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y IMPORTANT 4 II,( j 5.,[Ial VI D)IscoVERY.N
: Tho danger arising from the use !

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\ IMPORTANT DISC0VERY.S
Tho danger arising from the use 9
some anesthetic agents, especially whe
administered byignorant men, has lon l9
prevented their attaining that popplarit..
q, first predicted for them. Some wei
edu Gated physicians have felt il III their du
ty especially 70 caution the public .
gains /. .chlorofarm, while willing toial
| low the .use Of ether ip cases ofemer
eency. ert.,.' The attention which the discus
sion Of The subject, aud the deaths from
chloroform, have directed to anestheticl
has led to the discovery efa new agen
for deadening the sensibility afthe bod,
when painful surgical operations ar.
4 nscessary4which3 Dr. Edward II! Dix
onofiNew York annonacesiin afrecenl
number ofthe New Yn,k Tribune. "a.
The discovery lis all important one, and
tho means. used not only simple, sba'
within, theireach of al, we give ii III his
own words:tayIo o6i bota -.b5y h.a o5 3
I,hays now the 5gralifca'ion Of Of Z asspr. IS q
ling you that we possess a new anesthe.
tic, adapted. to almost every triiilng oP:;
Grafton, and even to many Of the larger
odss, that can BY no possibility ever de:
stroy life. fMEsArnott ofsLondon has
recommended ice and1salt5 in ithepro.
por,ionloftwo parts,t one, fnelyjpoapdr
ed and applied directly 10 the skin
where the iucision is TO be made, for 9
period Of time varying from four to five five
minutes, BY inclosing the mixture iEs7.u eIsa in
fine guaze i bag. Ifthe patient be near
" bloodless 10 the skin would advise
four, and if Of a higher degree Of cuta-
neous circulation FIVE minutes contact
II will then be found that the parts will
slightly harden, wbiien, aahd become
completely benumbed; it will appear
preciselyflikeithe most delicate and
thinnest,iclpg iou a cake, andE@ilb crack
lie little when pressed upon by the
fingers. Ihayslrecen,ly perf9rrmredd % ID op;
sralions as extensive as amputa,ion 81
the entire bruast, removing @ens, tap.
plying caustic, &c, wilhnut the slight.
est est pain, pain hy means IF this beautiful and
bsneftent agent, and can assure you
that surgeons @ill'fad pperftctlyLrelia.
bleliii any case where the spaltis acces.
sible tusils action. aAsithislis thstcase
i'm nine. tenths eafall the cutting opera
,iens, iwsjmsy confidently ,ieipalsthe
most deligltfulir results from lhlsgse
discovery. Il car assure, SUI gspns1 1sfaitf l'if
tiffbey observe the cautipp never y spi
ply il ever FIVE minutes there will be en- 40 9
iinierruption.in the healing plncess. Y
have had the extensive incision made in
removing emo ing the entire breast actually q
mite by adhesion or @aithoatthe forma.
tiotGnn titGn ofpus! This is proof positive. ]
would not hesitate touse it with conf
dence in the ampulation of thetthigh,iti
thereiwers strong objections 70 e,her,a as
the incision through The SKINS that pro. pro.
duc,iye ofthe most pain. Ether how
ever, ,,ai., will be mainly used.in amputation
and / think properly, because the tying
ofthe arteries is extremely painful; but
in all cutaneous operations | know tito
be perfect III lis action s9as' 'ii's'l e
One caution allow me torepeat: Ap.
plyit for four minutes to all feebleper-
sons 80 and then try by meansIof thelPoins
ofa knifewhelherthe part be inseniiens
ifsoitis ready, if not wait half or a
whole minute more and then try again.
Ishoula not be pilliag 10 erceed sir ain-
utes la,esI in any case, for fear ofmor,ifcatioa
or sloughing, as the surgeons call it. be.
cause this happens when apar,is frozen
"a RARE MssrINe.-Same business
exigency on the Morse atslegraphslins
lin New York, recently demanded al
immediate meeting of the board Of di.
ractors.5 AS they live all alpngithe line
from Buffalo to New Yprk,a meeting
BY telegraph was ordered. The Prssii.
dent living al Utica, opened the meet.
ing, and the, business to be transacted
was sent along the line TO each member
Motions we're re- put and seconded. while
the mover was hundreds ofmiles distant
iromi,he secobder. objections were rails
ed, speeches made and responded to
and votes taken, the same as though the
parties had beenin the same room.
Or LITTLE VALUE.-At a recent auc.
lion lion sale of a library in Philadelphia, il
which were many rare books, some o.
which ioroughtyery large prices,was one
item consisting of hundred and sixty
eight volumes, called the UniversaleLi'
.brary of Romance, published in Paris,
and expensiyely bound in morocco with
gilt edges. Although there were bid
ders present who had given S55 for an
old almanac, none ofthem wanted the
novels, and they, were finally struck Of
for six cents. g aras3a flt nj
JENNY LIIssiD.-This esliinnable lady
being aboutto revisit England in pro
fsssional capacity, has resolved, from
religious scfuples, that she'will take Ut
part in operatic OF theatrical perform
ances, anithat all her future exhibitions
shall partake more or less of the char
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