Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08


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W. already heas of quite A.Js spp9nbsr4 nj Of asc'
i dests fremo the intense cold uofrths last few
days, sua sszpect, when the thoroughiare'
shall have been fe,openedl and the news hat
time to reach US tbatNsi melancholy list o
casualties will be found to have occurred
The severity Of the weather. must have beer
felt terribly upon the plains, out oasthe bleal
prairies and in the newly settled portions o
the country, II in our snug and Wen fiaisshlssd
heuses, with an abundance Of clothing, bed
ding and good wood athand, it has been e
dinSdAs to'tkssp comfortable, We may sxel
ljudgs that in the shentie,, the poorly chinkek
log cabins, among these with whom, from
lack Of means OF proper facilities, the supply
Of wood Was short and whefsI poverty bss
compelled scanty clothing and bedding, or
among travellers storm stayed upon thep|ain',
the suffering must have been intense. Dur
ing weather III which cattle freeze in heaps
and coyies Of quails perish in piles, thinly
clad or poorly sheltered humanity stands but
y poor ,cheuce9yia esa .atetgqa eyil:5ezs
yThsrs Is 80 much ahsisconception among
many, 81 the PROPER 9zeath heat 'o5t frost; bitten
or frozen limbs or members, it has occurred
to ast that a1few Hsimpls directions applicable
to5sNQh caasssweald mot be out Of place.
Speaking saeiths r scientifically nosptotdssion-
ally we shsfi adhete TO the fncalcations 81
{ plain eommop mmo sense. yfsses -f, ~ sssrss
-ii The pAeaomenA, Of freezing is very simple:
Any portiou1of the boiy etposed 60 she cold
for sufficient length Of tnns, parts VIII its
.nim.l heat more .r,piidly than the central
source can supply 1t, and its Temperature sis
thus 10 fato reduced that tho fluid portions
become solid, sSd circulation IS entirely sus-
pended. The process coptinpes from from the
extremitiss towards the heart until. death
ensuss, and is generally II not alway attend.
ed by torpor and 'dYowsiness, treachefous
ebbirg Of the vital powers, an overwhelming
indisppsition, to exertion ~ which operates to
prevent those efforts on the part of the person
exposed, which if made might save his or her
life 2''t .-.- -.-''i ';-i .5c 80
4s It i, generally understood that the appli-
cstion Of heat is to ibs avoided in the case Of
frozen subjects, and passing to the opposite
extreme rubbing with SHOWS very
common practice, which is an almost equally
dangerous course. By tho application Of
heat the blood at the surface ID thawed, while
communication with the ha:rt' IS sill OBJ
structed by the intervention Of fiozen blood.
But SNOW lying in the open zair las . temper
sasuzs At or near that Of the atmosphere around
It. To rub ! frozen limb With snow 1t, say,
20' below zero, is to freeze it still harder,
until it is brought down to the. .tsmpeyature
of the snow, and the effect of the rubbing il
to rupture the swollen, rigid, and now brittle
vessels Of the delicate material before you
These, then, would be our directions: Re-
move The patient, with the least and geotlest
possibls handling, to Z cool,S but not frosty,
ROOM % Tako tub full Of water and throw
snow in it until it forms = ..'slosh."s srn Ipm0 d
the limb in this "a far as there 10 the least in
dieataon Of 'frost-sive the patient frequent
stimulating drinks, and abide the result
After the frost shall have been removed, the
subsequent treatment should be the same -
for sburn. If you have not saved the limb,
you have accomplished, we believe, IN That
skill could do for the sufferer. - S"a
The same itrestnsnt, With notifications
that will. suggest themselves to- every one.
win .ppty tosshy portion of9 the body suffer
ing from frost e,I ~. s@,s IN S'j,?'g , ' 'so 5
ID The fyetioHals. Of this treatment ia; that
while the "slosk' brings np the tenpeFstite
Of the limb TO the precise point It which any
additional heat wiz thaw it, the actual 1thsv.
ing commences nearest the iheart and is car
ried on BY ndturs herself, who rs-estabihhes
Ea circulation in each particle and vessel as Il
is thus thawed. 10 srohTay yo'. eHl A''t 2i1s-'
III - . .
= 4 should also be known that the common
kerosene of the storssris 6 sure and perfect
caseI for rehiiblainsisnd other subseaueht an
ntD2y7anoes htom frosted limbs. 10 saiHo'a9 10
.So1.-Al1-l-- -gIlSaS2AI- IL l---- linhi 70
1It ID not q Gcomfortable thing to read Of
Fknasesa and nknavery !; and especially when
committed upon the Government, while en-
gagged in such . work IS We have on hand
Yet there is consolation which good smen
may have 1t the present time when we read
Of frauds. here and there, among Quarter
ltermastefs and contractors; and 1t is, that
somebody is after them, with sharp stick,
and they stand chance when once discover
cd to get slittls1 ides Is to what justice means.
We need not expect the kn.ves and villain.
~ 70 disgustsd with life and die, nor that
theyIwil all srnigxate together. A country
as large AZ ours Will continue to hsve Il.
share; and it. At any time, the stock runs
low. al Europe IS ready to disemboaue an
abundance of recruits upon ". b. But We pray
tfar National and Governmental virtue enough