New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-24

kn more nilhl edor1 on the mental weAkneo OF
dupes and yetes DR.. Gregory, DR.. Armstrong,
and Dr. Good, Of London, were nearly heart broken
and starved before hey allowed to earn Q de-
cent subsistence nom the exercise Of profession 70
which they were suoh ornaments There Are men In
this city who present. parallel Instances and IL 10 our
honest conviction ths, half the intellectual worth Of
oar proft ssion snost unknown and starving In this
city bu' admitting this mou' nfa fact - the neces
sary result Of the 4 porance Of society cay
that with even the moet Acknowledged and orl-
hsnt talent vii now secure practice to ito pcsesssorf
The secret Of his own success is divulged IN can
did paragraph;
We ssk: in justice to ourself Why do We state sach
thrgsi Every man 10 the profession knows that il
il not from p~rsobA grieva nce. We di5er from the
entire rasks Of our brethren in our choice and ss.-
ate OF the legitimate manner of procuring business
We saw nothing but starvation or bese submissku
TO these dshonorsble before 10 for the Amt tan
years OF our professional life when we adopted the
legitimate and time honcfed method Of our commer-
cisl countryuen, and advertised honest capsbi-
ties and Whereabouts IN the daily papers rustin0
10 our blood ard our Industry and shss little hrain
we possessed for sustaining Us in the struggle with
rosuery and Islander. What measure OF success We
have met with IL OF Do consequence to the reader
nor the public We are abundantiy able to take care
of ourssH and have always Q few hot shot In the
locker for our more timd and deserving brethren.
The part career Of " The Scalpe" Is summed up -
follows:
What have we been doing to couuteract the efforts
Of thsse men We answsr that, according to the
best Of our abiltiee, se have been endeavoring 10
instruct the peOp in the laws Of their existence; We
have written than fifteen hundred pages OF d.
dsctic matter the formation of the varoae tissues
and orssrs Of the body and the laws which govern
them, and those Of life which the great
natural agents. cold, heat, bad food want OF air and
psssional and intempersDcs, to affect them
with diseases; We have shown how these very agents
may be modified in their action TO the very
diseases they have produced; We have sho~n the
ton far possible estimated the reliability Of
euch medicines have been tested by clear headed
and scientific men throughout the world, and found
service able in assisting nature In aiming her do
range ed power We always give medicine the second
place TO the natural laws, the cover because We
could not believe in ers1t,re wisdom II We did not
think il RICH. to do co. In this we have incurred the
rath of the ignorant and selfish members Of the pro-
fessiop, for which We are duly thankful; their cen
sure ought to be graceful thso their praise. We
have found articles Literally extracted, aud most
honoSsby mentioned Ia all the principal papers OF
this country, and often in the European journals.
That We have attempted TO reach the heart as we'll a.
TO instruct the understanding, is we would fain hope,
not altogether proof Of nsanity strange though
il may sound 10 Say SO, hope that even the ordeal
OF twenty five years Of medical and surgical life,
has left little human feeling within the breast
even Of surgeon. As some evide nee Of our success
in this novel experiment, those who have not read
our pages will be surprised TO learn that MesSs DE
Witt & Davenport have in press and will shortly
Issue popular volume of four hundred pagee, besuti
fully Illustrated by gifted felow.citizsns barley
ard Orr composed Of selections from the Scenes In
Practice, and the most popular articles OF adidactc
character
The main principle Of DR.. Dixon's theory Of the
healing art, i. the importance of giving free play to
the recuperave powers OF nature, which are usually
impeded in their action by the effect Of medicines
The function Of the profession would thus seem to be
reduced to the practice of surgery. In connection
with the copicus expositions Of practical hygiene
which this journal contains its readers treated to
variety Of iDtert sting narratives, illustrating incl
dents of daily occurrence in swarmng city popula-
tion One in the present number entitled Scenes in
City Practice gives hfelke picture Of the wrest-
linss with dieafe and poverty which are concealed
beneath the roof Of many martyred family within
sight Of Broadway. rafting fire OF squibs, crack
ers and color, pyrotechncs of all sorts winds up the
lumber with characteristic brillancy. sherman Il
Co.
We have received from James s. Dickerson, the
New.York publisher Of Little & Browne excellent
library edition Of The British Poets the latest issues
of that publication, containing the Poems Of COLE
RIDGE. KEATS, and DIR. WATTS, in Eve volumes
Each collection is illustrated by critical and bio
graphical noioss and presents an attractive specimen
of model typography.
The American Tract Society has Issued Q new and
condemned edition Of CRUDEss Concordance, omit
ting many less important words the technical expls
pations Of the original, and the references 10 the
ApOcrypha- Ii 10 Q convenient form for common
use al d. being furnished at the moderate price Of
one dollar will probably be selected, In many cases,
in preference to Crsdens entire work.