November 14, 1844 ~ Thursday

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

November 14, 1844 ~ Thursday

Nov 14th 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 affected 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 Elizabeth, 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 breath 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