Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-09-07
From The London Morning Advertiser.
EXTRAORDINARY CURES or THE DEAF
AND nIIMR

| EN- KhOKDINARY CUkFS OF luI' DEAF
AND DUMB.
| DR.. TurubulI's mode of restoring or developing
the senses of hearing and sight, is undoubtedly
| the most wo1d rial discovery OF the age. On
more than ono occasion we have laid before the
public accounts of the miraculous cures which we
| have actually witnessed the performance, aud
which we hesitate not to confess, had we not seen
we could scarcely have believed. However, MS
too much publicity cannot he given to a discovery
calculated to confer uron many human beings
blessings scarcely inferior TO existence ITSELF bles-
sings without which life lacks it's chief value, n
discovery by which those excluded by the absence
of sight or hearing from the most desirable init
macy and communion with the external world,are
admitted to cnlOyments previously unk nown TO
them to receive the light of Heaven with all de
lighting revelations, and hold converse with their
kind as too much publicity cainot lie given TO
such discovery rs this, we unhesitatingly lay be-
fore the public the wondrous fncts which wit.
messed on lust Wednesday. Two patients rec
commended to DR.. Turnhull's care by the Rev. DIR.
Mckinley Of Kinarnock one nntned Margaret
Shields, aged nine years. whose parents though
| she had lost her hearing when an infant Ivy fever
| the other named Mary Wilson, aged tirtcen years
of Tcmplcton Burn, kiImarnock, whose parents
say she was born d 'af and dumb were intro1u-
ced into the room where we attended TO witness
DR.. Turubull's operations.
| Into the of each of these children the ope-
rator poured few drops of white liquid, and al =
ded small bit of lint to prevent its escape. They
wei then allowed to sit quietly for an hour aud Il
| half, when the Doctor slowly aud silently ap
preached first the one and then the other, with
| his watch in his hand and in both cases, no
sooner did he come within TWO at three yards OF
the patient than the eye indicated feeling Of sur
prise, aud moment after, as the ticking OF the
watch became moro distinctly heard, she uttered
an exclamation of delight and assumed an attitude
OF most anxious attention, apparently desiring
thoroughly Ia enjoy The new sensation. Some
simple sounds ere next uttered by the Doctors
assistant, and were Immediately repeated 10y The
child upon whom the experiment was tried
| Words were next spoken in similar manner, and
| a similar result, and even whole sentences after
being pronounced by the patient, who, only hall
an hour before, was bOth deaf and dumb. Tie
child of course, cvnced no consciousness Of the
| words, but seemed to utter them from the delight
of exeic isng a new faculty. Such a wonderful
result attended us. AS language would altogether
fail TO convey an adequate idea of the emotions
we experienced, we state the simple fact, which
indeed needs not any eXtraneous embellishments
to heighteu its interest.
We have given the name and address Of the
Rev gentleman who recommended the children
III orderihat the scepical ma, have an opporunI
~ of ascertaining their condition previous to the
operation we have iuS described.
In addition to the above, we find the following
in the London Sum-
We have great pleasure in bearing testimony to
the above well merted observations Of our liberia
contemporary, who has omitted to add that PEG
pie afflicted are fockihg from all quarters, anc
many from the continent, to DIR. Turnbull, and
departing in gratitude nd oyiuHeSs of heart a
their happy relief We think the Government
ought TO step forward and purchase this nvalua-
bio discovery, for the general benefit OF mankind
Ii the man who caused blade of grass to grow
where none ever grew before, was deemed pub
lie henetactOr how much greater is the glory q