The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-09-08
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Dr. @. M. FItcIl.

AA Ut. II ttCh VIII NlSlt OaulL Oh noAt oatuf-
day, the 11th inst. the following from the Clevea
land Herald, will be read with interest:-..-,s
In the list Of passengers who sailed in the At
lantic on the 10Th inst, we notice the name Of
DR. Calvin NJ. Fitch. %
This distinguished Physician visits Europe
or the express purpose Of cleaning from the
Hospitals and Medical Institutions of the old
world such information as will, if possible, ena-
bic him to improve his already most successful
mode of treating diseases ofthe lungs. 9lo'7
Although he has hardly reached the meridian
of lie, we venture to assert that DIR. G. III.
Fitch's name is more extensively known on
this side of the Atlantis than that Of any other
| American Physician, and in view Of this fact We
have thought that brief sketch Of his life and
professional career would not prove uninterest-
| ing to our readers.
| From his early boyhood Dr. Fitch has exhibit
cd remarkable intellectual -grasping
subject, and comprehending it in all its bear
iuss almost at glance, and this faculty, coupled
with a memory whose capacity and retentive
power is still the aStonishment ofhis friends, en-
abied him to master his youthful studies In ar
less time than is usually required; while an ar
dent love Of learning kept him from falling into
those habits Of desultory and fitful study which
| so often characterize those who acquire with
ease, and which result in their obtaining mere
ly superficial education. g@
At the age Of twelve he was as familiar with
the French as with his natiye language; and be-
fore reaching the age required for entrance into
the Freshman or lower college class, he had
passed over large portion of the collegiate
course, and being dependent upon his own ef-
forts for means he spent the intervening time in
teaching, and in making himself still more
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From college halls he proceeded to New
York, TO take an important position with his
uncle, DR.. s. S. Fitch who few months pre-
viously had opened an office at 707 Broadway,
for the treatment Of Diseases ofthe Chest, upon
a new system, and whose marked success at
tracted such throngs of patients that he was
compelled to call his nephew to his assistance.
DIR. Fitch pursued the study Of Medicine with
characteristic ardor, and soon become familiar
with his uncleS mode of treatment, as well AZ
with the ordinary course OF medical instruction,
After attending the usual Lectures at the Uni
versity Medical college of New York, he recev-
ed the degree Of Doctor of Medicine and soon
afterward the University of Vermont conferred
upon him the degree ofMastor ofArts. .1
=. He remained with his uncle several years, at
times having sole charge Of his immense prac-
tice, and such was his untirng industry during
this period that scarcely day passed in which
he did not devote several hours to study, maxi
ing himsel! familiar with the works ofsaImost
every modern author upon Chronic Diseases and
s. reading those of foreign writer's in their own
language; and he also improved the opportuni-
ty offered by his immense office pIaGtice FOR OBJ
serving and noting every phase of pulmonary
| and other chronic diseases and the effect Of va
Y rious remedies under multitude Of different
: circumstances. ~ or r,~t s&} >ssE Le@yF
y Feeling convinced that his uncles mode Of
e treatment could be greatly improved by more
e extensive use OF Medicinal Inhalatons, and find-
= ing his vie US were not seconded by his uncle, he
commenced some years since to practice for
: himself; varying from their former method only
i in using medicated sapors much more freely,
and giving correspondingly less medicine by the
stomach. The correctness Of his views is a
bundantly shown by the result, for he already
numbers his patients by thousands and the pro-
portonal number of cures Of undeniahle and
t marked Lung Diseases is much greater than
: was the case under the previous mode of treat
i ment. In fact, his success has induced his
\ uncle to adopt some of his suggestions with re.
/ gard to the more extensive use Of Medicinal Va
: porS. t.r ..sg,if
+ DR.. G. M. Fitch has not escaped the obloqny
V and abuse which is heaped upon every physi-
II Icion VINO ventures 10 Geviate from the path IN
: which the medical profession has so long blind
Y 1y followed; and because he has entertained and
Y expressed views at variance with those recog-
y nized as orthodox by the profession at large, he
= has been stigmatzed as dishonest and bold
+ quack," and subjected to the same kind OF abuse
i which the immortal Hervey encountered on an
s nouncing his great discovery of the circulation
+ of the blood, and which, in iact, is visited upon
s every one who adds any thing of value to Med.
n cal Science. notwithstanding these attacks up
on DR., Fitch's private character, it is without
bemsh. He is truly honorable and upright in
every respect, as all can testify who enjoy his
personal acquaintance, or have had business
: transactions with him. He has been governed
i in his professional course by the frmest convc,
ton that Consumption is as durable as Typhoid
: Fever, or anv other disease Of q serious nature
Il Il land he cherishes hope of doing awayin Z
! = measure, both with the still prevalent notion
q q that Pulmonary Disease can not be cured, and
y = with the erroneous and merely palliative treat
y mont which is based upon this notion. tse
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