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VOL. I.
MILLEDGEVILLfe, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1821.
No. 49.
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PROSPECTUS
'YA\c, YAn\fttkA\\\\\a Journal
TI1F. MEDICAL&.PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
Edited by X CHAV MAX M. D.
PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES AND RRACTICE Or
HEOICINF. AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, ANU
ROBERTM PATTERS OX, M. 1).
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ilC. &1C
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
To be published by M. Cary if Son, Philadelphia.
In the four quarters of Hie globe, who rends
an American hook ? or goes to hii American
play ? or looks nt nn American picture or stn-
toe ? What does the world yet owe lo American
Physicians or Surt'tont ? r
Edinburgh Review, No. LXV.
Next lo the invention of the art of print-
iiig, periodical publications probably exercise
the must beneficial influence in awakening
literary curiosity, and diffusing knowledge.
Of their utility in these respects, we have
conclusive evidence, in the extent of their
multiplication, and the eagerness with which
ilicy arc sought after and encouraged, in
ly adapted ft* the end, and which in the
treatment of disease confers vigour and effi
ciency, we are unrivalled.
, doubts as to the soundness of this posi
tion, will at once he dissipated, by reference
to the periodical and other recent publica
tions of Europe, in which may be traced
doctrines and inodes of practice, long pre
valent among us, now eagerly adopted and
very generally approved.
llis not dillicult to assign some of the cau
ses of this superiority. Necessity is the
strongest incentive to exertion, and in all its
tendencies, is Original and inventive. It is
the late, as previously intimated, of a large
proportion of tlin.-e who toil at the profession 1 ^ 1. The work slia',1 ho issued in quarterly
every enlightened country.
De
Wiving their materials from many $z dif
ferent sources, they are accommodated more
readily than any oilier species of writing to
the varieties of taste, and the several conditi
ons of intellectual capacity, and improve
ment.
To the United Slates, productions of this
nature would seem to he singularly adapted.
An inquisitive and reading people, we are,
however, so widely dispersed, as to render
access, for the most part, exceedingly dilli-
cult to libraries, and other auxiliaries of learn-
To these inconveniences, which the me
dical profession, in common with the rest ot
the community, experience, others, more pe
culiarly incidental to it, may he added.—
Engaged in Me discharge of duties incon
ceivably oppressive, and with a penurious,
and wholly inadequate reward, hot a few of
our practitioners have neither the means to
.collect, nur thu leisure to pursue elaborate
works, or to pursue with regularity, any
course of systematic study. Expedients,
therefore, cannot IVil to prove acceptable, in
their arduous and perplexing avocations,
which are calculated, in uny measure, to les
sen expense, economise time, or abridge la
bor.
No scheme, in relation to these purposes
obviously combines so many advantages, as
a well conducted Journal. Being afforded
at a moderate price, it conics within the
competency of every une, und conveys, in a
condensed shape, over the widest expanse of
country, the earliest intelligence of the dis
coveries and improvements in science, pene
trating into places, from which more ponde
rous tomes, and literary vehicles, arc entire
ly excluded.
Nor in another view, is it scarcely less
suited to I be existing condition of the pro
fession. Destitute of liberal leisure, aod
with too little of that sort of discipline so es
sential to the greater and more complicated
literary performances, wc have the talent
abundantly distributed, which excels in short
and miscellaneous compositions.
The preceding consideration!/, have had no
Small share in the promotion of the present
undertaking. But weighty as they are, we
confess the operation of other incitements,
not less cogent and impressive.
Ever since the establishment otaur Indepen
dence, it has become the habit ot Europe, ve
ry wantonly to traduce our national charac
ter, our institutions, und achievements.—
Calumnies from tins source, have been so
long tacitly endured,, that they really seem
now to he raised, as it were, under the sanc
tion of prescriptive privileges, and on each
repetition, to be marked by fresh acrimony
and insolence. ,
Even allowing that we are as deficient as
is alleged, in literary and other polite attain
ments, it does not at all militate against our
gust from whatever partakes of narrowness
and favouritism. We look to the profession
at large, for countenance mid support of a
selieme that deeply concerns the whole, and
which wc are sensible, can only succeed by
general approval and cordial co-operation.
