, 1870-10-30
TIE ROMANCE OF MEDICINE.

From time to time topics OF discussion crop
up in the me3ic.l world which form subjects
Ut general cnuversl.ion in social intercourse.
Now l'Tofessor Huxley starsles US with lis
protoplasue. winch reduce all nature to one
common denoriaator. Thea Professor Tyu-
gcrms Of disease which We necessarily swallow,
and Of the cott5n-wocl method by which wi
can make the air OF The eick chamber Is pure
ard rsriied IS that Of the higaer Afps. Pro-
fcssor Tyudall hat, however, qcitc f1,led to
s1.:{: tic general raiud on the germ theory OF
Or some new method OF treatment, obteina 4
slsasc 81 popularity, 3lcE will eAlgerly dis
cnss all the possible u-es Of bromide OF
potassium, or they will tell wonders OF tho
ex'irratins power Of casholic acil; or
they will 50 into rar.ures over tue
h,drate. which they will declare-but don't
believe them, 1e.dez-pteluecs deep sleep,
aid lsayes no a:ter-effsct- Tho docfots arc
sad people for makinga run upon eome par
tic,liaE medicine, and, for tha limo being. tho
whole professor breomcs empirical in the
t,sc OF a new ard fashionable drug. The
chemists complain gres:,g that, By The time
they issye ordered in stock ot il, tho 1netli-
cina caprice has changed, aud the demand is
for rnnetlIiug new.
I Garnet wonder 1t any amount OF exc ersic-
is1n respecting coctore, when 20 mach eccp-
1irlsm exists among Themselves Even on
that internecine question of slsopathy and
Loma opa.hv. thcre are allopxtlie dec:ors
who treat ratiente humHopathica!ly, aud
E.sumrot athic acctnrs WHO troat stIeEts alia-
l4thlcal!y. Doctors gov suspicious Of n.c]i-
cil.es, and often resolately refuse 10 psc.crsue.
SURGEONS nuaervatas operations. anil coufess
tl,at their nu'ilatfons If the human subject
orc simply cunfss1iu1a olpoweEleEsness to
III 81 ...--.
Ntdtc;re has, in i:s wsv, as brilliant ia i.n.il-
T.: IL "a IS can be foua. elsewhere +. ecieuec-
- in tic discovery OF the planet Ecusune. or
The Identification OF tho dihcrui-. Our readers
ltStablF rcco,lcct l'rnfca :or Ovens wonderful
i!Infsscation Of 1lls great winSless Girl of
Scw Zc1'and. 4 ssi!cr eEFere'l Vicre Of i,ouo
for sala 1t rorne nf the ecieut,tic r,useunla.
They all declined, aud one OF them itrevcr-
etsIy sai,l that it was like a Lnga m.rrounonc,
-l,cl an he had seen At the London Tavern.
!. was bought at lcngth by l'rofcssor Owen.
and then le pronounced wonderful opinion
Ha declared that this bone, which WAS big
enough for the bone OF an OF, WAS nothing
else than tho bone Of bisl and lie fol-
lowed TIP this eta.eiuent By one that was
more astonishing st,ll-that this bid had 10
winge, 1t taxed sfl ones filth il Professor
On en- TO credit eucA langusge as this But
time viudicsted the seiehce Of tho phil ,sophcr.
4 whcfc skeleton Of the animal was discovered
and tfnuRlt to England. So accurate was
tic professor that no better name could be
feund fcr the tisl than apter:x. or wingless
orr.
A medical @an told ne tic other day tha.
bis rrac,ice virtually consisted II half dozen
E,< dicinea. ] cxIHc wo eau guess what they
ue. There is diE7tnlle, the great medicine for
the hrart; cr:nul, 60 unIrcrs1l a aheet-anchor
tl'At Ert.s physician alwass u=ed TO travel
ILe aboniuable aud nt,',cl1 ent calonlcl; tue
.ulpl ate Of vulrine, the muriste Of iron tie
iocioe OF potassium. To these re mCet n.il
tie rev remedies Of ch1o.af:r bsomsls Of
| Ittassinnl, and nitrous c1iaa gas.
Every NON tnl then some extraordinary in
cids hi occurs 10 vc:y tie nono:euy of or.lI-
! lary medical 6iscasslnn. For instance, after
Tran. puaun was Euillesint d. b Paris ply =ician.
nr. liee1, assorted in j p:,lltlcat journal that
life It tmaii.ed iu t4e heatl Of tho criminal at
l.et au hour after execution, There had
also Lem fuEhtful stories OF tho heatls Of
gui!!usintd POROUS li:ipg each other. pur-
lcrti' & 10 come from SAMSON. the cxecutloner.
Os.c result OF th,s uas that some experiments
NeTe 1n.dc At Dcauvais, on the body OF GRIM
al executed for rsIrie.de. Tic experiment.
trs applied their iipe 10 the ears Of the ssv-
ard head, aad shouted out tl1s mans n1mo
il loud voice. Ba, there camo no muscular
1,u1enent 10 any feature, Nor aay eleam TO
t!,r lacL.lu-tro eye. E'ec:1i.ity obtained its
usual vivid coLtractious. but these wcru
npr significant. At the same we're. OF
laiucd Long after tho extraction Of the
I laa1n- Tire results colnciiel with
1isyc.cr in lh0s, Nbet, also they called ont tlls
s,a1ucs OF the criminals TO the respective
l:cn's At the present moment profoun l.
