Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-03

| Morals In Medicine.
| Nothing" says Di. Todd, "cau justify our
| asserting what is not tIus in order 10 gsio tho
patients cotl leDoe." A singular case, bear-
ing 10 some degree on tho right to mislead q
patient. was desc.ibed a few months ago 10 .
public address by we'll known American dc.
tor. A young lady 10 one of tho western States
was convinced that bristle of her tooth brush
had become embedded 10 her throat and was
causieg mischief there which would terminate
| fatally 1t tho foreign body was not removed
The family doctor, aud after him several pbysi.
! clans OF reputc examined her throat, and all
| agreed In assuring hcr-wbich was really the
case-tnat there was 90 brislle there at all. She
Continued to grow worse, the imaginary brste
| causing all the effecs which real bristle might
perhaps have caused; at any rate, all the effects
! which she imagined q real bristle would cause.
| At lsst young surgeon was consulted, who
followed a ditfereat line Of treatment. Look-
| lug long apd carefully at ber throat. and exam
| inpg the fl c,ed part with several il Instruments
he at last gravey assured her that she was
quite right; brlstle was there, and the 10.
! tlAmmatioD she experienced was undoubtedly
| due to it. tie could not, be said remove the
0rlsle at ODc4, as tho only llstrIment which
| would II tf:clualy reach it was at home. He
Went home Tor it, as he said, but really to en-
close in an Instrument nt suitable fer blistc
| from tooth brush. Returning, he carefully
dipped tho skin OF the throat whore
the youog lady felt the prokiDg of
the non-eXistept bli;lle, and after
c.u,ing her enough discomfort to satisfy her
that his tim, the Operri 70 OF txraotiug the
| orlste Was oertslOly 10 progress. ho withdrew
hs insrunc IT 10 triumph. AID along with it
the brisile, which had indeed first eutered her
mouth 10 that in,trument's company. Flo II
that lime she recovered rapidly. For it will Ds
understood that though here was no real cause
tor her tears, a real irritation had been excited
by them, and craauio mhclief bad resulted.
The story ends htr, so far as our present sub
G; is concerned, though as o tale It may seem
o maoy / Icompete w'thOu: q few words ID IRE.
The youi surg,oI, We ar tod, was highly 10
favor tbeuoefUrth. he had not only saved her
lite, as she supposed, bl; had sto "a her to
have been ght, ID all her friends. ss We as
ht other GCo ore, w:oog. She would hsV5 90.
cett,d bis haud tut tor fhe cItcunstao oos that.
having or ady wife, hs omit, d % Offer it.
Sno blszoued a'r,sd hts tAmo, however, uutil
he had bic me f.uous "throuQhout the whole
State" AL would have eui.d pleasantly had
be not 10 Dom,ot OF Weakosss cop6drd the
'rue X9laualion Of tie youog lady's c ire to
bis Wlts-uf COURSE, unier promise o: s;ill:
eec 'esg--whlsb, hOHeyrr, did Dot prevent. tho
sory from r.acnlog tho y0uog lady q ears 10
lew hours. Ii Is hardly necessary 70 say that
theLc-tnrth her feeioys towards the COO OF
were ii r vrs' ut oSe sha had eDttr:susd
beforc.- CornhM Magd=ine
A PETRlFlED WoMAN.-Capssiu G. w.
Kinney writes 10 The Yarmouth Herald: 10
the month Of Ja.u,ry, lS44. people r siding at
Woods Hsrbor observed square rigsed vessel
at the Big Mud Island. then uniobabssd. sai.
Supposiog her TO be on shor, there. p1,tJ Of
men went TO tho island 10 boa. for th, put
pose OF reud :rlDg assIslsoco,
Ga arii9irg ut tho sand they foucd tho
vessel to be ~ auchor 10 the Sub Cove, aud
there beiag every appearance OF u gale IRON tho
southeast, they made signs to tho crew 10 leave
her aud come on shore. la attempting TO hoi,
out the boat she was stove and lost, aud the
wiud aud sea rising no w:s got from tho
vessel t. tree on tn, shore, upon which tho
captain aud two men made their escape frjm
the wreck. which was now Stranded ana fas.
breakiog up.
The remainder Of the crew. consisiog & four
sailors. steward, steWarde5s sId one fcmsli
pss ssssnger Ia girl Of xteen, aud the DOW 'pelri
! fied woman" wer, drlwGcl. Their bodils
were found aud buried mex; day Oh the rugged
| beadland where they me. their doom. There
! they rested for more than thirty years. When
I some modtra Vaudal was prompted by morbid
curiosity to dig into the grave, and disturb tho
last resting place of pocr humani'y IL order TO
Il L., = tho h. ~ FAM nntl
bones.
| While engaged 10 his ehoul like occupation
| he or they Lighted on the grave OF The girl aud
WAS no doubt surprised to fad lhs c?rpso was
hard aud entire. Tne story spred and the csrls,
was GuQ up from time t. tmo by various per-
sons. Even boys would plss leisure hcur
| when they landed from hshlog s,hooner By
| digring up the 'stoue woman and examining
i her. During this time becams pr0psirtor OF
! The island and resided on it and bearing from
time to time of the digging operations l ra.
solved to move the bo6y TO place where it
could rest in pctc, | accordioRly dug IL up
! aod foupd it 10 a peri C: state of preservation.
| * opt the head, which hsu decayed.
| Every part of tho body aud limbs we're as
| lizard % stone and about the color Of gray mar
bic. I attribute its pres rvatiou 10 the presence
| G some mineral contaiocd 10 tho water 10
y pich the corpse vas submerged, excepting the
be ad. buried it dscen'ly within easy gun.
shot of ny hou-e, and au condd.nt that l
| have put ap end 10 The numerous resurrection 8
OF he pelr,f ID womap. The rams Of the yes.
| sci b. We been uosble TO learo. She belonged
10 Windsor. N. s.. aud h-r captains name was
Gard. She had come from Liverpool, Great
Bri.ian, to Soelburne, whsre she had loaded
| With dressed grauite f." n Yolk.
TIE ADJUSTMENTS At LEADvILLE.-One
evening at one OF the theatres . geotlsman
amused himself By pulling the ehsirs from under
the people who sat before nim HIS victims may
not nave appreciated the joke. but the audience
did, and their roars of laughter encouraged tht
man to persevere. He next blew out all tn'
lights he could reach and nobody said him nay
7 hen, finding large stove in his woy. he kickse
il dowa This was considered quite hit Fl
nsily drawing revolver, he fired into tn
CT ,wd, sending ball through the thigh OF
/ ouocttnr 1ur ing on hls heel alter this, b