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During his long residence in the hospital he was one of the most attentive listeners to religious instruction upon the Sabbath and at the evening services with the patients. He also received the special at- tention of the Rev. W. Speer, who several times, before and after the 17th, conversed and prayed with him in his room alone. From the spirit he exhibited throughout the last weeks of his life, there is some reason to hope the instructions imparted were not in vain.
No. 30,158. Dec. 11,1848, Calculus, lithic acid formation. Liú Tsioh-wí, a farmer, æt. 21, of Tseng-ching in this province, was admit- ted to the Hospital at this date suffering from stone, which on the 28th Feb. 1849, was successfully extracted. It measured 3 by 5 inches circumference, and its diameters were 14 and 32 inches; it weighed five drachms. There was considerable hemorrhage from one of the hemorrhoidal arteries, which was arrested by the application of mattico, suggested by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D., who assisted on the occasion, and by whom this valuable addition to the materia medica was first introduced to the notice of the profession in Ame- rica, as an efficient styptic. The patient perfectly recovered in about six weeks.
No. 30,637. Feb. 26th, 1849. Calculus, triple phosphates. Lí Akiáu, æt. 33, of the district of Tsingyuen, a laborer. In the mouth of March, by the lateral operation, operated and extracted a stone five and a half inches by four in circumference, of a flattened oval form and regular, weighing about one ounce and a half. The only circumstance deserving particular notice in this case was the excessive induration and rigidity of the neck of the bladder. The incision through the prostate gland and neck of the bladder was of the usual extent, that is, sufficient to admit the finger before removing the staff. The forceps were introduced with some difficulty, the stone was grasped at once, but in extracting it, the neck of the bladder seemed as inelastic as an iron ring, and nearly one third of the calculus fractured off under the pressure of the forceps, the fragments for the most part passing out before the principal portion, so that few remained to be syringed out of the bladder. Some inflammation followed, but soon yielded to the influence of calomel in small doses, and mucilaginous draughts. The patient perfectly recovered in about five weeks.
No. 31,191. Nov. 24th, 1849. Calculus, triple phosphates. Lán Chinyung, æt. 26, of the district of Pwányii. On the above date the stone was extracted, the patient being under the influence of chloroform. As he revived, he asked when the incision was to be made, and was auswered by showing him the calculus. It measured
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