American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-14
REMARKABLE CASE.

There is n person Of middle age in the vicinity
OF Boston who has nothing but the muscles anu cum
mon integuments to cover or deiehd lne hea'. y"
The left side of the thorax. The hearts pulsa'ion
can be seen distinctly, even pressing ilsei oeyohu
the anterior side of the sternum. ms IS g'ea'
curiosity to the anaomis., and strikes those VIM a.e
acquainted with the beautiful mechanism oi 'n''
never.ti'ine organ, with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II SEEMS
on viewing this phenomenon, as though every sue
cepdinr dias,oe would burst the heart, ana sever
the thread of lille in an instant. The facts IN reia
ton TO the case are simply these :-Wheh me ln'
dyidual of whom we ale speaking was chiia' W
some strange accident all the ribs about th's Par'
we're badly fractured, but instead OF unIiing again.
by deposition OF ossi6c matter, the absoroents LOOK
away the injured bone and none was afterwards
formed thus leaving the heart entirely nnpro'ec'eu
Even the punciure of a pin at this tender Poh'
would be his DEATH and yet he is apparently SO care
less of his existence, that he has provided
himself with any pec,oral defence beside his com
mon clothing. Medical Inteuigencer.
For curing Ueak and Weeping Eyes.-Make
la strong decoction of chamomile boiled IN sweet
COWS milk with this let the patients eyes DC
babed several times day as warm as can DC SUI,
lfered without uneasiness. Persons, almost olino,
have been cured by persevering in the use OF this
prescription. 1t is proper, however, to observe.
that frequently or 6 weeks bathing OF the eyes Is
necessary. ibid.
Extraordinary Opcratton-The following is perhaps the
most extraordinary that ever came within the chr
gcal experience Of Of our medical readers occurred
lin the practice Of Mr. William Price, Of Nantgar@, Mon
lmouthshre Edmund Williams, boy about seventeen
years of age, dreadfuy mangied III rolling mill 20
vember 25 1924 lie first struck oa the chest by red
hot ron which drove in the middle portion OF the steinnl
and tumbed him spindle in rapid motion, "nch spun
him round the spectators say at least forty nes the cos
severed all his toes and greater part OF the meatasa
bones of both his feet His right thgh.bone was crushed
lin pieces the Judgements enveopng te like bag con.
tanning great many small fragments Of bone His scro,un
lacerated in various drecons through the corrugated
division of which the testes depending; and long
acerated ncson extended backward the inner side OF
the tuber sch large enough for the operation of thoo
my His left wrist dsocated. jagged division Of
1.-The scapuar portion of the detod muscle, and bis head
and much bruised. So desperate we're The mutlahons
that they eaced every coourng OF hope We need not
here explain the that governed the course adopted
by Mr. Price but deplorabe the case, that he re
solved not to amputae to remove as little OF The mutiateo
feet as possible to reduce and place his limbs i'll avora
lbe position of union adopt the antplogsc regimen d
ring the continuance of the reaction, and in decline d
rect liberal diet All these indications were observed il
successon with the occasional of purgaves and bers
On the eighth day the fractured bones and his
limbs laid in frames semifleXcd They sweed but little
any, and by the 30h of December the three fractures
the right emur unted the battered portion Of tho
left femur had aggregated into considerably larger
than the natural magnitude of the respective extretes
Ito which these had firmly coaesced. lie cam when liberia
ted, hex his thighs upon his abdomen In less than two
months from the date OF the accident he could walk by
leaning the furniture, about the house. But on the
9th of January concerned to state, he became toe
sangune and would try his crutches no~ outstanding thcr
use had been expressly prohibited till lie should be able tc
WELD them and in the act OF trying them they topped
him his left side, and reracured that temur. lie is
again confined, but the bone is reuntng and there is
| cry prospect that he will recover.
/ Bristol Eng. ) .Nercwy