Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-04-27

TOOTH DISCHARGED FROM THE EAR.-Ihe Lon
don Lancet for December has letter from Dr. Coates
giving an account of the Of old man, whom
he found suffering with pain in side OF the
face and head which were highly infamed and swol-
len lamentations, pOultices, &C., were applied for
two or three days without avail. One night tit OF
sneezing forced out of the ear which bad discharged
pus, piece of bone that proved to be OF the WIS
dom teeth of the upper jaw. After that he soon re-
covered.
WHAT Next 1T appears that young lady, hail
ing from Philadelphia, has made her appearance in
one of the medical lecture roums in Boston. The
Medical journal of that city, says:
Miss Blackwell made her appearance in the lee
ture rooms, about two weeks ago She is pretty
little specimen of the feminine gender, registering
her age at rs her tutor Professor Dickinson of South
Carolina, now Professor of Theory and Practice of
Medicine in the New York University. She comes
Into the class with great cOmposure takes off her bon
net and puts IT under the seat, exposing fine Phre
nology, takes notes constantly, and maintains,
throughout an unchanged countenance. The effect
on the class has been good and great decorum is OBJ
served while she is present She wrote capital let
ter when she applied for admission and brings recon-
mendations from eminent physicians of Philadelphia"
DEATH FROM DIssEcTING " oUND-A young
gentleman named Crawford son Of the late Hon.
VIM. III. Crawford, of Georgia, and member of the
Jefferson Medical School of Philadelphia, came 10 his
death few days ago. in that city, from the effects Of
slight puncture received in of his hands, whilst
engaged in dlssectlng.
ADULTERATED DRUGs.-The New York College of
Pharmacy have found it necessary to issue ga caution
to druggists" warning them TO beware of the sutS
in the market to touch not, taste not, and handle not
A quantity of base compositions under the name of
the blue pills. they tell US, is in market, being
imported by German and French importers, who know
nothing of medicines, except to buy cheapy and sell
dearly Rhubarb invoced from ten to eighteen pence
per pound, is ground and sold for genuine Tur-
key Rhubarb, worth five shillings. The Compound
Extract of Colocynth which has been imported into
this arket for the last year, does not contain par
tice of Colycnh but is made up of inferior sort
of Aloes, with some other worthless ingredients. A
great proportion of the Compound Extracts ndul-
teraed in like manner. More than half of the mar
cotlcs destitute of any active properties Volatile
oils ire adulterated with sweet and other cheap oils.
In fact, il seems that when individual is surprising
that he is taking simple substance Of peculiar
properties, he is taking half dozen substances OF
properties just the opposite character.
DEATH FROM TAKING TOO MUCH TARTAR EMETlc-
A Sergeant of Marines, named John B. Wetherell,
who recently returned here from Monterey, felt him.
self unwell Saturday night, and sent for
tar emetic, VIII oh he swallowed and finding that it
did not operate. he sent for another dose and swal-
lowed it, and subsequently for two more, which he
also swallowed. without producing any apparent
effect. and on Sunday morning he suddenly expired.
The Coroner yesterday held inquest the body,
and surgical examination of it showed that the tar
tar emetic had killed him Y. Jour. Of Com
| INHALATION OF ETHER NOT RECENT Discovery
In Middletons tragedy of /" Women beware Women, ~
published in 1867, there is the following passage
"Pll initiate the piiies Of old surgeons,
To this lost limb, who, ere they show their art,
Cast one asleep. then-cut the diseased part'