American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-05-06
49, 4. ..

EDFIOE GkzErrEsrG B6oSies 10 Sour pa.
per Of The 29ths. ah eiliols beaded BRwiKE
or QbACEsl IN which your eofiespondsnt
lssfsFs ic ipdiSldssls Who 81 dislt aiis sba
lhotiby their kHO Wled ge, were dseeiyiBg TIC
people Of this Yici1ify. How Thai seas and
0bSedfibg mind, Who has the pfesdrip ptioh
anda Ponphsity 10 dab lhihstird &ush,
hcnnld possiblylknow Nj D. reasbns's ,Shy ne
fsopidiapPtysli.at anpfobionsfpiibst.'to iu.
diyiduals visiting your place ttiog goo .
,Iael IIld fqbi | ALIVE: Pfl,s las lAad DO
| posi- Iisi dBabcs toAadw 9yeh j9h9 Ding
fF6out sAd pfrsons AS i ven kllY,S eilLer
las gentlemen or physlchsas 4 Perhaps he
tbeiiSHgs 70 l,iamify 3sttoIeSeliass ptns
tfating and deeply intelligent spetsonages
that we end in the followers OF Eusclap;eus,
called lhe 7tb gSopiof abe 7th sonawho goes
about tealing The, sick and burrowinginto
| the secretrecesses Of 'obscJrity, ffom the
EHarGcHlaH cL arm that halloWs fueh M au.
lgust lineage .Isspch, ,is the. fact I can
laceoupt dor the greet diWsrnmtnn and dis
+ ntei iested notice ito Ill e. pubhes II he
should be- a edumon man, boysYsf. he;bas
showu = lille knowledge Of his subject. In
giving hisbpiniou without an examination &
learning the reason why those men shouldbe
hsgaldsqNe inppsiqf. For we6nd ditheIstfong
est of Certificates from the persons afflicted
who have beeEroieliexed by those men,
(which gives q libel 10 al he says. 8 Their
defoImitiss and snfierings have been ended
tSy tl'9seI iliqesaH, physieiapy, whish have
IN some instances txisted from, infancy, ~
By their works will they be Judged .lsqMy
humble(opihion is that erofths schools
Of medicine referred 10, would be. able 10
lpfoduce as learned an adeptin medicine as
Iyour correspondent, in The eyes OF suffer-
ing humanity /, at leasty ifnot so great as be
is in his own estimation. aay4 ,a..,
ls,a,glhe1 gentleman's, mature deliberations
reier tolheI tigbtness Of money matters
this year, as being the cause Of the visits
Eof these iinerants; This is also equally unI
true, as many of us have been visiting the
sick inithis way for FIVE years and up
wards, unless the stringency has reached
back 10 that period. ! fear be has felt
from sad experience the want Of that one
thing needfnl. which makes him SO ready
to claim the ssme'in others. l hope his
modest retiring disposition and great merit
as q physician. (if one may bring around
him patients in abundance, that he may be
able toattend TO. lis'own business, n z,,is,
hanHowever, TO give yourreaders the un-
vanished truth why we visit your, place
and others, is simply to give the afflicted
an opportunity 10 become relieved of de-
bfurmily and disease, as we have Witnessed
with deep and painful anxiety the unsuc>
cessful results Of the Ordinary modes Of
treatment, of lung and many other diseases.
we fsel tha. tits only 10 accordance with
the common dictates of humanity. that we
should place ourselves within reach OF the
sick and INDECENT, who are SO enfeebed
from disease, lorsare not able pecuniarly,
to v'siltAose points whefes iheyi might be
successfully treated. Also to prove by
dsmo1stralion in your midst, The cufabili
ty Of diseases that have by common consent
bobby physicians and the people been
considered inclrable. .,,l--s -. ,lspriFry
5o Let tthe veteran physician, ven,rably
baptized by the vieisituays which, che cker
allie q three score years, and, ten, look
back upon the great 6eldCof his - bors and
number Tie many pahid forms he has seen
wrappedlin, the shfoud Of DEATH and ask
himself fifthere is anything more to beoex
pectelb inAconsumption, from the medicines
adniihistt red in ,the same way 10 the count.
less myriads now upon the great highway
tey.he grave?i7 Mol fTheoryIgoes on the de-
yastAtiBg train Of death, in the midst q
uunumbered medical theories, from which
it is proclaimed blackest beresy to depart.
The administration ofamedicines by the
stomach alone, which is the usual practice
Of the profession. has by it's unsuccessful
results, annihlated all confidence among
the people in the cure Of chest disvaSes,
looking everywhere for aid, whilst the dis
ease, with mournful but sure pace, march
es on in its desolaling career Of death ayg'l
SCALPELL.