Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
PITTING FROM SMALLPOX


TIE terrible scanning and pitting of the
face. neck ard other exposed parts of
the booy. consequent upon the severe at
'acks of the smallpox, are well known.
1t is noticeable, however, that the scalp
is always exempted from marks, even af
ter the severest form of the disease the
covering afforded by the hair preserving
it from pitting. remembering this fact
it recently occurred to an English physi-
clan, while watching a photographer
using cotton wool to shut ont lights in
the process of "vignctting" photographs,
that the material, if applied to the face
and neck of smallpox patients, might
give a protecting Influence somewhat
similar to that afforded to The scalp by
the hair, ard thereby prevent or modify
the subsequent pitting. Having under
treatment couple of cases of Gonzales
cent small pox, lie therefore applied cot
ton-wool to protect the face. The dis
ease in each case was Of the distinct
foIm. One of the two, girl, age fifteen
years, had an abundant eruption, which
in tie unprotected parts of the body,
went through the usual consecutive
charges In both cases the parts cover
ed by the wool were left without a yes
tise Of marks. The mode of applica-
ton was a follows: On the first appear
ance of the eruption patches of skin
about an inch square were washed over
with cOlodon, an! Immediately covered
with thin uniform layer of fine wool
the woel readily adheres if applied be,
fore the ether Gf The cOlodon evaporatcs
When the whole of the face, etc, was
thus covered, the wool was brushed
ever with solution of starch or gum -
The starch or gum was occasionally re-
aplEod To the edgs of the wool to pre-
vent any shifting by the movement of
the face. This cpvering was kept on IN
I'll the dry crust fell off the other part of
the body. In view of The results of the
experiments, the mode of treatmeu:
would seem worthy of further trial.
She Couldn't Keep the Secret.
It is SO easy to overdo a good thing,
and the "sl;p' between the cup anj
Up j. so rapidly found. 4 mechanic
r'j"cing in the name of Dubois, and
rrsidcn; of the city OF = t.o.t, took to
drinking, and was speedily tran-formad
from hard-working man into a drunken .
sot. His good wife scolded, entreated, .
diminished the thickness Of lis beard /
without the use OF razor, but could .
rlake no change. One night Dubois ar
rived home aud found that his wife and
his coat had changed places the latter
lay on the fl oor and tie former was sus-
pended from the hook. Up rushed Dl-
bois to the rescae, took his wife down
and after much labor. brought her to her
senses. The attempt at suicide com
pletcly sobered him. and Obadiah Old,
buck, he tnrncd over a new leaf. He
promised never to drink az 3in, and prob
ably would have kept his word if his
wife had been able to keep her own coun-
eel But she was just smart enough to
inform several Of her neightors that the
apparent hanging was put up job, :she
being tied under her arms. The knowl
edge of this practical joke coming to
Dubois's ears lie first thrashed the whole
family, thea performed some extraor-
dinary feats of furniture smashing, ana
finally left the premises, and has not
been seen since