, 1870-01-16
FAMOUS EUROPEANS.
.TSS0 Noted German Doctors,

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DE- JouE orroLrIl
II faMa Il 10 Be awarded to those OF most Eer.
vioe 70 mscktnd, abs and soccoa1ful ptTGciA7l
7nay claim special Share OF glory. Great Kauer.
ais md great pny1tctsns onEht to have certain
EA1r1cserktca 10 oommon-prpfound kpoWledrh
6een Intuition. knd und&unted courage IN meet.
ing unexpected difocultIe4. Oppo.Jef tia hesd
OF the medical faculty connected With The Uni.
ver7ty Of V:enns, poaseased these pecularttles In
AEenarkAole degree. toEetner with an ,uyeltt-
eating Spirit which hAs made that medical school
1he ttTR OF that OF PARIS. In fac!, youpx etu-
dent IN Europe must have apent 6ix months In
Pas snd nine in vlenna, ia order to perfect him.
EEL IN Ms Preparation for practice, and, of lite
Jesss, when he must choose between the two, IN
.EnRuAhfcao, American. or German, pEefess 70 10
10 Vienna for everything. save The study OF sur
gerry. which stf1 remains The triumphant specially
OF tho Pzt1lan school
Oppo9cr IL native OF Boheu.ia, graduated At
The University Of Prsgue IN his z7tn yeas, IN 1888,
and, After a. few Jears' service al ssslotant
70 cestsin phJEtdxns Of the town,
he began an independent prscuce.
He became remarkably popular. not 80 much on
account OF hs urdoubted kro Wedge and skill a.
by 1eason OF his personA uaguetlIm, ne has
quiet, genne MANNER and an unobtustye orm.
ness which enables him to cbtain immediate con-
no! Of Lis patient and lnfoiea into the latter,s
utnd an implicit faith In his power Of hes1,1e
Fot, unnsuA - II nay be, tn the midst Of bit du-
fics II utWeek,y lecturer TO classes numbering
frequently 600 young men, be keeps up sn er,or.
1nou1 practice.
charge OF the General Hospita1, Of Prarue
and invested with Proie1orshlp Of Medicine At
Inc unatetH1ty. Eeen then hls lecturer were A.
Tended bJ GREATER lumber OF students than
1hoee Of many IN older and uore noted professor
ni philosophy and the clsssicA- Here oppolyer
Remained uutn 1873, when he wna invited to the
Dntvesslty Of Letpalc II Professor Of Pathology
and Therapeutics, becoming. It The SANE time, Di-
rector OF The Jacobs Hospitals pontton held
nom The foundation OF that ins,ituuoa only By
The MOE. accomplished medical men.
In 1880 he was invited 70 Vlenna, and, though
he Ktnx Of stxcny tempted him to remain In
LEIPZIG, BY the ol1er Of uIs and penslnn ~ Priv
Councillor, he was zoo thorough an Au4,I1au At
hean 10 dcchre the Invitation OF accept the Saxon
tocor.
Hu fame rapidly increased: and for m.ny Year,
It haa beea the fsiflon to call upon OppolJer TO
travel from one end OF Europe 10 the other to
prcaide II . consultation BY the bedside OF some
Mustz4ous OF wealthy patient He haz beeu OBJ.
Hged Of jAte Naturally to feitr1ct himself to con-
Eullattore, or 10 an opinion upon the treatment
pursued BY the usual family phystcau. In the
atudy OF the usef to which electricity Can be sp-
piled. he has made remarkable discoveries. and
y
covered In the application Of M agent the prlncl-
pie OF which ID AKIN TO that of life ltself.
Qnite another field ct medicine AID surgery Is
Tepleeented BY The mAn, Ia liz Inc the g7easeIt
practitioner In the world,
Oh. AlnNEcHT vok GRAEPE,
the famous oculise CT Berlln- um father WAS M
ocullsE and eurpeo1 OF Considerable reputation,
Who IN 164G, Ha1 Professor OF Surgery ut the
Berlin Clinic, nrd, about that time, was called to
Hanover to perform RI operation upon the Crown
Prince, now the cx King George, Who had lost hls
sight The operation failed, and, In despair sud
chaKrtn the unfortunate uculiat put IN cad 10 hi9
own Lie.
Els son, desttued 70 become 20 noted In the
asne pzoIess!oc, wAs then II Jexrs old. In
hertunz brilliant fortune, he was thoroughly
educated INTO IN o1.huHlAtt!c lovet Of gcIenco,
ana sHTed the drudgery OF practice for daily
bread After 11aauau0N with special honor,
n etudent Of Lhn nA.IrAl sciences, medicine and
mAchenat4t1 at Be.lin, he went TO the Univerglty
OF Prsgne to stady under the then noted Prores-
sotS OF Medicine, Iaksch. Dietrich and A1Ik-,he
1after luaktnR the eatIen: oI the diseases of tho
human eye hts specially. From Prague Gssele re-
paired 10 EfeLna, where the ocIhst, Professor
Jager, inst1ucttd MN In hIs n.t Here, LOO, It i.
somewhere ss4d. GrAeie established his dtst hos
Pital, cont11rirg 'one hundred patients, al. OF
the1-squirTela. He 1ronced ali known diseases
OF the e1 G to sppear AnonE this unlncEy ciks2 OF
ptusnts' IN o1oa 10 cure tnen a4a1n' Eaca sqolr-
TO nao ntle un pla'e Win number ted round
III neck. Dy Rn'co Timber record Of tue cass
"as KEPT oJ dfaeIe In ms oauF }oafnaL Each pA-
uent "fs c8ft1ollJ neasea every daJ, aud tho 70.
Eult wss thai i. the end Of tic seFera montha OK
penEeIt al were restored SAFE and sound to their
on2tnA Aoef1y'
ILLS courso or stu1S conp!eteo, 0sae16 spent
snaoy mo1tas 10 T,aihz ana practising IN The hos-
pttals OF London, Dublin, EdtnouER, Paris, and
The vasious cities OF Ges1auy. and nn1lty Re:sled
down TO active work 10 Berllo- Establishing
hospital, OF clinic, on the Carl erreet II wRS not
lorg before 1t wa ni!ed with patients from al
ranSa Of lue From that time 70 this, his practice
and iAme have continually increa1ed.
Al hta hospital he lectl1ea daIy, and