New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-07

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original and parent structure disappears but cen or
seed is found have been depoelted capable OF In
governs this curious process do not pretend to have
but having discovered the fact and ayaed
ourselves OF II In the cure OF our unfortunate paoh'
we afford TO wait for the explanation.
soUIsT EYES.
Only five years later In 1882 Dieienbach another cee-
braed German surgeon, made successful operation Tor
what is known in popular language "squnt eye, by
dividing one OF the six small muscles which rotate the
ball The announcement OF Stromeyers operation only
few years before had been received with great enhu
siasm in all parts world but the operation Of
Dieaenbach for sraehtenng crooked eyes appealed
more the popular sentiment; It's results were
uniform aud immediate, and were obtained alike
st greater enthusiasm and the applause has been more
prolonged. Soon after Its announcement had an OPP
pCruny OF h%s%sns the operation upon med
Zeal students gathered in the operating room, and
when after brief and almost boodess OPERATION the
lad stood up with his restored TO Its natural
position the Students made the old building ring with their
stamping and clapping and shouts Of applause To-day
young medical students witness the operation which they
have already seen performed fifty times or moren silence
and many a young woman, whose oblgue and sinister
look has In childhood subjected them to est
and perhaps In later years has turned away the neart
OF over has had reason to be grateful TO the skful
operator and TO the great German surgeon VINO hfst
devised this method Of relief.
DIsLOCATIos OF THE HIP.
BY process somewhat similar to that by which con-
fessons were xtorted In the Spanish nquistion sur
geons were accustomed until recently to attempt the re
duction OF disocatons OF the hip. The muscles which
surround this joint the largest and most powerful OF
all the muscles OF the body and when by an unfortunate
accident the thigh bone thrown from It's socket the
patient first bled to lessen the power and resist
ance of the muscles and then puleys were applied and
f fn iss Pr au' W. W Reid Of Rochester n "
published an account Of new simple, o ana
plished by the hands of the surgeon alone, or by ma
npaaton as il is termed IN R To- 1se S
this method had been occasionally practced by surgeons
before this date but the principles which control me ere re-
disuse had been wholly forgoten While the patient
is lying upon his back the thigh ana leg are tec ana
rotation, and abduction by which the head OF tho bone
%Un TSenSe Whont psn and in in
period OF not longer than have occupied in this
powerful young man whose thigh had been dsocated in
railroad accident undertaken with little or no ex-
as they had been carefully described by Dr. Reid found
the limb reduced. was amazed and COMPOUNDED
ments as we'll entirely hew and successful surgical
operations TO which 1t would be impossible even to
aiude in the time allotted to single lecture. Some OF
them. without explanation, would appear to you Trivial
and others might challenge doubt as to Their pTopey
progress the relief OF human suffering Thus, for
example, the employment OF adhesive pasters as
OF Hanover n H. has almost reyol1tionized the treat
OF fractures of the thigh and the porcelain probe
the detection and removal Of eaden balls lodged In the
various parts of the body Listers method OF treating
doing great service upon the battle-feds OF France
The spleen the kidney and the uterus have been extr
paed safely but these operations FOR whose 1ush
cation there must be found special and extraordinary
reasons. Barton of PHILADELPHIA, some years ago. de-
ysed and practced successfully operation FOR the
formation of false joint in anchyoss OF the hip and
knee and to-day we are waiting win Interest 10 deS
the silver ligature, made by Dr. Howard OF this city.
ANKsTHETIcs,
Before close ladies and gentlemen, must not omit
TO remind you that IL is just 20 years since the dis
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be made without causing pain, an end which was at
tanned only after many centuries o. inquiry and expert
ment We find evidence that this subject occupied the
attention of surgeons from the commencement Of the
Christian The Roman ply sicans, In the first cen
tury speak Of the OF the wine OF madragore for the
purpose ofindueing sleep ana Wn d p ne Ke
that persons are put to sleep by the smell
TO the sleep and ino5raon which 1t induces Hemock,
hemp opium, and alcohol have been suggested ana at
one time or another employed with unequal but rarely
satisfactory results Mesniersm and magnetism have
had their pretended successes Pressure and cold have
been applied directly to The paIts to be operated upon
Juvet recommended a lgauIe 10 be placed above the
point where an amputaton was TO be made Moore pre-
ferred pressure made directly upon the nervous
trunks supplying the diseased member Richerand adj
yised dipping the cutting instrument into hot water
Others With the same purpose have immersed the knife
weary OF these fruiess experiments, surgeons bad at
length settled into the conviction that sharp knife,
with light and dexterous hand or. according TO the
old maxim. TO cut "tto, cito djtcde, were the only
could hope 10 possess for alleylaug the
pains Of operation. In the edition OF "Ne!pedu's
Surgery" translated hy Townsend OF this city, ana
ready for the press in December 1874 occur the follow
ing passages " To avoid pain IN operations Is chlmera
that we can longer pursue in our time. cutting
instrument and PAIN In operative surgery are two words
which are presented separately TO the mind OF the
patient but in an T o t he hnnd OF
the operator and the quality OF the bistoury
result Let the hand he light and steady,
and the histoury smooth and well Sharpened ana give
incisOn should have, If you do without danger;
then act with promptitude and without hesitation
and YOU will have other pains to encounter than those
which are inherent in the operation and which nothing
can separate from it," These words, my auditors were
of the world could give to us TO avoid the pain Of
operation, in December, 1874 The same month IN which
Hartford, Conn.,, made his first successful trials
with nitrous oxide, and demonstrated that to
TO be a chimera There is regard IT, another singu-
lar coincidence connected with this discovery The
nervous aura which establishes REORGANIZATION
intelligence and sensation between the various mem
ber OF the body has been supposed to be identical with
electricity. An9sthetcs, in their power OF causing
temporary insensibty, indicate perhaps control over
the nervous electrical currents In May, 1874, nye
Of nitrous oxide the first message was carried over the
teegraphic wire constructed by Morse from Washington
Baltimore, in these words, very appropriately chosen
by Miss Ellsworth Of Hartford, Conn, What hath God
Electric cords had been laid which were ultimately to
bind all the nations OF the earth in one united system,
throughout the human family In the same year the
electric cords of the individual man were in like manner
telgcnce and all communication between the different
portions OF the body could lie interrupted or established
at pleasure The electric Of the body and OF the
world hcnceforth by Divine permission, under the
dominion of man From the same humble New, England
voice has answered to voice, II in choral an
them, what hath God wrought"
harmony harmony
1lrODgh all the OF the notes
The ispasOn closing full In man"
The discovery Of the angsthec properties Of nitrous
oxide was followed in 1876 by the discovery OF similar
property in sulphurc ether by Drs jackson and Nor
ton OF Boston. In ilsi7, Dr. Simpson OF Edinburgh dis
covered that chOrOfOm much more powerful
anesthec than either nitrous oxide or ether but expe-
rience has shown that IL is far less safe.
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