Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-19
Curious Surgical Treatment.

particularly recommended.
FROM ETON'S SLJRHEI.
IS faw, in the Eaacrn parts OF the Empire, a
method Of letting bones prattiled, which appears
20 me worthy of the attention of furgcons in Eu-
rope. Il is by incioiing the broken limb 10 q
cafe of platter Of Paris, Cor gypfum) which takes
exactly the form of the limb, without any pref.
iure, and in few minutes the MATS is fold and
RTong. IF it be compound fracture, the place
where the wouadis, and oat Of which an extoIia-
ted bone is 10 come, may be left uncovered,
without any injury TO the trength Of the platter
incaicment. This iuhRance may be saGly cut
with knife, and removed, and replaced with
another, If, when the lweiling iubfdes, The
cavity is too large for the limb, hole or holes
being left, liquid gyplum platter may De poured
In, which viii perfectly hllup the void, and ex.
aef!y fit the limo. A hole may be made at 6fh
by palcing an oiled cork or bit Of wood againR
sAy part where il is required, and when the plal-
Ter il fes it is To be removed. Th.fe is nothing
In gypfum injurious, if it be free from lime; ii
will ioon become dry and light, and the limb
may be bathcd with fpirits which will penetrate
through the covering. Spirits may be uied in.
Read of water, or mixed with it, or vinegar, &C
the ira making of the platter. faw Gale of
moR terrible compound fracture OF the leg and
thigh, By the tall OF cannon, cared in this man
ner. The patient was fea,ed en- the ground, and
the plaRer cafe extended from below his heel to
the upper part OF his thigh, whence a bandage,
faitencd into the platter, went round his body.
He rechned back, when he dept, as he could not
lie down. During the cufe, where they taw
matter or moiaure appear through the platter
coating, they cut a hole with knife to dreis
The wound, or let out the matter more freely"
The method of reRoring frozsn prts OF the body
Ia Rulha, as praalled by the common people
fucceis.uIly, when the ufuAl mode OF treating
them by the mott able furgeons has failed, as re-
lated by our author, ought TO be duly examined,
and carried into practice by our furgeens in the
NORTH Of England and in Scotland, where leve
raj poor psrfons perth in hard winters for
want of the circulation OF inch ulefal knowledge
Which might enable the fmpiea peaians to apply
an immediate remedy, viz. goeic greaie, with
which the parts were fmeared warm and the ope-
ration often repeated; the parts are never TO be
dry, out always covered with the greafe, in the
cafe mentioned, the application was not maize I'LL
the lecond cay, when the trozen feet were per-
fe4y black. TAis Is general practice ofthe
peaf1nts throughout all RuIlia, but It tuPpoies
r the patient TO be conveyed to warm room; for
if the part is choen before this can be accomplish
I'D, they extract tie fro6 by plungiog the pars
into cold water, or rubbing it with inow till the
circulation returns.
Curiosity Near the great-island, on
the west branch of Susquehannah, there has
latel, been discovered deposi,ary for the
dead, consisting of several stone chambers.
made TO suit several lengths of the human
body the whole is in rock, which pro.
iects from near the top of hill towards the
south west, so as TO have hot exposure
during the summer season, and dry sltu-
alton at all times. The contents OF these
chambers have gone nearly 70 decay, ex-
cepting only one pair of feet and legs, and
the upper part of the head /; the skin, hair,
nails, colour aud natural appearance OF
these, are IN good state of preservation.
So hard and entirely Invested of moisture,
as to be easily secured from change by the
hand of time. They have been forwarded
10 gentleman at George. Town. Potomac
and are supposed to be the remains of a
young Indian female of some of the Paspa-
ges, whose family had deposited her there
with much care and attention. Her apart
Haenss was furnished with suitable trinkets,
changes of clothes, and brass kettles, tor a
long tourney: her feet were in TWO pair of
rnoquesons, one new the others probably
the last she had worn.
The oldest white inhabitants there have
no recollection Of any Indian or other &C.
count of ssch burials. (A1rsra.
Only one of the aforementioned legs,
with its foot and mequesens. part of the
clothes and some srinkess were sent on to
this place we have seen them IN the pos