The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-03-11
The Earth Closet and the Treat
mant Of Wounds.

Ile D0TLu OlOoJb WV WV NAN .
ment Of Wounds,
To The Editors Of The EVening Pos' {
As YOU were foremost IN calling the
attention Of tho American public to
tho Earth Closet System the use Of
,irted dry earth for the deodorization
ard disiniection Of human iDces--
and thus become the pioneers Of
reform that promises not only I'M
speakablo relief from the gravest an-
poyanco Of our lives, but the prevcn-
ton of the greatest wasto of the fer
tility of tho earth, it is just that to
YOU should be communicated an out,
growth of this system that offers, II
possible, still greater beheht to
suffering humanity.
OnS Of the experimental commode'
sent out by the Earth Closet Com.
pauy was placed at the disposal OF
! Dir. Addinel Hewson OF the Penn
sylyauia Hospital lin Philadelphia
It's introduction into the surgical
ward, where it has been for two weeks
Ia constant use by about twenty pa
tients, and Las been subjected TO the
severest test possible, has been 10
entirely satisfactory that it is pro-
posed to substitute earth closets for
water closets wherever these exist in
that institution.
AT tho time Of its introduction
there was lying in the ward patient
suffering from very severe com
/, pound fracture Of the lower leg
The wound was in Npsunhoalthy con
dition, aud its exudations, amount
ing to piut in 2I hours, were so
offensive as TO cause sickcning and
S even dangerous stencil, that the OK.
a cellent ventilation Of the ward and
the use of tho usual disinfcctants
we're hardly able to mitigate. 1t oc-
2, CURED to DR.. Hcwson to test the
i power Of dry earth 70 absorb this
', odor, as it had that of cxcrcmont.-
:. Tho effect was magical. Not only
+ was the olIenSiveuess entirely over
= come, but the effect on the character
Of tho wound itself was such as no
= previous treatment had been able to
compass. The suppuration was,
within n few days, so reduced that
10 70 the daily dressing Of single hall
II pint Of earth was not even saturated
or the edges Of the flesh wound lost
their iunamod character the intense
pain Of the sore was entirely relieved
rp aud healthy granulation has en-
no sued.
Nd Such au indication Of newly
lHSS founded healing agent was not dis
e, regarded
5% Ou Monday last, being in Ph'lo
- delphia, / was invited to attend tn
An, morning dressing Of the earth treatc'
i'm. wounds. This is what l saw
oGr First: Two patieuts suffering fror
no. serious ynriooso ulcers, after pre-
iiiS longed suffering, and with little re
lief from the usual treatment, hav
49, ceased to be offensive to their ward
N mates they find their sores GROWN
a.. daily smaller; all pain and inaam
stS !. tc nation have left ihom aud they fec
} ln' tho certainty of an early euro.
ur Second : a railrond brakema
stf whose hand was--a year and ha
ago-crushed between the coupliu
$500 heads Of two cars, aud who has neN
,r er been free from pain, aud seldol
onc from intense pain; whose hand fro'
Nv ,v,s the wrist to the knuekles was fe
r. tcring mass Of carious bones aud II
famed flesh, and whose system hC
- been so reduced that he could NJ
49,. have survived the amputation whic
site alono can entirely relieve him, is no
y, happy in freedom from pain. ii
ncsh wound has taken on healtl
- character, aud his strength is fast r
,.ay turning. lie even hopes to save h
,od. hand, but tho long continued dtc'
Stcn % of the bone makes this impossible.
n TO Third Another brakeman, su
iSI fsring from precisely similar injur
in no respect loss serious, but 7
- ceived within a few days, wash
modia,ely treated with dry earth
,,U Its constant application has entire
Nh prevented inflammation, and hcu
"a thy hei ling of the flesh and knitti
Of tho bono will soon return him
his dutics with two useful hands.
.oo Fourth A farm laborer, on f
IVV' day last, had three of his hng,
nearly cut of and his hand fearful
dent torn by horsepower hay'cuttcr
,Sier' Since the frst application of tho
s''sr' earth Ga few hours after the accide
he has been FREQ from pain, aud
will save his hand.
~ Fifth On Saturday last labor
W. engaged in breaking up condemn
shells, exploded one that.was charg
The powder burned his face o
arms, aud (seriouslyl QUO of his kn,
= ~ which was struck by fragmeu
, cou tho iron that completely shattered
SUI s"is kuee.paU. His burns aud the Fl
- ture were Immediately dressed Y
IT'S dry earth, aud the freedom from |
- -4 aud the absence Of infam nation l
beon as marked in his case as iu
LAND others. Without this dressing
Ikk kueojoint must inevitably have
come involved, aud the leg n
'%srs' y have been lost. Now, the woun
,oT evidently healing, aud CalthOug
49, Is too early to speak positively {
WI" IS every reason to hope that the
IT. ly result Of the injury will be a
UP knee
O. Sixth; Within few days VIC
\ SALE was brought to the hospital with
'eySslTy, neck aud large part of her
Hsptis, very severely end dangerously bu
rpSS0o,,li That she could escape long weel
,ilykepi agony was beyond hope. W