New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-07
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CrIJOR0FORM IN RAILWAY DlSA>lhh''

| PROFESSOR EURT -. li-Of''' "''~''''''''
rsr TO RELIEVE IMPRISONED SUFFERERS
| 10 tho Editor Of The Tribune.
| cir. In the recent railway acc'u"h. III p"'"e
| Crock Mich. several crushed yet n,'ns Ne'e
,,',n,od N death A child died before the eyes oil
~" ,ho~ , woman pinned In the wreck was
| ~, -, .ivo her uamc and address while literally
| oaetinr in view Of the survivors. Whose agony vi
| ,,v was intensified By the CONSEQUENCES Oh '''r
| inability either TO save. to mitigate her PAM VI
| 600, to hasten her death by any toerapie hedHS.
| xou this is merely the lastly no means one
| -, Of . long series of similar catas,rophes AT
| ,s. o,co a wear during the last quarter OF CEN
| turv some railway traveller mas oeeh 'o''u''' "
| , manner comparable only with what mas pee" e'''
| Moved by savagcs in our day ana Formerly Wy
| orsors animated unduy 10y ecclcsiasuc zeal
| Tho retirement Of the car-stove may nave reuuceu
| ,h ,reouencv Of such calamiies. But cars must
| ho ughted and even II lighting be done WITH eiec-
,ric,v there remain tic engines, the lanterns anu
| tho not infrcquent proximity OF petroieu" III
hulk Even were It possible to eliminate all dahser
| from fire or escaping steam, no one LOOKS io' '''
| nuod,a,e cessation OF deraincnts. collisions and
! other accidents involving either painiui, "'se'
| inc death or suffering during rescue ana trans
,or,otion or prior to the arrival of medical ali'
Granting the probable recurrence OF such DIRE COLI
| tnrencies shall content ourselves VIII" pc
| siycly awaiting turn In this particular Pnase
| NJ the ..martyrlom of man.. powerless alike az
| partalScrs on-lookers'
| II IL now nearly twenty-five years since, at the
roport that n laborcr had been caught and crushed
| from the hips down between two masses VI d
| blasted rock. / suggested that his pam slo"" We
relieved by choroform. and that. II he must "'e
| unextricatcl its administration be continue" w
| the end At each subsequent railway horror, Gre
| nation or holocaust" have been impeiied to
| rerev, the suggestion OFTEN has the actual writ
| ,n, been DELAYED too long either In the nope TO
,abnlate the sickcning records already accurh'''e'
| or with the expectation equally uAtuliIir"' '"'
! nv repeated proposition TO adopt chioToiorn ~
| thu. agent in capital punishment Prospecting ""'''
my o,,nion remains mistaken; see Inc iTpune
| Tor Aueust o. lsq, and July % issD would lead
some man OF affairs" 10 formulate more acc"p''-
! biz a plan essentially az follows:
Together With the axe. bar and saw that should
no IN Main sight at one end of every passenger
! car let there be a pint lin can OF ch''ro'oii"
! The mouth should be closed with soft metal easily
| cut With a knife Such cans are now USED Ior
.,h.r but this nnacsthctic Is hoge unavailable TOT
| tyco r4asons II is highly innammable; its acton
! ~ legs rapid and Agreeable TO most persons me
! can should be incased within paper or hsh, "oo'
/ box yell lined with absorbent cotton on wv" Az
! counts. II the can were broken the contents
] would not be lost IN the liqnld state chl'roiorh
| quickly though temporarily. causes burning SEN
| satan +, the skin and Is especially palntul II II
reaches the eyes: tn" packing would avert NV
chance OF its adding to the distress Oh 'hos' az
ready injured 1t Is hardly likely that the s"pp"'s
on all the cars would be- DESTROYED in even me most
comprehensive disaster \ small quantity on" VI "o
| ,oblcspoonfuls upon a handkerchief held near-Ao'
| anti. at-the nostrs would lessen sensibillty very
| anon An otherwise inaccessible sunerc: could be
| supplied by means Of cane. umbrella or renee
| rail- Thus easily could pain b. diminshed' WIN
| or without the production of actual sleep ana H.
| as with Mrs Van Duscn. death were inevitable
| its horror could be- averted and even, AT the ue
| Of ;hg "A
rnrthcr details In the Use OF the anae 'thetc may
he lei TO IN. physicians. of whom. II Is safe TO
| predict there would be some upon the tram. bu'
| how many practitioners can say with the writer
| who has not practised since the war-that th'y arr
| never without moderate supply OF oho'Uioin u, 4,
| For years have carried "A nat tw9-ounce va :"
II in hip pocket. II has not yet been nc,d''i III
a railway wreck. But It has often sery"d as n y
| speedy counter-irritant for IN" Keller OF nMatr
pain II ready to dash In the face Oh an aS7, ri
ant biped or guedrnpsd 1t mas Dr' bomaless eat
| even when. once on Pennsylvana-aVr; .ne ~, ~
thanasaS' in n@a s 10 ,secn BE- refused permits
! sion TO place the body In the ash-boN ana iace
curious G nno EYES n ~e no@rs it has induced
fcrocios dogs TO stand not upon ,n o'u nac,s
| Gator chIoroform IL 80 prompt and potent-whlr
| not iniuring permanently Ike ammonia-thht an
,hcre might arise cmcrg' ncie; when II could re-,
place The dangerous club In ne r.a'Wrns o, 81 M" be
| hoped that tho keepers ana trainers OF Wlu am,
mails recognize the tSry o. snn Drn
| lection ana for the separation OF lighting beasts
| The battle ROYAL between TWO tigers AT ,ffoV',
| dence The other day might have been checked
| either by n powerful spraying apparatus or by
| thrus,Ing between the bars large cloths hattatr'
| vh Tho linuld and then covering the cage 2losriN
| I'hloroform should have been used also WIN tne
| lion that escaped In "A Ncw-Nork stable Ammonia
| would be- us.i.ss unless In such amount as 10 I'M
| mir IN. creatures value. whether living or dean
| The matters treated in the latter part OF .his
letter are eermanc to the major subject. bn, rea
| lively OF minor Importance. What railroad presI-
| don't will lead the way In directing that every
,ocnnn,ivc and messenger ear on his line shall be
! furnished with concentrated mercy IN tnr inirm Oh
| chorOiormr ~ Ni w. Nh'''N