New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

One service To- science this book, ~ al c'ene'
sc~enplishes-thst Of stripping pathology OF ie
complicated web Of terms, which, ar1sing ~ diner
eut o. rods in the progress Of nyestg tion, coota-
n.Ilr el,,b viih each other and present serious
ob.isce 10 the ,tudy Of the subject. not permitting
one TO reach the prs,nt knoaledeeof 1t except
through the weary psth Of exploded Theories
proc.s, necessary for understanding the terms to
which they have given rise. Virchow's work ls
simple al d CHAR, bis Technology exact and well
ADAPTED. | hardly dare venture the attempt to
give an idea Of Virchow's fundamental principle
VIrcbow defines the cell As an exceedingly mr.
mute microscopic object, consisting of membrane
containing q substance in which IS nucl-us upon
" hcb the acton Of the cell depeIds. All pstholog-
ic processe, proceed rom cbanges in and multi
piicaiioIs of previously existing cells. cell eau
only arise from prsexIstng cell, and never de moro.
The germ of HE 10 a cell transmitted and iupTeg-
Mating sn vvDm. The hole scheme of animal de-
veopuept, both Psychological and pathological, is
but continuation OF the process begun IN the Ovnm
upon the cell-the frs, step 10 CESSATION. lie
denies the formation de moro of "granues," or any
other tssne form OF the I'D patoolog.ts, from
so-called Biastema or Of homogeneous oxidation.
That 10, Npce the creation OF Adam and Eve, the
race has been kept up by, aud ever physiology :al
AID pat biological phenomena has had its origin in,
The division aud multiplication of cels-the differ.
ence betw, eli the phenomena of Psychology and
pathology being only that Of normal or morbid
action 10 similar forms.
The work consists of twenty lectures, the first
few of which may be called Cellular Physiology,
and are the basis Of the bulk of the work.
Some of VilchOps admirers 60 so far az to say
that bis Investigations and discoveries will, IN the
end work ,Ome such change iu the scisnce OF medl-
cine as Haryeys discovery of the circulation OF the
blood.
A. Won Grsepe 10 popularity far more extensively
known than any other of the younger class of pro-
fessoy,: naturally CROUCH, because his brsIch oil
& g science is one which brings him more IN con-
t8ct with people of all classes and conditions lie
il the pr.at oculi.t of Europe-Of the world.
s,ked Dr. J. +. Noyes, an American physician,
who lad spent much time with the noted ocul'sts 81
Prague and Vi-DDs, how they compared with
Gra.pe. Nobody like Graepe, said Le. Another
DIR. N.yes--m New -YoIk-said the same after
spendlpx some time with the celebrated Demarrs at
Paup. DR. O,muo, of Cleveland, OHIO, after
stu dy ing at Strssbourg AID Lelps'c, with Stoeoer,
Rsefe and Coccius, gives the same testimony.
Grsepe has for several years bad clinic OF his own,
where one every possible form Of disease OF toe
eve treated, with Astounding rnpldlty, and Win
success equally astonishing The poorest peasant
v he Days no fee il as tenderly and skifuly handled
by lin and his assistants, as the Russian prince
or princess whose large gifts support the clinic.
Graepe il rather tall wears his mass OF black hair
and beard. both now somewhat streaked with
white, quite long His face is rather thin, but the
features large and full OF streDgth. lie lacks DO
QUALITY whatever necessary 10 make blm the most
beloved BIZ we'll az respected OF practitioners and
instructors. have known maoy OF his studeots,
anG there is DO shade of diversity in the manner IN
which all speak of bim. II is beautiful Ia attend
his Clinic and zee the frmness and with 1t the
tenderness The instant decision, aud yet lnvariabe
correctness with which he meets the uninterrupted
succession OF all sorts Of cases which occupy the
hour, devoted TO this object Gsirpe IL 4 true
d,,c,ple OF Johannes Muller All old theories are
thrown to the winds. The facts which he has
noticed in the more than q hundred thousand dis
eased eyes which have come under his ob-erva-
tion--lhese are the basis Of his practice. Ills own
II eories be will not publish as yet, though, as
hspp. to know, be has rome very Important works
in manuscript Occasional articles he has prloted,
but bey ord tots he will not as yet Commit himself.
In his cline be is as-,ted by u bum5er Of MS
best pupils and the establishment ia Dow doubtless
the best school for diseases OF the eye, IN all their
forms, that the world can show. Everything that
one needs kbow Of theory and practice III this sass
Of diseases IL fully aud thoroughly taught. Many
diseases hitherto Considered lheufaoie no longer
fer difficulties.
The reader probably pictures TO himself man
of soue fifty years, perhaps more. Grape was
bern in Msy, 1928 His father WAS the Grhciui-
ersih Won Graepe, Surge,n-Grneralin the Russian
army, who died in lciU, when his son was but IL
,raI. of age. He left large property, and his
widow Vas able Ia spare no expense in obtaining
the best private teachers for her sou Mathematics
wss Lis private study then natui al philosophy and
chemistry, then medicine. He took his degree at
the Berlin Unworthy in 1916; studied diseases OF
the eye with Art at Prague, with Jaeger at Wen
bs with D.mares at PARIS. Ho then visited the
schools at London, Dublin and Edinburgh, aud, hav-
ing exhausted all that Europe could give him Ia
tbIs br,ncb If medicine, returned ~ his native city
~ d established bIms,lt with what success, have
trYd to give some intinn,ion.
Another young map, DR.. Ludwig Meyer, of the
soto.l Of Muller has devoted himself to toe inyest
CATION of mental diseases; with good success We
NAV suppose. since sman work published by hun
last ear led directly TO his appointment AZ director
Of the insane department VI the huge hospital at
Hamburg. by thu way, this department alone IN
that great establishment has hitherto been neg
lecteJ, and 10 such All extent, indeed, Us ~ be a
disgrace 10 the city. OF more than 800 Insane pa
ii. hts at least 2OU are crowded into the basement
AID cellars Of the hospital with regard to clas
si6cstiOD. As measure OF economy, II tor no
oih.J reason the proposed erection of fine larse,
airy building tor the accommodation OF at least
bali the patients should not be deferred. Under
present circumstances families are unwilling 10
plsce their insaLe members In the hospital until
tbey become incsrable, and must be removed;
whereas were the accommodations good, the in
sale would be AZ Orce given into the bands Of the
ph, siciap, and, in many cases, soon cured.
The uork of which spoke Is arrporrupon al long
seres OF observations upon nsaDe patients, 10 rcls-
ton TO the heat OF the body and the theory OF In
sanity which these observations 60 10 establish.
If ! have mastered the leading ideas Of DR..
Meyer, they are, in fen words. s- follows:
All meb,sI dsease is accompanied by some cor
responding abnormal physical condition. l give
NOT ouj,e certain thst be makes all meDtsl disease