North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-05-03
Valentine Maff.


year Of his age. To hts immense feme he
leaves no heir on this continent scarcely a
rival even in Europe. Beyond question he
most original genius in surgery who spoke
the English tongue, since John Hunter died
it is doubtful whether even the. great French
man who in the last half century has made
Paris the school Of the world in surgical SCI
ence, possessed greater powers of mind, or
more daring invention, or more delicateI,
taught hand, than Valentine Mott. Pupils
IN America he has many, but the greatest of
them bowed before the supremacy of bis
masters talent. Not Carnochan nor Symmes
nor Pancoast, nor Warren, not the cunnDgest
anatomlsts OF Philadelphia or New York or
or Boston ever thought uf reaching the first
place in their profession till Mott had relin-
quished it. But to-day the field is open to all
corners.
Valentine Mott was born at Glen Cove, L.
T., August 20, 1855. lie was graduated NJ.
D. at Columbia College in 1906, then studied
two years in London under Abernethy Ashley
Cooper and Cline; He went then to Edin
burgh, where he spent year. From 1909 to
1913 he was Professor Of Surgery in CoIum-
b,a College, and therefter until 1926, held the
same chair in the College of Physcians and
Surgeons, With an interval of four years
service in the short lived Rutgers Medical
College, he returned to the College of PLY
siciaAs and Surgeons, passing thence to the
University Medical College, Of which he was
founder, as Professor OF Surgery and Rela-
tive Anatomy. Of the latter science, immea-
surably important to surgery, he ID declared
the authority; "is mainly due to his original
operations as surgeon. As early as 1918
DR.. Mott placed llgature around the brach-
| TWO inches from the heart, for aneurism Of
the right subclavian artery, for the flrst time
iu the history Of surgery. The patient sur
vived the operation 26 days, indicated the
feasibility Of so dangerous an undertaking.
He exsected the entire right clAvlcle for ma
Iignant disease Of that bone, where vas il
necessary to apply 40 ligatures; an operation
which DR.. Mott hilnsell asserts to be the
most dangerous and difficult that can be per
formed upon the human body. The patient
is still living, and enjoys perfect health. Dr.
| Mott wsa the FIRST TO tie the primitive lilac
ar:ery for aneurlsm. He has tied the com
m"n CAROTID 46 times, cut for stone l65 times.
ID, smputsird nearly 900 limbs, He ear
" introduced his original operation for im-
mnbility Of the lower jaw, aud succeeded al
ter many eminent surge'ts HAD failed. In
1863 he perfoIm msd the first operation for
osten ss,coms Of the lower jaw. He was the
first surgeon uho removed the lower jaw for
necrosis" :"
OF Or. Mott the great Sir Ashley Cooper
SAID: "He has performed more of the grea
operations than any man living, Or that erer
did lire." He translated and publis led in
four volumes 8 vo, We peau's Operative Sur
gerry, then and now leading work, snd nu-
merous papers and reports ni his have been
printed both in America and Europe. His
single name and fame have more than all
Others contributed 20 give celebrity in Eu.
rope 10 American surgical science, and what
is al infinitely higher eulosY, he has by hls
own hands and by those Of his pupils CON
ferred an iucalcuabe benefit upon American
surgery, aud 80 wrought steadily inr human
uy ana for the alienation OF human llls-
There are lew If any noblsr spheres of action
than that Of the surgeon there are few il
any surgeons in the world. history who have
done their bent fccn' work better than VAL
en,ine Mott Neu Yo TX Tribune.
Lieut.. Gen. Grau,'s Philadelphia Residence
The handsome furnished mansion on West
Chestnut street, purchased and fitted up a,
q cost Of $50, 900 by the citi1ens of Philadel.
phia, IS present to our Lieutenant General
was opened on Saturday for inspection, and
IN the course Of the day was visited by {
large number of ladies and gentleman. The
mansion 10 twenty two feet 'front.' one hun
dred and five feet deep. and four stories u
height. The front is Of sandstone and ha.
balcony under the first story windows. Ii
the interior the arrangements combine ele
gance and convenience. There is q spacious
hall, and a handsome staircase Ascending
from it TO the burth story, lighted by win
dow on the ro,f. There is also q private
staircase leaiins to the dining room ant
Kitchen.
Back OF the chambers on tha second ani
third floors arc bath r""ms. which are ele
gantiy fitted up. The parlor, about seven
teen by forty feet. is superbly furnished, ihs
carpets being of velvet, the furniture OF wal
nut, ard the curtains of the richest lace
The piano and all the artic.s Of furniture il
the room are in the highest style of mechan
ical art. Vases of an antique pattern deco.
rate the richly carved marble mantel ant
0, elegant CLOCK, surmounted by figure rep
resenting the hist rian 10 in the centre Of it
On the centre table isa magnificent copy
Of the Bible.
Passing on to the dining room are exposed