Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1851-185?, 1852-12-08

Gazette, edited IS D. u. Reese. 4. Il
There is no practical subject in oar PRO
fcgsion, ~ which tha disastrous and ls,a Z.
iccis of maliroaiment by medical men. =
well as iie misehiels # popular Ignorance. ap
more apparent Shan III tie remedies res0..c1
20 IN the cases If seaids anl burns. uow ua
happily - frequent In our country, by raa
son Of ihe murlerOus rccklessuess of hamai
lie IN the men intrusted with our public con.
veyancos, IN which steam IS employed.
80 long ago as 1889. the first American
edition Of Coopor's Surgical Dictionary, pub.
iished by the Harpers uf lhis city, we took
occasion 70 urge upon tho profession and the
aud practice ii the medical management vi
the misehiefs resulting from such accidents.
than that usually IN vogue We then stated
the r3sllts Of our experience for ten years
~ the treatment ol ssalis and buras. by the
instant application Of wheat -four. an Article
always at hand AMI Tie Perseverance IN this
duplication al0ge TIL All tile acute iniama.i i'm
had subsidei. Our theory and pra.iics ihus
promulgated, was approved and recommended
IA the forthcoming edition ia London, D. Mr.
Samuel Cooper himself, aud has since .0unI
its way without credit into numerous publ
cations at home and abroad Even in tbe
late Therapeulcll work III Dr. Il. ID Mitch.
eli, Of Philadelphia, this ilsutisal practice IS
ascribad d Dr. john Thomas, of Eag,ani.
who IN 1882, called tie attention Of the rrl.
fession thereto. as We are tod ID the Ohio
Medical Lyceum. two years after our publi.
cation as aforesaid, and Twelve years after our
testimony 70 its efficacy h1d Teen published
Ea. waiyiug the uuimpogiaut snbis.t uf
priority, We are grieved q learn from tie
pubic press that such mulii,gies ere annr-
ally perishing By seaIls in s,aamb9ata and
rom burns by camphine, spirit gas, aal oih-
crwise nearly all Of whom, however sefsle-
~ burned, we ID not hesitate % aiv, migli.
be preserved from fatal result If this sim9
practice were adopted immediaiely aic- such
accidents. Instead 0i this, however, ws bear
of the application III c5il water, Lad water.
molassss, ols, cotton. pain cx.rael9ri, +" ctc
accompanied almos. uniformly hy the death
of the sufferer. and clicn a.ler lingering III
excrac.a.iug torture lgr days or h9us.
Now. il ought Is be promulgated to ihe
profession. aad for humauity's sake 70 be
known to the whole daoilt, ihl. III ans clse
Of burn Or sealI, however extensive, ai tie
acute suffering d the patient may b at once
aud permanently relieved, AMI that ID a uo-
ment Of time by sprinkIing over lhe Injured
suriaes a thick layer III wheat ilJar u tle
hand, or what Is botter, hy dredging b1x-
Every yesiigs 81 pain produced by such iniu- !.
ries. Is instantly removed aud the sufferer
not only escapes the shock TO the nervous
system accompanying such torture, bI- VIII .
generally fall into q quiet sleep the maman. 1
the atmospheric temperature is thus excluded .
from the wouuds
Way, then. should persons thus injured Be /
allowed 10 die with intense agony ocsasioEci /
by burns and scllls. as they often do, il MOI /
without treatment BY the application Sd oilen
made, many oil which augmcnl their suiicr-
ings and render such injuries irreparabie.- +
Even In the late explosion on bOari tac /
Reindeer, It is said that many III the seallei I
lived for hours, suffering all the time from
:hcir external injuries, and then treated with 4
raw cotlon, limo water, and linseed-oil, ei'.,
till they were dead No. pang need have
beea enlurel beyond the tim3 necessary 10 /.
apply the -four. which must have been q;
hand, ii the ignorance az their friends, ana
,he anliquated prcjudiccs Of their medical
advisers, hal not led them to rely upon the
substitutes which superstition has
for centuries. And 50 wo affirm
Of every clse Of burn or scald, even If the en-
ire surace has suffered.
In tue New York and Bellevue hospitals
his mode Of treating burns has been long in
use; til recently, as we learn, the same OBJ
eet has been effected at the former institu,
ion bv the analogous method Of covering the
piurel parts with a nueilage Of gum.arabc,
- as 70 protcc. the denuded surf,cc from tae
atmosphere. and which the surgeons there
prefer 10 the -four in some cases, where the
weight Of the Latter becomes an Inconvenience
10 this method we make no objection, blt
having for 80 many years employed the hour
Hone, to the exclusion Of all other agents,
Ind in every variety aud extent Of injuries by
ire. we have thus reiterated our testimony
md as this agent is found in every house, anl
an Be instantly procured with more reali-
iess than any Of the other articles named, We
i've /. the preference over an others.
And We repeat our full persuasion, that
hot one in a hundred Of those peFisaiag by
burns aud scalds, need luccamb und,r their
INJURIES ii they were AZ once, or ~ sooa alter
IS may be, covered with wheat -four We f
iavo applied il successfully, aRcr numerous
,iher remedies had been unsuccessful, and
shen many hours had elapsed aae. tbs acs.-
lent 10 give this suggestion % the people \
md scatter it broadcast over tha laad wal
ave multitude Of lives IN Q single year
~ a fellow in Texas has invented a
strengthening plaster which viii enable you
ID take up anything, from a four mon.h's
io,o to a hogihaad. A few in this market
would meet With a ready sile.
n- The following question is now being
debated by the Tiletullsm Lyceum; "Nbica +