New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-14

| Of "kbuckle.;" 20 TIE apprehension Of slang-
! shot: 70 the dread of vitriol; but when 10 tie
let of dangerous weapons is added the pro-
borg. the yery nature and purpose Of which is
| unknown 10 thousands, it is no wonder If we are
brset with new terror. Among the chsncrs o.
| violent death We have cou.rNed TO preserve our
tou.pim,ty aud cling 70 the hope that We shoad
| d.. p4.cably in our beds. But when 10 such La
bi,ity 10 A sudden taking off is added tae chance OF
being killed by an urIuoky bOle through the 'hroat
| when submitting to be- treated S,eandHm sr,em for
bronchitis laryr gtis, an elongated Dvuls, 1t is
Dot strange that our sore tbroated citizens should
tIemble for their windppes and begin To doubt
whet er the dangers Of d-esse have pOta It'll more
dreadful Alternative in the greater daogers Of al
tempted heaiDg and If such peril lies in treatmeot
Of the throat why not IN the bowels if IN toe bow
els, why not in the stomach If in the stomach,
why not in any of the nober eDtraisl II Science
is 20 erriog ard the hands Of surgeons lbcer-
tam as 10 Kill where it i. the purpose to ssve-to
stab a vital organ with fatal sLd cruel wound,
where it is only meant TO manipulate mem
braDe, it is eminebty proper toat the public mInd
should become aroused, aod ask With some anxiety,
aid even with rome indignation if there really BE-
DO balm in Gilead, DO ply sicao there. Ii is our
pfasant duty 10 allay these fears, if PLAIN STATE
uept of the real facts in this case eau do sp; TO
satisfy the public that the proba"g is not weapon
Of ofrDss, ard that bobody bas died fron coe
10 ibe wiDdpipe made from the inside The appre-
bensiop. indred, that Death may ensue from rev.
cred iracbea is still well founded but the incisou
must me made, as heretofore in all reported cases,
through the outer cuticle The apprehension of toe
possibility Of such an occurrence, under our pres
ebt organization of society, We viii no; uDdert,ke
TO slIay.
DR.. Horace Green of this city has for about
twenty years past, made the treatmeat of diseases
Of the tbrost and lungs sp'eidlif and has won de-
sersed fame, both in this country and Europe, for
the success Of his method and bis valuable cOn.ri
buttons in department of medical science where
hitherto the helprssness Of the profession bad been
its reprcach His grest merit may be briefly stated
"a, we cannot uudertske to enter here upon any
elaborate discussion or description Of his system
to be an assertion of the imperative necessity Of the
topical application of therapeutic agents in such
diseases, and persistent treatment IN accordance
with that theory, by means of one or two SIMPLE
instruments peculiarly adapted to the object aimed
at. 1t not improper to say that m Newly ork only
where the prophet is in his oSn countty-1as
there ever been any serious hestatOn the part of
his professional brethren. to recognize the immense
vsoe of this treatment in affections Of the tnroat
and uDgs and the credit due 10 DR.. Green for its
frat publication, the ability with which he has ad-
yocaied it, snd his skill in using it. Every where
else, where medical science is most advanced, it is
almost universal, especially in Paris, the seat of
medical learning, where it i. followed to point
not yet reached in this country And even in this
city, where it is folly to attempt TO conceal the
fact that local professional Jealousy has sto ID some
what in 'he way, this top cal treatment is common
among the best physicians.
The instrumeDts used by Dr. Green are the
p,obang and the eathet.r. The probang-tbe ter
rble weapon with Which, it is said, so much mis-
Chief has been done lately-is simply thin piece
of emootb flexible whalebone Of about tea or
twelve inches in length, curved toward the end
to which Is firmly attached BIT Of sponge about
the size of a flbert With this simple and per-
fecily harmless instrument en- application OF
or tracte, 1t i. doDe as easily BY a sklful and
experienced operator, as gunner wipes the iD.ite
Of his gun with his sponge, and is done with as
little probability, almost as little possibility, of in
jury to the passage 80 moistened in the one case
as in the other. TINS simple application has prob
ably been made to millions Of human thToats, GER
taiDly 10 more than hundred thousand, 10 this
...l. H. last eva nd
itiurous effect. Whether it has always been
beneficial or not, is another question, aud not a.
all pertinent to the present inquiry. 1t
has not been jurious in the nature of things, it
is hardly possible 1t should BE-, as merely mechan-
ical operation. The instrument is soft spooge,
on the epd of stick Of whslebOne, bending and ar
rested at the least resistance; the passage IN which
il is inserted is the firm wall OF the throat, aud the
firm cartilage of the trachea. To any man of orli.
nars common sense-if not ply sician, with tho
ory TO support or practice to defeDd-it would be
per.cily evident at frst sisht Of this lite stick
snd sponge, If be 10 acquainted with the anatomy
of the human throat tnat it would be exceeiit gig
fficat to do any BARN with it, even with the
worst intentions. The ons suppo.abe case in
which it seems capable of mischief is where ma
lcious operator should leave it sticking in the
windpipe of his patient. We should not, in such
Gaze, hike TO Cor the consequences.
The eathe,r is an instrument quite as harmless
as the probing. 1t ha flexible tube through which,
when inserted toto the aindppe, soutioa may be
injected into eituer hrg. according 10 the yyI of
the operator. Whether this eau be de- &c, We kaow
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