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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
4
A historical report describes Dr George W Crile and Dr Horton J Hendrick advancing anesthesia and antisepsis to reduce death from shock during operations. It notes the shift from fear of anesthesia to the lingering danger of shock, and highlights the ongoing struggle to make surgery safer for patients despite technical progress.
The article outlines Dr. Crile’s long research into surgical and psychological shock. It explains his theory that shock is a general nervous breakdown triggered by intense experiences, not limited to surgery. He argues fear and brain exhaustion cause cellular changes and proposes a concept of emotional and physical shock as a unified condition.
The article discusses Dr Crile’s method to paralysing brain nerve centres to perform long radical operations without cerebral exhaustion. It cites Sir Berkley Moynihan praising Crile and links the advance to Morton and Lister as key milestones in surgical history.
The June issue of Everylady's Journal features letters debating compulsory training for girls. Opinions favor domestic science courses over military training, citing Lady Creswell's view that women should be ready for household duties and nation service. The piece highlights fashion, domestic science, and social life aspects alongside other journal content.
A local inspector reports Ted Nunn of Fulwell Fulwell Cottage has lived in isolation for twenty five years. He only leaves to buy essentials, receives occasional village help, and reads newspapers in his secluded home. Neighbors note his education and reading, carpentry interest, and dignified appearance. He refuses to alter his solitary life despite urging from friends.
A Melbourne Age correspondent reports Mexico faces bankruptcy and famine risk as revolution rages. American property, irrigation plants, and farming ventures vanish amid rebel and federal control. Americans abroad shrink from 9,000–15,000 in 1910 to about 5,100 alive with 1,900 in Mexico City. damages claims reach 300.9 million dollars. hundreds of Mormon farmers flee.
Religious unrest spreads across Italy with gunfire injuring priests and lay volunteers during a public procession at Pagmeno. At Foro Vereajo Cathedral 3000 worshippers faced panic and injuries as crowds surged toward exits. Peasant clashes near Memsina flare as troops restore order.
A report from Reading California notes Mount Lasem erupted, producing heavy clouds of smoke and steam. The eruption lasted 29 minutes and produced ash and haze extending up to 34 miles, with eyewitness accounts and recurring activity surveyed in the Northern Hemisphere weekly bulletin.
An English traveler, Rus sell Hastings Milward, shared a photo from Monaco described as a dramatic Yet he claims the scene may be a staged fraud involving frightened children forced into water by parents with a rising tide. The Melbourne Age notes questions about authenticity.
The Marylebone Police Court heard an author aged 48, of Courtnay Road, Working, charged with conspiring with Lord Alfred Douglas and others between September 17 and February 1 to make a false charge against Robert Baldwin Ross. The arrest followed an undercover warrant issued March 14. testimony described the scene and said the accused had been in Scotland with Douglas.
The proceedings discuss a bench warrant for Lord Alfred’s arrest and extradition concerns. The accused, linked to literary figures, faced questions about prior criminal convictions and cooperation with police while a case against Phoebe Bemetas and others is noted.
A confusing notice reports the death at Deddinggun Park Nanlbwich of Sir Delves Levin Troughton the tenth baronet and head of a titled lineage. It mentions a Captain role and a wealth inheritance with a large fortune and a will, noting half the fortune went to the baronet’s father though details are garbled.
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