Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-02-08

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IT Has CoME!Tne new Cotrell t. Bah
cock power press. that Bonsa!i Il Jackman
engaged some time ago, and about which
the printing fraternity Of Miifliu has talk
ed so much during the past three weeks,
has come. 1t had lumber enough about
it to Guild 4 respectable sized frontier
mans cabin. SO the SENTINEL Local
said when he saw the frames and piles of
boards in which it was encased. II is a
tine-looking press A machinest came
with it TO ..set it up Its arrival it is
said, has had an almost marvellous effect
on its owners. Bonsall has grown crook
ed with straightness, and looks as serene
as a rush in dead cain. And Jack
mans nose, the local says-and he thinks
he knows something about noses-has
raised a good deal higher in the middle
since Monday, the day that the press
came so that now it has the appearance
Of an old Roman nosc-that is, it looks
likes the nose of Roman about the
time of julius Caesar. 1t looks quite bel
iigeraut, as much so IA Democracy itself,
aud we Republicans in luniata ali know
how bzlligerant Democracy is. We hope
that the press may prove source of both
pleasure and profit to Bonsall & Jack
man, notwithstanding its bad politics.
observation-disclosures an interesting
article on this subject appears in a late
number of the Baltimore .Saa, from the
pen of Professor Nathan L. Smyth, a
distinguished surgeon of that city,
Prof Smith says:
The virus or poison which propagates
hydrophobis exists in the saliva of the
rabid animal, and merely besmears the
tooth It produces no irritation and no
immediate effect, but Ike the virus OF the
smallpox has a certain period of incu
baton before the system becomes affect
ed. The period ia the production of ca
nine madness varies, bat it is commonly
about six weeks. and then, before con
stitutional disease is developed, a slight
irritation occurs in the scar, and the
wounded members becomes violently III
famed. When this pheomena takes
place there is no hope, and the constitu
tional SYMPTOMS follow Immediately
However, if during the long period
which preceedes the SYMPTOMS mentioned
above the proper remedies be employed,
and epecia!ly soon after the bite, the pre-
vention of the disease is almost certain
4 deep wound inflicted by the bite, it is
asserted, is less likely to be followed by
hydrophobia than is a slight scratch abra-
ding the skin, since the copius effusion
of blood washes away the poison. The
preventative treatment recommended by
Prof. Smy;h is as follows: Let the
wound Instantly be washed again and
again with soap and water, and then ap
ply cylindrical piece of caustic potash
cut in the shape of pencil point, and
hold it firmly in the bite for fifteen sec
onds, without regard to the pain, which
will be severe. Caustic potash, in cylin-
drical pieces can be obtained of any
druggist, but if the accident should hap
pen in the county, remote from the shops,
it can be made extcmporised by pouring
boiling water on wood ashes, straining
ou, the ley, and boiling it down to the
consistency of molassas This substi
tute may be applied with srnoth stick.
When the wound is mere scratch, and
therefore more dan gerous, wipe it over
briskly with the caustic potash. Nitric
or sulphuric acid diluted may also. be
used, but milder caustics, which do not
destroy the surface of the wound cannot
be relied on, although MIR. Youatt recon-
mends nitrate of silver. After the ap-
plication of the caustic, the wound may
be poulticed with bread and milk for two
days, aud then dressed with simple ealve
Prof. Smith says that in the course Of fif-
ty years practice, he has had occasion, in
many instances. to treat the bites of dogs
rabid, and has never known
the disease to result, when the above
preventive measures were employed with
in three day. after the bite.