had been arranged that on the oven
Ing Of the following day General Jamcs
was 20 Address great meeting of
Welshmcn in YOUNGSTOWN o. who were
TO have their annual celebration in honor
Of ST. David The general cxepcCtcd 10
leave New York ON the afternoon Of the
dry when he WAS snlzcd with this at-
tack Instead OF that be- found himself
M bed Tie was tukon iu "a cnrrlare 90
his physician who. the Instant he cxnm-
incd The generals throat saw that tho
patient was Ia a critical, " not danger
Gus condition, aud himself took General
James to his apartments and next day
Information spread through The country
that Gnrfold's pOatmnstcrgcuorh was
dangerously ill with pneumonia
A few days after General James was
thus smltten the newspapers published
an account of the sudden death ~ one Of
the most capable and brilliant police
captains New York had ever had, Me
Cullarh Tho officer had boon w. hnt
death itself came very suddenly There
was sudden gasp. az though his throat
was hllnc w. and he Died from sulfo
cation That, too WIS the peculiar icn-
turc Of the death OF Allen Thorndykc
Ricp. who had hecn nominated minister
tn Russia 10y President Harrison aud wns
about to sall Tor ST Petersburg when he
WAS stricken with sudden Illness, being
discovered suffering upun an elevated
railway train Wy xMHyOr Grace, who
YVES O personal friend, MIR Grave took
Mr. lusc 20 hls hotel, and while very
serious illnoss followed no immediate
danger Of din.h was regarded 40 proha-
bic. However. Mr., Rice Just M q time
whom hc seemed 90 be Improving cnl.
lnpse3. dying $40 suddenly ihRt !, WITS
impossible 10 have called amy unusual
medical attendance.
Tho old rvcords ossort Tint General
Washington being afflicted with Uumay
and not regarded os mortally NJ WA
SUDDENLY overcome and practically checked
10 death us result Of the dispngni
and the list Of men of distinction who,
! afflicted With quincy or similar troubles
have suddenly expired "a long one.
! while II medical records could be- Henrcl-
cd there h no doubt thni thousands ~
similar cases would be discovered which
have escaped the public eye since tho
| victims of the disease wore persons I'M
| known 10 public fame.
nr Robert g. Mylpa was private soc.
rctnry and assistant 10 Sir Morroll Nc
! Kengic az the tlmc thar distinguished
physician was attending Emperor Fred.
u. . al
eating his life away. With the de-
tails of thnt extraordinary ease Or
Myles was of course very familiar, aud
his experience then suggested 90 hin
that there ought 60 be- some new system.
agreement or arrangement by which "a
thorough medical examination should DO
made in nl cases whore seemingly sud-
DEN death follows such discusses az
quinsy for instance This. he thinks,
should boz done 10 the Interest uf medical
science. $40 that physicians cnn learn
whn, b. best a. Doc done IN emergencies Of
that kind.
Tho writer knowing that Or Myles
IN his lectures nt one of the medical coli
lrrcs 40 New York had frequently tuE'
rtftod that such policy be- adopted,
,alltd upon him on thc day that General
James Illness was announced, which
happoued 20 be- also the day that Captain
MtCularh died sn suddenlY, There had
been reports that mysterious discDto
MAS prevailing Ia New York and in
other parts Of the country, disease
which seized ~ victims almost with
the audiences Of parnlyae and brought
about death by Btrdngllng, through The
filling Of the windplpc az lungs. These
reports had oc,MsiOned a good deal ~
nervousness aud many business men
were more apprphpnsiVv than was ofrn
tho case AZ uhe tine the grip was rng.
ing.
tnstidel' but he added that thers vDc
some things that Il might be- well iur lNa
puhlio ~ know Ia these uiuea wlApi tho
weather 10 30 favorable 90 h0fore a.
eenaea "1le case of General june was
peculiar" said Dr. Myiss, ~ had ban
using garple made w 81 elywure npd
nnotbQr ingredient. and ~nn ul iiini iir
marathon had passed from the throat
INTO tho windppe and thence into Che
lungs That produced Inflammation con
yesffon. which the coughing "a hp bad
Wna only sgmptOm ui Eui ihr case
shows linw delicate these ofguns ar, ana
with what care every person Should
guard against even such ah accident ~
I,.penel James Lad. which might have led
10 verg serious consequences. i hHd
case of ono distinguished man who wns
brought % me- suffering Efehuyi ana
fosiud that ~ too had become 1tnuNe1
Willie rarhmg Ma examining his throat
/ discovered ID little plcre Oi meat which
lad lodged in the larp1. II wax
plired az flesh undoubtedly left between
die teeih after eating aud hAh been ~
moved BY the gprgle and carried 20 that
spot
which / personally know nottlng' sug
posts again something which ] have i0uE
bad 20 mind, aud dat j. thai there
ah5ull be Il most Thorough fnfopy eiiefn
person has been carried away na Mood
iach was. OF course iu caaeH ~ sudden
doath from unknown can6ee fnf fofpuCf
ncts. but where The cause u knpWn D.
n not called upon % make any scientific
Investigation. u Ia very delicate INST
ier. and ypi V seems % me ifnt in ne
Interest ~ medical science fnere should
81 some understanding. ~ which an ~
iltaso c1sos cHu be thoroughly lnfcsl.
gated after death bf comfNirut meu, ~
professional etiquette etenea iu the way.
ilen professional ctqupfte ought ~ b.
,fabesd by common cGuaent Inhe these
cases ~ quincy, for instance Which have
caused iie death 81 distinguished mfn.
t4ill n0i ify % explain eHcoptihg %
worry general eud popular wNy Whist
unnsy is nor make any empirical state
In6nis 0l01i iia treatment u " enough
10 aay liidt u q ca nbsess formed bobind
ihe LhnAla. and iitaf aDsesa when i gets
lafx- enough n b1unl o. Fft rief sDae.
who're. i mag bnffow down bfwceo
fhe gnnrcies niN X f}athes DE iunas
ana Hll ften 90. Is may NuFb into iia
throat anA 30 lan uaeh iiic HludDiqe
fIt h asery delicate sgfgie1l operation
a. ~ from TIE neck 10 tiie lhefss The
intf .if,r te1d Nuvt 10 ~ nadr Nnfk nr4f