Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1884 — Narrow Escape. [ARTICLE]

Narrow Escape.

A Newburg youth of 16 summers has had a narrow escape from being crippled for life. His parents noticed that one side of his body seemed to be drawn out of shape—so much so that a physician was consulted. The doctor, after seeing the lad, told him he had been smoking cigarettes, and was being poisoned, and that, had he continued the habit a few weeks longer, there could be no doubt that his entire side would have become paralyzed.