The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-07
Surgical M.sceItag;cs,

w have been furnished by medical gen
trnasn with the following extracts from wa
rions authorities, which may b. Of use, rs
suggestions 10 those having the care Of cur
SICK and Wounded soldiers:
Ei-c'yfrql fsesfbe>if N Sargjegi Opva'ioHs.-
Al the public operation room of tie Medic4t
t'llege of Bunslo, Prof Ia. Hamilton, sur
s'on, succeeded in >upnrrSsiug pain by tbs
mffhod. III an F5hopiasiic operation on tn
leit leg OF a sailor aged -. the object was 10
cure an intraC able ulcer, five inches l.! three
y wet bandage, three inches Wide, was ~oEuG
around liie i;nb s,X tiIut9, bOvc the
ulcer, and Il flexible copper wire wound
around the b;tn,iage about twenty times and
then secured. \ similar hlHdage WAS placed
at the ankle: the positive pole attached to
the upper, and the NEGATIVE" 10 iae lower
handage. A gentle current vas then passed
through The limb until tl!e muscles con lritc5ed
and severe pressure was tcit- 1t VAS then
moderated and kept steady fur i've minutes,
when the surgeon removed every particle 81
diseased flesh from the muscular or onnE
parts. The patient said he fit 10 .'3tH. 7 o
apparatus was then removed auI applied 10
the right leg, from which piece Of healthy
flesh was cut out, CORES ponoinS an size iltd
snape 10 the orincc made hy the eXilrpati0u
OF She nicer. Tae How of blood was - pro
iuse that aiding waller vas u<et 10 arrest A.
The patient still answered. that BE telt no
pain While the blood was flowing, see sur
geon dropped some hos water OF the other
leg, luSE above the knee, when tEr's3iigr IN
medIBtely eNciaiined, Oh. irat's t,ett''
1t WAS proved by Subsequent experiment
that the aaus mia of linn l. mere com y,lete
when the positive pole Is connected wan lie
upper, and the negative pole with the dover
banddge, than wien this position is reversed
Den tai Cosmos.
.Si0ngbiDq OH S0res.-Thcse accidents oc-
curing III paraple&Ic subjects, or from ir.i-
taton OF tie spinal cora, are most effectively
and rapidly arrested by alternate aBpllcs-
tons of ice and very hot pouitiGes. l. have
seen sloughing in Il dog that had gone almost
10 the bone cured thus IN TWO days, ana there
was no recurrence OF 1T oWn-Set uGEQ,
from lecture on paralysis.
Fap9r in Gnpsi7 E'0un3s.-Prof. !. =. Flint,
o. the Univ er>Ity OF Louis vile, in the H3alhig
Mcdicai Mars, claims for vap0r dressings Inc
a1van ttEes OF pTompJ relief Of pam, suppress
SION of mn ANIMATION, prev eEtiun at ti4" sup
curative process, and rapid ErtUuittlon.
Mode Of AppHcttion.-A folded 3tluuel, t
dimensions proportional 10 the size and gray
ity OF the wound, Is wrung out Of cool or
tepld water, and being spread Oh u firm sur
face the heated tldt-irou Of the iatudrCss Is
moved over 1t repeatedly, I'm I'll lis pores are
hiIcd with steam. 1t is applied as hot as the
skin VIII bear, and covered with oiled silk
which extends beyond its edges and is not
bound tightly down.
Apparatus for FrdctHrs of the Loirer jar at the
Symphgsts.-A plate To lit the teeth-such as
any dentist can make--cO yerS them com pipte-
~ to the gum, with wires from its II PIPER sur
lace bent down and over the under liz and
jaw. padded spilnt separates the wire from
The Jaw. The patient can converse and eat
with spoon without dptriment TO the seat of
fracture.-[ j. &. Haberslam, NJ. ID, IN the
savannah Journal OF Medicine.