Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-12-09

laInly deserve, and have no doubt meet
with the thanks Of the people for this act Of
kindness TO them.
a ne,o mode of closing dirided Artery.
In Gallignani's Messenger fthe 9Th ult.,
we find all article translated from the Bulle-
tin Generate de Therapeutique, giving an
account of styptic liquid discovered by two
French Physicians, Messrs. Talrich and
Halma G. rand, the effect of which is TO check
the eiiusion of blood in arteries which have
been opened, to close the orifice and TO cause
the wound to heal in short time. These
gentlemen are continuing these experiments,
which 1t is said are more and more conclu-
sive, and in the mean time, they hive placed
IN The Academy OF Sciences packet con-
tanning the ingredients of the styptic in ques-
ton, which is 10 be opened when the expert
ments now making with it by the inventors
are finished. The Bulletin de Therapeu-
tique is designed 10 contain accurate reports
of all the experiments made i'm the several
hospitals Of Paris, and of the new medicines
discovered from time 10 time, with the best
mode of employing them, 1t appears on tho
10th and 30th Of each month The following
is its account of the experiments made with
the remedy of Talrich and Halma- Grand.
The caroted arteries of 10 sheep have been
and across, and from two of them an oval
piece ofthe substance has been taken out;
and yet in four or five minutes, the effusion
OF blood has been stopped, and in few days
afterwards, the wound has been completely
headed. The same result followed SINH
lar operation upon the corotid artery of a
horse. few days ago, at the Abattoin Of
Montiaucon. In order to stop the hemorr-
hage, it is only necessary 10 apply a pledget
of lint saturated with the liquid, which it is
not required TO fasten around the neck, in
order to prevent lis falling off by its proper
weight. In the last experiment half the tint
dropt off ten minutes after IFS application,
while the sheep was eating ; and although a
portion of the artery had been taken away,
the hemorrhage was not renewed.
The advantages of the discovery ola mat
Ter infallibly styptical are incaculable, and
therefore it is ardently to be desired that NJ
Ialrich and NJ. Halma Grand may be ena-
bled TO realize the expectation they have
raised twill not be WIN h.b thfe ose ali Their
virtues as soon 1S% as ff6ey become known. In
this, the effects will be at once proved-it
will or it will not stop an efusion OF blood
1t Will or it will not at once close The artery
and afterwards cause it to heal permanently.
The effect is at once visible All the eYpe-
rlments, made under our own eyes, have
been perfectly satisfactory. A recent fact
that occurred within our own practice, gives
us an additional and forcible proof of the eff
ficacy of the remedy in question We were
called in last night to visit professionally a
young man, eighteen years ofage, who had
been suffering for "a hours from a hemorr-
hage from the alvcolary artery of the lower
jaw, In consequence of the extraction of
tooth, and from which he had lost several
pounds OF blood. Compression, dossils of
lint dipped in the eau de RabeI, repeated ap-
plicationS Office, and every other means for
stopping the effusien, had boon tried in vain:
the hGmorrhage continued, and the mouth
was constantly filled with blood. Nj. Rul-
ller, one of the physicians of the hospital OF
lie Charlie, who is the medical attendant of
the family, was on the point ofapplying the
actual cautery, as the only means left of stop
ping the bleeding, when we thought of try
ing the styptc. A quantity was obtained.
and Immediately used, by putting n small
pledget upon the artery from whence the
blood issued, and another on the external
edge of the lower jaw, and in seven minutes
the hnmorrhage was completely stopped
L wenty -four hours have since passed, and
though the pledget has been removed the
bleeding has not returned. Other instances
will probably shortly induce us to return to
this important discovery. The organic
change made in the wounded blood-vessel,
and which prevents the continuance of tho
is very remarkable. The direction
Of the wound is frequently altered"
The Chemist and The Surgcon.-The fol-
lowing anecdote was related by DR.. Reese,
in his Introductory lecture, a few days since,
at the Medical College, New York. TWAS
related in illustration of the importance Of
Chemistry TO the ply stefan and surgeon.
a lady, suffering from incarcerated or
hernia, was informed by her
physician, after eXhausting his efforts at re-
luction, that she must submit to the opera
ion, and a surgeon was sent for toperform it.
lie soon arrived, with knives, thirsting for
blood, and prepared to afford her relief by
displaying the paraphernalia of his Office
A chemist, who was present, told the sur
5eon that he had a pair Of beIlo,Os, he could
relieve the patient without knife. The la
1y overhearing him, and preferrinG chemis-
Try vastly before surgery soon had her kitch-
en- bellows transferred TO the chamber, and
ardently besought him TO Try the experiment.