New-York tribune., 1871-01-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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ThE NERVES. By WnLlAN b NEFTRIr NJ d. limo Up i0i'
D Appleton Co
The author of this essay is an eminent Rus
sian physician, residing in NewYork, who has de-
voted many years 20 the study OF the diseases Of the
system His thorough medical education, and
his official duties visiting physician TO the largest hos
pal I'm ST. Pctershurg have afforded him peculiar facii-
for Investigating the subject. and his zeal In striking
out path Of inquiry and observation has been re-
warded 10y remarka hle practical success At suhse
uuent period received commission from the Russian
Government attend the principal universities of Ger
many, France, and England, with view OF qualifying
himself for chair OF medicine for medical graduates
In that capacity, though deyotng himself to clint
cal medicine and its collateral sciences, the
study Of nervous diseases remained his IA
vorite pursuit, especially under the guidance OF
the whose great discoveries the science OF med
cine indebted for it's remarkable progress within the
last twenty five years The treatment of nervous aec
tons by the agency Of gavansm has experienced sin
gular development during that period Al one time, II
left chiefly in che hanGs of empires the depth OF
whose ignorance in proportion to the audacity OF
their claims instead OF being made the subject Of legit
mate scientific research discoveries Of Oersted and
Faraday gave a new face TO the practice. With the
abors OF Du Bos Raymond in electrophy sioogy, the
gavanc current began 10 be correctly appreciated as
remedial agent Remak commenced his researches
in therapeutics. In spite OF his great merits as
scientific dlscovercr the announcements Of his success
were met with general skepticism aud even with nd
cule, so wonderful seemed the phenomena which he
described and the cures which he lad effected Cases In
which patients had been restored from a
hopeless condition habitual health, only served
10 throw doubts the diagnosis, which
had not been verified by a postmortem examna-
ton Remak answered that it not his object to es-
tabsh the truth Of his diagnosis by the death OF ms
patients but TO save them from the table OF the post
mortem operator In this respect he presents erafy
ing contrast 10 popular physician in Boston whose skill
diagnosis is uTvaed, but who is said TO be always
disappointed patient it deprlves him
the opportunity Of illustrating his theory by actual
examination Since the death of Remak, few years
since his medical genius is universally recognized
ard il is admitted that he has enlarged the sphere Of
therapeutics by gvingit of lis best and most power
fu instruments At the present time the highest medi
cal authorities acknowledge that the scientific OF the
calyanc current IS the most efficient treatment Of ner
Diseases and in fact the only successful treatment
for certain morbid conditions. The improved
apparatus which introduced by ReInak
and which has been generally adopted by the
best cccro,EcrapcuiS of Europe, has been employed
hy DR. N,ftcl with wonderful effect. The practical
methods application fully described in this vol
umc together with record Of the which have been
relieved by the treatment In the of Deafness and
other morbid affections of the ear, the efficacy of the gal
vauc mt is remarkable. Several cases Of this kind
the practice of the author described, which cannot
fan bc read with great interest especially by the
chronic sufferers. with whom hearing has long been
Of tAc lost arts The sentence of Bremen which the
author quotes Is Significant "HencefOrth diseased ear
cannot considered fully examined, and the means
for its cure exhausted so long the gavanc current
has not been used scientific manner for these pur-
poses" Perhaps not less extraordinary the effects OF
the clvanc current in diseases Of the optic nerve in
epilepsy i'm asthma dncluding hay-feyer) and several
other ills Of the flesh which have hitherto dehed the re-
sources " the usual medical treatment II is matter OF
congratuaton that remedial agent which has 80 often
been the instrument Of quackery and imposure, should
have thoroughly tested by man OF science and
skill, and Of high standing in the medical profession