The Arkansas advocate., 1831-04-06

and the ignorant practitioner who pre- scrlbes and administers anti-spasmodics, not only looscs the time in which the remedies to save life can he successful ly employed, but actually exacerbates the disease and arcelcrates its fatal termination. In the hip complaint, so terrible and painful disease, the first pain is felt in the knee, not in the hip. Of the numerous painful affections of the abdominal region, the lungs, the heart, the head and extremities. some are tIaceable to nervous origin and are knowna as Neuralgia Diseases. Dis section has enabled the anatomist 10 follow the nerves frem these portions of the human frame into and through the spinal marrow, and other large but re- mote masses of nervous matter-and this has suggested to the physician the truly philosophical remedy for the pain
 ful affections of these regions, produced by disordered ncrves--viz. to apply rem edies to the back-the less obvious but true seat of the disease, instead of to the immediate locality of the pain.- Remedies thusapplied have had the hap plest effects, and afford new and strik- ing illustrations of the necessity of anat- omy to the successful practice of medi- cine.
 Error in all these cases is inevitable without q knowledge of anatomy; and experience so far from leading to it's de- lection, would rather serve 10 confirm It. Ignorance of the mode of properly applying his experience deprives the un- skilled in anatomy of the ability of pro- fitting by it.
 'Richeraud has recorded of Ferrand, chief surgeon of Hotel Diea., that he kill ed patient by mistalsing an aneursm in the arm pit loran abscess. De Haen mentions q person who died in conse- quence of the opening, against the ad- vice of Boerhave, of a similar tumor near the knee. Vesalius pronounced a tumor on the back tobe an aneursm, but an ignorant practitioner opened it and tho patient bled to death. Such mis- takes are easy, except to those thorough ly skilled in anatomy, which in all such cases is therefore necessary to prevent the most deadly mistakes
 Anatomy has taught that the flow ol blood can be stopped by external pres sure, applied 10 the wounded vessel, or if this be not feasible, by boldly cutting i down to itand applying aligature. Pare, in a moment of enthusiasm, supposed he had been led to this discovery by the im- mediate influence of the Deity.
 thas enabled the surgeon 10 attempt operations, which without it would have beenimpossible and desperate: butmore, it has taught him that where hemor- rhagc isapparently soviolent as to threat eninstant death, the mere pressure cf d finger directed by unerring science may check the living torrent, till there be time to tie the vessel up and give nature Istime and opportunity to repair tlic loss that has been sustained.
 But without that perfect knowledge of the whole human frame, of every vein and artery, muscle, nerve and bone--that anatomy oall; ca: cc:as::s ::he surgeon witt, theaid of the best apparatus, with the most perfect self possession, would find his efforts defeated, and valuable lives would be lost to society,"
 slp the present practice in England, where ampufaion Is performed at the proper time and in q proper manner, it is computed, that nincty-6ve persons out of one hundredrccoyer iromit. Among the ancients, the operation killed ninety five out of one hundred. Among the moderns it cures nincty-iive out of one hundred; such arc the results of dissec- tion and the study of anatomy
 .Siik Cult,tre. Extract from the ad- dress of the editor of the N. York Far mer, at the commencement of his fourth volume.
 Among the new sources of employ ment and wealth, are the cultivation of the mulberry, and the rearing of the silk worm. This branch of industry has greatly increased during the past year. Successful experiments appear to have been made in every part Of the country. From the attention excited, and the im- petus given, we may expect great ratio of increase in succeeding years. Tie state of the country is highly favorable for tine manufacturing of this article.