New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-05
PROF. ROBERT STAFFORD NEWTON, ND.

PKUF. HUBERT OAfFUhU NEWIUN, n. II.
Among the many of Distinguished Ability ard Extended
Professional Reputation who have, amid the wh,r Of
during the past four years civil been thrown or
midst there is Eminent Deserving Of
Cordial Welcome to city than the gentleman whose
stands the head Of this article Dr. Newton sReg
lar Practitioner Of Medicine and Surgery, and Gssussd
from the Louisville Medical College In 1871, while Pron
Drake, Cross Caldwell, Yande, Short Cook and Miller oe.
cupied the various Chairs Of that Institution.
He entered upon the practice OF the Alopa,he
Mode in all forms and continued for 1--WE year, Init! no
became folly satisfied that there much he
crease the efficiency of that Mode Of Practice while there
were in Constant Daily Use Such Agents a. No gbened
Conscientious Humane physician could Prescribe romhs
esonably Injurious Results Constantly Revealing raera
selves in the Shattered Health Thousands Of Victims
Their Use Being naturally Eclectic DR.. Newton very
soon found that there Alarming Tendency almost
Universal Debility and l Health among Women. Resulting
from Mercural Arsenica Anmonai and some other Of
the Metallic Agents which Chiefly Relied Upon by tho
Aopshc practitioners, and which act upon the system
u.ulative Poisons Enlightened by his expaencs ne
at once to abandon the teaching and the
imposed by his Professional Alma Mater 20 far to make
Full Fair and Dpsssiona'e trial Of what was Known the
Eclectic School of Medicine with view to comparison Of
the Curative Power Of its peculiar Remedie Treatment and
System of Pathology with those of the Old School He very
soon found that their Curative Power much greater than
even he had anticipated while there norensne nu
GU. Aerresults as in the Alopshc practice lie, with
enthusiasm at determined 10 carry forward
general system deliberations aud apartments IN Remedies
and u the Of the whole Of Chronic ard
diseases also in the class Of diseases apiyr
.suy denominated by the AAopsthc School a. In
ccrable To enable him to do this most efectusy he IN
a,e organized the Memphis Eclectic Medical Cosse and
for two years occupied the Chair of Surgery Of that tu
! "A Tho. hair in fhA
Eclectic Medical College OF Cincinnati and confined TO &C.
cupy alternately the Chairs Surgery and Theory and Pra
tee until March, 1862 period of twelve yeers Drns this
time Dr. Newton occupied the responsible position Of Editor
and Publisher Of The Eclectic Medical journal, the mot
powerful organ of Medical Reform in this county He also,
during the period edited O2d published syme orPery
Notes and Additions; work on the Eclectic Practice u
Medicine; the Eclectic Treatment OF Diseases Of
Children; work Pathology, work on Ulcers work on
Medical Botany and in 1851 he Projected Prepared and ID
shed the first edition of the Eclectic Dpensaor>
performing large amount of mise eaneons Meray laoo
in addition to his very extensive Hopis. and Private Practice
d. Newton also established Clinical Institute, or homeior
the Sick in connection with his College in Ciner'n wnch
he sustained for years at co.t OF more th~n s
in which were treated than FIVE thousand ,oc) pa
tient,, many OF them gratuitousy
In this institution he developed his celebrated plan Of treat
men for the Radical CuIe Of Cancer and all Cancero Alec
I
eae He also conducted wide series of experiments IN con
uecon with the Proper Treatment all forms Of Chronic Dis
ease and Introduced Numerous New and Valuable Remedies
and Methods Of Treatment Professor Newton has undoHb
edly Made and Utilized Important Dcoveries and I'm
proyeents IN Remedies and Medical and surca Practice in
Class of Diseases than other medical man. and De has
Treated and Radically Cured Cases Of Real Cnc.r then
Al Others Put Together He has also Devised more Really
Valuable New Surgical instruments and improvements
| Oras other American
hsp. the exception Dr. j. Marion Sims. All the'e be hss
Free the general benefit ofthe Ecs;e School
Of Medicine and all others who have sucien, Spirit Int-
vduay and Independence to Inquire beyond the Caosho
Formulas and MoDkish Rules o. the Aopsihic School
Dr. Newton's Clinics attended by from three
hundred students annually and that was operated
on before his classes Confined TO It's Termination thus
giving the mos, Valuable Practical Instruction 10 bis Students
lie made subject of Cancerous Diseases special s'ady
and Defined the Pathology and the Only Successful
Method this Formidable Disease EvefTaoebto
Glasses In Medical College. His sA and success a. surgeon
soon widely known and his services We're ghi n
every direction In connection with the most dh i' cases
He has his operations fully demonstrate few eq1ss' an
Operative Surgeon while lis uccess the Treatment Can
eerous and Chronic Diseases perhaps still more remarkable.
In Spring 1863 DR. Newton NewioT. where no
has fixed hi. permanent residence Mainly through s nsru
mentality charter the Eclectic Medical College OF the
City Of NewYork, and Hospital, procured rom tho
Legislature also charter for state Medical Society with
Auxiliary District Societies and he Unanimously Elected
President this State Society its first annual meeting in
June the present year. From his untiring eI.on there
every prospect that this College and Hospital viii be
gsnized and in successful operation very soon.
The plan Of the proposed Eclectic Hospital embraces
Department for Cancer Patients and for Chronic Dease
and one for Diseases Of Women lin addition 10 the Department
devoted General Medical and Surgical Cases In bis Hoo
p the Comparative Value OF the Eclectic System Of Practice
will Challenge Attention of the Whole Medical World
Professor Newton has undoubtedly, by his lnegeutyN
rected Lsbors and his Uuehh and Unqualified Devotion 10
the Great Medical Reform done than sEy oer
man to give Unity Organization aud sysemaised Vitality
and Power to the Eclectic School OF Medicine
The late DIR. Jep,bs Foukes-a Distinguished Aopsthis
Physcisn well known to the Profession in this city, and late
M,,or Of Memphis Tennh an editorial in The Bulletin Of
tina, city, in 1902 IS follows;
professor Robert Stafford Newton was FOR two
wear. Professor OF Surgery in the Memphis Eclectic
Medical Institute from 1919 to 1851, and we know him
intimately He occupied the chairs alternately Of
ssery and Theory and in the Cincinnati Ecen'
Medical Institute lie has also been the responsible editor OF
the widely circulated and influential Eclectic MedcaJoun
published In that city, DIR. Newton is true man and an Ora
ment to his profession He has long had the friendship u"
confidence of such the Rev W. g. Browplow. New
ton and Browulow alike distinguished for loyalty nae
pendence and benevolence. They will do as Fiend' p
or war; in prosperity adversely Of few men can ''
truly said Newton is one OF the r.t in the mede ~
fe.sion in the United States aud in surgery op-raf
x,lar skill and a remarkable uniformity OF success" nv
cure when it is possible to do aud under no
will he deceive or extort irsm, impose upon "' P
bv exorbitant charges"
rV-Dr Robert 5. Newton has to his serious N"DO'
Professional injury, been in the minds OF many 'r
sn,a.d with another man formerly OF this ywho An0"'
=. N, .,i,i,u. Dr. Newton wio proesed to cure '''