The Nevada journal., 1855-03-16
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT..
1 Confession.

we INC printers conleSS 10 the SIN Ol pGfp1-
trating two typographical blunders-ineHcpsa-
bic, unmitigated, objectionable, and "humilis.-
ting topographic enormities, in Drs. Hunt and
Wyatt's communication in our last The man
uscript said cerricdl, We without the fear Of
Dr. Orertons highly discriminating quill put
it eerocial The manuscript said Uertedra We
said rertibra. Having thus taken the severe
humiliation" of tpo.ffhs Of &C. 4. Overton
NJ. IS" animadycrSion, we Of course pr0cead
to examine the other thrce-fifths IF it should
happen that we discover as many blunders N
the missive Of lone arrogating TO himself taa
right Of public instructor, and claiming the Ii
tie ofan NJ. d." we may gcneraizo the "hu-
initiation" if we do not relieve ourselves Of our
share Of it,
l. The ''lcarned Doctors first sentence has
10 grammatical connection. All before the
word Hunt is surplusage SO far Us any verb
in the sentence indicates. There is nomin1-
tive with nothing for it to govern.
ii. The singular verb is follows. in the Ia;-
ter part of the same sentence, plural aonli.;:-
tive-a most llitcrate bluntlcr,
III. The LEARNED Doc or" il his "3l' aIlu-
initiation" blundcrs as to the nature OF scro-
purulent fluid. Sero or serum, watery. puru-
lent consisting of pus, is said by Drni.ts
Surgery, at our elbow. to be thin, aimost
transparant.' IN. D. says it isn't transpar-
cnt-and Of course claims the difference be-
i, I I, J
devil advises us TO award TO him. The cou.-
municants said nothing Of through tbe skin"
though that would have been right, for. sl.s
Dunglisons Medical Dictionary, which zeal
Gus friend has furnished us, "the serops ncnI-
brancs are transparent, thin" &c.
". Humiliation - 9th" is C. +.
Overton NJ. D.'s' worst bundcr he takes
issue with Dunglison, though we supncsc that
respectable authority was only an N. D I}ut
we have noticed no grammatical blundcr II ~
work, and as he is posted in small matters We
are rather disposed to give him the 5aiarce it,
our Judgment in matters more abstrrsc. \.
d. Overton says it is impossible that la1
tumOur, being filled with saniouS fluid, was ic.m-
cd Of the membranes of the spinal marror, or
any other membrane, since the membrane Of
the spinal marrow nor any other membrane,
is even fluid or scro-purulent." M. D Dungli-
son says, page G34-5, ''pus, (puruIcnt mattcr)
is q secretion from infamcd textures. aud es-
pecialIy from the cellular membrane D..
Hunt, Wyatt and Dunglson agree on Or.
Oycrton's own construction Of language, bu.
we will leave it to a jury Of school boys thpt
the true English Of Dir. 8 sentence was that
the sac of the tumour was formed Of the mem
brane and filled with the huid
V. The club feet " humiliation is severe.
" Club feet ha We no power to fcx the legs
Astonishing. "The muscles of the thigh move
the leg" &c. The muscles of the mouth move
it into smile at &C. I. Overtcn NJ. D.'s"
oStcntatious display of common facts in this
connection. If he had known how to con-
strue sentences better than he docs how to
write them he would have noticed that DIR. H.
spoke of several peculiarities, among others
" club feet" not depending or acting on each
other. He did not say 1.-THE legs ,rere fer,d
forward by club feet" but, the legs fcred for
ward" hexed, verb active, with club feet. -
Dogberry needed no secretary when he dis
covered all these humiliatons.
The concluding remarks of the Learned
Doctor may be his best Judgment If they
were true no medical work should ever puJ-
lish the result of post norton examination,
-pr detail the symptoms of an incurablc disease
We can only regret with the parents of the
child which has now been so much dissectcd,
that co learned doctor was not called ir.
whose treatment would have cured O +" tu-
mour two and a half inches at the base" ii O
most sensitive part of the body-"a a paralysis
of the lower extremitics the turning of the
knees till the knee pan was po'sterior, and
a pair of "club feet"
In conclusion we must apologize to The
learned profession for this invasion of their DO
main. The fact is we had made one of the
number spell couple of words wrong anH
have had to make an amende Memorable. Once
on the subject the opportunity to show out
learning in the papers could not be resisted
=. S.-We will publish gratis any reply &C
CT. Ovcrton, NJ. D. verbatim ct liirI