Nov 14^th Thursday [FIGURE] when the destroyer reigns darkness prevails
At about daylight I was called upon to go to Sister Foss's
for Sarah Elizabeth was dying Mrs Woodruff and
myself went up as soon as could, & when we
arived at the house we found Sarah Elizabeth
apparently dying and appeared as though she would
not live 10 minutes. Sister Foss & Ira Foss her oldest
son was vary sick. the family was taking medicine
after the Thompsonian system viz roots & herbs three
doctors were attending upon the family, it was difficult
to tell what the fever was that they had,
it was first called the Typhus fever, but it proved
to be vary malignant if not a putrid fever, the doctors
nurses, & watchers, were nearly all more or less affe[c]ted
with it that were in the midst of it. the tongue would
turn black & in a low stage would swell. it seemed
to be a difficult matter to break up the fever after
it once seated. but to returne to the subject of Eliza-
beth, Doctor Churchell came from Saco, to see
Elizabeth, when he saw her he said it was of no use
to give her any thing for she would soon go. he gave
some council concerning the rest of the sick, & thought
preperations had better be made for removing
the corps as soon as the bre^a^th left the body & not
have it remain in the room with the rest of
the sick. And after standing by Sarah Elizabeth
Foss for two hours to see the last breath leave the
body, expecting evry moment would be the last as
she breathed shorter and shorter her puls all
of a treamor, spots appeared on the surface like
mortification her eyes were closed, her tongue black
as a coal & swollen some out of her mouth. I spent
an hour preparing a place to lay her out moving beds
bedsteads &c. when all of a sudden things took a
turn with her she opened her eyes, had her reason

well could talk her puls became regular, we ceased
all further preperations for laying her out. A slight
emetic was given her, ^&^ injections with a portions of
charcoal, to kill mortification. her body was washed
all over will [with] Alkilie of salaratus she vomited black
stuff that looked like mortification or that it cone [come]
from the liver she appeared better through the
day. Doctors Churchel & George Sewell were both
asstonished at her being alive on their return they
continued to do what they could for her. She said she
thought she should get well, but was willing to die and
go to rest if it was the will of God. Sister Foss was
vary calm but sick felt resigned concerning
Elizabeth, & vary calmly gave the children some
council concerning domestic affairs if she should
not live, herself, in the evening Mrs Woodruff & myself
returned to Fathers Carters & spent the night
during the night Sarah Elizabeth had an immens
quantity of black matter come from her which
had the appearance of the affect of Mortification.
it appeared difficult to decide whether her revival
was a revival before death or whether it was a turn
of the fever some believed she would get well
while others believed she could not but time will soon decide
I dreamed of being in Nauvoo Br Kimball {going to} England Br Wedster
{denied the faith} my sister Eunice {left in the hands} of Elder Young