An enterprise, sueli as we meditate, vigor
ously sustained by the various ability which'
ive hope to enlist in ilH service, is eminently
suited, in our deliberate opinion, to promote
the best interest of medicine, and in the illus
tration of its character, to conduce in no
slight degree to the moral ascendancy and
intellectual glory of the country.
CONDITION'S.
pretensions to genius, or to generous views,
and dispositions. Candidly examined, our
spositions.
history will show, that in whatever
the energies of our people have been direct
ed, there we are eminently distinguished.
It would be alien to the occasion, and not
compatible with our limits, to prosecute, ’
any detail, the discussion of this very in
teresting subject. Enough, perhaps, will he
contained, to answer our immediate object,
ill the. simple affirmation, that the more ele
gant occupations of Ihe mind, are the last to
a rest the attention of a people, and as expe
rience teaches, have alone flourished in the
maturest state of society. Cast on a deso
late shore, our first care was to provide fur
the. proximate necessities of life, and next to
lay those solid Inundations, on which, may
be perceived, through the vista of no distant
futurity, to arise the most splendid edifice
of national happiness, prosperity and glory.
Be the charge renewed, it may he more
distinctly replied, that we are still in the state
in which the useful is preferred to the orna
mental, k that as in the case of manufactures,
bring readily supplied from abroad, we have
taken no pains to force the culture of litera
ture or the fine artB hy the warmth of indp
yjdual patronage, or legislative provisions.
No part of the reproaches to w.iich we
have alluded, ran, with a shadow of justice,
be extended to the profession of medicine.
Emphatically, we have done our duly, it
may he safely said, that in no country is mu-
Sicme strictly defined, better understood, or
more successfully practised than in the U.
States.
European physicians do surpass ns, m
classical education, and in variety, depth and
But in acuteness of pe-
uinoug us, to he so situated, hs lo command
few of the ordinary advantages, and lienee
they are driven mainly on their o wn’resourccs.
Neither perverted hy prejudice, nor enfee
bled by any undue reverence for authority,
the medical mind of the country was every
Wlu re open to the reception of new Impres
sions, when thirty years ago, the pestilence
which has since wasted our cities, made its
appearance in a guise so anomalous and vio
lent, as to render the. existing principles of
the science inapplicable, and to engage us in-
tensly in a wide scope of observation and re
search.
As new lights were elicited, correspondent
changes took place, and the spirit of refor
mation continuing to move on, eventually
led to one of those revolutions, .incident to
the history of medicine, in which views were
established, more pertinent to the. condition
of the diseases of our climate, anil in stricter
conformity to the general advances of iiuninn
knowledge, during a season of sueli active
exertion.
It may he collected from the foregoing
observations, that aiming our leading aims,
will he to trace the progress of medicine in
the U. States, to vindicate our claims to cer
tain improvements, to preserve these, as
well as wliat may hereafter be done, lioni
foreign usurpation, and lastly to evolve, and
stimulate the genius of the country to invi-
goruted efforts, by holding out a respectable
and more permanent re posit orv for its pro
dnetions. Connected intimately with otic of
flic sell mils, from which lias emanated a
largo share of these improvements, and
where medicine is still most ardently culti
vated, we shall have peculiar futilities in tile
execution of this part of our plan, though, at
the same time, we are sensible, that much
has been uCeomfilishcd elsewhere, and is
therefore to he drawn from other sources, Sl
hy the help of such as arc friendly to our
undertaking.
There is no section of the Union without
able and intelligent medical men, or which
does not present the amplest field for the dis
play of talent, the extension of knowledge,
and tile consequent acquisition of fame.—
Confessedly, the indigenous medicinal vege
tables have hitherto been imperfectly inves
tigated, and much remains to he performed
in rclution to medical topography,—in the
history of cpiue.inics, or more common dis
eases, as modified hy climate, the seasons,
the state of weather, the habits of society,
and other localities, and peculiar circumstan
ces, appertaining to tile infinite diversities ol
our widely spread territories.
Communications on these points, so curi
ous in themselves, and of such high practical
import, as well as on subjects, which more
commonly enter into the constitution of mis
cellanies (if this description, are earnestly so
licited.
