The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-09-06
From the Columbia, S. C. Telescope.
Pnmtine The Human Stomach.

f>NMTltNS lHc I1UWGU oLoWUCN.
Nessre. Editors: The instrument for
pumping poisonous substances from the
stomach was used last week, we understand,
by the physicians of this town with the most
complete success.
1t was employed on gentleman who had
swallowed prodigious dose OF muriate OF
mercury or corrosive sublimate and laudan.
nm, aud that too, four hours after the poison
had been swallowed, and after he had been
in state Of commissions and total insensbll-
ity, for at least two hours He was in
deep state of inscnsiblity when the tube
was introduced into the stomach. A pint
and a half oi lime water, the antidote TO the
poison, was first injected, and it was pleas
ing to witness the immediate good etects.-
1t was suffered to remain few minutes;
and even before it as Withdrawn from thc
stomach the convulsion had ceased, and the
patient articulated several words as ols-
tnctly as the apparatus in the mouth would
permit, and nationally.
The lime water injected was as llmplc
and as pure as lime water always is; but
when it was pumped ont it had assumed the
orange color testing the presence OF murls's
of mercury. This test, however, was un"
necessary, as quantity of the poison that
had not Been swallowed. proved the nature
of it. We are happy to state that the pa
tient has recovered from the effects Of this
dose
We the more readily publish this case be-
CAUSE we are rather inclined 70 believe that
this NAV have been the first instance IN
| in which the instrument has been employed
in this state. And as we understand that
the operation is so easy both to the operator
and the patient, we cannot but think 1t We
ry important that the employment OF
should be widely extended. Melanchely
instances of poisoning are but too frequent
| The actions Of poisons are often so SPEEDY
aud the discovery of having swallowed tneH,
is frequently so late, as totally to exc!uue "'i
relief by swallowing remedies, III cohse'
quence of the insensbility of the patient,
1 This operation is the only resource lett; ahu
! it is consolation to know that it is so very
practicable and so etficacicus. II CH'-eF'
Earthquake.--A gentleman from otonms.
tori, Conn. states that an earthquake was
felt at that place, and likewise at Westerly
and New London Oh Saturday last about hA"
past 9 o'clock, Just previous to the co,-
mencement Of the n. f. storm. he aiso
states that tor some hours previous 70 'Hs
gale, the swell or sea in all the hafbors a"u
bays along the sea coast. was greater Una"
ever before Witnessed
II is stated in the London Scientific Jou,f
nal. that test has been discovered oy wh,o"
antidrluvian bones may at once he uis''n
! guished from those OF more recent oePos',c
ton The test is described, moreover, as".
most simple and mos. easy application' a"p
Of such certainty, that, with scarcely an eA.
ccption, it will discriminate between oo"e'
from Roman tom1s, and those usual'y sup
posed to be of diuvian origin. frofe'sW
BucklaDd has prepared an account Oh II -
the forthcoming part of the "lrans"cl!'"a
Of the Geological Society"
The New Brunswick Fredonian says
The notorious couUterfeiter aud forser' w. w..
Smith, alias Reed, who was very feee"'v
lodged in the State Prison OF n. Jersey Va.
made his escape, and is now, or was a'y -
two since, at large.
CSTRIC ICHES-Three live ostrichcs nav
recently been brought to Boston from Cdle
de Verbs. The Boston Traveller says VI"
largest, only eight months old, IN a na'"'"' 60
posture, is nine feet high, the others a.e
Younger and smaller. but seem CROWNS ",
ry rapidly. They swallow bones pto.he ,hs
stones. and iron nails, with avdlty, a''a w
gastric fluid of the stomach possesses 'i9 pI
culiar property of dissolving chem IN "i;s- Ia
time. The plumage is at present ra.n., ",
ordered, as they have plucked eaC" u" hnt
feathers on the passage. The bird mas Gu ';rs
two toes oil the foot; the leg, large ana ;.ssIf
. ,e , ,u.,,e ,,r, ;e "a great curiosity W is.s...