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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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Isaac B. Desha, imprisoned for 20 months, is recovering from a self-inflicted neck wound in jail, as reported in the Cynthiana paper on July 22, 1826, with surgeons noting no immediate danger.
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Isaac B. Desha This wretched man will probably recover of the ghastly wound which he inflicted upon his own neck. We have no very late accounts, as we should have had if he had died. The Cynthiana paper of Friday the 22nd, contains a statement of his case, drawn up by his surgeons of which the following are the concluding paragraphs :
"He can now sit, stand, walk or lie, as inclination and comfort require. His confinement for a period of twenty months in jail, his abstinence for some time previous to the infliction of the injury, and the loss of blood at the time, all conspired to render his case less fatal than it would have been under other circumstances. The wound is now suppurating kindly, small granulations are springing up over the surface; he breathes easily, coughs but little, rests tolerably well of nights, takes food in sufficient quantity, and on the whole, there are no symptoms threatening immediate danger."
"He is an afflicting spectacle. A combination of circumstances have made the unhappy man extensively known, and we have been thus minute in detailing the case, and endeavoring to free it of technicality, in order that all may understand it."
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Cynthiana
Event Date
Friday The 22nd
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recovering from self-inflicted neck wound; no symptoms threatening immediate danger; wound suppurating kindly.
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Isaac B. Desha, confined in jail for twenty months, inflicted a ghastly wound on his own neck; surgeons' statement details his ability to sit, stand, walk, or lie as needed, with favorable recovery signs including easy breathing, minimal coughing, good rest, and sufficient food intake.