The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-11
Progress of the Medical Revoiution--Ihe
Surgical Ciinique of the Crosby street Me-
deal school

Progress of the Medical Revolution--The
Surgical CiInique of the Crosby street Me-
deal school.
Oar Y eoorter attended yesterday at the Surgical
Ciinique which has been recently opened under the
auspices of Professor PARKER and GILMAN, of the
Crosby Street Medical School. About two hundred
practitioners and students were in attendance, and
amongt the latter were considerable numbers VI the
students Of the NewSchool, who have been so shame
fully deprived of the only facilities of crica IN
sructlon which that establishment has under lts con-
control great variety of interesting cases were
presented. Among them were case OF liberated
cornea; one of scrofulOus sarcoma ; very extraor
binary case OF "milk tumor OF the mamma OF
enormous magnitude; scrofulous abcess oil the
mamma /; fracture OF the claycle; club.iOot deior-
nifty of the arm sarcocele; hipoint disease ritIs-
tlsua lachrymalis, &c. &c. II Is scarcely possible
to conceive greater and more interesting variety Of
Surgical diseases. Professor PARKER made excel
lent practical remarks the several cases and per-
formed The operation for achynal stula with great
dexterity, and described very valuable improve
ment which he had made in the instruments used
in this delicate operation The entire proceedings
will however be fully reported in the Lancet on Sa-
urday next. DR.. Parker appears to be possessed of
great dldacic powers, and is quite favorite with
the students. great number Of patients TO whom
the Professor had'no; time to attend in the Chnque
were dismissed to the anti.room.
II is 10 be hoped that the Council of the Univer-
sity will take measures for the continuance of the
Surgical Clinque, which contributed so largely to
the prosperity of the New Medical School. 1t
would be sad injustice to deprive the gentlemanly
and intelligent students of the advantages afforded
by the Ciinique, for which they have paid. Surely
the sordd and avarcious motives of the Captain
of the deck" and the Faculty will not be permitted
to ruin this institution. Will the Council permit
them to jeopardise the School, because they fear
that their designs to resell their lectures, after re-
ceving thousands of dollars for them from the stu
dents, will be intertered with 1.-THE captain of the
deck" should resign, there is amongst us more than
scientific master Of the operations of surgery
with surgical and pathological anatomy" who
could honorably and efficiently fill the chair. We
have DR.. DErMoLp, for instance, gentleman who
has good hands and sound head, great mechanical
dexterlty and practical tact, combined with scien-
nic skill and profound philosophical attainments.
But whoever be Captain Of the deck'' let the pilot
that the safety of valuable vessel be not reck
lessly endangered We hope also, that the en-
lightened members of the Legislature will take this
matter into their consideration. General Tall
madee, the President of the Council of the Univer-
sity, is, as is well known, man of enlarge diews
and liberal principles, and we are nfdent that he
will exert all his influence to the rights of the
students and the best interests of science. He will
never permit public institution, over which he
exercises any CONTROL to be ruined by the caprice of
any individuals.
AS for the Lancet, it is only now encountering the
opposition of the sam fish, monoposing spirit,
that attacked with such violence, the London Lam
cet-1he Dublin Medical Press, and every other me-
deal journal which has been established on indie
pendent principes-the same spirit that brands
honest poverty as a crime and lauds gripping and
goating avarice virtue-the same spirit that in
vades the solemn sanctity of the tomb-rakes up
with poniard the ashes Of the mighty dead-pours
vinegar into the bleeding ounds of relatives and
frends-and stgmatlses too successful rival as
+" an Ignorant professional adventurer."