Nor do wc confine our views exclusively to
mere technical mtdicine. Contemplated in
a shape so limited, whatever may be its
lioasted usefulness, our profession loses hall
its elevation and dignity.
The physical sciences, or at least the
branches having the closest affinity to medi
cine, shall share our attention. Exuberant
in objects of curiosity, the United Slates most
unquestionably afford tile finest opportuni
ties fur the cultivation of this species of know
ledge. Contributions, which tend to eluci
dale any part of our natural history, in the
widest sense of the term, wc shall always
gladly receive. .
Criticism will regularly occupy a part of
our space. As our wish, however, is to m
struct, and not to censure, or gratify our own
vanity by wantonly wounding the sensibili
ty of another, we shall restrict the exercise
of it to those works only, which have indis
putable claims to notice, hy tiio-value of their
matter, or the merit of execution, and there
by be spared the pain of contending with
unresisting feebhnessl* Native medical li
terature, bv which wc now mean, the art of
elaborate writing, is still pretty much in its
infancy, and we are persuaded tnay he more
promoted hy tile language of tenderness and
encouragement, tjian by any severity of ani
madversion, or harsh exposure of its defects.
Deviations fiom the rule of conduct we
have presented to ourselves, vvill only he
found in eases of obtrusive impertinence, or
empirical pretensions, and under such cir
cumstances, vve shall ever he mindful of the
legal maxim, “ that the judge is condemned
when the criminal escapes.”
To complete our design, we mean at stat
ed intervals, to give an analysis of the Fo
il Journals, so copious as to embrace the
most interesting of their contents, and to ex
hibit trie progress abroad, of medicine, and
the collateral brandies of science. Distinct
from Ihe obvious ad vantages ofsueli a synop
sis, it is especially demanded by the cost und
difficulty of procuring the workstheinselvcs.
Extraordinary too, as it may appear, il can,
perhaps, be here only executed with fidelity.
Controlled hy hostile feelings, and the
meanest jealousies, the most enlightened na
tions of Europe, and with whose literary
proceedings wu are chiefly conversant, per
petually offer proof of a mutual spirit ot in
justice, in the suppression or depreciation of
each others merits, and more particularly, in
relation to medical improvements. Too
neutral in our position, to be warped or in
fluenced by such consideration*, wc are in
this case, tho best prepared to Institute a can
did inquiry, and pronounce a just and im
partial decision.
After so ample an exposition of our mo
tive? and views, we might, perhaps, be saved
the declaration that in conducting this Jour
nal not races of local partialities, or sectional
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From Ihe Monthly Magazine, Sepl. 1820. *
MARSHAL BRUNE.
We present our readers with the following
affecting details, on the best author'd;, a*
a melancholy example of the mischiefs too
often resulting from t he abuse of the press.
Were those who make a trade of slander
susceptible of any feeling of honor, this
dreadful catastrophe might serve to warn
them of their atrocious practice:—
After marshal Rrunc had submitted to
tho royal government, hn resigned the
command of Marseilles and of the Clh mi
litary division, about the end of July
1815, to '.lie marquis »!c Riviere, the
present ambassador of France to the Ot
toman Forte, who furnished him with
passports to return to Paris. A certain
presentiment, which men of high spirjt
are often too proud to follow, determin
ed the marshal to embark at Toulon for
some port in Bretagne, and thence to pro
ceed to the capital, llis effects had al-
Tcady been conveyed on board, as well
as those of M. Liclos, the chief of Ids
staff. False shame, and the fear lest he
should he thought to betray some weak
ness by those who urged him to travel
hv laud, and who described the road as
perfectly safe, induced the marshal to
change his mind. Escorted by a squad
ron of horse, he pursued Ids way through
Provence, follow ed by his aids-de-camp.
M. liclos embarked accordin ' to the ori
ginal plan, and the sequel hut too well
justified his caution.
