Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1849-01-02

Look BEFORE You DRINK--A woman NV the name
OF Wright. living IN this village. ~ vomiting spasm,
threw from ch 1--we snake measuring Inch
ia length which is supposed 10 have been swallowed
some month since. in drinking water from spring.
The snake lived two three days IN bottle OF wa
ter and is now preserved in spirits. HailoceH CUT
SHOCKING DEATH by PoisoN.-Jacob Keller,
siding Freeport. Illinois, while digging potatoes
Saturday las,, found large cluster of roots, OF
which he ate pretty freely. not knowing what they
He soon became very sick, and went To his
house, about twenty rods distant after vomiting
few times. he fell inlo commissions and died only
about hour elapsed from the time Of eating he
roots. until his earthly was closed in the most
horrid agony.
The roots proved on examination to he Z" wild purs-
Dps. In view Of this shocking casually, all persons,
aud children especially. should be warned of the dan
ger of this subtle poson.-P,oi,ie Democrat.
LocKJAw-A writer in the Baltimore Sun, gives
the following certain remedy, and we copy 1t Tor
what il is worth
:" When any nail or any sharp iron into
any part ofhs frame. take a smoke pike. fill
it with tobacco. light ii well. then take tim cloth
or handkerchief, place ii over the bowl of the pipe,
and blow through the stem INTO the wounds Two or
three ppe-flls will be- sufficient To set the wound dis
charging. | have tried ii on myself and five others.
and found il TO give immediate relief. II the wound
has been some DAYS Standing it will open il again. #
TO get such n wourd."
TIE CHOLERA puzzles the doctors everywhere. The
New York Academy OF Medicine recently held
meeting a, which The subject of contag ousness
non-coniag iousness Of lie epidemic fully dis
cus>ed but they broke up without coming any
clusion. We are, therefore. left in The dark this
important matter.
The Hon. K. J. Walker, Secretary of the g. 5.
Treasury has recently published u letter the sub
ject Of Cholera, in which he gives the mode of treat
rneut adopted by Samuel A. Cartwright, of Nachez,
Miss, and which, Mr. w. states, very successful
in that neighborhood in 1S32,-as follows:
81. To watch the first symptoms Of the disease,
and administer the proper remedies without mo-
ment's delay. = To administer forthwith after the
first symptoms, dose composed of ten gains of cam
phor twenty grains OF red pepper and twenty grains
of caomel. To be taken in powder If practicable: If
not, IN pills. s. As the dose widowed,
to STRIP the patient and rub Inn gently, but efectualy,
with some stimulating ointment by many hands
could have convenient access, the rubbing to be
nued not to occasion fatigue, until the medi-
cine produced It's proper effect
The cure was chiefly effected By the operation Of
the caomeI upon the liver. III changn g the water
secreilons 10 those usual produced by calome which
generally took place, according To my recollection,
from To two hours after the do>c was admins
tered. The object of the camphor and red pepper,
10 accelerate the action Of the calomel as well rs
TO rouse the energies Of the system. The purpose of
the stimulating ointment was 10 maintain warmth at
the surface TO arrest the GOODNESS Of the skim which
is 50 marked symptom OF The disease. and 10 keep
the circulation If tic blood and prevent that set
Ting OF the blood upon the central organs, aud its
agulation, causing Its resemblance to tarry sub
stance, which Il marked accompaniment of the
disease.
- General y, the calomcl. ided nd accelerated in
It's action bv these ouxlaries. produces the proper
effect upon ihe liver in from one To two hours and
when this lakes place tive may be sldered ef-
fected When. however. t,e proper action not pro-
duced by This dose IN ffuo hours after 1t
i a6m,nste, ed another smaller dose must be taken
which very rnrely fails 10 produce the proper effect
THIS ~ the main treatment of the disease hui fr the
farther particulars, have written TO Dr. Cartwright
this day The Of this treatment was seen by
myself and many others, and was most wonderful
The Asiatic Cholera proves BY dissection the Medi-
cal Examiner says. 10 be lie inflammation and ulcer
alton Of the various membrane OF the bowels. The
contents of the stomach and intesines. fermen and
purify vomiting and swelling of the abdomen quick
" follows. and the patient sinks. Dr. Maxwell, Of
Calcutta, says he cured himself by copIous drafts Of
eervesccnt soda powders in cold wafer that he at
forwards saved many life by the treatment
lie says that no remedy will avail except relieving
The bowels Of the ermenng contents, and if this be
MOI done gently It will be fatal.
MArsLAuGHrER BY VAccINArrov.-A physician of
Pulaski co., H.. has been sentenced 10 TIE penen-
iiary Cor the Term Of four wears and n half. upon
charge Of manslaughler. growing out Of his vaccina-
ING man with small pox matter, from The effects of
which, he died. Particulars not given.
Cases Of this kind are constantly occurring, which
the law touches. Al least person was thus
killed IN his city, last winter, and probably more than
Many others inoculnted with scrofulous
matter, and thus made very sick We saw BIO sores
the of Than one person, which shou ID
have destroyed the reputation Of any practitioner
The London Medical Times, in article on the
reappea Of The scurvy and abiding to lite having
been on board the Rarian. Potomac, and Falmouth,
while operating in the Gulf, says the American na-
ton should demand the dismissal of the medical staff
connected with our naval service.
SOMETHING New EXPECTED Tie London Alhe.
neeum states that Dir. Faraday, in pursuing his re-
searches into the operations Of magnetism, has OBJ
tanned evident proofs Of some mechanical power. new
to knowledge, and connected ia a remar k a bic
manner with magnetism.
0~TAccounts from British Guiana to the 2J,h ult
state that there has been improvement in the pot-
ical and financial condition of the Colony. The
weather has been fine for the crops Murders nd
robheries by the blacks frequent and The planters
are loud IN their complaints against the mother coun-
try and free labor.
AcQUrrTED-Thcodore Olcoit, cashier of The late
Canal Bank. New York who has been on trial Mt AL
densburg Bank, was. Tuesday, acquitted. Judg,
Parker took the ground. IN his charge tn the Jury iha
Olcott had only committed n breach Of trust lie il
to he tried on the charge Of perjury.