American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-02-16
rReponed Tor the American Republican,

LECTURE ON TIE BNOCCHlERi WATER.
in compliance with the published request o
several medical gentlemen, Dr. Niniau Pink
ney, ct the L. :. Navy, delivered at the sa.
loon OF the ODD Fellows Hall, Saturday aE
tcrnooA, an interesting experimental lecture OF
me 0rIgln, history and properties Of the eau
de Brocciherl. Notwithstanding the short no.
tice which was given through the newspapers
an audience OF intelligent gentlemen, chiefly
practitioners and students OF medicine, assem-
blcd to witness the experiments performed by
the lecturer We regret that our limited
space imposes upon us' the necessity Of abridg-
ing the Doctors remarks, which under other
circumstances we would prefer giving more at
/ length; but we shall endeay to make our re-
port Sufficiently accurate to enable our readers
to comprehend subject of SO great import
anCc, The Doctor commenced his lecture by
stating that his attention having been recently
called to the B-occheii ho had taken the pains
TO investigate the subject; that he had cyperi-
mentCd on sheep and dogs with this and other
! stYptlCs. and that tho result IN every case es-
tabiIshed the superiority of the Hrocchieri wa-
ter. lie alluded TO the opposition which had
attended its iHtroducti n INTO this country from
DR.. Mott Of New York ard other cmiuenl
physicians, showed tie grouud!cssntss of then
/ o1lectiouS, and expressed the behet that when
Its extraordinary powers become extensively
known, its utility viii be appreciated and the
profession decide il its favor
He assured his auditory that he had no per-
sonai interest in b.jaging the Bocchieri water
| luto notice, but that, aCtuated by a love ui
! truth, and regard for h imanlty, he had de-
termlned TO test It's merits. and If he found il
I better than the Styptics now known to surgeons
B In tr4 NIL
adoption by Others He believes that il acts as
an instantaneous ligature, forming .ibrine in the
artery, and immediately coagulallng the blood
submitted to its action. In aIludlng to his for.
mer experiments, be said that in one case he
had used creosote, in another ice-water, and in
third Brocchieri water; and that whiIo the
two former were attended with much difficulty
and ill-sucoess, the ldtter was perfectly satisac.
tory, the coaguum being quickly formed and
the hemmorhage being arrested in an incredibly
short time. He here exhibited portions of the
carotid arteries OF three several animals showing
the effects OF different stypics and the supcrio-
rity of the Eau dc Broccher.
The cabre of the artery submitted TO the
action of the last named substance was cons-
! derably diminished, and fbrne was formed
within the nteguments At this point OF the
lecture large sneop was placed upon the ta-
bic, and the wool having been previously re-
moved from the animals neck, the lecturer
made an incisjon, and took up the carotid ar
terry which no cut nearly through. The blood
gushed for all instant, but dosss of wool salu-
rated with BToccheri water having been ap-
piled, the hemmorhage was arrested in one
minute and fourteen seconds. After the lapse
of thirty minutes, the Doctor proceeded to re-
move the dosslls, but finding that the blood
oozed from the wound and believing that q
sufficient length Of time had not elapsed to af.
ford a satisfactory test Of the efficacy Of tho
water, he bound up the neck and had the ami
anal removed. Another sheep was then placed
upon the table, It's carotid was only slightly
punctured, and ce-water was applied. In three
minutes and a half the hemmorhage was
checked, but the suppression was only tempo
rary, and continued only so long as the app,i-
cation of the ice-water had the effect Of con
tracing the tissue Of the artery. After the
lapse Of thirty minutes, bandages were placed
on the neck and the animal was removed bleed
log. The object in lnstituting these expert
nicnts was to compare the effects produced by
the ice-water and the BroCchier. Dr.. Clendi
nen made a brief address, in which lac Corro-
bprotp1 Ilr pipku aI ot