O11 reaching the Durance, the marshal,
impelled by a kind of fatality, dismissed
liis escort. On Tuesday, the 2d of Au
gust, 1815, aboutUn in the morning, he
arrived at Avignon, never to leave it ,1-
gain alive, lie alighted at the pitl.iis
royal hotel, where he and his aids-de-
eamp breakfasted in a room by them
selves. One hour, one unfortunate hour,
had elapsed. The marshal was just go
ing to remount his carriage, when lie
was recognized; a soldier, standing with
some other persons at the dour of a cof
fee house on the opposite side of the
street, mentioned his name. The ap
pearance of the veteran officer excited
among the spectators a respectful curi
osity, which was converted hy a word
into a very different feeling. A wretch,
who joined the populace, assembled a-
rouud the carriage, exclaimed, “ admire
the murderer of the princess Lambelle!”
At these words, legions of banditti
seemed to spring up, as if by enchant
ment. Confused cries were heard. The
carriage proceeded, but w as detained at
the gate, where a post of (lie national
guard assumed an air of no small impor
tance at having to examine the passport
of a marshal of France. The o/liceron
duty insisted that tiiis passport, which
was wholly in the hand writing of the
Marquis de Riviere, ought to be submit
ted to major Lnrribol, the provisional
commandant of the department of V au-
cluse. Every moment’s delay augment
ed the danger ; an infuriated multitude,
obstructed the way ; a shower of stones
wits thrown at the carriage, which.had
already passed the gate, when some of
tho maddened mob seized the reins, and
conducted the Marquis back to the hotel
which lie had just quitted, the doors ot
which were immediately closed.
The dauntless soldier endeavored to
cheer his aids-de-camp, who trembled
for his safety alone ; they were parted
from him, and he was kept by himself iri
a room, whore, with the firmness of a he
ro, be awaited the edastroph® which he
foresaw. The inhabitants of the whole
city were assembled bulure tho house:
the atrocious calumny first broached in
the infamous publication of Lewis Gold
smith, passed from mouth to nioutli.—
Persons, whose names are unknown, were
seen running about among the populace,
repealing and commenting upon the slan
derous report. A cry was soon raised,
demanding the death of the veteran,
whose blood had so often flowed for
France, though it is hut justice to ob
w ho w as then at Aix :—“ You know our
engagements ; 1 uin a prisoner at Avig
non, und trust that you will hasten tq re
lease me.” What became of the note
is not known.”
M. de Saint Chamans, the nCw Prefect
of V'aur.luse, had arrived in the prece
ding night, and was incognito, at the
same hotel. Roused by the tremend
ous noise, tie rose, and showed himself
to the people. His authority was not re
cognised, and one of the ringleaders of
the tumult had even the effrontery to
declare that he was invested with the
function of prefect. The generate .was
beaten ;—the mayor, the worthy and
spirited fll. Vuy, assisted hy a company
of tho national guard and some gens it'
urines, repulsed the furious populace for
u moment ; lie went to the marshal, and
sought in vain to favor his flight. He
again addressed the rabble, but the lat
ter endeavored to force their way through
the national guard, who opposed the
most determined resistance. The may
or at their Lo id, cried out to the rioters,
“ Wretches ! it is only over my lifeless
body that ye can reach the marshal 1"
arid placed himself in the midst of the
bayonets, hy which the iloor of the house
was defended.
In the mean time, others of the ban
ditti scaled the wails in the rear, and
penetrated into the hotel. The marshal
heard them approaching, and desired
the sentinels before his door to return
him his arms; they were denied him,
and in vain he offered one of the soldiers
a purse of gold for his musket. Some of
Hie assassins forcibly entered the apart
ment. 'The marshal, who was standing
before the fire place, uncovered his
brekst, without uttering a word. A voice
reptntedin his presence the calumnious
nccu-uitian, which served usu pretext for
the rage of the depraved populace. “My
blood has flowed for my country,” re
plied he, to his executioners, “ 1 hnv
grown old under the banners of honor.
