The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-29

I To he Editor Of As PorteQs Ssntinsl;
|. sm--A aswSPspsr has been defined to
: be sheet Of paper printed and distributsd
+ at short intervals, for conveying intelligence
I Of passing events, &c.
e No nation Is equsl 70 the American nstion
n for the dissemination Of knowledge through
the public press. five turn to to the old
world and ask Rome, who has filled the
pages of ancient history with goody num-
Der of greet men, how many newspapers are
printed within her city limits, the answer
would be; One coarse sheet devoted to ecle.
siastical matters. As she stands in the dis.
semination of literature, so in the arts, sci.
: ences and improvements of all kinds.
: The American people are noted for their
loquucity. A discovery is made in Philoso.
, ply, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, or
any Of the arts and sciences, and it spreads
like molten Lawn over the land. An outrage
committed upon private citizen is heralded
as soon as that committed upon nation
| A physician makes discovery in the heal.
ing art, finds a remedy that cures certain
disease, udvertses his discovery without dis
closing to the public the componants of the
remedy, holding in sealed bonds the materi-
ais Of which his pnnucea is composed, which
tickIes the credulity of nine tenths Of the
community. The pleasure with many Of
being deceived is as great os. deceiving.-
The poor sinner opens bis mouth, swallows
the nOuseous drug, and says with a particu.
lar shrug of the shoulder and on indignant
nod of the head to his family physician, to
whom he owes his life and fifty dollars:-
"Strange you could not hit upon the remedy
for my case; this hits the place, know that
it will cure, for he is an NJ. D. and there is
the Rev. A. B. and C's certiicates-they
would not lie." The scientific physician
picks up his medicine case and little vial
of the panacea and retires. Tests the nos
trum and finds it Inc compatible with the case,
which is proven in few days, by the pc.
S tient abandoning the remedy. Such instun-
D ces are familiar with the physician. He lets
r them pass in silence. To publish it in the
newspaper, or any case of surgical operation
or cure of grave malades, would bring down
+, the anathanas of the regular profession on
him, it being contrary to the medical code
n of ethics. Let this be as it may, l an de-
termiped to say something about medical
and surgical improvement and treatment o.
. important cases, you will publish it. 1t il
=. well known in this community that am nc
extremist. Believing that true wisdom con-
sists in the temperate use of all the gooC
o. things of the world, am not ashamed tC
have knowledge Of Tbompsonian practice
Eclyct Hydropathic or any other pathy, OF
y to be found in their company and conversine
y upon their respective systems. | consider
l. the principle as national one, or at leust i
y is ON this principle our nation acts in send
Ie ing their minister to foreign nations. havI
u received knowledge worthy to be treasured
vp in the store house Of the mind, and prac
>. tice daily from all. Two years ago
= saw u Hydrophathic circular, notice con
}. cerBiog the Electro Chemical Bath, claim
;. ing that this bath would take from the hu
II man system mineral drugs. visited al
is establishment with the intention of testing
n the matter, but the battery was not in order
and therefore, come home as ignorant as
II went, and like all other ignorant ones, pro.
= nounced it humbug. But a few weeks oil
= experimental use at my own establishment
= convinced me that there is reality in oil
p that had read concerning its operations
!. think that it not only takes mineral drugs
s out of the system, but has tendency to re-
IT move q superabundance of any effete or NOR.
e bitic matter. 1t is not subject Of wild
it speculation. 1t chemically demonstrates
itself by deposit Of the material taken from
q the system upon the test plate. We have
% used it in variety Of cases, and in all these
with marked good result. One case, Mr.
n -, aged about fifty, with broken consti'
N tuition and general dropsy, reduced the cir
, cumference of his lower limbs at each bath
4 from to one inch. At the end of ten days
h with no other treatment except pack bath
IN once day, he was reduced to about his for
!. mer dimensions, improved in his genera
;; health, and commenced laboring. ..
tv The bath was used in case of con6rme
= Asthma with such marked results that tn
ord mary observer took notice Of the relic
given.
DR.. L. Patch, Dentist, made several cxpe
o. riments with the ordinary gaIvanic batter
ii. and Electro Chemical battery, in extractin
OF teeth. The patient held one pole of tn
is- battery in his hand, the other being attach
is, ed to the forceps. Some said they felt n
n. pain, others said it did not hurt SO much O
I'M it did without the use Of galvanism.
he These experiments confirm the result
found in the Medical and Dental Journals.
,e. DR.. Baldwin, an experienced operator, h'
it. been employed to administer the ElectI
,,s Chemical bath at the Home for InvalidS.
vi ]. HAYES.
ID, SHALERsvILLE, OHIO.
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