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

I h,m the pee6ful leisure i"f nis s'uo''' 1901
and experiments, other PROFESSOR IA - or IN
snd Miller was able 10 g. 90 ard add papr,r W
san Cd xork 10 work in that long series which
pP,n3 dprine his t~sDty.sIx years ut beriln I"
Pp., ,,udy and activity. He was patura y
r,.,, ~ ..,ope f.ncy Dung bis illoess 10 l'I|,
howeyer. be- WAS alarmed 10 discover now eIea'
min. power ibis had become 10 DIS intenec' auH
from 1890 onward ne ruled 1t WITT 40 Iop I'm
pe,bsps The success which attended me- ih'rs.e
to,s was in snme degree owing to ibis very iacr
80 Il led him 20 carefully to prove everything
-, snn.a,ed 10 him as a discovery Perhaps,
s,,.r al bett~r than BY sny enumeration ana avs
ru,.;on Of hi, works, which would De out CT pace
in , mere letter can the mans greatness De est
m,,.d through The pupils whose studies ne o.
rss,sd What influence he directly exerted upon
Aosssz. ! do Dot know; but nearly all the most
rena, katle men Of the younger generation oil
medical professors in Germany are OF his
school: Of Psychologists there are Ludwig and
Brucke in Vleona, H-lmoOlt in Heidelberg,
Duboi, Raymond 10 Berlin; Heue, one The
frs, Of anatom ste and the founder OF microscopic
spatomy. 10 G0ttingeD; Reicbrrt occupying the
ssn.r position at Bresau, aud Nlrcbos, Professor
of Pathological Antony at Berlin. Dubois ReY
mood has the electricity Of the nervous sys-
ten his special study, and is now fDlshiDg the
third volume ola great work Oh that subject Inter
sphyng,n aber huyische EItotr,oudt) which vii
tebc,iorb II is said, reodeI the physiology Of the
nerves branch OF physical electricity. rem'm-
Der however, that there is sD excellent summary
OF bis Investigations ID the admirable article on an
im,l ell, ctr ely ID the first volume Of the New
American Cycop8da." Ii il claimed for VirchO~
that be IL the first who dscardDg all fanciiul
theories, has placed pathological aDstoDy-the aoa-
tomIcal study Of the phenomena OF the disease as
exhibited in the dead sucsct-upon truly scien-
tj6c basis In this follow Muller, bic MASTER
.xvlsipitR no facts that come under his ooserva
I'D pnt nuc huf taytTv
e1plnln themselves and one another by degrees.
believe all our medical students III America agree
IN fpdit the lectures upon pathology the least iu
IL resting of all In their medical cOursetbose upon
maierIa medica OF course excepted. Here, h W.
ever the case is different. ROckltausky gave the
impulse at Vipnns, but" as freud Of niue
wr, ts me. Virchows labors bear about the same
relation to those OF the Vienna school az old geo
" graphical WORKS do 10 the scientific geography Of
to.oay" The leading work oi VTcbow, until quite
rec. rty WAS TINT upo0 inflammation of the Arte
rie. " hich is d.athblOw (here at esst ~ the
old notion OF sympathetic sickness, and is having a
very important influence upon medical views IN
geDrIal -.
From a paper in his own handwriting, which is
moi the ea-ie.t 10 decipher especia y 10 foreign
tongue draw few biographical particulars.
Rudolph VirchOw was born Oct. i3, 1921, at
Schi-yelbeiD in PomeraDia lie was from CHILD
very fond OF Natural History, and especially Of
Botany; and this tas . led hun, afer The Usual
e,upaslal couJ.e, to enter the University At B-rn
m 1889, where he studied uDder Muller, SchOn-
lrip. Diefeubacb, &c, taking bis degree, Oct -,
Is4}. He Immediately entered The great hospital
hrr,-the Cn,Tte--as A..rtaot ph,rcian. He
wss yeyy soon appointed microscopic and chemical
examiner in the GeAi. house aud sUOn alter, Asset
ant Professor Of Pstbolog cal Anatomy Ia 1876
he acted 10 prosector il tho Charte-to which
Office he was regularly appointed 10 ls47; add 10
the Summer Of Thai gear was a1nht.eu filEat
Decent in the University.
Wen IN. outbreak came in IS4S, Vircbow was
found upon the liberal side; and toe part he took
m the (ocal famous elections Of IS49 led to bis
disuissa from the University; but, young as he
was-oply 26 years Of age-be WAS already widely
known BY his writings, and was at zee called 10
WUrybuig to the GUAR of Pathological Anatomy.
In ls5i he began u series Of Investigations mi
c,oscot,c snd chemical into the nature OF the
., lular tissues, cartlSges bone, &c, which
are still krpt up, and which have led him to
NM original syst, III of pathology, In le56 The Pa
,bolo.csl Chair beng vacant in Berlio, that same
Mpislr, the petp tie resc,i0nsry MsDteuf- otter
| ull, msn-deviO Ministry whose recent fall has made
the faces of a,iy all Bel In brghter-their own are
l,pp epou.h God knows could do no other wise
| than recall Vncho~ and give him carte 6ian1he 70
6u IL He had been for several years 'abOrIOg for
| "A reform Id The medical department. Of the Unlver
slter aud sny upon condition offul per alissioa TO
place his department upon such ba's as be judged
proper woui0 he come back. The Ministry had
| 10 Weld, and Vircho~ came.
Nhsp came ~ Berlin again, after al absence
of more than two years, and visited no Old freud
| m the Charlie found the little old dead house
| enlarged into a fine, Comm, dOus twO-stUry build
| ing through bch my friend took me Ii il now
| VnchoH's Pathological Institute, aud lie Ike ls
| found now here else. In the basement srs the
| yooms for subjects--Oi which there Is never any
want in a city Of 45O, 600 iababtants-,pe Of these
rouus being devoted 10 sucn as are 10 be examined
b, order Of The Courts. The arrangements for
| their preservation arc excellent. The principal
| rooms above are the Professors Lec.uI rODm, q
| Io,m for microscopic examinations, another for
| chemical .xsmpatlOns-admirably fitted up-s
| post mortem room, and the rsadlsg Am, where
| all the medical literature OF the day lie found. The
roori for microscopic demonstrations IS model
| IL is but some 20 feet square, yet the tables are
arranleo comfortably for soule sixty students. The
| tables are So connected tn,t miniature ra,lroad
starts fIum near the Professor desk whence, On
| small ear the microscope, with its preparation,
passes from student To student, and bnally comes
| b,ck 10 the starting point. j haze found The
| TRIBUNE So generally read by medlc, men
wbrr, yer have beeo IN the United States, that
| venture 10 add some further particulars in regard
| 10 Vircbow cour.e of instruction
He has two demonstrstive courses; one in wsich
| the pathological preparations are brought before
The clsss aud their peculiarites explained and
| illustrated upon the blackboard-portiois Of each
specimen at the saue time passing round the rail-
road under the microscope. This course Includes
also I'LL PLANTATION of the processes BY which the
pathological cond tons under observation have
been produced. The other course is purely micro
scope and treats "nly of Pathological Histology.
In this each student IL provided with microscope
and makes bis own preparations, aud the appear
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