I was sixty leagues from Paris, when
the crime of which I am accused,
perpetrated.” “ You must die,” dfied
one of the villians, interrupting him. “ I
have learned to brave death,” replied
the general 1 " and would f.iin spare you
n crime ; give tne arms and allow me five
minutes to make my will.”-—“ Death !”
shouted the murderer, discharging a pis
tol at him ; the ball grazed his forehead,
and bore off a lock of hair. The un
daunted Prune folded his arms, and u-
iv ailed the second shot. 'The pistol
hung lire. “ Y ou have missed,” said a-
nollier of the assassins; “make room,
his my turn now,” and with a carbine the
a retdi extended on the floor a warrior,
wh«m glory hail accompanied in twenty
battles, and crowned with the laurels of
Mincto, Verona, and T.tvernclle
It was two o’clock. The murderers
burst into the apartment ami plundered
the effects of their victim ; they found,
among other tilings, a sabre of great 1.1-
loc, which the grand siguior had present
ed to the marshal. After the comple
■ion of tile bloody deed, one of tho mur
derers appeared in the balcony, adorn
ed with the white feathers from the go
neral’s hat. The savages under the
window set up a hideous shout ; and de
manded that the booty should he thrown
to them.—The corpse was, neverthe
less, placed upon a bier, and carried to
wards the church yard : hut the fury of
the mob was not yet appeased ; twenty
paces from the hotel, they seized the bo
dy and drugged it by Ihe heels, with heat
of drum, to the ninth arch of the bridge,
where they threw it into the Rhone, ha
ving first horribly mangled it with all
kinds of weapons. The general’s aids-
de-camp were withdrawn hy tho master
ot the hotel and another person, from the
rage of the populace, and they worn
kept concealed far several days, till they
could leave the town in safely.
All the horrors of tins infernal deed
are. not yet related. Females, not be
longing to the lowest class, danced the
farandohi in tho public square that was
yet stained with blood ; and a bring in
human shape composed a sons of triumph
in the impular sty lo, in the niiJ-t oflhosc
MegaMus. It is said that a proses verbal
was drawn up, attesting th it maishu!
Brnne committed tuicide. If one of the
principal actors in this atrocious scene
were not yet bidding defiance to justice,
we might almost believe that Providence
itself bad undertaken to punish them: for
tho first instigator of tiie crime expired
a few days afterwards iu'thn most agon
izing tortures of remorse and despair.
The Rhone carried tho corpse of lliu
hero to a spot between Tarasr.un and
Arles, and there threw it upon the sandy
shore; but such was the terror which
the murderers of Avignon had spread a
round, that no one dmst consign the
mutilated body tn the earth. For sev
eral days it was left a prey to ravens, til!
at length humane persons removed it by
night,and covered it with quicklime. A
citizen who had takeD a long and dan
extent of erudition- ...
narration, and promptness of remedial ru-
aource, in k^w?edgeS^[F^dto^aU lie dicer.,cd. Cbaructcrix-
c:l only by liberality, science turns with dis-
serve, that some of the officers of the gcrous journey to rescue ihe mangled
national guard exerted themselv es to the remains of a general of the old French
utmost to prevent violence. lariny from the birds of prey, collected
In the first moments of the uproar, the j them with religious care, and returned to
Marshal wrote a note in the following 1 Baris to deliver to bis finally the mourn
terms (9 the Austrian general. Nugent, fill present.
GENERAL DAVIE.
Within the present month, wfe an
nounced to our readers the death of this
distinguished soldier, statesman and pa
triot. For the few latter years of his
life, he had rcsigued every kind of public
employment, and lived retired in the
state of South-Covolinn. The following
brief biographical sketch of the General,
we feel assured will be read with iuter-
est by every mie who reveres the prin
ciples of the Revolution, or who feels
glowing within his bosom, n sparkofgra-
tituile towards the sages and heroes who
achieved the independence of America.
It is extracted from “ Lee's Memoirs of
the liar in the Southern Department."
Wiu.rAM Richardson Davie, ofN.
Carolina, was born in the village of Eg-
rcinont, near White Haven, in England,
011 the 20th of June 1750.
His father visiting Sonth-Curolinn soon
nflcr the peace of 17G3-, brought with
him this son ; mid returning to England,
confided him tn Ihe care of the Rev.
