The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-29
The Safety OF Chloroform.

r,o most serious objections to the use OF
rh,oroform whether in surgery Or midwife
!. the danger which is supposed TO at,
I'D Is use. In several cases death has
,,,nwed The use Of Chloro!orm 10 closely
,ha, the drug has appeared TO be the sole
IA direct Cause OF death. In NEST Of the
Sases the appearance has been deceptive
4 -, n others death may have resulted from
.hsnse or abuse Of Chloroform alone; vet
Nm zee find that in one hospital III Londoh
lana. tia, Of 81, Bartholomew more than
s,ty.fye thousand persons have been sub
s;,,ad 20 its full influence with only one
aerideut Of importanee-that III Edln-
1n,,h more than toar hundred thousand do
=. have been sold by the druggists 10 the
snroeous of that city, and only one death
IN IL use resulted--Nhen We reflect how
,a,erafly it has been used in all parts Of
he world BY rsfs w.o had to obtain IN ir
knowledge OF it by experiment, aud there
1,e unskiIled in its Observation-Disclosures.
fsring also that il has very frequently been
txaa IN nm impure state, and combined with
#ol.,ar,ous substances--thet wonder Is, not
hat some few deaths may be traced TO the
40 Of new remedy, but that they should
S.,e been so few. Considerable doubt still
limos over the ey exceptional cases, tor
.aaih will sometimes occur In the most ln-
exnlicable manner under the most trivial OPP
4rs,ion. Patients have died suddenly just
before some contemplated operation WINS
commenced and had Chloroform been
zen. il would assnredly have been set down
!, the fatal agent. Several such cases may
h. found in the pamphlets of DR.. Simpson,
,0o Of them being especially remarkable. a
bey. ~ what might be termed Il mere acci-
lent narrowly escaped being the first ca
sts in which Chlorofornl was tried; death fol-
4srd simple incision in the other. and in
tlh without any apparent eaust. Had
chDroform been given TO these patients,
cath would doubtless have been al
rbn,cd 10 il. influence, aud probably lis use
aid have been entirely abandoned.
TgcrusEH's RELfcs-We noted yester-
lr the war hatche, Of this great chief as in
qassession OF Il gentleman OF Cleveland.
w. can add more % /, to-day. The iden-
teal belt which Tccumseh wore at his death
now in this city. II Was presented by
I'll R. NJ. Johnson to his nephew who pre-
..ated it 10 Mr. WIN. w. Brown,ot Shrere-
p5r, La. Mr.. Brown afterwards gave IL 10
Dr. 2. p Fraim, Of Memphis, who pre-
.snted il TO It's present osner Prot. J. Mil
,5n Sanders, OF the Eclectic Medical ln=t-
,ate Of this city.
Some few years ago, when Colonel John
IN wns in Memphis, Dr. Fraim called upon
inn and exhibited this belt, when the hero
D III. Thames instantly recognised II. lie
hen told Il number of per ons who were
rres MT, that observing large Chief adj
y.acins towards him with up!lltcd toma-
A.Wk. he drew a pistol and shot him down.
iArr tn. battle, he rode to the fallen Indian,
shcn, Observing that he had around hs
waist viudy belt, he took II OIL ana pre-
I rynd it, IL then avowed that TIE beit
~. Fram showed was the same he had
'lken from the indian--and holding II up,
NJ. pointed ont the hole which the Dali thai
clu,cd his death had made.
The Trcumseh belt is four feet six men ,
pa. three inches wide and is made OF red
s!nnel, beautifully ornamen'ed with white
lads. Near the centre Of II Is the ball
4,Ie, made by Colonel Johnson's bullet
Ba,Nccn ea,h row Of beads, narrow strip
n black cloth gives contrast to the Whit
ads and red ilannal The beautiful ar
r.ngsment IL tlc beads, j. strongly Illus
'ra,iye Of he native tu!eni If the Indians
Memphis Express,
The above belt OF Teculnseh Is now III
,lt possession, having been received la''
Thursday in package Of such things ifon
le brother mentioned above Those corr
ags in such matters can see the iieht'eat
5elt by calling upon us.-La