Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-08-30
DIR. CHARLES III. DARE DEAD.
HIS Disease q Remarkable One.
ana the Case q Wonderful
One of Brave ana Heroic Suf.


One of Brave and Heroic Suf-
tering.
Dr. CHARLES a. Dare, the physician
and surgeon, died at his residence on
East Commerce street, Saturday morn
ing at.about seven o'clock.
The immediate cause of his death,
and from which he has undergone
most acute suffering, both physical,
and naturally mental for nearly three
years, was aortic aneurism. The ailI
ment resulted from an attack of La
Grippe which he had during the severe
ravages OF that malady here In 1890.
During that epidemic DR.. Dare was
tncessantly on the go, and for three
weeks he was not in his bed day nor
night, so constant were the calls upon
him by the sufferers. These excessive
labors made MIN susceptible to a
severe attack of the disease, by which
he was prostrated. A cancer In the
throat was one of the heritages left by
this terrible attack, and the fatal
aneurism also developed. He went to
Philadelphia and had an operation
performed for the cancer, which was
successful.
The aneurism did not show, although
it had developed, until after this oper.
alton, and DR.. Dare visited the cele-
brated surgeon and physician, DIR.
Agnew, to see if an operation could
not be performed to stay its progress.
DIR. Agnew told him that an operation
was impossible, and DIR. Dare was then
convinced more fully, of what he
already knew that there could be but
one termination, and that was death,
The attack made rapid inroads upon
the lining of the aorta, and 1t soon
became so thin that there was
immediate danger of rupture and
instant death. The tissues were eaten
away to such an extent that the
pressure of the blood made an ex.
ternal protuberanoe. The doctor
took to his bed and In the spring
of '92 he livedgin bed for..tour months,
In order to allow the coagulation
of blood to thioken the walls of the
aorta. This heroic ordeal was no
doubt, the prolongation of his life.
DR.. Dare was aware of his condition
aud talked most cheerfully about it. To
pTONUUp rororfor ba cold kxro 1oa.,
ago, that his case was such that he
might drop off at any moment; and al
though he went about the streets,
took an active interest In every day
life, was congenial and cheerful, yet
he knew that he walked continually
10 the very shadow of death.
Three weeks ago he was takea down
again, and he told his wife that this
would be his last attack. The walls of
the aorta had become so thin, and the
protuberance so gorgea, that blood
began to force its way through In two
places, and the fatal moment was ra.
pidly approaching,
Friday he was very cheerful and
pleasant, joked with his wife and
playfully teased her, for he had had a
good nights sleep the night before.
Last night he did not sleep well, and
Mrs. Dare was obliged to dress him
twice. At six o'clock this morning he
called her again and said he was suf-
fering terribly and asked her to give
him two morphia pills, which she did.
He told his wife that the pain was so
great that she had better give him
some more medicine. She called bis
mother, Mrs. Frank Dare, and also
sent for physicians. She then gave
him some more pills which, when he
got in his mouth he suddenly exclaimed
''there 1t goes" and the aorta had
bursted, the blood gushing out like
water. He expired Immediately. He
died just as he had often said he de.
sired to go-from external rupture;
had the rupture been internal he
would have choked to death.
liz LAW Woo tuc SUI VI tllS ldLc
druggist Frank Dare, who died in
March 1892, and the grandson of the
venerable James Dare, of Greenwich
who died last March. He was born In
this city Nov. 90, 1s47. Only his wife
and mother survive him, he having no
children or brothers or sisters. He
graduated from the West Jersey Acad-
emy and also went to school at the
Delaware Water Gap.
He studied medicine under the late
DR.. j. Barron Potter and graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania
in the class of 10, In which class was
DIR. W. J. Wright. the eminent sur.
geon.
In the same spring he married Miss
Anna Mary Thompson, daughter of
the late Daniel b Thompson, and sic.
ter of DIR. ]. R. q. Thompson. He