Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-01-31

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tically sure death. This Is especially
the case If the cadaver Is old and
purified, which Is generally the case.
In the case Of fresh cadaver, there
is about as little. danger Of blood pois-
oning as there is from the carcass OF
any other animal freshly killed. II
death has resulted from some disease
that affects the blood cut may COM
municate that disease to the dissec-
tor; but that is about the extent Of
the danger in a fresh case. It is the
custom Of medical students to use
every possible precaution while en-
gagged In the dissection Of subject;
but still they necessarily run heavy
risks. When was at college such ac-
cidents were quite frequent, mad 1t was
the rule, when a student cut himseh,
for some fellow student to at once heat
a knife to a white heat over gas
flame and scar the wound thoroughly.
I have seen this treatment resorted
to time and again and have submit
ted to it myself. I understood that
one of these young Davidson students
contracted blood poison through a
sore on his hand. There Is as much
danger of an inocculation through q
sore as through a cut; but somehow
the students will be wonderfully care
less. All of them know the danger
they run; but they frequently take the
risks. There is not nearly 80 much
danger Of contracting blood poison
from a cadaver in modern well ap-
pointed dissecting room as there was
formerly. This Is especially the case
in states where there are reasonable
and intelligent laws with reference to
the matter Of procuring proper SUD-
jects. In Maryland for instance, the
laws are sensible, and the medical COL
leges are able to get subjects with
reasonable facility. When cadaver
is procured by an institution, say like
that Of Johns Hopkins, 1t Is at once
put through course Of treatment
that reduces danger to minimum.
First the veins and arteries are thor
oughly washed out. Then they are
filled with formalin and zinc. After
this treatment, the subject Is placed
in cold storage, at a zero temperature
until needed. The danger Of accidents
is thus made very slight. The laws
of North and South Carolina make 1t
almost impossible to procure a ca
daver except by stealth, and 1t is fre-
auently the case that students have
/ to operate on purified corpses that
have been dead year or more. The
wonder is not that there are so many
accidents but 80 few"
az IF there is any one thing that
the business welfare Of this section
needs more than another" remarked
local business man to the reporter
one day this week, "it is q real live
real estate agency. Did it ever occur
to you how difficult it is to negotiate
sale of real estate-a transaction
that ought to be one Of the simplest
Of our every day affairs? Here, Tor
instance I have property for which l.
would not think Of selling for 5000
cash. If / desired to do so could to-
day easily borrow from $1,000 to $4,000
on it. and yet I have no idea that
could find a purchaser within week
who would be willing to take it of my
hands at $1,000 cash. That looks like
curious state Of affairs, and 1t is.
There is no good excuse for 1t. GO TO
any of the large cities or to the north
west, or any other place where they
have up-to-date real estate agencies,
and you will find no such conditions.
On the contrary, you will find that
real estate of all kinds has at least
fixed minimum value. The real estate
agents will take care Of that for you,
and will always. place your property
at price that will save you from De-
ing badly hurt. On the other hand all
the influences Of such situation keep
the tendency Of prices upward. 1
have seen large plantations sold In
this country for seven and eight dol
lars an acre when they were really
worth twelve or fifteen. They would
go for the lower price because there
was but little competition. The num-
ber Of men able to handle such large
property Is limited. That the proper
ty was worth more was proved by
subsequent developments when the
purchaser would cut it up and sell In
small tracts. know Of several large
tracts that can be bought all togeth-
er at something like half the aggregate
sum they would bring If cut up IN
convenient shape for small purchasers.
Again, a live real estate agency here,
with experience and means, could do
great deal in the way Of bringing
small farmers from other sections OF
the country, particularly from the
northwest. Compared with many 9TH
er parts of the country, our land val
ues are ridiculously low, and 80 are
our tax rates. Our school and church
facilities are better than they are IN
some other sections where agricultu-
raj lands. not nearly 80 productive as
ours, sell for more money per acre and
where the climate won't begin to COM
pare with ours. A real estate agency
Of the right kind would give proper
prominence to all of these points, and
make not only prospective purchasers,
but the present owners Of our lands
see their value in q different light.
There should be more activity in this
kind of property and in my opinion
wealth and fortune await people who
will go intelligently to work to stimu-