The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-23
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY % 1912.
Elegant Extracts
FRoM DR. Morris TRAVELS.
(Jut Published by the Messrs. Harpers j

Elegant Extracts
FRoM DR. Morris Travels.
Just Published by the Messrs Harpers.l
g DR. Morris WATERLOO OPERATIONS. 3a
When about to leave Meckel's Museum, | was
offered 10 select souvenir, and contenteu myseH
with single Claricie, which prize highly, as hav
ing belonged to sach distinguished anatomlsts as
those who founded this museum.
Perhaps my affection for SO small a part OF the
human fabric, might have made my friends at Halle
consider me particularly moderate but ! had a
reason which my American country men will pardon
me tor having wished 10 crafty. II was mat l
might have in this memorial OF the labor OF the H.
lusueus Meckes that bone, so small. yet SO lmpor-
tant in the human body, and frghtu in some OF its
diseases, which conceived to have myself gwen
hope may say without vanity-stlll more con-
sderation to- by ersecng it through its entire extent
for tremendous Osteo. sarconia. attached mere
value 10 this operation from Its novelty and orgnail
ty and from lie having been performed before
and. let me add, from my deemlng It, from the cha
raeer OF the vessels and parts involved IN its steps,
the most important, difficult, and dangerous; opera
ton that can be performed on the human body The
patient who was the subject of it still lives, as
monument of the bene fit Of modern surgery II mas
only been performed successfully on one occasion
since. l have ventured 10 callit my Waterloo ope.
ration, il was performed on the seventeenth day
Of June, [ls7 ,Ngsr siq
would name this fascinating capital as one pecu-
liariy calculated for the residence Of nvadS during
the mder months of the year The hours glide
its literary and scientific treasures, in its polished
society and refined amusements. There is no
metropolis. containing so large, population,
where the invalid may lead a lie OF go much
mand so wide range Of rational qualifications For II
is here that the ameliorating influence OF the
imperial protection, conceded 10 the cultivation OF
all the elegant arts of life, has exertea happy and
most benign moral power over the relations OF SO,
ciev and the domestic charities OF The heart, and
been, no doubt, principal and controlling cause, OF
the practical results Of that influence which we be-
hold in the foundation OF such noble and ample in-
sliuons Tor the relief Of suffering humanity. go
MRs. Morris DESCRIPTION OF Swiss ScENERy. u
We avail ourselves Of the following graphic ia
hleau Of our journey through most Interesting por.
ton Of Switzerland, copied from MS journal kept
by Mrs Mott, who accompanied me in this part OF
my tour:
Switzerland was Gotlau, which, thirty years ago,
was overwhelmed by the fall of mountain, and
which buried no less than five villages including old
Godau, and 467 persons. This awful catastrophe is
to the heart rending scene. AS we wandered over
this Notwithstanding OF the dead, Imagination PIC,
tured the spot, which now spoke only of blasted
hopes and desolaton, wild as even it was on the
by youth and age, each indulging in the hopes and
pleasures peculiar TO their years locking forward
10 the morrow with anxious care or Joy, lutte
dreaming that awful fate was hanging over their
| long yielded 10 their comfort and support, would
| ia a few short hours spread death and de-
struction over all who dwell beneath its shadow.
| The infant slept in its mothers arms as sweetly
that night as it had ever done before; the jocund
laugh went round; the merry song OF the shepherd
| rang through the parting mountain with the same
| Joyous sound; sorrow-for there is sorrow every
where-hung with the same deadly weight upon
the mourners heart as though II were to feed thro'
q sad and proracted life upon its prey, while the
| afflicted, TO whom the grim messenger alone could
have spoken words Of comfort, still bent the head In
pous resignation. waiting theirreease, but not daring
even to hope for it. The weary traveller, too, slept
as peacefully through thatnight, as if the morning
sun would only rise to show forth to him Nature 9
beauties with still greater usire, when he, would
wander ss fearless DER the mountains SIDE ana
through the pleasant valley, as we who now stood
gazing on the fearful wreck, little dreaming that
night would be their last. The scene was awful
Rocks OF an immense size-huge hlllocks or MOUNDS
of earth-lay beneath our feet, wrapped IN one com
mon wndinQ-sheet; the mountain earth their sepul
chre. b,l-. satr 80 49,
of this awful event, we commenced the ascent OF the
Rigi. The mistlke clouds hung over the Lake q
| Zoug and the surrounding country, SO as completely
to obscure the sightt Of everything twenty yards be
yond us, producing the effect Of a wide, extended
sea- as it broke away and gradually settled in tho
valley below; The ascent OF me K,el Is py pro
stones, laid to form stairs these stairs on
| the very brink Of yawning chasms, were we
| obliged 10 ride, holding firmly TO the name. While
| the guide led our horses in this manner, we were
enabled slowly and with difficulty to ascend We
passed many crosses, which mark the different sta
lions, and serve restngplaces tor the weary pill
grim or the adventurous traveller, each little shrine
being provided with benches Tor the purpose Ar
irving at the Hospice de Notre Dame de Ia Ntige,
some Of our party refreshed themselves with cup
| Of goats milk and homemade bread. Another
hour brought US to the summit OF the kigi. lima
eine yourseIf standing precipice Of many thou.
sand feet, the clouds below you, and the clear ex
| oanse of heaven above. Watch those clouds slow.
" dispensing, and presenting to your view land
| sea oe wide and extended, bounded only by noun
| tains clad in eternal snow, towering In cold sub
Unity on the far distant HORIZON; below, in sllvery
beauty at the foot Of the mountain, lay the Lake d
| Zoug and the lakes Of the four cantons. Autumn
had already gemnned the woods with its inches
hues. The little pleasure boats of Lucerne, like
birds upon the water, calmly pursued their various
coursc Villages with their glltterlng spires; Inc
peasants cot the princey tower; all lentt their aid
| to beauty this wild, romantic scene.
siOn turning the last angle OF the circultous path
which al this junction bordered the edge OF the lot
| test precipice, we met tram OF nuns and
friars. pilgrims from the convent OF Aoug, twenty
miles distant, either for the performance OF some
vow or for recreation. The men were OF uncom
mon stature, remarkably noble and erect in form
The nuns were exceedingly delicate IN appearance,
and one in particular very beauiiiei moving WIN an
air Of dignity and elegance which excited our adm
ration and astonishment, and gave TO imagination
I bold licence TO coniure up some tale OF deep 70
nance. where. as is usual, early, disappointed,
blghted hopes-a lover dead or faIse-had driven
from the world of fashion and elegance the lovely,
the enchanting form before US. But there were no
marks Of melancholy in her foe, expressive face;
no paid cheek or sunken eye to uphold us in our
fantasies All was the brightness Of youth untouch
ed by the mildew of sorrow. radent emile lat
up her intelligent ceuntenance, and with sweet mo
desev and grace she answered the few questions po
likeness permitted us to address to her The dress
she wore, Though coarse, was particularly becom-
ing II consisted Of hood made up Of black cloth,
cloth tied round the waist with hempen rope, from
which hung rosary and crucifx; her neck was CO.
vered with plated kerchief, which also went
round the read underneath the hood. She looked
like an offering meet for heaven.