Litchfield enquirer., 1834-07-03


the Brunnens of Nassau, is the following ac-
count Of the discovery Of one of1he baths in
that vicinity, said to be very ctiicacious in ma
ny Diseases, and called the Schlangen- bad, or
Serpeni's Bath -
"Once upon time, It seems there was
heifer, with which every thing ia nature seem
| ed to disagree. The more she ate the thin
ner she grew--fhe more her mother licked
her hide, The rougher and the more staring
was her coat-not fly 10 the forest wauld
bite her-never was she seen TO chew her
cud--hut, hide-bound and melancholy, her
hips seemed actually 10 be protruding from
her skin. What was the matter with her no
one could dsine--in short, deserted by her
| master and her species, she was. as the facul-
~ would term il, given up.
Ia a few weeks, however, she suddenly
re- appeared among the herd. with ribs COW
cred with iiesh--eyes like deer---skin sleek
as moie's-breath sweeuy smelling Of milk
-salisa hanging in ringlets from her jaws =
Every Gay seemed 70 EonRrn her health, and
the pheuUulru--,.~--vs tsss,.s,,.i-A Al. Z
herdsman, having watched her, discovered
regularly every evening, she wormed her why
in secret into the forest, until she reached and
refreshed herself Mt spring Of water--haunt-
ed by harmless serpents, when full grown a.
bout four feet in length.
| "The circumstance. it seems had been al
most forgotten by the peasant, when young
Nassau lady began To show exactly the symp-
( toms of the heller. Father, mother. sisters.
/ friends, all tried to cure her--but 10 vain; aud
the physician actually
] ssHad taken his leaye with sgha and sorrow,
Despairing Of his fees Tomorrow"
when the herdsman happened to hear Of the
case, prevailed upon her at last to try the
!. heifer's seer ct remedy; she did so, and in a
very short time, en- the utter establishment ot
her friends, she became one of the stOutest
young women in the duchy-What had sud
denly cured one sick lady. was soon deemed
a proper prescription for others. and all meet
ing with success, the spring gradually rose in
to notice and repute."
i Triumph in Surgery.-The writer OF TINS
paragraph witnessed on Sunday morning
one of the most appalling and painful opera
ti0ns ever performed upon any living humaI
being. and while it reflects credit upon th'
surgeon, and does honor to the cenntry, i
series as convincing proof to suffering hu
manity. that while there is life there is hope
and that none need despair even 10 the most
aggravated forms Of disease. The operation
referred TO. was performed by Dr.. Mott with
his usual skill add intrepidity. The subject
Of il was young man about % years OF age
who had been Tor long time afflicted with
the stone, and which had increased with an
precedented rapidly until it attained size sc
{ great as TO occupy the whale of the bladder
IN its distended state; yet wonderfutto relate
this huge mass was entirely and successful!
removed. Several attempts we,e made b.
the surgeon, both to crush it and To drill it Il
, pieces, 10 order that it might be taken ava.
! with greater facility, as well as with NOR
. safety 10 the individual; hut these effort
y were all Notwithstanding Nd alteration bu
that Of enlarging the wound, and removing
!, entire.
: Since the operation, the patient has bee
!. doing well. and bids fair TO recover. Th
3 stone was ascertsined Immediately after I
. weigh ~ az. s pwis. ayOirdupOis, which
!, nearly double that Of any other ever take
. from the human subject, while liking. 81
Ashley Cooper has remarked ia his lectuE
that eight or nine OF. is the largest size ihs
can pass the bony structure in the grippe ofth
{ f0rcePs, which is mentioned for the purpOs
Of conveying. IL possible, TO the mind Of III
! reader. an idea efthe great difficulty and dan
ger necessarily attending SO important an or
eration.--N. y. Star.
A young man in Roxhnry, Mass. committed soicd
By shooting himself with pistol. He had taken tea
B and appeared quite well. Afterwards he went on
took pair Of pistols, retired TO pasture, sat hiase
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