Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-24

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Uar! liar! in our ,caters.-Marau,iers near.
Under the above title the Ea,ton (Md.) Gazette
publishes the following extract of letter from
Kent:
Il have been out with the posse in the open
Bay, losing three nights sleep-chnsing the Phi.
adelphia and Jersey Oyster boats. aud captur-
ing six out Of nine sail of schooners and Sleeps
One Of the former we boarded aud carried in fine
style, chasing her in open batteanx about three
miles from Swan Point, near to Kent Island. -
With what we took before. we have in all ten
vessels. sript and anchored above our bridge. -
The crews are as rascallv looking set of fellows
as the world can shew, and it keeps our town
asitated. though guarded. whilst they remain
here. We hear to-day that the Queen AIMS
Sherif's posse are about moving to sweep around
Kent Island I"
IN. B Ought the people of Talbot toleave
the late Act OF Assembly dead letter and sub
nit TO prisat,on of one of the delai-.- crivun-
tagss of our lncation? Captain Sheriff, Faux
nsr. is a gallant man. and it the Marauders, dri-
ven fror" Kent and Queen AIMS, come upon us,
we think he could raise his posse to a vigorous
defence"
The following remarkable case is extracted
from Sir Ashley Cooper's Lectures on Surgery,
now in course Of publication BY Messrs. Lilly &
Wait, Of Boston,
"l Will mention case To you, which should
scarcely have believed if it had not come within
my own knowledge, that Of SIR VIM. BLIZZARD,
aud other Surgeons. A person i'm this ,netropo.
lis happened to have bowshins. A part of his
duties was to teach young ladies to draw and
paint; and in the prosecution OF this branch of
his profession. he found his bowshins, as he him.
self declared to me, a very great evil. He felt
that his merits were less appreciated and his in.
sruction less kindly received, by reason of the
convexity Of his shins; he was persuaded. in
short, that his bowshins stood between him and
his preferment. Under this impresslon, he went
to a very noted person in this town and said to
him. PRAY, Sir, do YOU think you can make
IN, legs straight, s"-'' SIR" said the Doctor,
II think can if you will take lodging in my
neishborhond. think | can scrape down your
Sims and make them as straight as any man S.
A lodsns was taken; the father of the patient
assisted in the operation; and the father and the
Doctor took tus0 Ia scraplns down the convex
shlns.
A great deal of rasping was required; an
opening Of very considerable extent was made IN
the shin, and an instruments which was at that
time contained IN the Surgeons trephining case.
called a rogue, was employed TO scrape the shin
bone. When the Doctor was tired OF rasping.
the father took spell. AT last he she'll Of the
bone became SD thin, that the Doctor said they
must proceed no father with that ley. line 9TH
er leg Mas then rasped in q similar manner, and
thus large wounds were produced in both Of the
shin bones. The surface graduated very kind
", and very little exioliatlnns Of the bones took
place: put unluekily, in part Of this process
the Doctor applied arsenic upon the limb 1t
was in consequence Of the effects of this applica-
ti"n that saw the patient. The arsenic was
absorbed INTO the system, and he became para
ly,iu in hts arms and lower extremities A great
numbe" Of calculations took place in his legs;
and he showed me a bnx in which The calculations
were contained | recommended him to 60 INTO
the country, where h. staid for some time, and
get rid Of his paralysis This case made great
noise ia town; aud there were some surgeons who
expressed a strong desire 10 prosecute the doc
tor. I recommended, however, that no steps
should be taken until had seen the patient him.
self; and @hen he next came tome. asked him
whether he thought his legs improved, and il he
would undergo the same operation, al. a similar
hazard OF his life, To have his legs made little
straighter. He replied that he would; and un.
der these circumstances | was of opinion, that
as the young man vas content. it was folly to
think OF prosecuting the doctor. Some time has
elapsed since the case occurred, aud the trApsac-