Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-04-06

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: employed by the natives when he speaks tc
the white man, he asked, in The Hndos
: tanee language, "How many days i, woul,
, be before the "burra SaiD kukeem" (bic
lord dccter) would operate upon him; he
had come all the way from Hoogie, hay.
ing heard of the Saib, to be cured lie was
poor man and had left his family; his
children would starve if he remained long:
he wanted TO be at work again, which he
could not it he remained there on his back:
the Sab must cut it of in one or two DAYS.
he could not wait any longer; he was ready
for 1t and wanted it over His
whole manner and earnesness Of tone
and entreaty showed that he was
| perfectly unconscious of the painful and
ghastiy sight | had just beheld. Tell
him II has been performed" said TO DR..
Eslai-e. He told NE that it was rather
cruel to do it, for they Instantly become
aware of pain in the place where the oper-
alton had been performed, and that when
not told, they were oftentimes many hours
before they were made conscious of il;
yet to show me the Whole scene, he said TO
| an intelligent Hindoo who stood by, land
who of course understood the Iliniostanee
! better than he did, "Tell him 10 thank
God that all is over; that the operation
has been performed" At tie same instant
an assistant held up the mass of numerous
flesh in his sight
NO pen can tell of the utter establishment
and the look of intense pleasure and wild
delight that he cast upon Dr. Esdaile.-
ihltlng his two hands To heaven he said,
Utah is in heaven but you are UIlah on
earth. Now yOu are my Col; my chill
dren will worship you-you are my father;
you have bcgotten me, | am twice born
Once | was born child but you have giy-
en- me another BIRTH" Thus in the mostex-
Iravagant and truly oriental style did he
pour forth his gratitude to Dr. Esdae, for
whom he will while life lasts, offer up his
daily prayers. What think yon of that,
my dear doctor! Do You think mere i'm
aginaton would do all that? Strong in
deed must be the imagination that could
make man 10 endure such a cutting TO
pieces as | saw that poor wretch undergo
Bear with me and | will tell yon another
sight that saw in the same hospital on
that day. A poor wretch of a Hindoo,
NI'O Ii'id a ioi thtIiCl Dll Ills race,
growing fast 10 the ball of the eve. had il
completely taken off while under the Mes.
merle sleep. OF course the whole orb of
the eye was taken out with it, and with
in the socket OF the eye there was a cavity
left large enough to place an egg. A hor-
rible sight it was.
Mark, into this hollow, in which was
nothing but the raw graduated flesh, with
the extremity oil The optic nerve laid bare,
strong nitric acid and water was injected.
Had The man been corpse he would have
felt it no more. When he awoke he did
not even know that the bandage had been
taken off his eye. Flesh, melhinks, could
not endure that in a conscious state and
live. One more, and | have done A
Hlhdoo, with similar tumor to the first
case, preparing for the operation, saw ".
ing on his bed. 1t was only the second
time that he had been asleep, and therefore
he was but partially under the Mesmeric
influence. A live coal was put in nv
hands TO try the "fiery odeal'' upon him.
Holding it in the "forcops' | placed lis
bright rel surface on various parts of his
legs, and no evidence of feeling was shown
At last, placing it upon his shin,sI held ii
there until the flesh began TO broil, when
| perceived slight tremor run over his leg.
not more however than fly causes when
walking over our person when asleep
Thus. dear doctor, have told you what
| have seen of the wonders of Mesmerisln.
They ale strong cases. and you may rely
upon them as being perfectly correct; there
is no painting in them, on my word. DIR.
Esdaie does not Mesmerise the parties
himself. There are too many of them.
He has men from the hills whom he has
taught. Not long since he cut tumor
from a man that weighed 10 pounds, the
man himself weighed but 90 pounds-thus |
cutting him in two parts; and the fellow
lived. Every day you car sec men and
women with the leprosy and the elepanti-
asis walking i'll the streets. have seen
some of these last mentioned with one leg
fully as large as an elephants and the 9th
er like straw; the foot cannot be seen.
For this there is no cure on earth.
Yours, &c, NC.