The Maryland and Virginia medical journal . to conclude with certainty from hisdata, that, when properly developed, this region of the Statemay be made to produce this useful metal in considerablequantity. Dr. Curry visited the principal leads, which have been asyet only partially opened, and finds every where abundantevidence of the value of the ore, which only requires judiciousmanagement, and a road to market, to become exceedinglyvaluable. The ores of copper in this region are found in great abund-ance—the sulphurets, carbonates and oxides, at some points,yielding from 15 to 30 per cent, o
The Maryland and Virginia medical journal . to conclude with certainty from hisdata, that, when properly developed, this region of the Statemay be made to produce this useful metal in considerablequantity. Dr. Curry visited the principal leads, which have been asyet only partially opened, and finds every where abundantevidence of the value of the ore, which only requires judiciousmanagement, and a road to market, to become exceedinglyvaluable. The ores of copper in this region are found in great abund-ance—the sulphurets, carbonates and oxides, at some points,yielding from 15 to 30 per cent, of metal. We are satisfied,from the statements made by Dr. Curry, that a scientific andjudicious system of mining, especially when a way to marketby Wytheville and Christiansburg is opened, would afford largeprofits, and we would gladly see the Legislature, at its presentsession, afford some aid to this beautiful section of the OldDominion. VOL. XIV—-12 170 Editorial and Miscellaneous. [Feb. EDITORIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. THE PJGGS There is no surgical affection attracting so much notice atthis time, both in Europe and this country, as hernia in all itsvarieties; a misfortune so frequent that it is supposed toinclude one-tenth of the human race, and yet so difficult toremedy that, with all the efforts of the art, we have only suc-ceeded in palliating, and rarely attempt, or even hope for, acure of this sad calamity. Our readers have repeatedly observed in the pages of thisjournal, the ingenious efforts of the profession to effect a rad-ical cure of hernia, and yet it must be said that, while we haveovercome difficulties apparently much more formidable, we havenot achieved this great victory. The injection of the hernialsac, with the hope of producing adherence and closure of theadhesion ring, has failed. The use of compression with hardbodies to effect the same object, as by the use of the stiff and un-yielding wood truss, rarely succeeds. And the last and mosthopeful
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