Butts-Henry-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thurman, Mitchell June 1897
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Jackson Argus – Week of June 25, 1897
REV. MITCHELL THURMAN DIED

Attends the Teachers’ Institute and is Stricken Down as He Returns

Rev. Mitchell Thurman of Henry county died at the home of his sister Mrs. B. J. 
Lunquest on Indian Springs street at 12 o’clock, noon, last  Sunday.   His 
death was caused by strangulated hernia.

Mr. Thurman had been attending the teachers’ institute at Indian Spring and 
towards the close of the session was not feeling well.   He came to Jackson on 
Saturday and stopped with his sister, Mrs. Lunquest.    Dr. W. C. Bryant was 
called in and after an examination told Mr. Thurman that he pronounced the 
troubled strangulated hernia and that an operation would have to be 
performed.   Mrs. Thurman insisted that he had been in that condition before 
and that he was sure that his trouble was not hernia.   The Dr. then set about 
trying to move the bowels, but after exhausting the best known agencies in a 
fruitless attempt he told the patient again that the trouble was unquestionable 
strangulated hernia.   Dr. R. G. Bryans was then called in for consultation and 
it was agreed that the only hope was in an operation.   On account of night 
having come on the operation had to wait until morning as it could not be 
performed by lamplight.    During the night vomiting set in and the patient was 
very weak the next morning.    The operation was performed successfully and the 
strangulation was relieved, but this relief, coming as it did after poison had 
set in, was of no avail and the end came at noon.

Hernia is said to be strangulated when a portion of the intestine or omenturn 
that is protruded is so tightly constricted that it cannot be returned to the 
abdomen, but has its circulation arrested.  If relief is not speedily afforded 
the strangulated part becomes gangrenous.    The causes of strangulation are 
various, but this condition most commonly arises from a sudden violent effort, 
by which a fresh portion of intestine is driven into a pre-existing hernia, 
which is distends to such a degree as to produce this complication.   The most 
prominent early symptoms are flatulence, colicky pains, etc.    They are 
succeeded by vomiting first of the contents of the stomach, then of the mucus 
and bile, and lastly of faecal)?) matters, owing to inverted peristaltic 
action.  If relief is not obtained the inflammation that commences in the sac 
extends to the peritoneum and the ordinary signs of peritonitis appear.  Then 
comes gangrene or mortification of the part and the patient speedily sinks.

It was unfortunate, but unavoidable, that at the surgeons should have been 
misled by the patient.

The funeral service occurred on Monday at the Methodist church and the 
interment was at the city cemetery.

A large number of the relatives and friends were present at the funeral.  The 
deceased was a brother of Col. Thurman of Griffin and Dr. Thurman at 
Barnesville.   He leaves a wife and several children.

His life was that of a loyal, cheerful Christian and he has no doubt met with 
the Christian’s reward.



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