Show ay AV important ay iy f r art 1 11 considerable interest is being feit felt feltar at the present tim q inthe easten the if uso use of sifted dry earh cah and infecting disinfecting dis purposes it has lias been so successfully used in several instances that if it I 1 is now proposed to substitute earth carth closets for water closets in the pennsylvania hospital phila philadelphia delam in iii testing the efficacy of sifted dry earth in one of the experimental commotes commodes com modes by the earth closet company at the tho hospital it answered BO excellent a purpose an ani oni absorbing bad odors that it occurred to ona one of thet the faculty to try on ov the of a patient who was vas suffering from a compound fracture of the leg the wound was in an unhealthy condition and tho the discharges dischar char es amounting to a it pint in twenty four gours tours were so offensive asto cause a sickening and even dan abut the effect of the tho application of the dry earth was magical the ommen offen offensiveness bivenes alvenes was overcome the intense pain was relieved and the wound commenced dahdal to heal hoal aa as it had haa not done before under the tho application of other remedies A gentleman who visited th Q hospital communicates to fo the new york evening just lust the cases caseb bosil w which were being earth carth treated first two patients suffering from senious serious varicose ulcers 1 second A JAL railroad brakeman whose handras hand band was crushed a year anda hal half fago ago third another railroad brakeman suffer ang from a similar injury il 1 m 0 fourth A farm laborer who had three of Ms iua fingers nearly cut at dirand his hand fearfully fuli full torn fifth A laborer burned in the faco face and arms anahis and ana his bis knee pan aa shattered by the explosion of shell sith A woman with her neck aeda aeed dila arid a large martof part of her body very seve severely tely and dangerously burned ll 11 t i seventh A apman who bad had her aier entire breast removed for cancer the wound bof or which w wa dressed with dry earth f in these thee different fe cases the tho effects 0 othe the a of d dry ry 0 ear par earth th were ten ter very y wonderful 0 o nde 1 ii ful rui ap pp where whore ep pain ain aln I 1 kj they were wele remove dand in other cases eases iri was prevented by the tir timely fiely use of this simple remedy in wounds whore th therel therol ero ere was of carious bones and inflamed flesh nil all tho unfavorable symptoms disappeared with a few days of earth and a healthy granulation ensued this discovery disco promises to be of great benefit to the hur human nan family already it has been the means of alluvia alleviating ting unspeakable suffering and it loenis probable that the pustules pus tules of the small pox must glye give up their pain and their then offensiveness at ar the application of dry earth here is a remedy which is within the reach of every one and it can be easily casilio applied from the description of these cases we feel con ean vinced that by the timely application odthe of the earth treatment the amputation of limbs can be avoided in many instances where under the old system may 0 of practice it seemed seemed absolutely necessary western missouri papers claim that major miller editor of the deca Meca decatur tur magnet Is the hands handsomest ornest mail man in the nation he has received several gold headed canei canes as prizes for beauty 7 the extend their hospitality to their enemies saying the tree does not withdraw its shade even from the wood cutter 14 f wf A |