The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-12

ptfliltntS' NhS ObStdcW, anu Then another
and anoth"t was gradually overcome, When
the first great operation was isa,ly perfect.
ed in March 1919. But con,tunt n.rnal
tension, gsctt responsibilities. apa daily toll.
had Tow rudcrn.ined his health. aud he
was ,hen Obliged 10 seek change of climate
and n higher latitude. Hence, fortunately
for us, his location in New York.
Previously TO his ,oning 10 lhis city. le
| had published thia great discovery tc
The world in The American Journal Of
the Medical Sciences, illustrated with all
the wood-cuts necessary to make il clear
! ~ Understood. or no mean reputation as a
| surgeon, before, this established his ol,irnvi.
cal power and as a consequence. bc Was
welcomed TO New York by The whole mcd.
cal profession. Our iius;rious Moi, W..
the first 10 recognize him, and the eminent
Stevens foremost I" suggest TO him the proa
pricty of laying his views before thc,mcdicaI
profession "t this city, on the nccessi,y If
organizing Woman's Hospital. This plnn
was ad"pict, and on the mcmrtab!c 18th of
May 1891, in the Stuyvescenl Institute, he
ue"'ered an eiaborate and lucid lecture on
;n. ho'ei ana important doctrines involved
IN The pcrp!eSing subjects of his lonu Labor.
cd s'udies l., this ae,r field of irvcs si;r,,;nn
! ihe profession thea and thcr, ,n1L ,L,
matter ihio their own hands. ard on,,i,r,-,
! c"hI'utltcr of organization con,ndaJ -.
! i"h""a DR.. Edward Dcinticlj. cb,irm,c
! Professor Mott -oi the Uniyrr,i,y Nh,
! 'uIvS', Professor Stevens. of ,hn on,
/ "t Phl s'vf;His ard SURGEONS. prSr.,sor 60 sv
OF rlc Nrv fork Medical Coll,g,.. DR. JoLm
| w. Fr"nvls. and DR.. Marion Sims tonn,h
or VITA c"n'mit,,c of laymon. or th;s
! EsSl L&invd committee, two only ar, ,s var
elected. VIZ Mr.. Peter Cooper and Nr'E
'. Benedict. citizens of universally r,ro,..
med ~oTth ana pul.lic s,srit.
! W ,ih the endorsement of The whoie or,y,
i"s>'"", ""t under the special direction ,s
'inS crmmliicc, Dr. SINS WIS s,nt ms ~,
c'E'ararv io plead the cause of Woman +,
MAS 4 sort of circunnayig,tnn of CHARITY,
~ p"he expresses himself conccr,,;n.r tL,,
...'vrihe"'s cf Howard. We sent him to
iI'r Mircs and mothers in our city he I:i,,
The sorrows cfsuiltriug wom,n Lrinrc thcrn:
they ho ri they sympatiizcd; they spnkr:
ana io The wonlans hospital spring. iu,o
cNistcurc.
Prior 10 this iis,a'cry cfrr Sims. snrrc.
ry could Il" nothing I"r The Formidable class
~ affections. In G"rmIny Diuilrnhark, Jr
ger, Waiter, nnd others, had c>hr,st,J all
their It tsourccs in vain. Prolific t,crn,,u,,
>ccln>, ~ lHia INSTANCE, Ia have been barren
Ia frmcc Dvssault, Dmpuyrr.u. I.ll,n,,nj
aud morc Recently Jubrri. Snlal. and ,br;r
contrmpo!irs, bad been equally un,urc,,, fui
although Jobcrt clliui> 4 success that h,,
never been demonstrated, aud fear ,bn,
this crnucUt nlsn. like the late Iis,rnnc. laJ
scarcely that Devotion to practical results.
which ihc annals ii medical srience demand
rom al wh" give publicity tu thciy yo..ila
.!"n ana The ISSUES Of their practice. In
rhglahd' ihcr greatest Hicn, ,llrir co.p,,y =
ihcir Hhcrncthys, their laurcucs,. .th,ir
'"'hri'S, could do nothing. Nor h:y..
