Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-31

ity on the extraordinary ludicrous exag-
gerations Of the triAing iaicul;y between
our minister at Rio Janciro, and bis gov
ernmept. The matter has long since ter
minated satisfactorily 70 all parties, and
Mr.. Wise had in no manner compromised
himself Or his country. Thisis, Of course,
satisfactory TO both democrats and wings" /"
Frnm the Souihesn Medical and Sa,gic,l Journal.
ExtirpatIou Of the Ma,uma Of q
i FemAae iaA ske NeslnertC Sfeep.
| without amy evidence Of sensl-
l.. 4. Dagas, n. ~ b., Il. Fr"fessor .i.sfSs, ~ ~
PhysiOlcgy, sc, la the MedicaA
COklege or Georgia.
On the third Of January, ls45, Mrs.
CLARK (wife Of Mr.. Jesse CLARK, Of Co.
lumbia Co. Georgia, came to this city, for
the purpose Of getting me TO remove .
schirrous tulnor of her right mamma, " hich
had been gradually increasing for the last
two or three years. and which had attained
the size Of turkeys egg; the tumor had
never caused any pain oil consequence, was
not adherent to the skin; nor did il impli-
cate any Of the auxiliary glands. Mrs. c.
is about AZ years of age, has never borne
child, and her health, though by no means
robust, was pretty good and had not been
impaired by the evolution Of the tutnor. -
The operation having been determined upon
for the following day, Mrs. G. remarked to
me that she had been advised by Mr.. Ken
drick to be Mesmerised, but as she knew
nothing about II, she would like to have
my advice, and would abide by ito which
| replied tia. there were several well au-
thenticated cases on record in which sur
gical operations had been performed, under
Mesmeric influence, without the conscious
ness Of the patient; that would be happy
to test the subject in her case, and that
would endeavor to Mesmerise her, instead
Of operating as had been proposed, on The
day following.
On the 4th January Al II o'clock, 4. NJ,
called on Mrs. c. and was informed that
on the preceding evening she had been put
to sleep BY Mr.. B. F. Kendrick, at whose
house che. resided. j then Mesmerised
her MYSELF and induced sleep in about IF
teen minutes. Finding my patient sus-
ceplible to the Mesmeric influence, and
rejecting that it would not be convenient
for the same person to maintain this infu-
ence and to perform surgical operation at
the same time, requested Mr.. Kendrick
to Mesmerise Mrs. c., morning and even
ing, at stated hours, until inseusibility could
be induced. This was regularly done,
with gradually increasing effect, when, on
the evening Of the 9Th Of January, sleep
was induced in five minutes, and the prick
Of pin was attended with no maniiesta-
ton ofpain. The si,,ings were continued,
and the patients insensibility daily tested
by myself and others in various ways
On the 9th January, | invited Professor
Ford 10 BE present, and after pricking aud
pihching strongly the patient without the
evidence Of pain, the Mesmeriser was re-
iquested to leave the room, when we ex-
posed the breast, handled il roughly in OK
aiming the tumor, and reatjusted the drt .
without the consciousness Of the patient.
Wethen held to her nostrils d vial Of strong
spirits Of hartshorn, which she breathed
freely for minute or two, without the least
indication OF sensation, unless the fact that
she swallowed once be regarded a. such,
instead Of mere reflex action. On the
llth Of January. in presence Of Professors
Ford and Means, in addition to the usual
tests, ! made with my pocket knife and in
cision about two inches ii. length, and half
and inch in depth, into the patients leg
| without indication Of sensation.
Fully satisfied now Of our power to in
duce total insensibilily, ! determined to op-
crate on her the next day at noon, but care
fully concealed any such design from the
patient and her friends, who did not cx-
pect its performance until several days
| later M tz
On the 18th January, at 20 minutes past
IL, \. NJ. Mrs. C. was put to sleep in forty
five seconds, without touch or pass Of any
kind, the facility with which the Mesmeric
influence was produced, having gradually
increased at each sitting. Atl2 o'clock,
M. in presence Of Professors Ford, Mems,
Garyin and Newton, and DR.. Halsce, the
patient being in profound sleep, I pre-
pared her dress for the operation, and re-
qussted my professional brethren to note
her pulse, perspiraiion, complexion, coun-
tenance, &c., before during and after the
amputati0n, in order tSdetect any eyidence
Of pain or modification or the functions -
As Mr.. Kcndrick lad never witnessed q
surgical operation, he feared he might lose
his selI-possession. and requested 10 be
blindiolded, which was done. lie now
seated himself on the couch near the ma.
tient, and held her hand in his during The
Operation. This was accomplished by tw,
eliptical incisions about eight inches il
length, comprehending between them tn,
nipple aud considerable portion Of skin
after which the integumsnts were dissectet
up in the usual manner, and the entir,
mamma removed. 1t weighed sixtee,
ounces. The wound was then left one,
about three quarters Of an hour, in orde,
Ito secure the bleeding vesssls, six of ~hicl
lwere 1igated. The ordinary dressing va
'Iapplied, and an appearances of blood care
| fully removed, 70 that they might r,ot 5,
seen By he patient when aroused. N
amouni q hsmorrhags swss raGhsr NOR
! Than i, usual 10 siich cases, -.
II During the operation lie. patient gave y
! indication whatever of inssnsibiIity, no