The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-11
TIE VOICE.
BRANDON:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL, l847.
Editorial Correspondence.

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At tie urgent solicitation of Dir. Ranncy, yes;er-
day made another call at the Bellevue Hospital and
the Aims House connected with it: made further
examinations of apartments; extended my enquir-
les into matters pertaining to the institutions under
the superintendent of Doct. Hasbrouck, the phys-
clan and surgeon, who directs in these matters, and
learned that the salary Of the head man S2i0)
per annum; that seven assistant physicians and
surgeons at salaries ranging according to the Qudn
y Of food they devour, ge hei with incidental per-
| quisites! As each assistant has the privilege Of
opening and examining the bodies of those dying
under their care, this furnishes the best school that
can be found, according to the expense Of tuition
learned that Lunatic Asylum, located on Black
wells Island also belonged to, under the SUI
pcrntendence and direction of Dr.. Easbrouck. The
general supervision of all these parts requires
perntendent of first rate business tact as well as
thorough knowledge of physc and surgery. Such
understand 10 be the qualifications Of DR.. Has
brouck, although now quite young; should not
Judge exceeding 40 years of age. AItera trip to the
distributing reservoir of the Croon water works ,ac-
companied by my friend Dr. Rannoy, returned to
the Hospitalan soon par:ook Of an excellent dinner
at the Aims House, and at the expense of the city of
New York shall have to acknowledge that Oh my
present trip to this city was admitted to the City
Aims House, and for one meal the recipient Of
their bounty! The number of patients in the uher
department. is NOW about l2); % Of these plnccd i'll
three rooms. These cases must furnish perfume
rs powerful as that Of musk
After witnessing the opening ola consumptive sub
jcrt visited the Iflse,n cf a5o College Of Ph5si-
tRs and Surgeons, located about mile north Of the
City Hall, and there saw different parts of the hui
man body, preserved in alcohol and otherwise. DR..
Cyrus Johns kindly pro1ered his complny,by which
means gained admit;Npco to, tie Museum, and Ivy
his explanations was the better enabled to under
stand some parts Of the human frame. While eX
aiming some Of those specimens, the thought oc-
Cured 10 me that Anatomical stu lies would be prop
er and useful, Introduced into male and female de-
partments in seminares of learning. l believe that
were people generally to study and understand more
fully their structure they would be more likely to
guard against innovations their vital organs; and
should the laws of their nature be mGringed upon
through unforeseen agencies they would the better
understand how to repair the breach. Whoever
desires to see the construction of their frame, and
other things too numerous to mention hero, and shall
visit this city, will DO well to call upon some resi-
dent physician with whom they are acquainted and
get them to give them an Introduction to this Muse
UNI.
Ne,c pry Of f,steaiag bones mlich hare been bro
ken On Saturday last saw Dr.. Phelps Of Roches-
ter, w. who is now attending lectures at the College
named, and he gave me sketch Of an operation he
had Just seen per3rncd, The facts in this case
were in substance as follows man had a broken
arn-bo-h bones suHdered; the boae~ had been SCI,
but did not unite. A. the operation on Saturday,,
the ia.h was peeled and turned up; the large bone
sawed OF, or rather the two ends, when they were
brought together ard f#s'erc cd with wires, as to
keep them in their proper place ult they shall re-
unite by growing together forming one, instead Of
two paris. DIR, Phelps said several operations of the
kind mad been performed here which succeeded per-
fectly, but in some they did not and amputa-
ton became necessary. One poor fellow was run
over by car wheel, last week, which broke his
thigh his hip joint, and the attending surgeons
considering amputation necessary, perornolit, aud
in few minutes AFTER the patient died suffering most
excruciating pain.
The great reason why it must be an object with
students in medicine and surgery to come to New
York for the completion of their studies, is, they can
witness greater variety Of disease of which cx I'M
nations are made after death, aud greater variety
of surgical operations in ono month"; than they prob
ably would in common country Medicinal school
in ten years. Andacual demonstration beingmuch
better than theory, shows ally the former is to be
preferred.
CRoToN Reservoirs. As previously named
went, in company with Dr.. Ranney, to the diSt,ij-
ung reservoir of the Croton Water Works, and there
found stupcndous supersnuc-uro Of stone work,
which holds the water before its being sent in var-
Gus directions into the city, This wall covers four
acres is elevated 43 feet above the street and proba
bly, not less than IS feet from its foundation. The
outer wall is II feet thick on the top and 7G feet at
the bottom. A partition wall, through which the
water flows, is less in thickness than the outer wall
An iron railing is attached to the outer and inner
sides of the WALL that people may advance to the
edge Of the walk without danger Of being prccpta-
ted into the water or OH the ground Tie inside
of this reservoir is sc feet Deep and holds 2lO)0D 800
gallons. The receiring reservoir IS two and u half
miles above this, and is seven and half times as
large, holding l50,00OOOO gallons. The first est-
mate of the cost of these water works was from five
to six million dollars, J.H.