The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

LOCI AA W.

A very curious communication on this dangerous
affection has been manta to the Frusoh Aosdemy of
edisoces by Dr. Veils, of Turin. W. lave several timed had
mossion to mention curare • idswhich the lodians of
Booth America poison thel; arrows with; If Introduced into
the blood, it will kill an on is forty bastes, while, on the
other kind, hugs doses may be taken isersidly without any
danger whatever. This we bow to be likewise the cue
with the poison of this most deadly 'oaks'. Dr. Vella,
liming remarked that the sambas ceased by sumo is sa-
Mgonlatic to the titans spasms which it. produced by
strychnine, was struck by the idea that the former might be
▪ specific :galore manes or lock jaw when produced b
wounds. Al a surgeon to one of the wards of a French
military hospital at Turin, when emirs] cases of Ina-
made "Onus elitist!, be had as excellent opportunity
of tasting this remedy which he did with the concurrence
of M. flallisron, chief physician of the honStal. The first
Wale were made on two men, who hod been lthouring wider
lockjaw ceased by bullets for the list four or tire days.
They woes both in a ems of incipient asphyxia, and their
lean was considered dispute; yet the curare poison opplicd
to the wounds produced a muscular relaxation which gam
them mach relief; but they were too far gone to be saved.
Dr. Vella was more fortunate in • third case, that of • ser-
geant, aged 35, .ho had been struck with a bullet in the
dolt foot at the batik of Mammas, Jose 4. He had entered
the !somata on the 10th. and the ball had hem we.
onsfully extracted to the 131 h. Three days later
be experienced • certain stiffness In his seek, and
on to. 17th his jaws were firmly dosed. Ail
tho physician of the hospital were .greet oft the
plot that this was • eau of oesermed Manua On ths 18th
the polka; wu bled to prevent asphyxia, and laadsmam
administered inwardly, which produced no effect. la ths
allorocon, cams was applied es the wound In the
tint dew centigrammes in 40 grammes of water; Cris
was were lively 'screwed to cos gramme of curare in BO
=mof water. Amer the lapse of three-quarters of ma
e:d subsequently of half an hour, each appliontiou was
killowird by • diminution of tetanic rigidity, and at birth by
szilogriziats • relaxation of the muscle. that the plebs was
to Mak, Mike mom soup, and even nit ape. his bed.
Altar the mean ad the curare had ceased, the tweak venom
would sommaseme In the right leg with great violence.
Altos tho treatment had continued for three dam,
Mims were to the thigh, in crier to ob•
min a lame ilsseNag whoa. The application of
carom wee repeated every throe, and then every Sr.,
hours until the twelfth day, whoa twice • day was found
sufbismt. TIM attack of bonus 000stantly diminished is
intemsky; es tieloth of Itriy be patient left his bed for
the tint time; cm she lleb ha waited for an hour. Ind ea the
251 h be left lb hospital perfectly recovered. Os tote com-
munication being reed, M. Velpeau east sum doubts on tie
slat Macy of the foot to establish the value of curare as a
spoeific 'maize tetanus, seeing that It M a most daoserons
gobs that requires to be kandld with extreme caution.—
M. Clouds Bernard remarked that the txtraotdinory tales
✓ebel of mare contained much exaggeration, but that it
could be ea/ell iatrodoced into therapooks like prumio acid
mad ether dual, ;Also's. As for Dr. Vellis account of its
I gas in • spoke against tetanus, Dr. Bernard thought it do-
earviag cf the greatest atteritim. Dm. Sweat, Cloquet,
Royer, and Janet de Lamballs concurred with Dr. Claude
Bersaid, and expressed their coutmeim that further imperi-
-1 moats should be made, osproially oa anima* In order to
matlrm tie (Mem of noire.—Gsklaasi.

THE Mass lir WolliOttalla...-0a Tuesday, at
the Inertial; of dr Naertowatede bawd eliniardiene, a gene•
Ni order frost the Peering Oemmielow,re misread, ordering
then to pruv Ida "• mita& altar, vowtarate, and such other
maartegea se areeeway" "the d.. celebration of
Dfilwewarship warillag to the TWO of the Roman cutholie
shatah." The ifewers add, that "they we wormed
by thek htalfeallair, No. ibefebeest that lbw required
by the Rams imbibe thettiels, la ailidea le the altar sad
valtawate, are a tear awl pada% adral a.d sisal, two
altar &Mr, two eawlladlcea, two am* awl a aaatl altar
ball." The board, by a wojarlty of abet to ems Too"
reepeatially dicliaed to magi, with Oh order.—Beffeet
Ann Later. _

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