Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-01-04
Mr. SHIRLEY

TX FnlNithf
IN YOU iast G zeiie Won notice. IL aaesh
OF Mt. joan Evans, and reDatked, lbs e
'iie NIGH have heeG saved b. aRa6us..,
he limb, but WAS lost in consequence of e
Operation beng opposed BY Ply ician. ,.ho
promised 20 care It (which was, Il eas,.
incorrect.
Mr. Evans was alsbou-ng man. &hsd. win
h. fsirnds, determined 10 lipe or aie ~, h h.,
limb - Al the Request OF Dgcf Cslda visi.
led him On the l0'h Of 0es with Two Other
Csn semen OF tbe t,culty linen ated 10
"a N, that be prospect of LIVING after The
"persuon, until p oper suppura.ion could
Brought forward was extremely doubtful
considering thai the fiigf-boue Wss brosea
'ear The body, and 81. tered quite up The
h p--fue or six inches shorter thsn before
with large wounds near the gfoin--hsying
as was said) lard nearly month without
being ex ended,or the bones placed IN order,
n .~id straight upon TIE bed, or even ban-
lsges or spirlis or other dressings-Tbe
whole limo, gron and bip much swollen
the muscles aud 4 sd a The wound, and fur.
her up, m rotten state wasted blood, en-.
aciated body. attended with Pgoluse night
aweats, hectic heats, SC Such was the Sit
aalion II the patient a. that lime, presu.
med that he would sink under lhe opera
non, beeaase i would be impossible 10 re-
move all the foa. fest, aud bone ID cutting
above. Ga the other band, there wa,
possibility of Supporting life IN n the wound
could be brought To better state, aud ,hen
ea-e could be eBeeiea. therefore, pfesum.
ed the only proper course to be puisues
was 10 endeavour to save the limb
The above was The elyice gwen, in the
presence and st the feguest OF Doct. Coffin.
then left ihemi several hours sitter this |
WA requested 10 lress and lake csre Of The
pallen, Il declined doing il bu went 10
ID Collins myself TO request him 10 do .,
and would assist aim il he wished, DR. {.
VS. out, aud leii the message. Ia me e
yenlng va. egalp requested = s.stas tpe
Patient, saying, thai I've bad no. beea drss'
scd for foue days, and that he would DE i5f
want OF dressing. and that DE- Cotha had
been m and notified len thai he would DC
no more for him, unless TO amfutate The
!mb.
Upon further examination, found thaithe
5'aQief upon which he had lald nesl'
mouth. had penetrated inlo has back, and
grown rotten in the flesh, 50 that wen re-
moved seven Or eight OF the JOINTS OF the
backbone were lctt naked--the hlps snd
shoulderblade were nearly "a tke sane slut
tion--These were uano iced by l. mn
These distressing ssres ooeasioaed glee'ff
prin, and were more difficult 10 mansge
than he lun5, AID finally prevented The cure.
The wounds eff tbs limb progressed 'ole'-
bly well--ta4 Sd .-teied bore vas placed D. {
united strait snt ..eoHg- The spln1ers ara
bmaares were .d.sc6srged--tAe wound
where the hal entered was guile we.'--'ne
othar-r early so--the hecac heats ana n'ga,
s,veas were cennvsd, nd Appetite res oi.o
--.But ate wound ugon he smsli 81 ne
baot could no, be oaret-it was d.sp, cor
raaee, aHd eNtre mei3 p-iDiai-.a'A' ( ana y.
n.Ia Nor, fed htsa " uuds ie iae as
we're ue cause which pl,g4n'so 2 eoRi''s'e
cure. why be a#s alt examined 'ae a es-
seq during Tie tour da5s -iisg pc va