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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

Surgeon fa

Stubbs ; House Visitors.
and John Clint, Esq.; House-Surgeon,
dersleeves and Mr. W. Haines; Treasu
Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.

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EYE:AND EAR INFIRMARY, 9

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MONTII LY REPORT

EYE DEPARTMENT: New Patients admitted in the month of
December, 207 ; Patients prescribed for, and who have received
Surgical assistance during the month of December, 955 ; Total
since the commencement, 480:R1.—EAR DEPARTMENT: Pa-
tients prescribed for, and who have received Snr,ionl uacie to n_

ouricai assistance
during the month of December, 166 ; g Total since the commence-
ment, 16,118.

Surgeons, Dr. Edward
J. B. Barrow ; Treat

'ell; Assistant-Surges

WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FI
HOUSE HOSPITALS. J

ER AND WORK

ADMITTED: Fever and Small Pox 22
Wards, 52; Lving-in Wards, 6; Locl
CHARGED: Cured, 51

Leclical and S
2; Total, s 2

ItEMAINING IN THE HOSPITAL
Medical and Surgical Wards,
30; Total. 381.
Consulting Physicians, Dr. Macrorie and Dr. Gouthwaite;
Consulting Surgeon, Mr. 111`Culloch ; Physician and
Surgeon for the week, Dr. Carson and Mr. Davis;
House-Surgeon, Mr. T. F. Grimsdale ; Assist.-Surgeon.
Mr. E. T. Watkins ; Apothecary, Mr. Thomas Linglev.

Fever and grnallTa:10(17;
239; Lying-in Wards, 12; Lock,

TIDE TABLE

MORN. 1 EVENO.I HOH

1 HOLYDAYS, ETC

Tuesdayj..a!l.. 5 "1. N. hi
2T ft. ig. I -
Wednesday. 6 145 2 2 15 9
Thursday.. 7 220 231 14 11 I i
Friday .... 8 257 317 13 11 .
Saturday .. 9 339 4 2 12 10
Sunday .... 10 428 457 12 0 Oat Sunday aft Epipli..
Monday ...11 522 69- 11 7

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL.

Direct. I Indirect

Australia
Bahia Nov. 23
Barbadoes
Bombay •
B. Ayres

23 Lima

lOct. ii

•
i Maranhant . . INov.f i 3,
24 Mauritius .. ..

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Calcutta ' Nov. 22 New
Orleans
C. G. Hope. .. Oct. 25 New York... ..
Charleston. •
Oct. 28 Rio Janeiro.. .. Demerara • • • Nov. 18 S ..
Havana Savannah
t.Helena ..
Jamaica • . Nov. 23 Valparaiso .. Oct. 2
Guayra .. 21 Vera Cruz ..

Nov. 4
Dec. HP
Nov. 6

Nov. 8

THE USE OF ETHER IN SURGERY

A method of rendering a patient insensible to pain during
the performance of surgical operations by the inhalation
of the vapour of ether combined with
The following arc the particulars of the successful ampu-
tation of the leg of a patient in the Bristol General Hos-
pital on Friday, in which this new principle was tried
A young man, a patient at the Bristol General Hospi-
tal, had, on Friday, his left leg removed above the knee--
an operation rendered necessary by a white swelling of
three years' standing, and at the suggestion of Dr. Fair-
brother, the senior physician to the hospital, Mr. Lana-
down, the operating surgeon, was induced to try the effect
upon the patient of the inhalation of the vapour of sul-
phuric ether. After inhaling the vapour for one minute
and a half, the patient became unconscious, and the sur-
geon commenced his incision, and after the lapse of two
or three minutes, Dr. Fairbrother again administered the
vapour, keeping his fingers on the patient's pulse, and
watching his breathing. Wine was administered in small
quantities alternately with the vapour, which kept him in
a state of unconsciousness for the period of fifteen mi-
nutes separated from the body in one

tmospheric air.