The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-04

lavc been unparalleled, and ny some
is disbrlrved m, Nc strength of the
popular notion that any wound in the
heart is ncccSSarilStI!nmlrdiatrIy fatal.
The Louisville Cnurier, however, has
taken up the maVcr at length, and
presents many cnriuus and well IN.
lhcllcatcd cases t., show no, errn
uro,IS ale the general notions rusps CT
my wounds of thr, heart.
a physician d, MuNairy county,
tennessee, DIR. Randall, reported ma.
ny years ago the vase Of u negro bDv,
who WAS wounded in The chest with II
load Of shot. The wound was given
ON The 9TH OF April, and the treatment
"l the case was >kliIiul and very Judi.
cioiS. l. WAS directed tn the relief
Of inflammation, nl' the lung, and here
was i.u indication hat the heart was
wounded. The buy seemed to recov.
er regularly aud slowly up to the ST.,
ty.sepenM duv, when he died >udden:y,
from "ver.indulgence IN eating. Tie
lung which was wounded never per.
formed scrvic" after receiving the Shot.
and the death was due to the condition
"f the lung IN tracing the course oi'
The wo'ln *, after death, the physicians
W re a,t"n>hcd 1T iintling three shot
II the bottom the vcnlric!e and
TWO shot in the button, of tho uuriclr
of the heart. The wounds made i'm
lhc substance OF the heart were all
Irlnly healed, and the internal SUR
face OF the cavities, in which the shot
were found, betrayed no sign Of hay.
ing suffered in any way from The
rrrsclscc OF the shot. The boy lived
from the 5t!. "t April tn The Illh OF
Jane, or sixty seven days, and The
death was due sollle lung, according
To the physicians in the ease, and not
To the Slot in ilc hnart.
In the Dictionairc Medical,., Saviard
mentions Il case in which the left ven
ulclc of The heart ahu the scp,um or
wuii which ,ii"tiI-i- ii i;.,r,, III, sriri,t
'rutriclc were pierced through The
man lived four "r five days. y cl"I
OF blood nndonh,r Ily closed the
opening at once and prevented hem
orrlm-e. In alI"thcr case the rt.h
vcmlriclr was pierced and the vc. m,
lived livc days. And in another ease
y sword was passed through the riuht
vcnlliclr, the diapllray;,n, and liver,
anh the man lived until The ninth ,lav.
M"ranl exhibited uh> heart to HE
French Academy OF Sc.rncr, in 30.
NJ. l.rrrII!e reports case in which
'mc left vrmt,cIr WAS pie crd vertical.
y. and u wnnmd iour or livc lines IL:
.cnSih AaS made. This victim lived
"ini The 1lh day. Dch"r>, Rhudi,>,
a''i fInluni mention case of wounds
ii the heart that were not fatal unit
l!'r llth, IGih, l1th, aud Z en- the
2Dlh cay.
The heart may contract spusmoli.
| chiiy the n"m,nl the weapon ill.,
ilIcts The damage and iIIuS clos. he
wound II iii Il clnt u! blood iuruiS and
prevents lrln"rIayc Ambrose Pare.
the great French >irgron, ri .rS Il re-.
'narka'lc case, c,i'Icn'ly OF this kind.
Aml il case reported by Srhrnk. in !.
student ''i' ln.u,talt, was cclla nly o,
tbs riErnclrr.
BEI pr'iabI, the most rxt,anrlina.
~ ease OF Il "un>ln,t wuHnd ni' the
heart uc, uirr,i al Cincinnati. in lS3J
y ". Simmons rri"itr.l HE case in
ih' " r>lrrn .i"Gilai nt ulrdici,Ir and,
II the PLY Steal Sciences. On the
, It of December. Il man named Ma.
""irr wn> shot. in the chest, with Il ba
wr'"hn. II /" tIi'. pnun,l. After hr.
III. Wounded, hr chased hi amt unniSl
with activity, tnr tilr distance of srv
era '"I and Illrn b,c came ia mt and
tell. The attention OF The ph> 81, ian>
was directed /" til" possible occurrence
"i "a '9r,nc he lung. and the treat.
inrni was designed I" prevent that re-.
suit. There was nn Sign in the Synp.
l"ln>. OF Il wound uf thr heart. There.
WAS great shirs,,aS there is IN all .m,.
Shot wounds, intense pain m rhc region
"l the Stomach, an accelerated rulse,
with Il wiry jerk un the second day
but there WAS No disturbance of The
respiration nulil the four h dnv. The
man died "I the fifth oav, or ninety.
seven hours alter he wound. The .x.
animation alter death, revealed &c
IN rkablc state Of things in tie heart
! .\s"ut two and u halt inches from il,
apex, there was the appearance Of II
healed wound. 1t was NOT, Of course.
nrn'. for Il blunt pointed probe passed
through this healing material, in to the
r!.ht vrntricc Of the heart. The ia.
;,Inai surface n the vcntrclc exhibit
eI II l"cciatrh wound, but no trace pt
the ball could he fnl ID. L o uuricl,.
WAS not wounded, and great mystery
prevailed over the lost trace Of the
bali. The ascending vein which pnurS
mi" the ght nlri2le. all he ascending
blood from the I"wcr ,ivisinns of q
h"dy, ad the right v;n,ircir and auri.
Gle, were filled with what is called CD,
aSulable lymph