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No. 30,328. Jan. 2d, 1849. Gunshot wound. On the evening of the 1st Jan., a passenger boat on its way to Canton, when a little above Whampoa, was attacked by six piratical craft containing over one hundred men.
The engagement lasted two hours (the report of the guns was heard distinctly at Canton), when the pirates were dispersed by the timely assistance of a well armed chop-boat, laden with cot- ton, that came to their aid. Yen Awáng, 33 years old, of Kweishen in the department of Weichau, belonging to the boat, was wounded by a splinter, about four inches in length, and three fourths of an inch broad, that passed through the left arm near the brachial artery, yet without injuring the blood-vessels, and entering the side, hit upon a rib, glanced downwards perpendicularly, and lodged between the ribs and the muscles, where it was found and extracted on his reaching the hos- pital the next morning. Six of his fellow-boatmen were severely burnt by the fire-balls from the pirates, but all perfectly recovered at the hospital.
Cases of Fractures and Dislocations.
No. 27,375. 1st May, 1848. Fracture of the thigh. Ngáu Yáukiú, æt. 22, of the district of Sinhwui, by the falling of a spar on board of a junk, fractured his thigh at the superior third. The bone was set by Kwan Ato, and the case treated by him exclusively and successfully, and the patient discharged well in about six weeks.
No. 30,992. 2d April, 1849. Fracture of both bones of the leg. Chin Ashin, æt. 32, of the district of Shunteh, had simple fracture of the tibia and fibula. This case was also satisfactorily treated by my senior pupil.
No. 34,000. Nov. 7th, 1849. Dislocation of the os humeri. Ho Alin, æt. 20, of the district of Nánhải, fell and dislocated the right shoul- der forwards, placing the head of the os humeri upon the pectoral mus- cle. The dislocation occurred some hours previous to my seeing him at 11 P.M. The patient was under apprehension that his injury was irreparable, but his despondency was soon exchanged for joy on find- ing, in a few minutes, the dislocation reduced, and the use of his arm restored.
Cases of tumors, and other morbid growths.
No. 27,231. 17th April, 1848. Hypertrophy of both breasts, of ten years' growth, successfully removed under the influence of chloroform. Lú-shí, æt. 42, of the district of Ninhái, first presented herself at the hospital, April 17th; and when about to operate upon her, after a few weeks' preparatory treatinent, her impatient opium-smcking hus-