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The Danger ce Lucifers.—The Paris journals hve recorded the following singular and terrible fact. A physician, on his return from visiting a patient, ignited a luoifer match for the purpose of lighting his pipe. 3n doing this a spark fell upon his finger, stuck there, and bun it it. In an instant the pain increased to such a degree that he seized his incision knife, cut out the burnt part, and squeezed as much blood from it as he could. The pain continued to increase, and it ; was found necessary to amputate the finger. Some ; hours after, the pain seized the whole hand with great violence, and he was obliged to lose that member. But it did not end there. The arm was i. ‘xt seized with the same agony, and that was a1 so obliged to be amputated. The following day the doctor died. On contemplating these circumstances the question naturally ai'ises—Is it possible the mere burn of the phosphorus could have produced such a derangement of the system? IIow often has such a casualty happened without serious results ? Is it not more probable that the knife, being in a foul state, may have poisoned the limb? At all erents, the circumstance is extremely singular, and mayserve as a warning against the incautious use of lueifer matches.—Bulletin.
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London Stratford Times and South Essex Gazette
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Apr 08, 1859
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