Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-10-14
MEDICAL MATTERS.

ion has been made at Lancaster, which settles a long
mooed point both professions The case was i
trial in which the prosecutrx, who charged the de-
PENDANT with being tie father Of her legiiimate child
testified tina the last time he was in her company
was ON the 22d day of March, A. D. lS45. and that
the child born the Both Of January. ISi6. both
the mother aud child being in healthy condition.
Many authorities read upon the period Of gesta
tom and thirteen able doctors testified to tie
point: majority Of them denied that the period
extended more than few days beyond nine calendar
months two hundred aud seventy-three days;
ceping from some unnatural cause as nalfOTmallOn,
&c. The Judge charged The iury a matter 81 lac,
that the unusual length Of time 4O days beyond the
binary PERIOD obstacle 10 the conyIcilon OF the
defendant, and he was accordingly convicted.
medical spectator in the Union and Sentinel remark
ing upon the case, says:
This is an important case being the first time in
America. where by Judicial decision, ii has been
tab>hed that CESSATION NAV b. protraced to 3l3 days
in perfectly natural case ending IN sale and natu-
raj BIRTH"
HoMoEPATHY.-The school of medicine pre-
scIibes small dpses for Diseases and well they may
One article, tie Acontine, vegetabe-alkali, Is
deadly poison IN the oRe-ffieenh part Of a grain.
There Is but one man, MorsoH, in London, who dare
make The article, which prepared from the Acontlne
M pellus or VOLTS hame and he sells Ii at IS Cd
grain. $500 ounce! The medicine is used in
nervous affections IN pills ointment Several other
posons used by the Hmoepatisis in small doses,
and wonder. Beladona, arsenic, corrosive subli-
mate, prussic acid
The Washington Union says one of the pro-
ducts Of chemical operations called AconitiRe, made
from the Aconiium NGpelUs. wolfsbane, far ex-
cceds in value any other artificial substance ever made.
TreUe grains of the article have lately been received
as large importation, by Mr.. Patterson apotherary
Of that place. for which he paid fttee dolars New
York. At that rate, ounce would cost siN hundred
Ill. L.
t'centy-one millions fre hundred and joar thousand
dollars. The Homeopathic system will be the most
prudent in this article
EmBALmING-The Egyptian method of embalming
it is known. was very complex and expensive. A
mode has been invented by Dr. Fahnestock, of
Pittsburgh and successfully performed a stranger
who desired That his body should 10 his friends.
He severed the arteries IN the neck and proceeded to
inject solution of arsenic, highly impre Enated, into
each severaly, until he became satisfied that the fluid
had found its way into every and through
out the body. The arteries then tightly olused
by cords TO exclude the air, aud this ended the whole
process. 1t Is said that this mode Of embalung will
keep the body perfect for many years.
We learn from the Northampton Gazette, that
, daughter of Mr.. Eldridge Gorham, of Barre. about
three years old, recently fell down, and after
wards showed symptoms of severe hurt indicating
difficulty IN breathing. and compla lining If pricklmg
, sensation in Ter side. surgeon was called. who
found needle in her side. The point of which rested
on the lungs. and occasioned he difficult breathing.
The needle extracted, ard the child is doing wei.
The needle swallowed by the child time
, before.
WATER CURE.-The Water Cure Journal of DR..
Shew Of New York in an article on using cold water
on Consumption, gives this cauion-'' 1t is to be
membered that we cannot harden every person, and
that may ki many in The Gtiempi!" This Is COM
Portable to the patient
D UxsnLFUL SURGERE.-At the Court Of Common
Pleas in Portsmouth, n. H. man. named Sleeper,
last week obtained verdict of $3.50 damages for un-
skful treatment in setting hIs collar bone. which
had been broken. Tie bones united. but in the
I proper place.
A physician who holds high position in his wav
states that insanity is but functional disease of tie
brain; that entirely depends upon the healthy action
of the body aud that cannot be seated unless through
ignorance and mal-ireatment.
The white of egg is said to be a specific for
fish bones sticking Tie throat. il is to be swallow
ed raw, and wall carry down b0Be easily and
tainly There IS another fact touching eggs which it
: would be well to remember When, sometimes
by accident occurs corrosive submate is swallowed,
e the white of one or two eggs taken Immediately,
Will neutraiize tie poison and change the effect
that Of dose OF calomeL.'
DEoPsY IN TEE CHEST The Flushing Journal
says that lady In that town cured herself Of dropsy
d the chest by using the Of the garden parsley
= few cleaned boiled in a quart of water,
[ until it diminished to pint. Repeatedly during
the day small quantity taken, mixed with u
portion of gln and every symptom disappeared. After
r few doses the gin omitted and the decociiOn
only used. The Journal vouches for the Of this
Y case
REMARKABLE REANrATIoN.-Dr. Chirchtos, ply
sican of the Emperor of Russia related that Young
girl in the service of the Prince Of - who had for
some time kept her bed with affection, at
length, TO all appearance, deprived Of life. Her
face had all the characters of death her BODY was
. perfectly cold; and every other symptom OF death
was manifested. She was removed into another ROOM
and placed in a coffin. On the day fixed for her fune-
raj, hymns, according to the custom Of the country
sung before the door; but, at the very
they going TO nail down the coffin. perspira-
ton upon her skin. and in a few minutes it
was succeeded by convulsive motion in The hands
and feet in a few minutes she opened her eyes, and
uttered piercing scream. The faculty were called
> instantly in, aud in i few days her health was re-
established. The account which she gave Of her stu
alton was extremely curious. She SAID she appeared
TO dream that she dead bat she was sens bic TO
every thing that passing around her, and distinct
IL hea I'd her friends bewai her death; she felt them
enveop her in the hroud, and place her in the coffin
The sensation gave her extreme agony and she at
temped TO speak: but her soul unable to act upon
her BODY. She describes her sensations as very con-
Trajectory as if she and in her body at
the same instant. She attempted IN vain to move her
arms to open her eyes, 10 speak. The agony was at
its height when she heard :he funeral hymn and
found that they about 10 nail down the coffin