Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-11-08

mediate cause pJtently operating Upon tho
prOstrate system, rush Of blood to the brain
has been caused, thereby producing 4 parox.
ism. The practice Of Old Fosyism was to open
u vein and cause rs rapid TOW Of blood from
the brain as the low had been to it, thereby
subicctng the brain, arteries and veins to 40
severe u shock iD drawing of Tho blood, as they
underwent, when the blood rushed to it. Pro.
fessor Azul Ashbeek has philOsophcally re.
marked, that blood and water are fluids, that
the brain and horse poni are both material,
and that food of blood may rush to the brain
as well rs q food of water 10 u horse pond.
But no practical farmer, continues the learned
Professor, if he wished to preserve his horse
pond, would draw the water from ii ia food,
but would gradually drain it, and SO it is with
the brain. Scarcely had this suggestive idea
been proclaimed, before tho fertile genius Of
one Of the sklllul pupils Of the school of rap
~ VAN,lCoo udu NV GuNCu klO biOOu
machine. As the physician Of the school of ra
pil progress, concluded these sage remarks,
his servant whom he had secretely dispatched
for it, the moment he witnessed the paroxisn,
brought in the blood draining machine. Ina
few moments the entire body Of our Cavalier
was encased in an mir tight Gu "a percha sack, 20
fastened aroInl his neck anl shoulders that no
part Of him remained out but his head. A
small machine rapidly generating team was put
ia operation conveying the Steam through u
pipe into the Gutta Percha Sack. snow, said
the physician of the school Of rapid progress,
this simple machine which you will perceive
has valve attached to it for the purpose Of re.
gulating the steam, with the addition Of thcr.
mometcr meets with all the exigsnccs Of TINS
maiaJy. First apply tho thesaometer to the
head VI the patient and ind it rises to ~ &c.
grces. Now sha. aPpIy it 10 tas Gltu Per-
cha Sack and pump in the steam till 1t rises to
thl same point. The only secret in the opo.
ration is to preserve an equal temperature Of
heat in the Sack with TINT Of the head. The
temperature in the sack Icing equal to that Of
the head, the extreme ties being thus artificial.
y heated, the blood must naturally seek IS
gradual return to them, The head be!hs expo
sed to the air ard the graduaI recession of blood
from the brain must necessarily lower its TEN.
pc'a'ae' Thus We see by applying tho Ihermo-
meter again 10 the patients head, we find it has
| fallGI from 40 to ITO degrees. Now by mea-
rs of the valve we let OF the steam from the
Sack until it sinks to the same temperature. In
this way it IS evident that heoyercharged brain
can be as easily drained .of its excess OF blood
and az gradually, as horse pond Of its water
or goblet of its wine. IVhi,c the physician
e continued his discourse, tho temperature OF
or cavaliers head continued to lower, until j.
5 gradually sank down 20 95 degrees, which being
y the natural heat OF the blood, the blood drain
: ns machine was withdrawn, and our Cavalier
e without waking was borne to IL sleeping apart.
y mcnt, where The physician Of the school Of ra.
b. pid progress, guaranteed That he would sleep rs
l. sweet and soundly as il nothing had occurred to
!, him, and where We will permit him to reposc
= until the reader shall meet with him in tho next
d chapter.
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