The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-03

| | servation indicates that the yield from sugar cane Is considerably larger, as l well as obtainable at less cost for stripping and handling. The one ad 1 vantage of sorghum Is that 1t enables syrup making to begin at an earlier date than Is possible with cane. thus making a longer season. I doubt
 whether large quantities of sorghum | syrup could be sold for consumption in
 that form.
 1 JED.
 Treatment of Wounds fin Animals. l By John Spencer D. V. M, in Southern | Planter.
 1 finder the term gun shot wounds Is ] included all injuries caused by the dis
 charge or bursting of firearms. these in times of peace are of rare occurrence. i there are however. some general re- marks applicable tos such accidents. 1 When vital parts are injured to such an | extent as to lead to fatal results in l food producing animals in good con- l dition. no time should be lost in slaughtering and dressing the carcass.
 The loss even in valuable animals will at least be modified. Where superficial
 parts only are the seat of injury, and l foreign substances, such as shot or
 ball can be removed with safety. such l should be done early, as delay not only
 renders the operation more difficult. but
 lessens the patients chances for early
 and complete recovery, probe, sharp
 scalpel. and fine pointed forceps being
 the instruments required. Having ac-
 complished the desired end. the parts
 require the same general management
 as punctured wounds, free and unlnter-
 rupted drainage, complete disinfection
 of the parts and absolute quiet on the
 part of the patient. Shot and bullets of small calibre seldom do much dam
 age in soft tissue after the parts have become healed over. Nature throws a
 protective covering over them (encys-
 ted) and the parts adapt themselves to
 their now surroundings
 Under the head of poisoned wounds,
 comes all those cases which are inflict-
 ed by venomous insects, reptiles, rabid
 animals &c. Stings of bees and wasps,
 probably head the list In point of fre-
 Quency. but are of comparatively slight
 consequence, and only demand a pass
 ing notice. Where injury has been done
 sufficiently great to produce much swelling and irritation, the parts should
 be freely bathed with diluted ammonia.
 Some spiders have acquired an extraor-
 dinary reputation on account of their
 deadly venom. The tarentula, abound
 ing in tropical climates strikes terror
 into the very heart at the mere sug- gestion of it's presence. Some (of
 which there are many) families of this
 order occasionally reach our own
 shores in banana punches, but the ) rarity of injury done from this insect
 leads the writer to the belief that its
 powers of destruction have been alto
 gether exaggerated. and when patients
 keeping the storage house free from
 have been bitten, little damage results
 beyond slight local irritation which
 readily yields to the same treatment as stings of wasps and bees Wounds in-
 flicted by venomous reptiles such as poisonous snakes; though not common. do occasionally occur, and frequently endaDger the animal or person bitten:
 treatment in such eases to be efrectual should be prompt. It Is known that the poison introduced into such a wound Is dangerous in two ways; 1st by It's great depressing effect upon the nerve centers (brain and spinal cordO caus- ing death by sudden collapse; End, by
 the distraction and death of the tis-
 sAes wounded, which by their death poison the system through absorption
 To prevent sudden collapse, the venom
 should be prevented from reaching the blood system by placing hgature above the seat of injury In the case of a hand or foot. this can be accom- pIished. and although painful and ser ious. may save the life of the patient
 if circulation is cut off completely. Nc 2 time must now be lost in consulting a
 physician. who will immediately inject , the tissues freely with a strong solution
 of permanganate of potash, by means
 of hypodermic syringe. This pro-
 duct Is known to- have the power oi
 neutralizing the poison of venomous
 reptiles and render 1t harmless. Ir
 case depression becomes evident this
 may be overcome by heart and nerve
 stimulants Alcohol. ammonia. strych-
 nine. digitalis &c.. most of which : must. however. be administered under
 d T.. 1nu that large doses of whiskey are an } antidote is altogether incorrect; prop 7 erly regulated doses are heart stlmu- . lants. and when gwen beyond that be. come heart depressants. Whiskey pri- marily stimulates and subsequently, de- ) presses. The degree of depression is exactly in keeping with the stimula-
 tion. Consequently an overdose ol : whiskey. instead of stimulating thC { heart and thereby combating the de pression of the venom adds to the de- precision and aids it in its deadly work , The after treatment consists in the | proper attention to the wound inflic-
 ted, cleanliness, dlsinfection Sc. Prob ably the most frequent form of poison l ed wound met with In this country iS 2 that inflicted by the bite of rabtd dogs . This wound is most dangerous to hu- : man beings. when inflicted about tn, r face and head, as it is known to be | d , transmissions of rabies than when in. flicted in other parts of the body. When such a wound is inflicted the patienl . should loose no time in eauterizing all parts with which the animals teett
 have come in contact. This is most
 effectually done with red hot iron } other caustics, such as pure carboliC acid, lunar caustic. &c.. are quite ef'
 fectuaI, but none do the work so com. pletely and surely as hot iron. II the wound Is a bad one, the patient should at once go to one of the various . Pasteur Institutes for the proper treat, ulent. as the period of latency, though
 usually long and uncertain. may be ex'
 ceptionally short. the earlier after the injury treatment is applied the more certain will good results follow.
 Where food producing animals ar, , known to have been bitten. no tim' : should be lost in slaughtering, as the
 virus is not communicated in the flesh All dogs and cats which have been ex, 8 posed must be regarded with the great.
 est suspicion and kept confined accord ingly. for at least four months. Ant
 even then there is no certainty of safe,
 ty as cases are on record where tho latent period has extended over a per. , tod of upwards of year. Very val l ka atrh4 Na eE-,