, 1859-01-21

uY WALTER TaokszsRr. /
4 visit from Abefnethy w.s like dose Of |
quiniae-bitter but streusbeniug. It was on
~ 10 padded frihbes and your polished boot
fools he was winter blast, rude and blight
ing. We select him US fine type of the hon
est, blunt doctor, and the healthy, rough,
brave hearted, tesry Englishmaa-a angl-
lar, eccentric, genius, too straightforward to
rub dying meas wounds as too many in bis
profession d., with tic creamy scented salve
uf lies and aatt.ries.
Brave John aberuethy aus born in Cola.
lnau street, London, on the 81 ST April, l7G4,
one rear alter he great JOHN HuG,cr settled
in our block Babel. Coleman Erect, the old
street that Cowlcy celebrated, lit no special
honflre the bright hour the honest man was
born.
III due time John. stuffed, pctted, suubbed
when be asked puzzled questions, dandled,
ard leased, like oihcr children, was sent to
The Wo]verbaa.ptun Grammar School, found.
I'd by a kni.bt in the Iel gn OF Henry vii,
school wil=rc that bright bubble of wit, Z ~
grcyc, WAS educated. John, "careless, but
not soyeDly iu dress" as history kindly con-
desctuds to tell rs, duly tfenbled ut Dr.. Rob
crtsoD, a learned, passionate man, with re.
duudlut wig. he became after many knuck-
llngs, &c., head OF the fris1 form, and known
as 4 hard working, humorous, Irritable, rather
bulldog Fort Of q boy, tenacicus1y Scotch,
hot]y Irish. He was "ycry shlrp, SIR" shy,
aud 1as:y. 1t is very Important not 10 let
yoos IVY so3 nese tnu w. suspeluu=ucss, .4I gl
nis uue "roo1 asa.nst n!ons 'tilo mele IL!
aenpei: ~ noye.'s1u .' nasans 1n ~ steas au
4otufalun o, l, Ut .n9 aeS1I ,aesuages IL eve
11 11uea auo4e vonu 1aa.s meas ~ ~ -nIss
h:aa5' ~ hlns s.t;es ~ n,!e te"ln "iialns aau
!9' e,,, ~. Ing = aa1uer WIZ
"ou'u c'osn us Eou ano na'e n'ni ;auen' ~
S'c' W, colls'ei7 n'fn ~ ~ JUL ano pe' 4oi LILY
oa!'y olauct'
a'elnetny eou'd na'e pceu steas aetoi
Ut s4cas ia"sef A'e Po"ess VI 1nenGi5 au4
concentration "ere 70 re'aarhao!e. Hc useo
10 ooass t1at II us 'alnel nao iet MN oe
!a"}er' :. u: %ou!a nave Known every -aet ol
far!imeht W near.." H. ,,
"ork' "ofk. ha' noa:ss a psaln 9oes IKE
snlnnlne:"Heel' IL !3'o be Mcotngs III E
,:,. 49, "'"N' i"f' ~. II. ~: ,re
WI Wnca 21e 10, me'e Fape's. nc uoi'snes
~ s.olos'e11 H pea- -: e.eA'' ~
RFac'lcal. IL san ~ uselea, Iue'' 49, "'oet
snan lnos' Iuea. l's papel ~ INJURIES VI
INC nea9 allacls a'teut'oi ! oat no. "alllus
Tor 1oolish haad-cHapp'ns' ne experiments on
tumors ato nervous illalap'llts, plrln narhs,
aud ancutism' fuplfs ipc!cases aug, 'ast
move o1 ~, ns moFe ~ qule' beoaoio NJ"
1aaual LOU ~ n1aA11S -oAe y! us 1.s,st
successful experiments; ne marfto A'ss
Anne 'hfenal1, tne aausnter q 81 re111ea
'r:deman living al tdmoEstoh' re sa" her
| nIst klhu!y nutFins 9he o. MS patlents, anu
lellih ioSe VIII "e1'ua soper, fatloual' u"poe-
tlcal way. spJ, P!oao, puty' alra,u VI oe1ng
rc]ecte,a, aho oiAolc W u.ue!e nlo ,'ol. ne
| "loie M1stIess .auue no'e' leAnu5 lue secrel
VI ~: p'atn nones' nsxrt' aho g''1os ner
ioFtuisn1 ~ leRis. 1ue aas"e1 "As eno1t
pu1 reasan', es. nc "onoe1 ~ ,ue oas}
man ktssed the lct'er or no'. lerhaPs, W
tue sde 1i some dealnneo, IL etrnSk Ma soner
and saDaaeo Jny mt n:s neal1. me ecoicn
heass i a hne neat'' na' !, ae'el oea's quick
cnonrn i"r us' eoutaey ;e1t ols oIlde u tne
eeufch uoor TO s!ast ,os tof.aeai 9onn. toe
d"1 ne "as na!sNu a u.a no' ~. ,a,ss n!s I:esulc
n' more nc o'o' years a''GI' NV a'y us o"n
daughter wa 1,:e mlrtHu. "oun @ ,lei ueser even
co1le 10 consultation ~ 1"o O'CLOCK the
hour OF lecture.
Now, ut thls epoch Of hls lite bis 1irss child
was bornc: was written my Dook, on bis
great simple doctrine OF The Constitutional
Origin OF Loc.l Diseases. IL came OUT in
1904. Nc wro'e TO sho" me salue and im'
p"riance III lhc stomach. ne ~ nos i've 10
cAt, ye aldermen nut cal 10 HFe. Says
Abcrnc5hy, t'L:Ases consist Ut an alteru-
tiun III the condition OF some structure, or tue
tuuc'ion or occupation of that Structure
therefore all stEuciusc:' oe1ns leu ny the stoin-
ach, must " if'laenc'u iof Toou anu narm o}
tue state ol tue stomach. Hunfer bad taught
hlm that tue "no'e poay ssmFa!hlzss with all
its parts AoeEthahy canned 1or iuactlon-
the wofe wo1k done ~ an or@an-tllat ~ which
Cnyier insisted on anu owen eXamplllcd IT
regard to structure -. & relationship in
evitablc between the whole and its parts. 81
does not explain the nature Of this sympathy
lie only proved its c1!stance. Doctors dt
not know wut discusses are they only d
Jet know their symptoms and their results.
It Was in supporting Hunters thejry Of lif'
that be ruused such a sWafm Of enemies, ant
chief among them" Et tu, Br.te''-Nr
Lawrence, an old pupil. Abeftheny took
spiritual view " that great myssery-ltfe-
tho prinum noble Which sess matter TO work
Lawrence, taking lower, more especial an
restless Tiew o. it refused to regard it rs any
Thing but high product OF organism no
! world of q divinity as master workman, bu
carrying the mlraculousto to higher lerel A
colleague Of Aberneihy tue contrisera seeme
the more painful and indecent. Aberneth
denied that fe vas mere mechanic electric
ity," thai mere mottoa Implied sensotlor
Mind he said. was power added to Life, a
life Was to structure. He called disorder
faulty action OF nerves. "hlch neglecte
became faulty action OF vessels, which vi
disease.
After long tenure OF twentyeigh tyeal
assistant, Aberuethy b ca me surgeon to 5
Bartholo1new'a-the tayed SAINT OF Smlt1
field. John at Enfsld-Lamb's Enfeln-
where lie could repair o. summer afternoon
: after lecture, fur from the moody stillnei
and murkiness OF Bedford ow, aud uouoto
on his fuyorite mare Jenny, happy as schoo