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THE SURGEON'S TOOLS
A3 FEW A3 POSSIBLE USED BY THE
MODERN PRACTITIONER.
To Remove nn Appendix. For In-alnni-e,
He Cnn Carry Kv.-rrthlng;
Ne-anurr III One of III I'oc-kela.
Hand ForKPil Iiinlruiiieiits ! !.
"A surtiecm used to curry n Icis of In
struments wpIkIiIiik oftin as much ns
twcnty-flvo pomiils v'l-ri he wns onllivl
to oitornte," suld n i:' ..lrr of tlio Blull
of tlio New York I'osi.ijnitluiito Jloil
lcnl S-icliool mill usit:il llio other day.
"Today nil ir i . iigo opi'ratloii, nucli as
itlie removal t au upppinllx, call for no
more iiiRtrumuula tliau win bo curried
in tlin pockets.
"I lu ve Jut coine," continued the doc
tor, "from re -m ini; an appendix, and
liore In thin hiiiiiII package are all the
Instruments I used u scissors,' two ur-
tery clamps, two forceps and a needle.
Many operations, of course gastro
enteric, gynecological and those that
have to do with hones require more
Instruments, hut modern science de
mands the use of ns few as possible In
order that time uiny be saved. Skill
and haste are prime factors In au op
eration. In the old days, before anaes
thesia was known, this was to shorten
the patient's agony as much as possible.
After ether was discovered surgeons
for awhile operated more leisurely, but
soon finding out that the shock to the
patient remaining under ether so loin;
was always dangerous ami often fatal
they again recognized the Importance
of gwifUicss. DiminlKhing tlio number
of instruments was one of the methods
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for Bavlug time. In the operating room
in the old days there was always, no
matter what tlio operation, a good Hi zed
table laid out with teu or Dfteeu score
of Instruments, fifty artery clamps,
si'liii'.ofs, forceps ami lancets by the
dozen. It usetl to tako over uu hour to
remove nn appendix; today the averago
is about twelve minutes.
"The variety of instruments Increases
every year as surgeons meet with new
needs or solve old problems. In our
school here, as In others, many Instru
ments have been devised. Especially
to those having to do with the eye, ear,
nose and throat have we made valua
ble additions as well as In the Held of
orthopedic appliances. The lllppocrat
Ic oath precludes the putentlng of uuy
such Inventions; consequently nil In
struments ure free to be made by all
and every surgical manufactory."
The lmiklug of surgical Instruments
in tlio Uultetl States Is nearly contem
poraneous with the beginning of the
republic, and one or two of the promi
nent firms today date from long before
the civil war. In no country are Uuer
instruments mado thau in the United
States. Though tlio number of men
employed Is small, every mun la a
skilled laborer und uu artist, with an
udroltucss often as tluc as that of a
journeyman Jeweler, capable of mnk
lug even the most delicate of the great
variety of Instruments, amounting to
about 10,000, which a surgical house
must keep In stock or be ready to pro
duce upon order.
Cast and drop forged Instruments
have uo Itstlng value, and once the
edge Is worn off they can never be sat
isfactorily resharpened. Tho process
which they undergo demands that they
be brought three times to a white
beat. The first time the steel becomes
tempered; the second and third time It
becomes decarbonized and loses its
temper, tie result being un instru
ment with a shell of bnrd steel, capa
ble of taking a fair edge, but beneath
which the metal Is soft and unfit to
stand honing.
"All good Instruments ure hand
forged. Thus prices are doubled uud
trebled over the prices of cust Instru
ments tiecnuse of the skilled labor and
time necessary to their construction.
The workman In a careful factory
must uiuko a study of bis work and
learn tbe physical qualities of the
steel or metal he works with, Its
strength and cutting and tension qual
ities. General operating Instruments
are mado of steel, sliver, platinum,
gold and aluminium. German stoeL
owing to Its tenacity, is used for for
ceps and blunt Instruments; English
cast Bteel for edged tools, as It receives
a high temper, a fine polish and re
tains Its edge. Silver when pure Is
very flexible aud is useful for cathe
ters, which require frequent change of
curve. When mixed with other metals,
as coin silver, It makes firm catheters,
caustic holders and cannulated work.
