New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-24
LORD DALHoUsIE AND "JAR-PHooNK

LORD DALHOUSIE AND JAR-PHOONK "
To Ths Editor Of The n. y Trrtsn>.
SIR: As Lord Dalhousie hls been brough, for ward
by The London Times as proper person to sssume
the great responsibilities of the British War Office in
this crisis of British affairs your readers may be in
terested in the following account OF his Lordships
conouc in an affair which transpired not long after
bis appointment to the important post which he
fills in India. think all will agree with me, tina, his
Lordship proved himself, on that occasion, las he
has upon many others to possess the alarming but,
happily, by no means universal qualities OF mental
II dependence, judgment. good sense and decision.
The occasion was this: Hesmerrsm, which has shown
itself 10 be not less tenacious OF life than ITS kindred
abominatioD, F0urtertsn, after being KILT entirely
in France and smothered in England one day started
I'D again in Iadra where il assumed the outlaodlsh
aha. Of Jar Pboonk" and imposed us acquhnt-
ance upon a Scottish Surgeon, DR. E.dsle. Ins gen
tleman who recognized the offender IN spite OF ms
DISC uise ought Of course regular and ghtmndsd
medical man, 10 have strangled him on the spot bu'
having been mperfectly educated tnst ne sun re-
tanned The OF hs eyes and low minded respect ior
facts DR.. Esdaile actually heard ghat Jar Phoonk'
had 10 say for himself and went TO work in company with
that swndler TO If his allegations were true The
results of this worthy condescenson on the part OF
a regular surgeon, was the acceptance oy MN OF
Jar PbooDks services In aid of his own scientific
.ki whenever he bad occasion to hack or hew one OF
his fello~creatures. Tie consprators used To ope-
rate upon their patients in such singular fashion
that the sufferers deprived OF their proper share
of anguish their " discipline" Of pain, q conse-
auence which while il not ungrateful TO the suf-
fereIs themselves and other -ickly sentimentasts
was in in the lsst degree disgusting TO all persons OF
eminent gravity" medical, clerical and Lniscel-
lareous. DR.. Esdaile, however continued in the
practice of what most respectable Pharisee
properly enough denominaied - his nefarous voca-
tion of achieving by the help OF that nine-lived
villain "Jar-Phoonk, just what has been since
complthed, more hgnimateiy OF course, though less
sEccts.fuNy, by the aid OF ehiorofOrm and ether,
namely. the cutting out Of umors the anputation of
limbs and other such operations, without the time
boDored accompaniment OF yeLs, screams and
groans from tie tortured subjects OF his skll.
All this went on for some time in the hos
pitsl at Hooehly, where DR.. Esdaile was sta
toned. But, Of course, the thing could not
be long kept concealed particularly the shameless
Dr. Esdsile made no secret Of at all. Letters
written shout l.. One highly educated nobleman Of
course German, for that people and the French
have the most indecent ideas Oh the subject Of
scitnce senclDg communication shout the matter
TO the ANgeeiHe Zettuhg in which he expressed the
hope that Esdsiies " honorable conduct q might
bring him fame and fortune r. II brought all
the doctors down upon hin, AID they soon showed
him III he need not try make THEM See facts or
urdertsnd reason They ed up the Indian Gov
errmeIt 10 look sfer him; but a. several ignorant
persons one bishop among them would insist be-
hevpg Whist they saw, the result of the first attack
On Eso6ils was the establishment at Calcutta of
der bis charge. Shortly afterward, the Marquis Of
Dslhousie came to India, and the faculty feeling
cure that noble Marquis could not be man Of mere
sense greatly reoiced in the prospect of Es
daes speedy annihistjn IN. Judge of their horror and
surprise when Lord Dslbousie-impractcsbl man -
upon having the dOeaDae.tdry erdence
subject laid before him-exanned it, and came TO the
conclusion hat Esdsle the rest person be sp-
poirted Presidency surgeon Of Calcutta! Routine
in all its regions, shgddered Moreover, to make
room FER this aecomplce Of Jar Phoonk" one Of
" JG.Phoorks" moet determined enemies vas re-
moved having little ns yned, in the heat Of his ZEAL
poor f.Dow that be was acting Z" az q warming. pan
for q mesmerst" Lord Dslhousie, VINO thought
ocular demonstration quite superduous in case
(Which admitted the application Of al those laws Of
evidence BY which the innenss msjori y Of our
perdenty of the constituted authorities of medi-
"ere, and did what be considered ''jus., sensibe
and sIpedient" in his OWE way. Is person emf
rspily likely TO sstorish' the War Office should