Clark: January 26, 1805
On a notably warm and pleasant Saturday, the expedition hosted several Indians for dinner, who appeared well pleased with the meal. The day was marked by a medical incident when one of the men was suddenly struck with a severe case of pleurisy. The party treated him by bleeding him and applying the standard remedies used for that illness at the time.
26th of January Satturday 1805 a verry fine warm Day Several Indians Dine
with us and are much Pleasedone man taken violently Bad with the
Plurisee, Bleed & apply those remedeis Common to that disorder.
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26th of January, Saturday 1805. A very fine warm day. Several Indians dined with us and were much pleased. One man was taken violently ill with pleurisy; we bled him and applied the remedies common to that disorder.
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