Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-02-07

practice founded on erroneous views, added
millions TO the mortality Of small pox. But tha,
truly philanthropc and grea, physician, the
greatest that ever Illuminated the path OF med.
| lcine, broke through all the restra nts of the
path of the age, and adopted views and plan Of
treatment directly opposite to that of all his pre-.
decessors, and cotemporares. For stmuans
and hot air, he employed cool drinks. cold air,
light clothing lying on the bed, not in it, a mild
but highly important medical treatment here
common sense must run counter to the belief.
that fever-and what is smu pox but fever /!
--does not require medical treatment. OF the
necessary mediation we need not speak in this
| place-our purpose is to show that small pcx.
medical skill. 1t is however. an important
| truth, that no other disease Yields so little to
medicine, and so much to regimen.
But even here, the publication under notice
is greatly IN fault. since it is an unquestionable
truth, that where there is one case of small pox,
! that requires to be forced outward. there are
! thousands that require TO be treated by cold air
and drinhs thin dress or bed.corcring the
most rig ID misunderstanding all stimulaniS.
udrm or confined ar and even the bandest
| nourshment--toalli this a little physc accord.
/ ing To good judgment; and, 10 save the face
/ and eyes cold water should be applied, by means
OF a soft towel, frequently in the early stage Of
the eruption.
We are told to give new milk to fill tie pock;
such course oftrcntment would prove destruc.
tive in many cases, and increase the danger and
deformty of others. We may remark here,
| however, that while the author before us should
be discoursing pathology he is dscoursng
physioogy-to tell a patient, whose stomach.
like every point Of his body from the crown of
his head to the sole of his foot, is wrung with
misery, to drink milk, is too absurd to think
about Nature would here in mos, cases ,hwar,
the unskilful, by rejecting the "good new milk"
as fast as swallowed ; but should il be other.
wise, so much the worse for, the digestive
function of the stomach being suspended, or
greatly crippled the milk must become new
take leave of this novel production, by remarking
that Sydenham having, by his own force ofin.
iellect, exploded the errors OF his dav, and u.
dopted an opposite course, was enabled to leave
10 his poserty method OF treatment, upon
which no Improvement has ever been made,
aud probably never will be.
We have been told that DIR. y. has had much
experience in the treatment, Of small pox; we
held this 10 be utterly Irreconcilable with the
uniform character of the disease and its results
Whoever veatur,s to direct his remedial agents
with view to help or force out snal! pox, will
soon have cause to mourn over the dcsolation
which will thence arise, while he who teeds
them out, with "new milk" or in any way en-
couragcs the eruption to display It's unscemly
and deadly aspect, will ever render himself an
enemy indeed to his patients. "GooDAlL"
YANKEE ENTERpRIzE AND INDUSTRY
sachusetts has now 700 miles of railroads in o.
peraton, which cost SOS 100000. The aver.
age value of this stock is above par, and their
average dividends exceed 6 per cent She has
also 100000 600 of capital invested in mann.
features her productive industry for the year
ending April |, lS45, amounted to Sl23OO0.-
600; and with her population O: 100000, she
receives annually the products of sister States
TO the amount of forty millions of dollars. De.
ducting the amount Of domestic manufactures
exported, this sum equals one half Of the ex.
ports ofall the States of the Union, to the whole
world.
To WASH CALIcoEs .-Infuse three gi!ls of salt |
in four quarts Of boiling water and put the cali. !
Goes in, while hot, and leave it till cold And in |
this way, the colors rendered permanent and |
will not fade by subsequent washing So says |
an exchange, on the authority of lady who has
often tried the recipe.
One of the shortest and most comprehensive !
prayers of modern times said Sir William |
Wyndham, is that of soldier before the battle /
OF Blenheim ;--"Oh God, if there be a God .
save my soul, if have n soul" Bishop After.
bury, who was present, said he could produce
prayer as concise as that, and in similar circum-
stances, but he thought in a much better spirit.
Ii was that ofa plous soldier uttered Immediately
before an engagement ;-"Oh. Lord if in
the hour of battle forget thee, 'd6not thou for.
get me-"
PRuDENrIAI--Amongt the early laws enacted
in Connecticut the following is said to be the
substance Of one:
"No man shall carry TO meeting for Sab
bath luncheon, dough nut so long, that while