Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-02-01

Vet he declares there were none OF thole
dfmal appearances LET him name one
vb;eh was materially different from what |
0,ed il 20 be. If he cannot name ere, what
are we 10 think of his ahertion that there
Ger. none of them Will he again contradict
M, when fxy that not only his back was III
Incl . rotten fiat but the mattrais, on which
n, law wh lie on board the vefel, was as have
G,ce learnt, rored through, and the board un.
A., il grown black. by the corrupted matter
,oo,iuualIy flung from the flores on his back
,b,, The fores on the im4lI of the back wa, as
,,,0e a. the palm of his hand, deep aud eK.
,,.me,y painful and prevented his being a
HE to ct up in bed every day or that the
0,ueh of them cauled people coming Into the
other part of The houie, to puke, aud TO with
draw without entering the patients room
Here would inquire If tie wound was, az
m. C Rates, a imple gunfh1t wound, by a ball
I'd, thro' a little above the middle OF the
,b,yh, and fraeu ing the bone without any of
,haIe dilmal appearances, why would he lop
At the limb Would il not be wicked to do
!, when (uch wound nigh, be cured with
.'o,al certainty To be iure IL would be
rnore comfort able TO the iu;g eon TO dreh the
lump, than the wound
n. C. declares, tuat The patient never
ga, mending," and was ss,onished that
shonld represent l. Sd. Will he deny that
,ne high and all these sores lexcept that
IN he sm.i Of the back were cleansed, the
co,ruped matter let cut OF the thigh
h, nial, as il were, from various openings
Gar the purpose one near the hip joint, ano-
IN, near he groin the room made fom
vasfa1aA hn limb
erended and made aight, the wound
where The bail entered made entirely well,
for near a mon'h the oandage and splint
ers discharged for many days ! The appetite
restored, and night sweat. and hectic heats
removed that we frequently raised the
whole limo by he ANGLE, and moved /, ineve.
nv dir .c,lon las far as the sore on the back
would psrmiD to exercise it and to shew
be sons present how srong it was that
Ms. evans en- did this IN my abseace -
and all without any complaint where the
frsc ure was Will DIR. G. pretend 20 deny
thst We Sc, eral tim. set the patient in =
char, The limb being thus fss restored and
la,ing over the cnair, and the use of the
hip and lower oint, res.o ed without the
least complain, wnere the bone VS. broken
that the palien, thought there was sufficient
strength IN The limb 10 support him, II hi
back would s3mit the attemltl or that MI
Z often said " HI. back svou!d recover as taS
as his high, he should soon be sble 10 20 eS2W :
That this was The case, not only the widow
and family, but the fiends and neighoors
can and do declare. Dr.. {. says he " wss
as,onished' at my saying the bones were
unAed, and goes on 10 say he 50 I'd siways
thought " IL was morally INFO sibie" lha
'tle,e bones which I'D been soaking II
cor VI On four weeks and upwards" could
be un ed How must lhsve ueen astonlsh
ed to hetr such d. clsrs atom come from ID
Coffin II he has always praclised urds'
such gross errors, il IS high time he VA
correctsd-for the consequences probsbl,
have been chat LIMBS have been Topped of
which, b. pruning and cult, alton, nigh
haze been =, . orea o usefulness He shout:
live recoIiected and at an caller period q
LIE he would, ina, bones are capable Of est
ing III their foulne.s and rotteness, and
prs Of themselves, aud then becoming
sound-thst the surgeon is sometimes u
blged 10 lay bare the bone, which has be
Gene rot e., z6e. ssw Oft pieces from each
sde the defect, 50 as To remove several m
ches OF the whole bone-yet a cailus, II
time harder thar the bone itself supplies ih,
place. How OF en- do cases occur, IN which
fractures at sea and other places lay 50 or l0l
days IN their rot enness, or corrup,,on 1t yo'
please, and aie restored One of he sbies
mrgeons in the u. States c.n name you ma
g such csse,--, me hive fallen under NJ!
observation. In fac KIN W of NO case, n
Which any kind Vt ro,tenness m the body "
,bone may moi be cured, provided The
blood vessels are not injured, nor tie bioo'
macorrosive or dissolved state. Furlher-
a callus, just formed, tender, and not ye
cemen.ed 10 the hal dness Of bone, is capa
oeof bending, stretching, and spreading
'"deed OF beng dissolved, especially Oh th'
approach Ci corrosive OF pu'r.d mater. l In
hlns snced in broken thigh, the bones o
which were uniled apparently sound ant
strong by the corrosive blood from
cancer IN the breast, the callus IN shor
ume grew soft, and The bJne fell asunder
ana isy without pain or swelling, I'LL th'
wmAn wasted away and dled.-ln Mr.. Z
Nmscase, there were Two pieces Ut bone
winch could not be replaced in,o their org
mai births One of them working near tn
surface took il out three inches sbos'
woere The original wound was, (thaf bas'
ms been previously healedl and the oriho'
made tor this purpose, was kept op-n, tia
@e other pieces might follow THIS orific'
nswhat the persons who laid him on, saw
No no doubt, matter was discharged from
And this loose piece OF bone was wha
felt, when they introduced their fng
w. DR. {. says the bones being shsttefe.
rWile hip could not have BIT en- ,..scovered
Moy dissection after death. Clumsy indeed
nus be the surgeons hand, that cannot by
selng discover shattered bone, especial
wren The ends of SO large bone as the
sn bone wer. tapped by each other hal
HIS ssrcssms upon bone and nerve
N"meni will not hello his cau.e NJ, will