William Richardsons his maternal uncle ;
who, becoming much attached lo his
nephew, not only took charge oThis edu
cation, but adopted him as llis son and
heir. At the proper ago William wr.is
sent to an academy in North-Carolinu ;
from wheuce lie wns after 11 few years,
removed to thn college of Nnssau-llali in
Princeton, New Jersey, then becoming
the resort of most of the southern youth,
under the auspices of the learned und re
spectable doctor Witherspoon,—-Here
he finished ins education, graduating in
tire autumn of 1770, a year mnmorublu
in our military as well as civil anuals.
Returning home, young Davie found
himself shut out for a time from the ar
my, us the commissions lor the troops
just levied had issued. He went to
Salisbury, where he commenced the
study of the law. The war continuing,
contrary to the expectations which gen
ernlly prevailed when it began, Davie
could no longer resist his ardent wish
to plant himself mnong Hie defenders of
his country. Inducing a worthy and
popular friend rather too old for military
service, to raise a troop ofdragoons, as
the readiest mode of accomplishing his
wish, Da via obtained a lieutenancy in
this troop.—Without delay, the captain
joined the Southern nr my, & soon after
wards returned home on furlough. The
command of the troops devolving on lieu
tenant Davie, it wns at his request an
nexed to the legion of count Pulaski
where captain Davie continued until pro
moled by major general Lincoln to ihe
station of brigade major of cavalry
this office Davie served until the affair of
Stono, devoting his leisure to the ac
qniremeut of professional knowledge, and
rising fast in the esteem of tho general
mid army. Lincoln attempted to dis
lodge lieutenant colonel Maitland from
bis entrenched camp on the Stono; Davie
received a severe wound, and was ru
moved from camp to the hospital
Cbm lesion, were he was confined fo
live months.
Soon after his recovery he wns cm
powered by the government of North
Carolina to raise a small legionary corps
consisting of one troop of dragoons and
two companies of mounted infantry ; nt
the head of which lie was placed with the
rank of major.
(Quickly succeeding in completing his
corps, in whose equipment he expended
the last reimiing shilling of an estate he
queathed lo him hy Ins uncle, he took
the field, and wns sedulously engaged in
protecting the country between Char
lotte and Camden, from the enemy’s pre
datory incursions. On the fatal 6th of
August, he wns hastening with liis corps
to join our army, when he met our dis
persed and living troops. He neverthe
less continued lo advance towards live
conqueror ; and by his prudence, zeal
and vigilance, caved a few of our wagons
and many of our stragglers. Acquainted
with thu movement of Sumpter, and just
ly apprehending that he would be des
troyed unless speedily advised of the de-
ent of Gates, lie despatched instantly a
courier to that officer, communicating
what had happened, performing, in (lie
midst of distress and confusion, the purl
of an experienced captain. So much
was his conduct respected by the govern
ment of North-Carolinu, that he was in
tho course of September, promoted lo
the rank of colonel commandant of the
cavalry of the state.
In this station he wus found by gener
al Greene, on assuming the command of
the Southern army :—Whose attention
had boon occupied from his entrance, in
to North-Carolina, in remedying the dis
order in the quarter master and commis
sary departments. To the first Carring
ton iiad been called ; and Davie, wns
now induced to take upon himself the
last, much as he preferred the station he
then possessed. At the head of this de
partment Col. Davie remained through
out the trying campaign which followed ;
contributing greatly by his talents, his
■eal, his knowledge, and his influence, to
the muinlainance of the difficult and suc
cessful operations which followed.—
While before Ninety-Six, Greene fore
seeing the difficulties again to be encoun
teped, in consequence of the accession
of force to the enemv by the errisal of
three regiments of infantry fropi Ireland,
determined to send a confidential officer
to the legislature of North-Carolinu, then
in session, to represent to them his ft-
lative condition, and to urge their adop
tion of effectual measures without delajr,
fur the collection of magazines of provi
sions, and the Reinforcing of his army.—
Colonel Davie was selected by Greene
for this important mission, and immedi
ately repaired to tho seat of government,
where he ably and faithfully exerted
himself to give effect to the views of hie
general.
The events of the autumn assuring
the quick approach of peace, col, Davi*
returned home ; and having shortly af
terwards intermarried with Miss Sarah
Jones, daughter of general Allen Jones
of North-Carolina, he selected the tows
of Halifax, on the Roanoke, for his resi
dence ; where he resumed the profes
sion with the practice ef law.
