Southern Medical and Surgical Journal - Georgia Regents University

———1849.] Montlilij Periscope.robbed of the power of keeping up its growth. This is a most painfulstate of things ; and in the usual method of treating the complaint, a mosttorturing operation is resorted to, that of cutting or tearing olFthe portionof the nail. All this pain the patient may be saved, by first getting thefingers as quiet as possible, by soothing measures ;when this is done,to insinuate a shred of lint, by means of a probe, hammered flat, so asto pass this small portion as far as it can go between the sore structureand the surface of the nail ; and if this piece of lint be moistened witha weak solution of nitrate of silver, the beneficial effect will be apparentin twenty-four hours. The sores will heal quickly, and the painwill be subdued. The simple lint should be kept insinuated for sometime, even after the sore is healed. The nail will grow to its usuallength, and the hollow sore will be filled up before long. [Vincent'sSurgical Ojperations, in Ranking.Enormous Abdominal Tumor.—A man died recently at Oswego,from whose abdomen was taken, after death, a tumor which weighed114^ pounds. The patient, a man of rather intemperate habit, receivedfrom some cause, a strain about two years since. Soon after,his abdomen began to increase in size, until it measured, six feeteleven inches in circumference. It was supposed to be encysteddropsy, but upon examination was found, we should judge by the description,to be of that variety of carcinoma, known as colloid.[Boston Med. and Surg. Journ.Perforation of the Skull with an Iron Bolt.—Newspapers have beencirculating the story of a shocking accident which occurred at Cavendish,Vt., where an iron bar, one inch and a quarter in diameter, andnearly 3 feet long, was actually driven through a n»an's skull, andpassed off many rods beyond. Strange as it may appear, the facts,as related, are true. The man is living, and walks about the house.All the particulars of the case are preparing for publication in this.rournal, by Dr. Harlow, the attending surgeon, who writes, underdate of Nov. 20th, "The notes of my case of injury of the head willbe ready in a few days. A sinus under the frontalis muscle is nownearly healed." [Boston Med. and Surg. Jurnal.Guita Percha as a Spliiit in Club Foot.—Mr. Lyon mentions thesuccessful application of this article used as follows in the treatment ofclub foot."After dividing the tendo-Achillis, a procedure not always required,the limb is wrapped in a bandage of gutta percha, of the thickness of apenny piece; softened with hot water, the bandage is applied as iscustomary with the common roller. The limb being thus encased ingutta percha while it is still soft, it is restored to its proper form, andheld for a few minutes until the bandage become perfectly hard, whenthe foot is retained in the required position." [London Lancet.Prediction of the Ancesthetic Condition during Delivery— by the late