Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-10-06

Police surgeon tplisnut Ias Ii!E-
chased for the Department Of Pubic
safety an apparatus which, II i cN-
pcct.d, viii be Of immense benefit IN
certain cases Of shoooing, stabblng, etc,
that are brought to the attention OF the
police at the various police station
houses Many Of the wounds winch are
received br people IN tights are III tue
abdomen, and this apparatus i for the
purposes Of determining v vhe'hcr the IN
te,tIne~ are injured a very important
point in the treatment OF persons SO
situated
Hy an explanation afterward Afforded
the use If this apparatus we'll bc
means Of saving many a mans life.
The apparatus has lately been invented,
and Police SURGEON Oldshuc and DR.. Pol
lock have been the tir-t 10 test its Alrtues
here. It consists Of a rubber retort, to
which IS attached a long rubber tube,
and IS very simple as it appear, laid out
in doctors Office. Surprising that
man is brought to one Of the station
houses. shot or stabbed III the abdomen,
it is difficult to tell whether any Of the
intcstines are puncturea. The retort j.
filled with hydrogen Gas. which the sur
geon can easily prepare and this cas- Is
niectcd into the vital parts with con-
| siderable pressure. \ tube IS placed II
/ the wound, ana if there is i wound III
! the intestineS the gas is bound 10
| come out BY way Of the wound and into
/ the tube
BY applying lighted match t. the
i end uf the tube it can hc seen whether
the .as is cscaping for, if the "a ls
there it Will ignite. tn the other hand,
] If there IS NJ wound in the lntcstl!cs the
I gas will escape by way Of tic mouth,
and by mean. Of proper instruments
! there and the application Of light. It
can seen ii the hydrogen gas IS thus
escaping.
4 reporter in talking with Poll 9
Surgeon Odshuc, last night, about the
new apparatus, inquired
But is not hydrogen gas highly eS-
ploslvc and is II not unsafe 70 intro
uuee it into the body il such a forn2'
Dr. Oldshpc repl Ell That j the
!. oplnon: but I,r. StIncs. the inventor oi
the apparatus, has followed the plan
with great success, i, las Dr, Noriccti
Price. Of Philadelphia. They have
shown that this IS not nnly,innocuous,
but an absolute dla5nosi, Of intestinal
wounds.
We'll but of what bencts IS such .
knowledge"
.'lf the intestine Is Wonndcd the opera
ton Of Iaparotomy can bc performed bt
the opening Of the ahdomen. ami I'll,
wound Of the intestine taken VI and IL
catgut ligatures applied t, brln-s II.
edges -. ther, and with general anti
septic treatment the patient ha~ ! nuel
greater chance Of recovery. Il vii attor'
every opportunity 70 ~aNs the lives .
persons stabbed or shot, Or otherN is
wounded in the abdom, y
Dr. Pollock asked that he he calIei
for the first rase where the doctor woui'
make the experiment. Not long 40
Pole WIS shot IN Soho, anal l,oli"e I'll
reon Ild>nuc was e.1se3 10 attend AlGl
The wound was III tie a!3dameH llT-
! ! oIishuc and Fotlock went to4t chi hln
! ami llr Ii>hIc decided - try the ne'
apparatus BY the action Of the hxalfn@e
{ 7 "a, il was 70 ni that thee Wa 10 II
, dominal sound Il na~ further deet.te
then that the iatlent l,c not operated O
, but kept 4nie' though tho hnlei "as !
Iii body \ feN lay~ l.t]cei f"T tie 7
coyers ot tn Pole III an- i !, for ]
G first case Il least, tha appAfA'ls mld"
correct l1a-n ISIS. 80 pt.tas rf Issl#t.@t.