Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-25
DOMESTIC SURGERY AND. MEDICINE.

scholarship in Erskine College has been, with
in the last few years, greatly raised.
DOMESTIC SURGERY AND MEDICINE.
1t is said that the Spitz dog 10 cross be.
tween the Arctic fox and Pomeranian hound
However this may be, and whether the orr.
gin, or the fact that the race is unaoclimated
here, or both causes combined produce the
effect, all should understand that this strange
phenomenon seems we'll attested: The bite OF
the Spitz dog is always likely to produce by
drophobia, even when the animal is itself in
perfect health. Consequently, no one is ever
safe with Spitz dog.
But all should understand that hydropho'
bia is by no means incurable. The records
of Breslau hospital show in IA years, 1874
cases admitted, of whom only two died. In
the hospital at Zurich, in Al years, 223 cases
were admitted, only four died. As soon as
possible after the bite is inflicted, mix two
tablespoonfuls of fresh chloride of lime with
half pint of water, and use this wash free.
ly, keeping the wound constantly wet and
changing the compress often. s
An old German living in Chester county,
Penn, q think never lost case, though he
treated many, and one after the spasms had
set in. He MIXED pint of fresh milk from
the COW, boiled in it root Of elecampane.
gave it to the patient fasting, and made him
fast after it. He repeated the dose on the
third day, and again on the fifth, never Civ
ing it more than three times.
For wound with rusty nail, or any OF
those hurts that sometimes induce lockjaw, q
thin slice ofsraw bacon fat, bound on at once,
is an excellent remedy. Apparently there is
something healing in the smoked fat. Also
common cock.roach crushed and laid upon
wound will often prevent lockjaw. If the
symptoms should appear, little Stiffness Of
the jaws, tendency to throw back the head,
hasten to intoxicate the patient with any
liquor that can be obtained. The relaxing
of the muscles consequent on intoxication
counteracts the spasms. A physician once
told me he had used lobelia with entire sue.
cess for the same purpose.
An excellent dressing for small burn is
made by turning about tablespoonful of
boiling water upon tea-spoonful of ounce
seeds. When cool it makes thick, clear
Jelly, with which to coat the burn.
The best treatment for burn is to hold it
in warm water, as warm as it can be borne, or
foment the place with cloths wrung out as
hot as the patient can bear. A finger jammed
fiat in the door has been thus restored with
comparatively little suffering. A bruise in
the breast, in particular, should never be neg
lected, as cancers often originate thus.
Group should always be taken in hand at
once. Do not wait until the doctor comes,
but give ipecac, or warm salt and water, un-
til vomiting is produced. In desperate cases,
as desperate remedy, make water light blue
with indigo, and give tea-spoonful, (less to
an infant, of course. Repeat the dose in
fifteen minutes, if the patient be not relieved.
In case an artery is cut, and the blood
flows in jets, lift the arm above the head, or
lay the patient down and raise the leg at
rig ght angles to the body. Tie a twisted
handkerchief tightly around the limb, above
the elbow or knee, and if the jets of blood do
not stop, put your finger in the wound and
try to stop it. Life depends on doing SO
quickly.
After a carbuncle has discharged it is
sometimes very slow to heal. A plaster of
shoemaker's wax has been known to act al.
most like magic in such cases. Never make
cold application to carbuncle. A sad case
came to my knowledge of lady, who having
one on her face, but not dreaming of danger,
rose one morning, washed her face in cold
water, as was her custom, and died in con-
sequence. I have no personal acquaintance
with carbuncles- never seen one, but
hear they are like boils, only with several
cores instead of one. ......
A soothing ointment may be made Of one
teaspoonful of lsudanun beaten to cream
with two teaspoonfuls Of lard, or. in some
cases, equal parts of lard and laudanum. I
have seen this quiet, in Eve minutes, a pa.
tient that had been moaning continually
for more than an hour. I have also seen q
terrible case of piles reduced very rapidly
in this way. If the application is too harsh
at first, beat in more lard, and strengthen
it gradually after the first pain is over. You
must have good lard; by the way, the stuff
we often buy of grocers has already so much
water in it that it will not take up laudanum,
or only very small quantity.
The following remedy for sore mouth, l
know to be very efficient: Gather the wood
sorrel, or ladies.sorrel, "a wild oxalis, with
yellow blossoms,) bruise and press out the
Juice prepare parsley in the same way, and
mix the juices in equal parts. Before each
meal, dip cloth in the mixture and lay it
on the patients tongue, and let it remain as
long as be can bear it comfortably. This has
been known to cure case which had been
given over by the doctor. i .. ~.
There are so many cases in which all de-
pends on prompt action, and the delay of
sending for doctor may be death, and so
many others where it is better not to take
drugs, and SO many doctors are very apt to
give them, that it is wise to be prepared for
any small emergency. Probably these RENE.
dies, or most of them are familiar to the ma
jority of your readers, but they may help
some one, and then my purpose will be an
wered.-Househoh.
A DEAD SHOT WITH RIFLE.
DR.. w. F. Carver the man who can put a
bullet through silver quarter while the coin
is flying through the air, is now astonishing
the New Workers by exhibitions of his skill.
The New York Times says:
The scene of yesterdays shooting is worthy
of description. A small wooden shed, with a
bar in one corner in front of this table, on
which were four rifles, several boxes of cart
ridges and half dozen score.books. Fifteen
or twenty feet in front of this, again, barrel
and man, the man taking the glass balls out
of the barrel and throwing them in the air,
and DR.. Craver breaking them with the bul.
lets as fast as they appeared. Somebody was
always at work loading rifle. The marks
man could fire them faster than the leaders
could load. And they were the most remark.
able Observation-Disclosures, of course. When
they were opened at the end one cartridge