Seamless silver Instruments are least
liable to corrode. Platinum resists the
action of acids and ordinary heat and
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Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry,
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I will sell my entire stock at auction. Everything goes to the
highest bidder. A special invitation is extended to the ladies.
BsaaUBiasaiTCeQeuaEsu.
Is useful' for caustic holders, actuar
cauteries and the electrodes of the
gnlvano cautery. Gold, owing to Its
ductility, Is udapted for line tubes,
vtich us eye ttyrluges uud so forth,
while it 1 1 1 ti 1 1 ii 1 1 1 in Is by Us extreme
light iicsh suitable for probes, styles
and tracheotomy tubes.
"Handles ure mudo of ebony, Ivory,
pearl or hard rubber. Ebony aud rub
ber ure used for large Instruments,
though these ut times luivo bundles of
steel. Ivory makes a "durable und
beautiful bundle, though It mid ebony
a ro not entirely aseptic, because It Is
Impossible, to boil them for the purpose
of sterilization without their cracking.
Ivory and pearl are used for scalpels
and for small Instruments like those
used In operating on the eye. Oil the
whole, the best material for bundles
Is bard rubber, since It muy be vulcan
ized on the Instrument, thus making It
practically one piece, with no possible
seam for the lodging of germs and
hence perfectly safe.
"Next to the materials the mode of
making determines the Instrument's
quality. Stoel overheated In the forge
Is brittle or rotten. In shaping with
the file the form may be destroyed.
In hardening und tempering the steel
may be spoiled. In every stage the
vulue of the Instrument depends upon
tbe skill applled."-New York Tost
Ulflr Jerrolil.
Among the sayings attributed to Doug
las Jerrold is u very bitter one he ap
plied to Murk l.emon. then editor of
I'uiich, Lemon v:i.-i ih-cply attached to
IHckens and shown I It In a very open
fashion, which perlups aroused the
great satirist's Jealousy. At all events,
ns Jerrold was va";ing out ouo day
with Lemon aud another friend, and
Dickens Willi several more behind
them, Lemon siiJUenly dropped away
Mid turned buck. "What has become
of Punch?" nsked .Icrrold's companion.
"Did you hear Dickens whistle?" was
the cynical reply. "Dickens pays tbe
dog tax for Ijeuion."
Mhertr, Kquallty, Prateraltr.
The French philosopher M. Lo Bon,
commenting on the motto of tho revo
lution, "Liberty, Equality and Frater
nity," dcclnred that the real difference
between the French and the British lay
In the fact that the French were enam
ored of equality and cared little for
liberty, while the British Insisted on
liberty and never gave n thought to
equality. Aud when some one quoted
tills to Kudyurd Kipling he instantly
udded his own comment to the effect
that what the American really pre
ferred was fraternity. "He Is a good
fellow himself, hbiI he expects you to
be one."
Convinced.
Mr. Spongely (slightly reluted)
Splendid! Magnificent! Do you know,
Uncle Eli, I believo I shall never get
tired of seeing the sun set bchiud that
hill! t'nelo Eli That's wliut me au
mother's beglnnin' to think. Puck.
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2L:30 O'clock, P.
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BARGAINS OF
What Can bs dont on a Jefferson County
Farm.
Alfi'rd Truinun, nf Itrinikvl'l-'. wiii.
ing on agricultural riinili' lmn in tin- .
gidll, St llfOlH tlio fHI Ill i l Ljvi OUIIIIUH
urn, u( F.iiinriek vlllo. as mi rxninplo of
Intelligent, up-to-dnto en Horn nl Mi
soil. After mentioning the suppi. d
pour agricultural conditions existing.
