The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-30
SURGERY AND MEDICINE IN THE METROPOLIS.

SuRGEHy AND MEDICINE IN THE METROPOLIS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Medic,I SCHOOLS.
One thousand and nifty physicians and surgeons have
charge OF the physical welfare OF that comfortable part
Of our population that afford pay It's doctors
bills. This ID nos large number, especially when We
consider the with which doctors Of certain class
are made, the facility with which any may practice
who chooses 70 try and the grea. wealth Of popula-
ton, with the attendant notion that the healing in
such city must be peculiarly rsmuneratng One
thousand practitioners including hom9opaihs, in .
population Of over milon might At nrst glance be
taken - an indication favorable 70 physical con0-
fion-an evidence that not -docored-that
the average health OF the community toleraby high
But We may not lay that nattering JUNCTION 70
our urban souia The comparatively small number Of
practitioners 10 not good sign but bad one. II indi-
Gates net that We healthy people. but gulIibs
ono u points 70 evil axity In ovr social system,
where liberty runs nso license, fraughs with uncacu-
lated danger We are asack ridden and nostrum-mad
community. We too mueh isclinsd 70 loud
assertion OF prssumptuous ignorance and neglect the
skin that much study has made modest Physicians, II
esod win nss promise immortality We want some one
that win ana ve welcome any who ready scoept
our cash and give for such pleasant assurance a. -
complete curs IN twenty saya" Few sop to inquire II
there h reason In such pronsa The phi soian stands
aside and The knsvs PUSHES In. Consumption can b
cured" though Recover truth, h phrase Of powerful
trouble. 'Caacsr s1sirpassl without the uss Of the
knife and assertions more post,vs s lure tho world
Inc wy should ~ "a and playing with
human hopes and fsars, fool away the money that
sushs % escoarags deep and earnest study. Much Of
the time a cur practitionsn small tho number ia 10
spent n relieving sinp,cons fron the consequences Of
their sassins % We ehansn Of quaekery. Under the
Law any man practice medicine he can get people
70 practice q. He responsible for ms-practios but
that vague uncsrsaa aaa unsatisfactory remedy for
Tie svs thus sntails1 spsa Ne people Quackery dsnss
NJ fss The Characteristic 81 esacksry here 10 ~ great
bssdnss ~ sablushing sGsoahy. There ID no art in IT,
only The sublimity Of Impotence. 10 recorded that
vhsa travelling pEassissoss Il the good old times
came 10 ssrtaa place IN rases he ordered shs town
csr 70 announce through al TIE streets that he had
stopping plaza By shh means ,hs doctor blew 6is own
vas not found, patients .sra There vas keen sss IN
this thas might rob evil q rome harm; but there
We Is ss mi sSsr.soss sos asos S
small number Of physicians and surgeons In the city
ai.ossther good sign. Yea q has perhaps not been
remuneratve IN certain individual oases has drawn
into By the promise OF adequate reward men Of ths
Oroof iuteuocS, ana mas tnuB enabled
veop surgeons ana physIcans Who have no superiors
anywhere Il . II NO spint Of local pride that ~ ny
This; for upon full udsmess Of the claim. and positions
Of the great men Of the Art 10 I'll the cities Of the
world, may justly say that the American metropolis
p not Ne least rich In names worthy Of cosmopolitan
fame. IN
Foremoss among sur American surgeons 10 Dr. Car
nochan the true succsssor - he was the student
o. ne l9strSu. Mott and surgeon whose ideas have
operations arc quotcd, perhaps, even moro f..
military m Europe than IN the United States
he RhoM fsSua - - ~
surgeons Of tho world~xitn Dupuytren. Lisffsnc
Cooper, Brodie and Neason. He has boldness
and these characteristics tempered bv exact jude.
mont wise discretion, and accuracy in the perception
.ns ssessst,ss q case that 2 Dsxt . iafaibls
entire bone Of the lower Jaw and HE OF slephaD-
tass BY gatre Of The fsmofa artery great achisv-
ever ssste his name % high place shs record Of
thoss who, while sAwhsd By ali for skill and
factors Of che human race He has been les heard Of
In that peculiar Geld u aas than fosssry and perhaps
this s we'll. me world impatient Of high abinees,
fe the truth Of his and % aid Harvey Harvey de-
monssratsd the greatest discovery IN medicine Of
declined 50 a. 10 Be hardly equal 70 Sis suppor he
was feared - IN innovation u was the same with Jeunsr
msisdy nom which, before he lived oss man in every
SIX was toleraby sure % die DE Csrnochas having
lies BY his several original Operations would scarcely do
himself justice By continuing In thai career be should
have shut n,msst out from the vas. ssd Of general
% admirably a. him.
Another Of our very able surgeons IL Dr. ourdon
observer with notion hat be must b. clumsy man
he wanting In that grace Of manner which 20 potent
are not known No,wishsssscisS shis appearance Of
clumsiness, Dr. Buck skfui and delicate operator
Nor could any human Judgment b bestsr than his In
doubtful cases His well balanced brain poises ell
points, and decides slowly, but correctly His indepsn
dence Of judgment notable This illustrated not
only one Of dozen surgeons Who opposed an operation
for the removal Of an abdominal tumor Ali others
agreed 70 BSos ION only bis S SSs. agsn, = The
dining himself strictly % surgery His mind Is Of the
on surgery delivered the College OF Physicians and
Surgeons not very we'll deested intellectual Efforts
yet they have high value Of their embodyng
the extensive observations Of acute mind Dr. Parker
reasons well and acts with educated nerve. He has
lately como prominently before the public member
Of the Board OF Health, and may trust that he
garos this departure from the strict line OF professional
sacrifice made rather public service than
Dn Markoc. Van Buren, and James r Wood are osher
city surgeons Of notably good ability whom We have not
DR.. Alonso Clark stands ct the hesd OF Ill physicians
In the uoited staes and, having ample faith IN the
brain that grows inside an American cranium would
the head OF the profession elsewhere Dr. PAR d.:
1.-The most desirable profession 10 that OF medions Tho
ssa H' SsseuSe su sp0s ss church 0 TOO '1 Ss
otsd and sinstarchsd; bus The study and practice
Of physc are equally favorable 10 mans moral sent
and intellectual facultea" An association with
Dr. uarkheush only that Of scholar 70 teachsr- apt
70 recall this thought and impress with Of
ns uuhfulnesA He Va - fond Of Q joke - Sydenham
VAS though say that like that great physician
he regards Don Quixos good text book for studens
be inclined 70 indulge quaint sarcasm q the expense
mont Lea not fall into the hands Of man. but Of
God, Tor HIS msrcies very great" In recounting
how certain surgeon had plan for che cure Of dis
Of she BRAIN tried three Of bis pasienta
DR. Clark fails 70 inform the class thai the surgeon
"has the skulls Of his three patients In his museum
All good enough humor; but the old gentleman n too
philosopher 70 carry this very far and would
occasion b enthusiastic Homer himself In landing
the value TO the world OF good surgeon.
Whoever has lost himself the wilderness Of London
Hospital wards or wandered through the countless
miles Of wards In Paris from the labyrnthine Hotel
Deu 70 the city incIosed within the walls OF the Hosp
tai 81 Louis win consider New York very poor In this
respect He will 30 right We have in the city worthy
Of mention - general hospitals only BelIevae and that