Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-16
Dr.. 1ason's Reply 70 DR.. Pulsifer.

dent Of Mr.. Adams boy from the KICK Of
a horse, tina, happened .hort time since,
there seems to be adverse opinions among
the Doctors Of Ellsworth.
In your first account Of the accident,
you stated tina, they found the skull frac.
tured and driven into the brain and that
Or, Parcher gave it as his opinion tina,
the chances for his recovery were against
him and DR.. Pulsiier dissenting from
that opinion, gave j, as his, that the chan
&C, for his recovery were in his favor.
But as the opinions Of both Of those
gentlemen conceded, in regard to the ex.
tent Of the accident. they probably both
were wrong in their diagnosis. It is pos
sible the skull nigh, have been slightly
fractured, but as to its being driven into
TIE brain, il is no ways probable.
n the borcs Of the skull had teen fsac-
ssred and driven into the brain. (as un-
derssand m.l during that act they mus,
haye forced tisew why through the men,
branes; and passing through the PA
Mater, mus, have rup,uIed many blood
vessels, as that membrane is largely sup
piled with vessels Of inferior size and
consequently there must have been con-
siderable hemorrhage from tina. mem.
brane as we'll as from TIE capillaries Of
the brain itself.
Dr.. Parehes states in his reply to your
puff Of the Homeopathic Doctor, that the
symptoms were those Of conclusion Of
the brain and not compression. But
had the bones Of the skull been driven
into the brain. the symptoms must have
been those cf compression. which, with
the hemorhage that must have ensued
within rhe Uranium, would have protu-
ced deeper and deeper state Of insensi-
bilty tin their patient was lulled into
fatal ssupor. You, perhaps. have see"
in your life time. some cases Of apcplexy
produced BY rupture Of blood vessel in
the brain. The symptoms in this case
would have been precisely the same il the
bones Of the skull had been fractured and
driven into the brain. Had that been
the case. the prrgnosis Of DR.. Parcher
would have proved true, unless some me-
chanical operation had been performed to
elevate those fractured portions Of the
skull from the brain. But Dr.. PareheI
has only to acknowledge that be was mis-.
taken in h,. diagnosis, which almost any
surgeon would be liable to be in such a
wound AZ shss probably was. Many
wounds with which we have to deal. a
first view seem TO be much more seriou.
in their character than what they really
are therefore. surgeons may not Away.
be able 10 form a correct diagnosis, OIL
prognosis.
Blu, to say that any drug administered
into the stomach is capable Of eleva,ine
the fractured skull from the brain af,e1
requiring such violence as it does to driv.
it into the brain, is farce without foun
da,ion, and none but the most ignoran
and small minded will ever I've led TO Be
lieve such nonsense. You said that DR.
Pulsifer bathed the wound with veal
solution Of the Tincture Of Arnica. Col.
water would have done ~ well; all tina
an external wash would do in such case
as that would be TO suppress the hemorr
hage and prevent Inflammation. and cole
water, either alone or with the addino,
Of = little spirits would have done just a
well. Arnica is a useful remedy in man.
nervous affections, and is much used \
an internal remedy in that disorderet
condition which succeeds conclusion o
the brain from falls. and blows on III,
head; and from this circumstance ha
] received the thie Of Panaeea Capsorum
So as an internal remedy j, probabl!
would have succeeded perhaps as well q
any other drug. But as to weak solu
, ton OF it applied to the wound being ca
pable Of eievating those bones b 100 fal
lac,ous to believe. Neither could any
+ internal remedy however eiieaeious ant
successful in other affections have movet
, them one hairs breadth. Neither Arnica
Aconite or their mescuris. OF even los
+ sugar itself. which constitutes the greater
part Of their medicines. and especially
the latter. is capable Of producing 40!
. such an effect.
do not wish to eriticise Homeopathy
too much or to accuse ito practitioners o
that which they are not guilty, for ! thinI
tina. in many eases they may succeed
we'll We have many hypochondriaes Il
+ prescribe for one time and another. wht
in reality do not need medicine, bu