The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-07
Death Warrants IN Latin

scrptions IN Latin has frequently led TO IA
Ia results and the law should compel phv.
| siclans to write them in the living and not
IN the dead languages, and then make n
death nanslaughter in the first depree.
winch cnsues from the carelcssness Of
apothccarics. We have another case TO add
TO ihc many fatal ones growing out of this
practice. James ID. Ward, of Boston, suf.
icrlng slight ieycrish turn, tho attending
physician directed him to take dose Of
| calomel, which the apothccary prepared
as he imagined, but began to vomit sooi,
alter taking the medicine, and sending for
| the apolhccary found that he had ,uisfakeu
| me medicine and given him corroSirc sub
LWidfc, deadly poison, and Mr.. Ward
h'ch. no" let us sec what was the doc
tors prescript'on-sub nturiaic hwirar 10.
me prescription Tor corrosive sublina,c is
m"r,"fc hydrdr JoM. Now, as the .wo
leading words Snb m"riatc hyirur and n,u
r"fe hyardr arc alike, the apothccary may
very innocently have made the mistake:
| ana can such smillartics Of terms in med
lcinc he permitted to hazard the lives of
! pa'tcnts Would it have been at all im-
proper--nay would not Mr. Ward have
been spared to the world and his fam,Iv
Ia his doctor written the following pre-
scriptlon:
Ten grains Of Culonel.
Can any mistake he made bv doctor,
npo'hccary and patient in this 1t seems
however, that Latin is used hv physicians
| TO prevent the patient knowing what med
lcinc he IS taking, when the fact is, to in
spire confidence. The physician ourh,
not only to allow the patient TO know the
| character ct the medicine prescribed, but
inc elect 1t Is expected to produce The
doctor, foweF5r, apprcncnds that if the
| patent knows too much of his disorder,
| ana 'hc means necessary to effect the cure,
nc WI be his own physician, and thus les
sen The ices OF medical advisers, and as sew
en- tunes out ol eight, the doctor is called
| on siigH, occasions, for which the patient
| cou'u hnSeii administer 10 the disease, \
mystery IS made to surround the hcaliur
| art oy making prescriptions partakc OF a
! masonic influence, and tho only injury is
mat sometimes the patcn, dies in taking
the wrong medicine.
lhc doctor writes ".S0cck0rnhn Saiu,u;
! VI Gr.' Six gains of sugar of lead Sal
GIHnbcri.' Giauhcr sails; "Cochlcuri am.
| ri"m, large spoonful; "Di1urcnto Pin
!"", let the pills be gilt; "FIat re.cscc,io,"
10 bc b'cd; Give the medicine ..uei,,iin,
| q"nriS," in Jelly; "Harum pii,lormm sum-
cMcri'cS,' let three OF these pills be taken
"horn drc"bN"s." on gong TO bed; "oicu,n
| "lir0 optimnm," II or Of best olive oil
What pompUus display OF classical lore;
where would be the injury in sav,nn rs
much IN GOOD substantial English! The
law should compel physicians 10 write their
| prescriptions III the language OF The coun.
try; there should be no mystery ON the
! SUBJECT: every man should know wha, he
Is swallowing, and should no, be murdered
! hy ignorance or chance in taking tho. wron,.
! 'ncd.cinc.--.N. \. Star.
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Ricn DiscovEgY OF VEIN GoGu--Thcrc
! is no doubt on our minds that the mineral
| wealth o! California will be found ncalcu-
hiy greater than even the most sanrunc
have hitherto imagined. Every days dis
covery goes to confirm this opinion, and
facts within our knowledge warrant us in
saying that the present seasou will bring to
light HE most startling developments in
VEN or quartz mining. Ii in the low or
secondary hills few hundred feel III heirh,
only, IN the San Jose valley, rich mines Of
@"!u ore arc found, of which we spoke YES
tcrday, what may not be looked for IN the
| explorations among the mountain ranges on
! c'ihcr asuc! And !! such results are found
. ~ NE coast mountains where no one cy.
! pccicd mach gold 10 exist. wha, Mil no,
! me zee '!opcS OF the Sierra Ncrvadi. dis
c."sc 10 The searching enterprise that is
! now actively employed amidst their gorgcs,
ana on the borders OF their streams!
/ W. arc led 10 these remarks from Ger.
/ tain remarkable discoveries of quartz rold
! Wh'Ch nave lately come 70 our knowledge
/ from an unqucstIonab!c source Several
& n l.Innp .