The Western Homeopathic Observer Vol 3

Excerpt from The Western Homeopathic Observer, Vol. 3: December 15, 1866 Whiskey and water equal parts, in tablespoonful doses, were quickly administered, repeated every fifteen minutes; the limbs temporarily secured in position with pillows, the cuts on the head drawn together and dressed. After six hours, the stimulus produced very feeble reaction, suflicient to justify the removal of the patient to his house, and put him to bed, but not however, to justify any attempt at re duction. I would here Observe, that since seeing Dr. Frank lin's suggestion in his new work on Surgery, in regard to operating during nature's anaesthesia, the shook, I should be inclined to follow his directions; as I think the suggestion valuable. Although it is opposed to all former teaching on this point, yet it is plausible and worthy of extended trial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.