Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-06-12


..ah n pAaPrr Ef3, BLANKS, CARDS, REiEts FrSERa
and othes Se'.ces executed Will nea Te5s and Ges
natch. III aIl rasea. cash On ie.IYert.
M1sTAKEs or PHTs1CIA i s.-Oli
yer VI. Holmes, in q lectHrc upon
oh vsicians, gives the fold living ac
count of<ome mistakes which have
been made in medicine
"sooner, or later, every 1lody is
tripped up in forming q Diagnosis.
saw Velpean tic one ct t I1o caro-
It'd arteries for Il supposed aElearjsm,
which was only q little hqti1lless tu-
NOR, and kill his patielIt. Mr..
Dease,. Of Dublin, was n1t5re tortu-
nate in a case be buddy DECLARED I'll
absccss, while Others thouEht + it an
aneurisnl. He thrust q laE1eet=into
itand proved himself in t|zgs gilt.
Soon after he made y sinli;fttt:::F dag
nosis. He thrust in his lancet as
before, aud ont gushedzthe patients
blood aud his life with 1t. The
next morning Mr, Doase was found
dead and floating il his cwn blood.
lie had divided tho femUraI artery.
4 - ~
! have doomed people, pnd seen
others doom them, over onC over
again, on the strength OF physical
sigus, al1d they have lived i'll the
most coutnmacipus and scientifcal-
" uniustifiable manner lis long as
they liked, and some Of zhen4 are
living still. sec two men in tue
street, very often, who were aoth as
good as dead III the opinion Of all
who saw Them in thei1. extrrIz1ity.
People will insist on living, some
s,tl,oNgh lnanitest]y nj oTzj4nd.
In Or. Elders life Of i f'e you
will fnd. a case Of this sort, t id by
Dr.. Kane himself. The 4aptain Il
aship WAS dying Of scurv,5+, but the
crew mutinied, u and he gave uD dy-|
ing for the present to take care of
them. An Old lady IL this ctr, near
her end, col. a little vexed a bvac d
proposed change in her will, made
up her mind not to die Just then !
ordered & coach, was driyen twenty
miles to q house OF 4 relative, aud
lived for four years longer. Cotton
Mather tells. some good Etories
which he picked up in his expori- |
eace, orsout Of h S books, show ing
the unstable equiIibriuta of prog |
nosls. Simon Stone was shot IN |
nine places, and rs he lay il fir II dead |
the Indians madetwo ha<ks zzitlp q |
hatchet to cut his. head of. He |
got well, however, and Was d 1HsIy
fellow IN Cotton Mather'ts i time j al
bez Musgrove was shot with q bull |
let that went in at his ear! and came |
out at bis eye on tho otl,Ar side. A |
couple Of bullets went through bis |
Day also. JaJez got we'll, how-
ever, and lived many ye;ar5. Per
Contra, Colonel Ros5iter, cracking a
plum stone with lis teeth, broke a.
tooth and lost his life. We have t
seen : +>I1yslcians 1 ilug, .llze Spigeli-
Us, from . scratch; and g. man who
pad a crowbar shot through ilis head
is alive and well, These extreme
cases are warnings Duf yon can
naver be too cautions H. prpg11osis,
IN IN view of the great unoerta ainty Of
the course Of any disease II lot long
watched, and the many t;.net pected
turns 1t may take"
." I can't Lear cIildren,''
said Miss Prin disdainfullY.
Mrs. Partington looEed[ at her
muddy n oyer her spectaolf3 before
she replied : "perhapa if }6u could |
you wonld Ike them bott3r.''
40 Old man SAYS hat he Is the lass |
man ,assG.ie world fo ,+r., i4o c.,e. !, |