| Show s for the deseret bon boie BOX BOTE L R SETTING I 1 am satisfied that nature assisted is all that is needed in the successful setting tin of f broken bone bones and the replacing yil Sig located t of dislocated joints the human frame fram e or skeleton is so closely coated with muscle and ligaments that they form a substantial bandage so to speak to the whole frame work the muscles nerves legame ligaments ants I 1 veins vellis and tissues that so perfect perfectly t ay envelope and bind bini themselves around the bony structure contract and expand with heat and cold this capability of contraction and expansion which nature lias has so wisely provided can be very effectually used in the setting as it is called of broken bones and tle tae the replacing of dislocated joints and it is the most painless and safe means that can be used besides it is a means that any person can apply who is endowed with a usual share of insight into the fitness of things and their relationship and adaptability to each other much very much has been done by science and art for frering suffering su humanity but it Is very wrong to suppose that the healing art should be entirely confined to a certain few some of whom are skillful and have attained celebrity and fame through the greatness of their eures cures while really the secret of their success C consisted on SS I 1 ted in simply aiding nature which is manis mania mans greatest and best ph physician our young men should hould study anatomy they should make themselves acquainted with the bony structure with its nature and ue in the he t animal economy with the leading arteries andl arid blood vessels and aud their precise location and directions in the body with the i stomach sto macli macii and the bovel sj learning arning Ig their functions and use and how to keep this great gr at workshop wo r of the human form in good healthy working order this branch bral brai h will embrace the study of dietetics the pulmonary organs and in short ave every eveny separate and distinct portion of the human uman organism should be studied died and the means necessary for a vigorous healthy and complete action of all its parts should shoula be known that the creature may fill up to the full measure the end and purpose of its existence physically morally and religiously this advice should more particularly apply ay iy to fathers and apy mothers of cami families les ies it is the absence of information upon this branch of knowledge which mauseth that ih competency to help the sick which almost universally prevails among the great masses of the ther people of the present age and it often occurs especially in in newly settled countries where professional p ro fess lonal ional surgeons are scarce that a surgeon has to be sent for over a hundred miles to seta fractured limb which any person of common comm on judgment might easily do all kinds of devices and nna instruments of torture have been wen resorted to for sor stretching and pulling by main indin force into its place the broken limb dislocated joint and other instruments of torture are a re employed to keep it there the broken portions of bone would never overlap each other or get out of their places so far that they could not be put night right by a slight pressure of the finger were it not that the fleshy parts around the fracture become inactive through the hurt which they have received causing the contraction of the sinews and muscles claths cloths wrung out of hot water and applied plied piled to the affected parts and warm wa in baths or steam baths batha will cause a relaxation and the bones will naturally come to their places then all that is necessary is to place the limb in its natural position and splint and bandage it in a way to perfectly secure the broken ja parts ts against being jarred and moved a and nd wit without out hurting hurling the fleshy parts around the break by in n the least checking the free circulation of the blood or giving pain to the patient if there are flesh wounds they should be kept open and clean blean while the he bone boneh is joining and until a perfect cure isae isac is ac general health sh should gulda buldA also aiso ilal lisl be carefully attended to keeping the system relaxed and free from fever W |