learned iIai il'rrr has emoaird from tha.
p'aciral school OF uc,!ical and soe,,;,.,l
learning. whieh sheds 80 much ylorv ny,.r
Ireland, single pr ciical ils,,.ltsi can h, Ira,
= SAID /" have favored this Improvement. apI
Scotland, wbiic she iuSly boasts of h,r
simpson, has set 81 les enlightened Lv ,I,,,
great professor. Crc slic can add ,n,,,,s ,ful
Results "i practice ~ these eases, to her n,npl,.
ISL ~ ch'rugicai and obstelricaI ilnproym,.n,,
In Russia, which proficrs cLim tn on, ~.
gard Tor substantial and effective ipht on
several "l the oh~arcsl SUBJECTS ufthc bral-
"S "I %c'an testify off," adyanc.nirn, in :.
NH""Irdge at tac in,ricgrirs involved in ;I,i.
department oi icnaIc insrmitv. Thus Me-
"h1 "'i'e silly abroad nothing bat "a lam.
MI" ihf"tcht concln ion" 10 thi, order II
1
II VAS reserved ror m American 10 make
"'N discovery in our modica art, which nj.
''""l ''""H Hii"Iig 'itr greatest o. the uis,r-
80" S'..'"rh aid marks an era iI our spnn-
Wy ',I. w. 3'lhg made 'hc b;Isis of We
i'a. i"Nptal' "usrlri"us ol the most iul-
P"f'aht results iU clinical sri,pcr Indeed
i''",i ''"! 'HH"rIa'c IN The prospects oi'
7uSh ari'ieNcil"nis uf scientific ,vey a. this
discovery hnid. out linImu hun,in,, =,
i,s dc'Pcsi rvl"ti"Eships il s,cured by H.
hhchona rom The s"und aud safe princ;p,,.
now established 10y DR.. SINS; nor viii III
oe "cStnrd "a cXagg.raii"n TO say that tl,,.
amcgil'rs .pf comcsic lifI are now, for tho
"tS' nn'c, exempt from the seycr.st aunoy-
hres '" which, they wrrc before subjected !.
'n"' "e''hh' dur'tian at eSistenre, oiIspri,l.,
'ic brightest and most precious tes stis,., ,nt,ls
:" '"' s"c''i compact, Rrc PROMISED With n
"oIo 'nst r,hdcrs The heart joy ons in the
'ns"a have entered within It's walls which
had been under teca,uicni .t t:uy's apJ :,
barth"!onicw's and 81 Thnmas' IIo.uit,l
"i London, and from varions hosnitais ,u
or own country; aud ] cannot say that II,
snlS'' tnHtsiEr, Garc has no, followed o,,.,-
,a'Nc surgery, long prolTac,e,l as may b,yc
%ch The previous duration of tn, case.--
"hat an anchoS vi hepe Cur victory in thih
'"dahie design, what grounds yf encourage,
cdm ~ W. w '"'''''
such testimony, coming as il does from,
The IlIusirions DR.. Moit, the eminent ID,
'''r''hN' aud tho learned Dr. Francis, surge.
"n' ana physicians Of world wide rcputa,.
hon' Is certainly the highest evidence ftha
value otthe discoveries of DR. Sims, and os
las sslsat, ski! =:.a ssseS,sfs! a.;,;..r...
lnent'' And he may now be placed by ,hoi,
''dc' an eqnal, and ranked among the frat
surgeons Of the United States and of the
world. According 10 DR.. Francis, ihe sur.
geops in Germany, France, England, Ire,
l.nd, Scotland, and Russia .aye exhausted
al .heir resources in vain. aud mentions by
namc the great surgeons orlhose countries,
VINO have iailod TO be successful In "a. d;..
eo'ety. DE. Francis also states ii, was re.
served for AN sA,n.r.o,' l., ..,.t a.. =.