Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-06
Scientific.

WONDERS or MODERN SuReERY.-Tbs
following is summary Of an article in a
late Htiantic Monthly on the recent dis.
coveries and Improvements in surgery
by the local application Of suffcisn,
degree Of cold, ibseusibiIity can be pro
dnced in any desired part, 80 that man
with most exquisitsly painful wound
on the arm, or feion on the finger, car
now look down in his perfect senses. up
on the knife, as IL enters his own body
and performs the most difficult operation
without giving the lsastspain. A French
surgeon has invented an instrument bO
calls "ecrassur," or crusher, 90 perform
operations dangerous in surgery. on ac.
count of the loss Of blood from the smal-
ler vessels, if performed with knif. Il
~ formed OF fine chain, gathered into a
loop, which iBoloses the part to be re-
moved. asd by tightening the screw tho
cham Is frightened till tho parts are sepa-
rated. The blunt chainsso turns up and
twists the ends Of the blood vessels that
hemorrhage is prevented. -
Inc eye is w.examined by an instru-
me9t called the ophthalmascope, by
which the depths of the eye can be read
ny and fully explored, and through its
great aid great deal Of what has been
written and cOnjcctured about the diseas-
es OF the eye has been found to be wrong.
The intricate passages of the ear. the
nose, the whole of the windpipe and pas
sages. of the lungs are now carefully ex.
plored. - "N';'
IpAFhnne NJ o..
ern science has been through what is
called conservative" surgery, the rule of
which is to save. all that possibly can be
saved from the amputation knife. MANY
OF our brave soldiers complained of the
recklsssness and haste with which. in
the late war, some surgeons would cut off
arms and legs on account of triAino
wounds This complaint vas often inst.
But one OF the most distinguished sur.
geons in the world has lately written
AT Kings College it is rare to see an
amputation; in nine cases ont of ten ex-
cision Tor the cutting ont the diseased
portion of the limb) should be performed
in its stead"
A boy at the West was caught under
fallen log and had his leg broken aud
twisted upon itself at right angles with the
thigh, the bones protruding through the
flesh, and no doctor near. lie lived, and
after weeks of suffering, was taken to
hospital. Modern conservative surgery,
instead of amputating the limb, as the old
fashioned surgery would have done, saw
ed off the protruding bones, turned the
leg back again to its place, and put on an
instrument to keep it of equal length
with the other, and now the bey stands,
runs and jumps with two sound legs.
A CRACK IN THE HOG TRouGH.-The
following from recent number of the
Prairie Farmer is almost equal to
Franklin's story of the whistle: us.I
A few days ago friend sent me word
that, every day, he gave nearly twenty
pals of bnttermilk TO lot of ''shoats,"
and they scarcely improved at all.
Thinks ], this is a breed OF hogs worth
seeing. They must be of the sheet-iron
kind. So called on him, heard him
repeat the mournful story, and then Wis
tied the sty, in order to get better
view of the miraculous swine. l went
into the pen, and, on close examination,
found q crack in the trough through
which most Of the contents ran away
under the floor. Thinks !, here is the
TYPE of the failures of our agricultural
brethren. "' o.. '..
r. When l sec a farmer omitting all i'm
prOvements because Of a little cost, sell
iHg all his farm stock to buy bank or
railroad stock, or mortgage stock, rob
hing his land, while, in reality, he is also
rebbing himself and his heirs, thinks /,
my friend, you have a crack in your hog
trough. b; d r.'r,i.,-qi Git -a.s. =
ma When see farmer subscribing for a
halt dozen political and miscellaneous
papers, and spending all his time in read
ing them, while he dsesu't read single
agricultural or = horticultural journal,
thinks ], to myself, poor man, you have
got large aud wide crack in your hog
trough. n, e, ,,.,.,-,..I a.,. b., ,.,,.-.... ..g
When see farmer attending all the
political conventions, and knowing every
man IN town who votes his ticket, and
vet, to save his neck, couldn't tell who
is President of his County Agricultural
Society, OF. where the Fair was held last
year, "unanimously" come to the con-
'clusion that the poor soul has got q crack
in his hog trough. -1' - ''' ."a'7 u, ii.'i'
When I see farmer buying guano,
but wasting ashes and hen! manure, try
ing all sorts of experiments except intel
ligent hard work and economy, getting
| the choicest of seeds regardless of cost,
then planting them regardless OF Guilt
walton, growing the, variety OF fruit
called Sour Tart Seeding, and sweeten-
ing, it with sugar, pound for pound,
keeping the fruit fields rich while the
back lots are growing up with thistles,
briars aud elders, contribning to the
Choctaw Indian Fund, and never giving
a cent to any agricultural society-such
q man, 1 give written guarantees, has
got . crack in his hog trough, and in his
| head also. &C.,. ,;,i,..,.,, 49,, 49,,
When I see farmer allowing loose
boards all over bis yard, fences down,
hinges off the gates, manure in the barn
yard, come to the conclusion that he
lIas got a large crack in his hog trough.
Whom see q farmer spending his time
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