Is melancholy interest attaches to dsatii and
+, l.eIiuge ca The bat;le-iielj. There are mali-
81, I'll olts Oh tLc=e subjects lu,ing the Cri~
,cean. 1'ulisn, anil American wars. Dr.. Eritl-
tan. military eurssSli, speaks thus Of q
| t11.t 81 Ia 1tA
Itc right atm ra5 rais.d ntave the head
o. tightly fixed. Tho halai It'll. l.cll The car,
y.n shlrL l,s had beet. cs,eelaE Ills CON -ales
A. the let naa1ntnt Of llfs. \ pcaces1i -n1;is
I: w-s OH Lis f4cu.' This statement resands Us
q the l.nguage OF Wili;sm Hunter, the e;le.
ts.tcs. anatomi-;. when lie sad, il Ills last
lu~ule,.t+, IL lis isisud, DR.. Combs - Il
l.yt1 strength enough to hold a .'.n, 1waIid
H:ite low easy AID Pleasant tLlns i i T.
! 3i.. We may observe that Hnu,eIs still
rsore i'.ust.inu- ltolher died f1om giving way
te 4 violent gust Of pase.on.
Every ons has hi- story to tell Of Aber::
NJ :l.y The story Of 1is marriage is 1 good
cnc. lie wrote oft-haud 10 lady = note Of
.:cIcsal. ea.iug that he was too busy to at
t:.u in reEson, but he would give her for;.
tt:1k. ,ec:ured ss usual the lzy he waa mar.
,lsd. We have only heard ore OPINION from
al persons who hare had my intimacy wi:l
.a:,:uethy, that under that rongLsst OF m1o
!ers he vailed one Of the Eindest Of he.rts
III occasional eneenn:tgs his patients some
t1mtk lad deci1elly III. heat Of it. One Gea
.l.man went TO consult lin about bad rsiI1
ss;d. '.weil, know nothing. ab,us it,
II Cont snos how yon shoull." Va:
tl,e ekalp rctort. but il you vii
Rave patience till I tell 5ou. perhaps xos
tlsn may, Aternc,hy at osce s.I3 ;" 81
1:v7Snese, One day lady aho Welt to con
suit ham fuunl him extremely uncourteosss
! have Leard OF ,yeuT rudcaess before
c.a:c. sir, bu. did not expect tins. Whe'
.5nsthE savs hss tas EFSsp!'on' ,; ns,n sns Il,
: yea like: pnt i. in tho fire il you p:e4se.
The lady took him at his word. ;sid bis fee o
,Lc table, and th:cw the prescription into th
Grr, ard hastily left the Iooc,. !Aberaeth
followed her into The ball. pressing her I
lake l ak her fec, OF let hin Gre hce anosle
esc1alfe. and left the house. Abe'
n-tl,'s ecceat1iciues a1o partly to b
ry,.sired bv the fac. that he was = Erel
lumcrst. Berond this, he had veg ti5ees
| ..tgarizasion, probably 10 be explained y
, at1re structural DIV in the he.rt, to Fh!c
srertualIv his death wAs to lie reie1ret- u
,, ,,1e.t1en always speak well OF Abcruethy. S
Charles Bell wrote: ~ think Abesuc:by b
t.ken = kind OF bsrke1ing kindness to n'
, 1 Yesterday be called, and I chased hica frol
] chair to stool round tile room, n tnc WAY
, argument To-day diced with him. 1has
~en 'ntrcatios bin to 60 to -. dance WITH a.,1 =
! M az me- I took mF first lii
) Nth Aber3ethy. Ny companion is 9aise ?.
, culiar Character; hut ! believe this intcctiu
: II uy delight made him unusually free Il
, | fsisky 5" ...
Asa natter OF fact. medical men axe e:
cecair glx kind-hesr1cd. Thsr Illustrate B!sl
, on Cutlrre Law t.at .yr17athy is not dullt
but heightened, II manifested 10 kindly
i / tton. ..-.....
The way il which doctors have treated Eoyals
. EatchEe told Queen Anne that her dsseas
.ss nothing lut the vaFors. = She is in ]
coed a state Of Lcalth Is any woman broa.]
tur. onlv she can't make up her mind to b
r ,;eye it." William the Ihlsd w.s told By !,
j dcc.or that he won1a rot have his two legs 4
E his three kirgdons Although uafavosas1s
!, :hc doctors, the case Of George the Iht
J. might eesve as 50 illustration. We ara told
e Sir George Eoss' diary Of the opinion Of Il
= mental Illness. " The opinion Of the ply
d dsss is moro than over confident OF Fe.o
- crr. Tut still uncertain rs to time.
= Willis las not the slightest apprehension
:. | aro.her plsoxSem now. The una1iMo
). on mon. also, OF tho physicians Is. that eta
4 ot scme irritation uust preccde recovery, b
r that recovery Is IS certain as any thing can be
u There never MAS worFs guess, except pt
d hnps, in tho case Of his son, George L
= FrErth. That King a1ked Dr.. Warlro
d .tTell me-, WaIdrop, honestly, il you think
is slan recover?" Wardrop anaweied that I
e. Majesty must be rfrsectly aware that any d
re case Of zital organ Ike this heast could z
q, he fec from danger,
II Ccurtleas instances might be gircn nf I