The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-08
sssxAly a..cre.sl.x to .&-rs 90.

Editors F7or.dial Please TO pnHtisl,s,t 5ou
widely circ ilaled SLORIDIAN the to1dWi ,g in
structve stnemen of the resul. q, ~ !, 'Nost
unprecedented exp ,rience, as made punite DR..
E. H. Woolsey, OF Oakland. Cal, and 4 pub
lished in the San J. Sc Times of May 81. ae{ Il by
which it believ d that an impOrtau4 ID tho
logical fact not hith 'rto we'll understS'~H n the
medical profession i, revealed.
The subject az the reader will see, ;Vih, If.
forded this new Ii. hi was tue lately dsfs red
l.. L. Majors, who t. his last breAlh Igtt' uesl
lis innocence OF tn. crime charge,l uisp4 ii !,
and who soeinnly Il 'clared that he was:ibe vic.
lin of The false tesiurony OF two cnnfesstsll lur
Gerers and that whe and while he W AS ADssi, lily
politically and legally dead in underx@ahg the
sentence OF a former court Of imprisonnae for
life, he was, under th irresistible force N ,p-
uar thirst ol bloc, illegally and ws'Apkfu ly,
| and in spite Of the untiring energy AAa is
ii lgushed ability OF h legal counsel agslnst he
iegality of the procee iings, taken nui ami a in
tr ed and sentenced t. death for the 'mSf4er ot
pa rites who he had ever more than ss4ds ID
whose death he hal ne yer advised or mediate l.
However illegally unwilngy M,lnes nv
ha re died. he claimed hat he was I gunt Chr,
TIA !, and we may prtsr that his fft-.a spJ
cal now felicitA'e its'lf on having been Il +
| mems of shedding ne new light. upl,a th
| world. :, g.
J ist one week prior t, submitting Il, tht rnp&
we nay charitabiy supp se that in a copbCIOus
ness of the injusrc OF his doom he made a imes
determined and almost successful effsir sor hh
life and liberty. With unexampled. he<aism
such as would have owned any mdt,alFuntik
othe circumstances will undying gnry. III dis
abled two sturdy, well rmed death watclimen
and overcome and iEtimi lated the tutnkets and
made, his escape into the public street. whkh by
numbers he crippl d and relurlied t1 Ibis
cell, us arm having been shattered in jhe Ght1tz
A JS
The article referred 20 hove is as foslnws
From he San Jose (Ch) Tim ss May 27 Iss4l 81
INVESTIGATION OF A FRACTURE IN THE
INITIAL STAGES OF REPAIR-F CTs! Of
VALUE. q
After the exec. Iion o. Lloyd l. Maoss ON
Friday last, says the Bull tin, n post mor4ens ex
amina ton OF the tody WIS held by Ilr g. Fl
Woolsey, of Oakland, in ne presence q. st.sA.raI
other physicians. This tx animation u, aa ,un-
usual opportunity To observe the initial: stage ~
repair after fracture of the bone Jusr one week
before Majors was hung, il his attempt 10 es,sspe
he chved a fracture ut tie middle OF lie fight
ulna, ne OF the bones OF he forearm ,TniS was
a simple commnutcd fract ire; that is ate tkin
was III broken, but The Dor was brt ken in aev.
eral eces. COMPOUND fracture ct,mitatni-
Gates with the air b5 means of the wonpd The
fracture OF Majors arm wa carefully dre&St4t at
the spl nj. Al the lOSt-md rtem examiralioHt the
fractnr: was examined and the entire nlnA was
removed. There WIS no bjny union on any in.
ION wh itever At the broken surface, but lhe cal-
lous material, which unit s The broken .Ang-
ments lermanently fter fra cture hal lust bestud
to be creted. There was ust n little rcr,acfSus
material perceptible on the broken srrfAtes
That the beginning ol the secretion Of rattbus
materia' al the end of tht first week ii nt,sjce.
able, has been accepted as the iule by surgeons
but IN practice il has been und that this ealkbus
materla has no; beer suffic eutly abnndant hnd
condensed to yield signs of repair until aikSu
the tent or twelfth Gay after njury-thaf Il, tn
say, The 80 called knitting % the bone doss lot
occur ullil about that tim. An opporluntiy
was Offe ed in this case OF sudying thu. earliest
processe' OF repair in fractur.. such as has vurv
seldom / eore been afforded to surgeons III is
understood that the books contain no D. rnIiel
case " henever AN GppOrlu lity has been given
to obser' repair of fracture it has been il, sab-
Jects who died from injury Dr disease, and DOT
In one who Was in other re-pects perfectly 4
healthy, and having this one did all the !
forces ir active operation. To the surprise ,of (.
Dr. Woo sey it was found tn It temporary unrB i
OF the broken bone hail already taken plscr. mt
0y callOus material, bit by m cans of the orgaEi-
about tn. fracture at the ii ne of the injury.
This orgt nized blood embrace d the bone 1T uie
point OF fracture and for about two inches atO1e
and below. The tract Ire sho We'd that originally
1t had been oblique, an that by continuation
OF the for .e of the blow that FUSED the fact,fe
the lower projection point of the upoer part
OF the boie was broker of. This little fragment
projected little from its pl ce, but il AID the
two main portions OF the bt ne were held to-
gether by the grasp OF this organized blood ~
firmly as not 10 give away in the least upon the
disai tculA alton aud entire reIaoval of the bone
from the arm. This provisio lal clasp, as it mag
be called, was elastic, and W len the hone. was
grasped at one end and shak en- il would yieii
and give at the point of fracture, but il was suf
tclentIy 'trong to prevent ~ dropping OF the
distal ira ,ment at the other md when the bone
was held still.
From his examination Il s much has been
learned t lat was never kn0wi before; or, al al
events " as not sufficiently known to be fccol
nized anti laid down priI ciple viz THAI the
early ant perfect adjustment and perfect main
tenance q position OF fractl red bones is ns.ces
sary to perfect repair. The prevention of irrita
tion of ii sues and of conseq aent pain and con-
stitutiOn II disturbance and the like have beeh
the spec al reasons for the tarly proper adjust
ment of fractures. but all tn 1t has been deemed
absolutely necessary 10 sect re perfect repair Of
the bono itself has been perfect adjustment OF
fracture bones prior 20 tht eighth or tent h. dny
after injury and mainiaiI ance Afterwards in
place. But this case iurni hes most significant
proof o. the great value of the perfect adjustraeut
OF fracture before &oaguls ton of the bl.spi at
the sea OF the injury has h I'd time to occur
DIR. 'Voolsey remarked 10 the reporteE whd
questit ned him about the examination thai
never ',efore in all his Practice had a s,milat
oppOrt lny offered to exa mine a fracture IN fAe
first stages of repair, and also that he deemed
the df closures OF & eat sci entific value
Singular discovery wi 8 made in the exArDis
nation of the skull OF M, jors Sticking in de
back part OF the top OF the head was a liftle
piece OF steel about the 81 ze of a darning needle
1t prStruded about one ,enth of an inch and
pene rated the skull about equal distance III
was irmly mbedied in its position and coAd
not 'e removed with fcrceps No expana.Eor
is given of this sir gular discovery. The needle
or v vhatever it s had )een in its position n,
mon tbs, and poss IDLY TO- years.
Paa ka News.l
And tits usel less i6 underrate the strepsd Il
against which W e must struggle. Our enemv, y
already entrencled, aid his forces thorohSh u
disciplined the leader 9 are masters of al 3, -