The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-14

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time, by a regular physician. This re-
gion is crowded with Witnesses of his re-
markable success. PROFESSIONALLY, he
has not his equal as a bone-setler-for
with the other branches of surgery | be-
lieve he does not meddle-in the United
States.
| am constantly hearing, from various
individuals with whom | happen TO come
in contact, accounts of the successful ef-
forts of DR.. Sweet, in cases of extreme
difficulty. Amoug these are the follow
Ing:
A teamster had a load weighed 5000
lbs. run over his legs, (half way below
The knee which were ground into ruts
about four inches deep, and shockingly
crushed. He is now we'll and active,
without any apparent injury having been
sustained.
Another man had a load of heavy
green oak wood run over his right foot,
across the instep, crushing it to pieces,
and over his left limb, a little above the
ankle joint, which was ground into a rut
six inches deep so tightly as to require
an axe Git being winter) 10 cut on, the
frozen earth around it. He was entirely
cured, and at work as usual, the next sea-
son.
A lady, now living in Chaplin. vas
thrown from a wagon, and sustained a
compound fracture above the ankle joint,
SO that the points of the bone prolruded
into the ground, two or three inches
Two surgeons were employed, who at
tempted TO reduce it. and put on a paste
dressing, which was not removed till the
expiration Of six weeks; at which time,
the wound having sloughed, and the BAN
dage rolled, DR.. Sweet was employed by
the patient 10 examine the case. E1e did
so, in the presence of the two surgeons,
who declined removing the bandage, and
insisted that the wound was dong WE'LL
Ga taking off the dressing. it was found
to be ~thronged with maggo:s! The lady
complained of experiencing i burning,
craving sensation in the wound. The
attending surgeons said this was caused
by the knitting of the bones together -
DIR. Sweet told them that it was owing
10 the maggots having taken possession of
the wound internally, and told them they
must extract them Immediately but this
they could not do. He then opened the
wound, and took from the limb nearly a
pint Of corrupt matter and living mag
gots. Under this care, the lady recover
ed the use Of her limb.
A lawyer of Macon, Georgia; had a
son born with a club foot. A surgeon
was employed, at an early period, Tor a
whole year, to straighten the foot, but
without success. The best surgical skill
that Philadelphia could afford was next
sought, and tried in vain. The child
was then placed, for a short time, under
the care OF the celebrated DR.. Mott, of N.
York, but he could give no relief. Sub.
sequenlly, the afflicted father made a Wis
it to his brother at Norwich, who was ii
physician, and who recommended the en-
ployment of Dr.. Sweet in the case. In
the course Of a few weeks, the boy (then
six year old) vas perfectly cured. This
is only one among scores of similar in
stances that might be enumerated.
A person employed in a factory in
Greenville, (Norwich,) was caught by
one of his arms by the belt Of the picker,
and carried over the drum upwards of
one hundred times, through a space Of
about fourteen inches. His clothes were
nearly all torn off, and the plaslering was
widely stained with his blood, mingled
with pieces of flesh. He was supposed
10 be dead when eXtricated, but soon be-
came sensible. The physicians, who were
summoned, said he could not live an hour,
and declined attempting TO relieve him.
DR.. Sweet was summoned in haste, by
the friends of the unfortunate sufferer
He examined the man, and found that his
shoulders, and breast were all badly lac
erated-his left arm broken near the
shoulder-his right arm broken III three
places between the shoulder and elbow.
much hemorrhage having tx ken place
his right knee broken 10 pieces, ane par
TALLY dislocated-two of the bones OF the
toes of his T ght foolloose in his stocking
a compound fracture of the left leg-one
of the condyIes Of the pelvis, near the
back, knocked of-his skull fractured
above his LEFT eye-his scalp cut to the
skull, and rolled up some distance-and
his whole body covered with bruises and
decorations. For twenty-fou hours, DR..
Sweet bent himself without cessation, to
the task of mending the fractures, dislo-
cations, sc. Sc. The man is now in
good health, and again actively employed
in the factory.
| might give the particulars of another
case, almost precisely similar, excepting
somewhat more formidable, attended
with an equally astonishing result; but it
Is not necessary.
Dr.. Sweet Is about forty-seven years
old-of the average height-strongly and
compactly, though not very stoutly built
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