The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-26 00:00:00

IiNALTIt AND DDINANN.

Tll4lllll V NV MN ,—Thii 111001410 r heingi nobly eimeltlereil
foie of time 4/1110111)11111 frequently terminate lii teeth
eapecially when eplilemlo, 11, subjoined mount given
by this Abraffs MOrilmilr, or 111114111i1111111011411 1441 year
by lir, I trtilimi, of Ileselikein, by while'', out of 11l elm.,
only three Wrinitinteil Welly, will he found Interesting
Itr, Drulisii, Imelda,' purgative', whiali form the heels
of his treetinent, shoo employe illeplitirellea, supping,
aemilte, liatlia, ka, Ito prnenribee ell nold end acid her,.
raps, ueollllllo tilOY son iltiflViillribl4 to persplretion,
wroult he 114,11410 re line uf the Aid miens of eliminating
the inorbillu prltielplii Ito emoitiquently recommende
warm hawthorn, of violets and lindrui blossom, In mild
ORPIUM he merely iimearibre diet end Plaultary precaution'
lii ordinery cliii's i'ttiu'tlus—vli, thu tilltt rats of antimony,
ulthor Alone or combined with liwanonanha, This IC ad.
ministered two ur three thous. If thu inteitlnal Aron.
tone ere MuompAtilml with gentile mice, I bottle of mos.
tiee.l seldlite weter lo mihatitutvd for theeinutio. Ile pree.
oribus bathe to remedy the &plugs of the akin and revive
the foliations, If after thu gamtro•lntustilial ay midons have
diseppeahel is it,, MIMI of appetite, Valli the pulse
Is high, he nreeuribue tincture of smolt., in duple' of from
10 to :10 drops in a glass of linger and water, or Infleion
of violute to he adnilidetured in thu runnel of the day.
All eurebral symptoms he treats with itry ()upping at the
nape of thu nuck end between the 'Moulders. In four
0114011 only, in whiult the patients wore of a decidedly
eongulno oonatitution, Dr. Druhun (mused some of the
pluous to he soarilled, that being the only blood he drew
In 117 cues during a violoat epidemic. All bronaldel
or pulmonary iiyilipbumn he eideluce by antlinonial pre.
',orations' such as the white usyile of antimony,
mineral Icermen or bydrumilpliurotted odyde, and tarter
vinctiu mintlnieturcd according to Ensure' method,

TIM PliltarltVartox or TII6 DX/kn.—The process
pitcuited by M.,Pslodienz,la FireesnotlLouliiiii,iist,hfaur
lognil yiend
canribeasce.trininguse in some 'of thegiiriniteipildi cities on
live.
the continent, has but recently been introduced into this
country, and even yet it is little known, if at all, beyond
the limit. of the medical pretension. It is probable,
however, that the highly successful result of an expert.
ment which took place on Tuesday last at the Grosvenor
Soliool of Medicine will not only establish its efficiency
among the media"' authorities of London, but will lead
to its general use throughout the oountry. The pre.
paretions of M. Falceity are of two kinds—one, a fluid,
intended to preserve the body from decay for an indell•
nite period, and the other a powder, designed to prevent
dcoompoeition for A considerable time, or to arrest active
putrefaction if it have already commenced. Both pro-
cesses were subjected to an examination on Tuesday,
but it was to the latter, AS being of great importance and
utility than the other, that attention was chiefly
directed. The subject of the experiment waa the body
of • man who died of erysipelas on the 21st of tieptein•
her, It was taken to the school on the 24th in an ad.
vanoed atop% of putrefaction, the head and face being
greatly 'woollen and discoloured. The trunk was also
much decayed, and it wee pronounced by Dr. Belford,
the lecturer on anatomy, to be totally unfit for dime.
Hon. On the following day, the 25th, M. Feloony coin.
mimosa him operations, which were conducted in the
presence of several gentlemen of considerable profeeelonal
minima, He covered the bottom of the coffin with his
.wder to the depth of about three Inches ; on this the
..y WPA placed, and then oovered over with the
powder mixed with eawilust as a vehiele. In about ten
minutes not a true of the offensive smell remained, and
when the body was uncovered after the lapse of between
three and four weeks, it wee found to im in the same
condition As when it wis put into the halide of M. Fel-
cony. The powder had arrested the putrefaction, and
none of those present were sensible of any unpleasant
odour. A hand, into whleli %small ytuntity of the
fluid intended for the permanent preservation of the
demi had been Injected some weeks, wee also produced.
The skin still remained white, and no smell was emitted,
although the hand had been placed I water tad auk.
jetted to other eonilition" favourable to deciouipolition,
Hr. Bedford congratulated M. Walootty on the sueetwelul
result uf his experiment., witieh proved that his inven•
lion wee of the higheet value, sod might be Made 531.
trowels beneficial isk C stallary point of view.