The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-04-17
COMMUNICATION. u.
For tho Cadir Sentinel,


directed TO some NJ. ID. OF Cadiz, who he
says has been guilty Of criiicising certain
Surgical operation, announced IN the previ.
Gus number of your paper, and the skill ol
those scientific gentlemen engaged in its per.
iormance, together with the high crime ol
'aiiribnling the writing Of your "puff . to some
person connected with said operation. Now,
Mr.. Editor, if il were not that every body
does not know who this Greek and Latin
scholar is, and some outrageous lies he intro
-duces. would not deign to touch him with
"ten foot" pole, in the way OF reply, so
far is he beneath the notice which be seems
SO anxious to attract. In the first place he
charges this M. D. with saying, "pryotely,' .
that DR.. Wilson or some person connected
with the operation, wrote the editorial notice
above referred too This did say, and not
.''privnteIy," but to you, and TO him, and say
so sill, and moreover, that this ''Iicksplule'
and hrumpeter Of Rnother's fame is the very
identical individual and "no body eIse," toI
| believe there is no body fool enough 10
write such silly thing-who makes any
pretenslon 10 literature and know ledge Of
the medical profession. No man, Mr.. Edi,
tor, should complain, when he undertakes
to write for The public eye upon scientific
subject and makes fool Of hImselC, if his
folly and ignorance should be The subject OF
remark and criticism, for, He that writes
more certainly invites his judges than his
friends, and there is not guess but will fnd
something wanting or i'll drest." Now, how
stands the case with this "hing,' that ap-
peared in your paper as editorial, putting the
afor said, "remarkable" surgical operation.
and The "wonderfu" skill displayed in its
performance What is il that attracts our
attention? Tie caption says 'tImportant sur
gicaI Operation. Every eye is attracted
every body gives heed! the professional and
non professional are alike excited! The
professional mans Imagination is quickly at
wolk, and he wonders what has been done
Has The great MoH ngain astonished the world
with some new achievement in his beloved
Sciencee has he again performed the opera
tion Of exsec,ion OF the clavicle and entire
Scahsula, which so 0stonshed Euro9ean Sur
geons? Or has old Ben Dudley. the King
of operators tor Lithatmr Y, abstracted stone
Of such huge dimensions from some patient
as TO require more than ordinary credrlity 10
believe ITS truth? WHAT has been done for
it must be something of ''vast" importance
TO the ofi cied, as well as to those engaged
in the profession what is it? The profess
sional man being able TO read Greek and Lat
in, reads! On the 9Th Of March A. D. 1850,
six miles from Cadiz, Ohio. in the presence
Oftwo quack Doctors, DR.. Wilson or car of
mans leg 90 What does the non .proGes
sional man do, when he reads the wonders
below The caption2 Why he runs over TO his
neighho: and asks him If h. knows whathas
been done9 he cam, tell; he waits anxiously
with paper in hand, to see if he can find
doctor that he may inquire of him, for he
knows it is snmething about some doctoring
but the balance is all "Grcek." At last he
sees doctor, and makes the anxioIs inqui.
ry. The doctor SAYS, turning on his heel.
Shaw, nOthing, only old'Wilson cut off
man'sleg,nnd he didn't die The disappointed
inquirer throws ttIeHPapsy HWY uHJ'sssays,
Is that al2 why, any doctor can do that,
and soliloquisng, says 10 himself, what fools
some people are-they think If they can ou~
ly gel their names in paper. they are great
men. So much, Mr.. Editor, for the first ms
pressions made by this editorally reported
case, which, feel sure, is paying you COM
pliment 10 say you did moi write, aud which
could only have been written BY some per
son making pretensions to tho medical pro-
fession, who is verfication Of truth, long
since gone into proverb. that ga little lear.
ming is dangerous thing" In the first place
the operation itself is of such common oc
cnrrehce that almost anv Physician, OF even
n Morhopin if ho Hal Ind
competent 10 the task Therefore, it is only
trying 10 magnify mole-hil into mountain
to publish such an every day occurrence, with
a great flourish, in connection with the name
OF the person whe may have been the opera
tor. The Surgeon is only lowered in public
esteem who is the subject Of snch pufs,for, it
can be done with no other object than to give
to that, Importance, which otherwise would
moi have attracted attention. Consequently
such things are always viewed, and 18th
truth, as efforts to blow frog into the dmon-
sions Of an OK, which invariably, If every
thing is not Of the right dims nsions and pros
perly adjusted, either bursts the instrument
through which you blow, the blower. or the
thing blowed. In the instance to which we
now allude, | think it pretty evident the
whole concern has been a complete expIo-
sion all round, and as an appropriate eptaph
10 their memory, and warning to those who
are in any wise disposed to follow their ex,
ample, lpropose the following coupet;
Tho aa ttery is the food upon which fools are fed,
Yet in the end it will kill them dead.
Now, Mr.. Editor, as 10 the descriptive par
ol this operation, there is but one opinion a
mongst those in the profession, and that is,
That il is the most silly and ignorant con. ]
9lomeration cf butcEered ,ecaicalties ever
'een in print. As an instance, see ''adipose''
ised as nom, which Is from ddeps, fat, and ,
which is Gl,oays used to qualify some other !
word. So again, with that jaw breaker,
rigat superior Sacro iliacn which means
nothing alone, as It is compound adjective,
md can mean nothing, unless us ID in con- ,
feclIon With its appropriate noun. So you
zee this "Greek and Latiur scholar, who ]
hreatens to lay bare the ignorance Of some =
d.. has such horror for the Eaglish, that, "
wen when word from that language "
was PROUD that he learnod 10
10 other, would hove explained his meaning,
70 refuses 10 give il. Again, this a1comp
lshed fool says, in this "admirable" opera,
ion, that they gave the patient Chloroform, !,
That Pdin sdping agent" Now, Mr.. Editor, r
What elect is il said this "aeW Yemedyn usu> 7
ny produces, nnd for what is il generally c.
'lyent why, 10 produce q state OF uncon- q
a"short forgelfulness OF ull our A