The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

the night twelve or fourteen ounces or
blood. He would not by any means be
prevailed upon by the family TO send for
the attending physician until the following
morning. who arrived at Mount Vernon
about IL o'clock on Saturday. Discovering
the case to be highly alarming, and fore
seeing the fatal tendency of the disease.
two consulting physicians were Immediate
~ sent for.
I'm the interim were employed two cop
ious bleedings, a blister was applied 10 tns
Tart affected, two moderate doses of cal0-
mel were given, and an injection was ao-
ministered, but all without any preceptiDle
advantage. the respiration becoming still
mere difficult and distressing Upon the
arrival Of the first OF the consulting phy-
sicians, IL was agreed that as yet there
were no signs Of ton in the bron-
chial vessels OF the lungs TO Try the result
CT another bleeding. When about thirty
two ounces OF blood were drawn, without
the smallest apparent alienation or the
disease, vapors OF vinegar and water were
frequently inhaled. ten grains OF calomel
were given. succeeded by repeated doses
OF emetic tartar, amounting IN all 10 nNe
or six grains, etc. The powers Of life were
row manifestly yielding 10 the force OF the
disorder. respiration grew more ana more
contracted and imperfect, till half past IL
c clock on Saturday night: when, retain
ing the full possession OF his intellect, ne
expired without a struggle.
Several hours before his deceaSe. after
repeated efforts to be understood, he sue
ceeded in expressing a desire mat. ne might
BE- permitted TO ole without interruption
IlO NIN-LlLAr [ALAIAAAAA1 "a 800
ELISHA G. DICK, Consulting Physician
DR.. Welch. in discussing this astounding
be rbarism comments upon The palmetto
manner in which the physicians express
their establishment and grief at the failure
OF their treatment TO relieve the patient.
and adds:
The treatment. therefore, Of an old man.
sick with a disease very cXhauStlng 10
Vitality. and 50 severe that tn. illness
lasted but twenty-four hours, consisted IN
the abstraction OF between sWO and three
quarts OF blood. the administration OF
about or. Xxx OF calomel and er- VI Of tar
tar emetic, an injection, with external APP
rlications OF a blister-and a pressure OF
the hand. This treatment administers TO
a well man in so short a time would 90 far
toward preparing him for his lSst Journey
OF course, such q story as this. read
I'm the light of the first suns or the tWen-
tieth century, recalls the brutal Ignorance
Of Sangrado and the superstitions OF the
dark ages. But, after all, dlo not DTS
Craik and Dick represent the most adj
vanced medical knowledge and practice
OF that age? Were they any more be-
nighted then than our best physicians OF
to-day will seem a hundred years heoce2
II is evident that their treatment would
have killed General Washington even IL ne
had had a chance OF triumphing over the
malady under which he lsnguished. but
would any Of the doctors OF his day have
treated him differently Il Is our opinion
that II medicine advances IN the same
degree as other sciences during the cur
rent century. the leading practitioners in
the year 2000 viii look back uDon the
ideas and theories OF the ablest physicians
now living with as much pity and con-
tempt as Or. Welch has Just shOwered
upon Drs. Craik and Dick
Verify. when one considers the medical
progenitors lived long enough TO maintain
the race.