Mr. Truman cites .Mr .SoiiucKurs im
to the uoiitrttry, as follow: ,
"The production of 'Mr. rtohuckciV
farm, although our seasons are limited
to less limn live mouth:) duration, uro
equal both In quantity and quality to
the best farms In tho counties nl Lmv
caster and Che-i-r. it spot wo culi tin
gitrdon spot, of Am rica. And If nil Mm
bind the country cultivate whs nind.i
as productive up I- the soil of Mr
Schuckers a population nf four hundred
millions of people could b sustained.
His uveragn production of wheat p.T
acre Is double that of our western
prairies, and hlsylold for this year is 6(10
bushels. When the census report for
hU township was read by tbe census
ofllcials at Washington, for the year
1900, the figures giving Mr. Sohuokers'
production of crops for that year, were
discredited and the report returned, ns
tho officials stnted. for oorreo ion; but
as abeolutu facts bud been given In the
first place there wore no corrections to
be made,"
Mars was not a favorite uinong tbe
classic ( i reeks, nor is his name month
a ;:reut favorite among the Gothic
modems. The god of war wits a bar
barian intruder In the Olympluu circle.
There .:s something Tbriiclun, and by
that token crude uud unworthy in bis
manner. Ho was more of n blusterer
than a tighter, and Homer narrates
with evident relleh how I'ullns Athene
tumbled liltn over In combat, his vast
bulk covering several acres. Of wild
aspect, untutored ways aud Indifferent
wits, he had little to recommend him
but his immoral origin.
Such also is the month that hits taken
tbe war god's nume. One poet notes
its "ugly looks and threats." "A half
wild creature cast from nature's lap,"
another calls It. The proverb "mad as
a Murcb hare" suys the sume thing
with less reticence. Kngllsh people
call the month "March Mnnyweoth
ers" and thereby intimate their doubt
of Its capacity for sustained purpose.
It Is the Thraclan of the twelve, as
September Is the Tyrlnn. There Is
something blustering und barren In Its
aspect, as there Is In what people call
"n good war." The winds that blow
from one end of It to the other are not
"the winds of !od." A peck of March
dust may be worth a king's ransom, as
a wise saw has It, but from the aver
ags human It gets less grateful guer
don. "Beware the Ides of March" Is
pood wisdom for our common human
ity. New York Mall.
SEPT. 5, 1906
People's National Bank
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"If a business man Is wise," says
Andrew Carnegie, "he puts all his eggs
lo ono basket and tben watches tbat
basket. If ho ts a merchant In coffee,
!i intends to ootToe; If a nvo'chsnt in
soi'hi', he attends lo sugar and lets
C"IToh alone, and only mixes them when
ho drinks his ooffeo with sugar In It.
Jf he mines coal and sells II, ho attends
li the black diamonds; if ho owns and
sails ships, ho attends to shipping, and
be ceases to Insure) his own ships just 3
soon ns ho has surplus capitnl and can
stand the loss of out; without ltiiprlllng
solvency; If he manufacture stc-l ho
sticks to steel, und lets cupper si v. rely
Hloui;lfhu minus iroii-suine, bos' Irks
to Hint and avoids evi-ry other kind of
inl'ili.L'. silver aud gold miniug especial
ly. This Is because a mnn can thorough,
ly master only one business, und only an
able nmn can do this. I htivu never yet
met the mnn who fully understood two
different kinds of buslmss; you cannot
find blm any sooner than you can find a
man wbo thinks In two languages equal
ly and d"s not Invariably think on'y In
one, Subdivision, specialization, Is the
order oi the day."
President Hoosevelt. said In his ad
dress before the Long Island Bible
society: "Therlsln tbe English Lan
guage no word that Is more abused than
that of education. The popular Idea Is
tbat the eriuunu-d man Is ono who bas
mastered tho learning of the schools
and the college. It Is a good tblng to
be clever, to be able snil smart; but It Is
a better thing to have the qualities tbat
find their expression In the Decalogue
and the Golden Rule."
"No nation was ever overthrown by
Its farmers. Cbaldeaand Egypt. Greece
and Rome, gVew rotten and ripe for
destruction not in tho fields but In the
narrow lanes and orowded city streets,
and in the palaces nf their nobility."
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Main street, whlob was a for trial at
the August 'sessions of tho Court of
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