FROM THE AMERICAS FaHMES.
First management of ragged Wounds•
It often happens that workmen and
others are severely wounded at - places
whore hours, and even days elapse, be
fore medical aid can be obtained, and in
case of much laceration, or ragged
.rounds, the danger of lock-jaw is very
much increased by improper applica
tions, and more especially by insufficient
covering. The object of this paper is
to inform such as may bS unfortunate,
how they are to proceed. Let the parte
be laid together in the most ample man
ner, a poultice of bread and milk applied
—and renew it every 24 hours. Tha
poultice must be very thick, and made to
cover every part, aad exclude the sir
completely. The author of this saw a
man that wns partly ground in a mill, and
no medical uid being at band, the patient
was fairly wrapped in a poultice; and
so neat was the wound, when opened,
that the physician continued the applica
tion many days
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The East Indians have a like method
of excluding the air, by earth or plaster'
moulds, t.e. when legs are brobnn to piece*
ny shot or otherwise—and tha testimo
ny of some of the British physicians i*
unequivocal in its favor : These nssertf
that limbs are saved by. it, that they
would instantly have amputated.
The common method of applying a lit
tle salve or lint, is had, when compared
to a complete poultice, which instantly
soothes the irritated fibres, and exclude*
tho air. After a few days dressing withi
this, if there is any danger of mortifica
tion, let tho poultice he one hitlf of cha
momile, previously stewed in alittl* wa
ter ; and when the suppuration is fairly
established, then use salves and lint—bo
sure to exclude the nccess of air.
1’HILANTHROPOS.
CincLmviLLK, (Ohio,) Dec. 8.
In our hist we briefly noticed the trial,
conviction and sentence of Ash* Duncan, for
horse stunting.
On Sunday morning last, the mother of
tin* com ict came to town to visit her son,
previous to his departure for his lodgings at
Columbus—and by the indulgence of the
gaoler was admitted into the* dreary coll’ of
the prison, where the bosom of the fond mo
ther was Ailed with horror at beholding file
darling oflwr dtyiiiwig years fettered'and
chained to the floor I After
this heart ren
ding interview was closed, and the parent
was about to take * a long farewell’ of the
child, the gaoler whs summoned to release
thu sorrow stricken dame from the cold
darnpof thu dungeon. His sympathetic heart
was moved with pity [what heart of flesh
would not have been thus moved ?] for the
grief of tin: disconsolate mother—on retur
ning from the prison, some refreshment*'
were kindly offered to tho sorrowful visitant
ivbo declined accepting them and departed
from the house with tears and loud lamen
tations.
Ail remained in perfect harmony untilMon-
day morning, wlieu the gaoler, on visiting the
prison, wus itiforpivd, with an airxif exulta
tion, that “there had been a change of pris
oners there, on the night bufore J u Wnen on
more strict examination, he found, to hi*
great surprise and extreme chagrin, that he
hud tlie mother of Duncan safely secured
thut the culprit John bad deliberately
his may, in her habiliments !
This is the second time, w ithin a few weeks,
that this malefactor lias effected his escape
from tbit jail, which is considered inferior to
none in the state. It may not be amiss fov
persons owning horses to keep a good look
out
YVHAT MEANS THIS f
One of the physicians who was in consuls
tation on the body of the Princess Charlottes
after her death, has arrived in the United
States, snd is going to communicate, from
this country, to the British nation, the par
ticulars which caused the unexpected and
unaccountable death of that amiable woman,
who would, had she lived, hav# removed
from office the present British ministerial ty
rants, and have given freedom to the British,
people.—New- York Nut. Mv,
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The Poland Oaf—The following is th*
result of an experiment made this yqa*
by Mr. George Farley, on his fi^rm in
Chesterfield county, contiguous to this
town. Produce from on# grabs- of th%
Poland Oat—16 branches, or stalks ji j.®
feet iu length—longest tieai 23 1-3 i*^ j
ches, shortest ditto 221-2 ditto—averag*#
number of grains out of each head 301—
yielding the prodigious increase of
graina.-*^Pcfrr»iMrj MtUigemcer^
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