The Magnet In Surgery

Mechanica and othors cmployed in iron factorics frequcnlly suiTer somo annoyanco and no little pain froai tho accidental introduction luto the cye of particlcs of steel, iron filings, etc. AÜ pcrson3 engaged in vork of tbis kind should carry with thera majncfa, the use of whicli rarely fails to remove the forcign body. A man in Lonvale, Ga., drove a piece of steel filing into lus eyebaü a few days ago, and a surgeon epent eomc time in vain endeavors to extract it. Finally he brouht a powerful electro-rnagnet to IJa aid, by means of whLa the offensïve partiële was at once removed. It was over a quaiter of an inch long, and lts entile length had been imbedded in the eyebaJl.