Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-23

so far az our recollection now serves us, an I'M
precedented tribute from that far famed institu-
tuition TO the merit of an American citizen. 1t
could not have been bestowed more worthily than
on Mr.. Herman. Few, very few of our coun-
trymen are more learned than himself in the SCI
ence Of Law, and certainly none has done more
TO increase the dignity of the profession by Civ
ing philosophical character to the studies con-
nected with it.--Nat. jour.
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Nouei Canal Enterprise. at the Col
ectors Office In this city, on Friday last, boat
Sclo of PHILADELPHIA, for Syracue. This was
beautiful yawl boat attached to ship sailing from
Philadelphia. The Capt. of the Scio left Phila.
delphia in this small boat with his wife, children
and furniture, and ro,ced from Philadelphia up
the Delaware, through the creeks into the Rari-
tan river, and across to- New York-rowcd up
the Hudson river to Albany--Here takes the ca
nal & intends to row up to Syracuse On the Erie
canal-there goes up the Oswego canal to Lake
Ontario, in Jefferson co.--.2l5aay Daily .7dv.
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Mr.. HENDRIcKs, one of the United States
Senators from Indiana who voted for the APP
polntment of Amos Kendall and thus exposed
himself to much, cas- it appears to us, just CEN
sure, has published a letter in the Madison Re-
publican, in which he sets forth the reasons by
which he justi6es his course. The essence of
his defence is to be found in the following para
graph:
II voted for Kendall on precisely the same
principle that voted for Mr.. Ingham, and others
the Heads of Departments; because the Presi-
dent being responsible for the movement of the
whole machinery Of the Executive Departments.
has right which has not been denied to his pre-
IL e ~
pa rtments. and chief confidential officers around
his person."
1t occurs TO US that this is a most dangerous
principle, since its tendency is to take away all
Senatorial check. and leave the President at full
liberty TO continue to show his practical contempt
of the advice of Judge SMITH. of South Carroll
ma, - to bestOtc his tar0r on those '0ho haze not
been inmates Of oar peuitentiaries or jugitires
from justice. Wat. Jour.
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7ying The Internal lilac .7rtery impor-
taut operation of taking up this great blood yes-
sci as,deemcd among surgeons totally impracti-
cable. until it was boldly and successfully perform
ed by Dr. William Steven, of the island of st.
Cruix. in 1912, gentleman Of great profession
al attainnents. now in this city in the suite of
Chamberlain Won ScholtOn, Governor General of
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having remained sceptical on the fact and success
than tie celebrated Mr.. Lawrence. Of London,
we avail ourselves of the following article upon
the subject which we find i'll late number of the
London Medical Gd,eiie.
I'VE have lately seen preparation taken
from the patient on whom DR.. Stevens, Of st.
Thomas Whose interesting paper on the blood
r.. Al. q IL
for the first time. the Internal lilac Artery. for
the cure of an aneurism Of the great isckiatic.
This case occurred in the island of st. Croiz- in
1872. The patient lived ten years after the opc-
ration. In 1922 she died from some other dis
ease, when an opportunity was afforded Of cXa-
mining the parts. which were afterwards sent to
London, and might have remained unused for an
indefinite period in the city, had not Dr. Stevens
happened to be in town. and TO have his atten-
ton called to the subject by observing that Mr..
Lawrence in his lectures, see Gazette No. l28.
still doubted the possibility OF tying the Internal
lilac, and alluded only to one case in which the
operation ,Cas said to have been performed. This
induced DR.. Stevens to have the preparation
sent immediately to the Royal College of Sur
geons, where a minute examination oil 1T was
made in the presence of Mr.. Lawrence who, we
understand, expressed himself as perfectly sat-
is6ed. The preparation. though it has been eight
wears in spirits still exhibits the Internal lilac
converted into an impervious end where the liga
ture was applied. and shows very distinctly the
remains of the aneursmal swelling iii the Ischia
tic Artery"
DR.. Stevens originally believed that the aneu-
rism was situated in the Glutpal artery, but on
examining the parts after death, he found the
Great IsChiatic to be the seat of the disease, and
from the appearances on dissection. he is now
convinced that most of those cases described as
aneurism Of the GIutGaI, are in reality aueu-
rism of the Ischiatic Artery.
The operation of tying the Internal lilac has
since been performed in Barbados by DIR. Thomp-
son, and the preparation of the parts. which was
sent to Sir Ashley Cooper, is now in the muse um
at Guys Hospital 1t has also since been per-
formed in Enc land, and once in the United States
BY DR.. Pomroy White, 1t has also been done
at st. Petersburgh, where the Emperor Alexan-