Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

| ton. We have all heard of Rembrandt,
/ whose picture adorns the walls OF many
| of our institutions. | will also call at
| tention to some of the inventions and
| improvements which have been wrought
| by the distinguished men of those olden
| times. l refer particularly to the work
| the result of labor and observation of
that celebrated man, Dr., Jcnner Al that
| time that dreaded disease, smallpox,
| was much more to be dreaded liah It is
| now In fact. at the present time We
care very little about it; but III those
days Il victim of smallpox was a loath-
| ing mass of pus and corruption The
astute mind of this great mar soon be-
! came aware that those wlie2t oIlles
| dealt with the care of the &C" became
! immune, and his mind soon ore" the
| inference that there WAS guardianship
| existing between cow-PoX anu small
| pox. The result of that Wa ''ot the
cow-pox was introduced intoEhe system
, as Il preventive for smallpox men We
| como down to the days of vaccination,
where the work is done neaW ana IN a
manner very much improve over the
previous crude. methods. 9ho may
say in passing that DR. Jen'ef' on ac-
count of his labors for tin oeheht Of
| humanity drew down upon #iiiiSeif the
anger and vitupcration of go oommu-
nifty. Later on lie was rcs"'''" IN
| measure.
| 1t was not very long az ." Ht',
| that ether and chloroform Sc uiSeoV-
| cred Think for rnoment u we ad-
vance in medical science. 9hihN u the
victim chained down to the tdSie by
cords and bandages prepafa.etS 20 "a
| surgical operation; think Of the Nlelim'
! and think of the friends, anu eHii'k OF
! the surgeon who was about 10 perform
an operation l had the pleasure OF See
| ing the first bottle of chl0foIoffh ever
| brought into England. Theh came th'
! discovery of ether as an ahesthctc
which has become such fiehelt 10 man
| kind throughout the cfYiiZed world
| Ether is generally preferred To chloIp-
form on account of its grhter safety
Later on distinguished German stu
dent discovered that agent known II
cocaine by which local anaeStAeslt
may be produced, which oil Itself Ia.
| been such 4 great BOOM to humanity
Think of a person With ctnder IN MS
eve, which las been tYre Tor hours
winch has irritated thd eye SO badly
that he or she cannot bSar the hght OF
! day. The surgeon and The SPECIALIST Is
obliged to remove that'spbstahce which
now can BE done by the AID OF cocaine.
| Think Of the wonderful effects pro
| ducad by cocaine, rendering the eye
PAINLESS so that the little particle Of
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moved Ey the skilful use OF little IN
atrument. These things and many more
have been discovered by those great
and eminent men.
In 1922 the immortal Pasteur was
born. He lived and spent his life IN
| France. and the result has been
| long continued study resulting IN the
Theory that all disease and all infee-
tions consist of germs. Previous 10 TINS
! time every surgical operation was la
BILE To be followed by suppuratlon. II q
! limb was amputated a surgeon expect
ed supparation to follow, and after d
iong process of suppuration and gran
ulation the wound healed That cendl-
| ton pertained to all operations. We
all know that the operation Tor the re-
moVal Of the cataract from the eye IS
now successfully performed. Every OPP
Grafton for cataract previous 10 the
DAYS of Pasteur was followed or liable
to be followed by suppuraton ana the
destruction of the eye. But since TIE
gem theory of disease has been es-
tabllshed these conditions have been
overcome and suppuration does no. toll
10 fTnnGnf.raantIHr he 10 fpf 7 =
moval of cataract is successfully per-
formed. Ono drop of pus forming in the
eye after the removal of a cataract is
practically fatal to the vision.
After the Iabors OF Pasteur We find
| his principles extended 10 many
branches of industry. We see il in con-
nection with the milk which is SO treat,
ed that it remains uno hanged. fhet
that great and celebrated man, Lister
| bora in Scotland, and who died only
recently. saw the advantage of tn
great discovery OF Pasteur and he be
gan to put that theory into practice.
In the year 1869 | was in the city O
New York spending the winter Their
n 4 postgraduate course. l saw tn
beginning of the so-called antisepti.
treatment. At that time the methot
was coming into operation of disin'
fecting the parts of the body, the IN
struments, the surgeons and the nurses
themselves who participated in the OPP
Grafton, and they all sterilized then
hands and clothing and everything per-
tanning TO the operation That trouble
some method has long since passed
| away.
Will now mention briefly how pa
tent is prepared for operation in order
TO escape the dread consequence of sup
puration. The patient is given a bath
the locality in which the operation Is
to be performed, no matter in Wha'
part of the body--and | will say. II
passing that every part of the human
oody Is now subject to the treatment 81
the surgeon. He nventer the brain
ana he can enter the chest or lie can
enter the heart cavity or any part Oh
the abdomen, and the whole orsaniHd-
ton OF The body is subject to the eN-
animation and treatment of the sur
geoh. Why is thisp There is just one
reason why, and that is because sup
puration is depending upon the pres
ence OF germs II you eliminate 'hose
germs suppuration could net take
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