The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-08
HE Is DYING OF HICCOUGHS.
JoBN cARBERRY LOSES 81 POUNDS IN
TEN WEEKS

The HiceouRb. BcEas when = BARRIER was
Lsthsring Hi. Cbiu-Seven Phy-ieiass
P"ssied-rh. Pnue-t Anxiou. for Death.
Ten weeks ago Yesterday John Carberry Of
% Webster street. Newark was strong roe
bust medium sized man. weighing lust lat
pounds. and In the ENJOYMENT OF perfect
health To-day he Ia a mere shadow Of his
former self, Weighing less than ninety pounds,
and hardly able to talk. much less move
He is lying on couch at his parents home
anxiously awaiting death to relieve the agony
he enduros. His sufferinRs are due. APP
parently. solely to an attack OF hlo-
coughs. which has baftled the skill Of
seven eminent physicians Of Newark and
appears to grow worse daily. despite their eff
forts, as well ns the one hundred and one home
remedies usually applied in similar vases.
The most peculiar phase OF Carberrys affiic-
ton Is the manner In which IL was contracted.
Ten weeks ago Yesterday he stopped at his
BARRIERS. according to his usual custom on
Wednesday. TO get shaved. While applying
tho lather. Carberry says. the barber used I'M
usual force on the chin. and he was suddenly
seized with an attack OF the hlccoughs II be-
came so violent he was forced to leave the
chair before he had been shaved.
After slipping water. and trying several other
old-iashloued remedies without obtaining re-
lief. Carberry lett for Lalor's saloon on Belle
willie avenue where he was employed as bars
tender.
He was rapidly growing worse. and. unable
to obtain relief he went home. and after his
mother had tried mustard plnsters on the chest
and throat. potato poultces sugar aud vinegar.
aud several other household remedies. he
summoned DIR. Chapman. The latter prescribed
and cheerily said when leaving that the patient
would be all right the following day But he
wasn't and then Dr. Wendell was called in
conjunction with DIR. Chapman. Another day
added to the list Of attendants. without any
better results.
The doctors wero puzzled. the patient grew
Respondent and the parents becoming great
clans Drs. Lyon. Ieh. .Towles, and Hawk. The
seven physicians held consultation after con-
sultation. applied all known remedies. Internal
and external, without arording the patient
any apparent relief,
SO 1t continued from day to day. with the
patient rapid growing thin aud emaciated.
unable to sleep. eat. or dsink. and the hic-
coughs recurring Mt regular intervals of thirty
seconds. until the sufferer actually began to
pray that death might come to his relief
The doctors say that such case 10 abso-
lutely without precedent, They presumed hs
might be affected with Inflammation OF the
stomach. and have used hon water as an
emetic and douche. but without affording'ths
The case has attracted widespread attention.
and hundreds OF visitors call at tho house
daily to ascertain tho condition OF the patient.
The outcome Is watched with great interest
the vicinity has been consulted as to the prob
able end Of the malady.
CRrberry. Notwithstanding his occup patton. 10
a temperance man, and was always regular In
his habits. lie worked rs a ship carpenter
until five months ago. when he began to tend
bar.