ADJUNCTIVE SURGERY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 95, 6 March 1862, Page 6

ADJUNCTIVE SURGERY.

Thefollowing cases—in addition to those quoted in our issue of yesterday—will, we doubt not, be read with interest. They are extracted from the correspondence of the Lancet: — Sir,—The reports of Dr. Nichols and Dr. Cory's cases under the above heading have induced me to forward you the following, which happened on board the Phoenix during her passage from Liverpool to New Zealand. On the night of the 22nd November, 1859, I was called rather hastily to see one of the crew, Peter S , who, whilst engaged at the pumps, had the middle finger of the left hand caught between the iron handle and a very strong hoop of a. beef cask close by, causing a bad compound fracture of the second phalanx. The soft parts wore badly lacerated land quite torn through; the end of the finger was hanging parallel with the stump by just a shred of in- ■ tegument. Thinking it of no use to attempt to snva it, I was going to remove it by snipping the skin 1 with scissors, but lie stoutly refused to have it. "done; iso, to humour him, I rpplaeed the parts as accuratelyas possible with strapping and splints, fully expecting that sloughing would remove it for him ; but on looking at it in three or four days' time I found union ihad taken place, and in about three weeks or a month he was able to go about his usual work, with his finger nearly as good as ever. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, Hy. Hoiitos, M.R.C.S. Wednesbury, September 4, 1801. The other case is communicated by Mr. I\ Mason, and is thus described by him :— . The second case is that of a printer's boy, aged twelve, possessed of more than ordinary courage, who presented himself at the hospital, and said," Please, Sir, I've cut. the top of my finger off." I. inquired, "Where is the piece 1" He replied, " I gave it to the porter." The porter accordingly produced, from a dirty piece of paper, tha part alluded to, which proved to ba the whole of the soft tissues of the lingual phalanx of the index finger of the boy's riglit'hand. Neither tha jbone or the adjacent joint was implicated. I adjusted the parts, using silver-wire sutures as in the former case, and encircled the linger and hand with cotton wool. The result was most satisfactory. On'qucstioning the boy, he informed me, with great coolness, that at the time of the accident he saw the detached portion of his finger being carried round three large printing cylinders, and then it fell on the ground ; he himself picked up the piece, wrapped it in paper, and walked to the hospital, a distance of nearly half a mile, accompanied by two of his " mates." •'I use the term " Adjuuctive Surgery " to this class of cases— i.e., where a part is completely separated from the body, and is afterwards united—because I" ■'think the word " adjunetive" implies something more .'that ''conservative." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Francis Mason, M.R.C.S., Eug. j Woburn-square, Sep. 1861.

I FUNERAT, OV THE LATE INSPECTOR PKTHXGER.— The mortal remains of-the lats Inspector Pettinger, who met with . such a fearful death at Government, House on Tuesday, were conveyed to their last restjing place on Thursday, February Cth. Advertise- | ments appeared in that morning's papers inviting yoilunteer companies to join in the precession. Prior jto 11 o'clock", the time appointed for the funeral to ■leave the deceased's house at the Police Barracks, I niMwds of persons assembled on North terrace. By ; half-past ten o'clock nearly 100 members of the volunteer companies had arrived on the ground, ajn:l i were placed under the command of Lieutenant Clark, 'of the Adelaide Rifles. Tim union jack wn-:; flying half-mast high on the staff at the Volunteer (Mice. .At half-past 11"o'clock the coffin, which was covered i with a pall, was placed in a hearse, drawn by four I well-equipped horses, which then moved on towards North terrace. When near the Institute, the Go-vernor-iu-Chief, accompanied by Captain Brinkley, joined the cortege in his carriage. The procession, which was place'l under the management of Mr. P." Mayfield, then proceed*! .aim.? North .tarrace, King Wiilia-.n-.-itreet and Rundle-streat, across tiia E.-tst Park Lands. an:l throuak Kent Town and Norwood to Kensington. The following was the order of the mournful train :—The Colonial Chaplain (Dean Farsell), the Undertaker, two Mutes, the Hearse, with three bearers on cadi side,; chief mourning coach eon taiuitig the following gentlemen :—Mr. S. Beddome, Pi)lice"Maeistrato ; Captain .T. Atkinson, of Willunsa ; Mr. E. Hall; Mr. T. G. Brown, of Adelaide ; Master Brown, and Mr. Dean ; His lixcollenoy's carriage, 3-1 Foot Police, 17 Mounted Polios, Major Douglas and Captain Ferguson, about 100 Volunteers, Captain Just and Dr. Millner, theory at the late inquest, and various friends of the deceased in carriages, several carriages, other vehielfes, iand horsemen. It may be well to mention that_Maj'.>r i Douglas and Captain Ferguson did not appear in uniiform'l simply because they were not aware of the mjvitation given until the morning of the funeral. As the iH-ocession passed along the streets of Adelaide, a large assemblage of people thronged the footpath, and shutters were put up at nearly every shop as a mark of respect to the deceased. On reaching St. Matthew s I Church, Kensington, the police and volunteers were ranged on one site of the road, and the ooffin, which was met at the gates by the Incumbent, the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, and the Very Rev. the Dean, was carried into the church. The Rev. Mr.. Jenkins read the usual burial service, ar.d the Dean the customary lesson in the Church. The coflin was then taken to *!.•« burial ground, where the remainder of the service was performed by the ltev. Mr. Jenkins, the IV,; n. reading the last two prayer*. The_ melancholy ceremonials being nearly over, all the friends took a view of the coffin prior to lwiiig the ground. The follpwinc inscription was affixed to it: —" Richard Palmer Pettinger, died 4th February, 1862, aged 32 years." In addition to the gentlemen wo have meiitionea, the remains were followed by the Hon. the Chief Secret tary. the Hon. the Treasurer, the Hon. G. Tinline, the Yen. Archdeacon Woodcock, Mr. F. Ryrnill, and many other gentlemen who had been acquainted either personally or officially with the deceased.— S. A. Jtegister, Feb. 7. The Ballaaral Star hears that a Melbourne firm ilins offered £1000 for an allotment of land fronting the terminus on Soldier's Hill, which the owner declined to accept. This offer, it, is said, may be taken as evidence of the high value of land in the locality. But we want the size of the allotment as a guide to the value.