, 1873-12-30
ANN ARBOR.
Tho Cadaycr Busincss--XYlat DIR.
Rockingham Snys
About Tt.
Interesting Proceedings OF q Medical
Society-'.Coloralo as Il Snni-
tarinm.


enatching. having gincludodt tho namo OF ono Of tho
ablcst &odlcal Professors Of tho University Of
alichlgan, I felt TINT tho reputation OF tho Uni
verBity demanded that tho renders Of THE Tn1n-
uNE should know tho truth Of tho matter, and 40
I started out to find tho 'medtcal ghoul."
The Doctors cheerful n,nilo gave no Sign
Of mind disturbed by thoughts Of Tho
biacous "goods" IN which he dealt !;
out tho calculating twinhlo Of hts eye, as ho
glanced ovor the body OF your correspondent,
produced tho uncomfortable foolng that lio owl
IDENTIFY thought 1t would mako "a good ono =
get ns no medical atlyco or prescription Was Of
fored, TINT impression gradually woro Oft, and
in It's placc, Under tho Doctors forciblo logic,
came The conviction that any ono, however lowly
OF humble, could bc OF rse to his follow-mon-
aftor death, ii not before.
In reply 10 numerous questions, tho Doctor
Expressed his opinion OH tllo subject Of
cApAvEns,
substantially MS follows:
"Ycs, this Christian wrote to me that ho Ind
facilities for obtaining matorial for dis
section, aud could send INC aomc good
subjects; and told him to Boud
tllcm on. I know nothing about where 1lo was
to obtain thon1. Wo are obliged to resort to
this moshod Of obtaining subjects, ms We caa
get them in no other way. Though tho Inv per-
n,its us to Like the bodies OF persons who dio III
tho States priaon, tnlcBa they nre clnimcd by
friends or relatives, tho tendcr-hoartcd officials
think tint tho bodies Of friendless murdorers
md thioyoB aro too good to bo used by tho anat-
omist.
''Whnt arc tho doctors to do ? IT.. through
ignorance, they ipjuro patient fntluated to
tholr care, thoy arc prosecuted for malpractice !;
aud, il tho patlont dies, they may oven be in
dicrca for =, nanalaughter; .yot tho law
furnishes thola no means by Which they
ran obtain tho requisite knowledge,
aad, If they take even tho most wreched out
slouls, graye-robborB. &C.. .
TO ILLUSTRATE: il"
4 fow years. since, some boulea werc taAcn from
tho buIying-Sroulld Of q public alulslousc,-
burden aud o curse to society. After they had
died. some doctors Thought to nuke aso Of their
bodscs Tor public good. They woro discovered
In tho nct tue doctors wero imprisoned, and
s!ation, tho dulles devoted Lnlf-pase or moro
to tho dollgs OF the glou]y. as they wero
termed. mud people who would not have
stopped nside for moment in the street
to assis: ono Of these persons while living now
t,nonGcd by thousands tu SEQ their dead boles
thus lsclcssly and brutaly exposed to public
view.
~ vas never cogniZant Of any person Of motto
or responsibility being sent to this institution;
and. ii any respectable citizen is over DISTURBED
tor tint purIose, it il because, through the in
tollcycnce Of olheias and the public, actuated by
(also prejudice and mawliish seutimonta!i,y, the
bodies of lAoso WHO might more justly bo taken
are denied to the PHYSICAL.
a The prejudice ugpinBt dissection is AL
IGNORANT AND uSFoUNDED ONE,
and it ought to give way to thu higher motive OF
relieving tile living OF their distress. Tue uAe Of
the scniI,cl when itisaectipg is just az humane
aa when VT use it on living peraons to rolioye
them Of diseuee, aud 1t certalnly is kinder and
more humane to lcnin our auutony from tho
bodies Of tho dead tllan TO got o,,r experience
Oh tho bodie6 Of the patients whom Ho may be
cullcd upon to trent, and who 1nay be injured for
L. Or oss @ mas & oa.gs ss i epnsGs nS H.
ilnitely botter that thoy bc outraged by the dis
section Of dead bodies than by tue mutilaton Of
some of Our family md friends by phyaicans
v:ho llarc never been qualified for the work by
obtaining that practical knowledge which can
oniy be got by proper dissections2
:" III Whatever light you maY look at it, alIy
many who cators to this falso prejudice, al,tl
thus throws olstncleR it, tho way of medical
schools obtaining sufficient supply of mnterial
for anatomical study. commits u crime against
humanity. and deserves to full under tho cara OF
!lc ignorant doctors ho helpH to create"
COLORADO A3 A sAN1rAR1uM.
At recont meeting Of tue WnaEtelaw Conn-
y Medical Society. there was read letter from
Dr. Chceser OIL Colorado as d Sanitariuu,"
DR.. Cheever was, until lust summer, Lecturer
Oh Matcrla alcdica tn tho University Of A!ichi-
gan, when hiB continued ill-hoaltA forced him to
seek more salubrious cnato.
As the disease from which DR.. Cheover IL Huf-
fcriug iB consumption, his conclusions posseas
great value ns the results of tho experiments OF
thoroughly scientific physician upon himself.
Tho Doctors letter may bo briefly summed up ~
follows:
The climate Of Colorado viii cure almost MI
forms Of consumption, it resortod to lit time,
mid with proper precautions; but the patients
should 20 tllcro ny soon an possible afer the
liscaso appears. They should choose Northern
or Southern Colorado, according ~ they are bet
not, after leaving tho Missouri 1lycr, rush
through with the fastest train, but 90 slowly, no
NJ to become gradually ncclimate1. conHu,np-
tSes should go prepared to stay ayaevoral yeaiH, Us
q brief etaY il WorHo than useless; aud,
ehncca]ly those who improve rapidly. nntl appear
81 gey ~s,hto vigorous, should bo carefnl not to
lease until their cure is complete and certain.
They should not bcgia to exercise until th6y are
only moderately at frat. alore pationts who 20
to Colorado lose t',.ir lives 1so.a uye1-exasEon ~
first than from al.r ltEor oe cause. The iuyh-
lids should stay .@ny from tho mountains for
tho first few months, at 1oast; and, indeed, the
sufar and bottor way s to establish their pornlA-
uent residence al tho foot Of the mountains. In
thai way they can be comfortable oil tho year by
taking trip to tho mountains during the
hottest part OF the. anmmer. They Should
be in tho opon nir as much as posi-
bic; aud as BOON III tlley gain sufficient strcngth,
tho patients will accelerate their 4ocoyery ny
engaging in some light employment TINT will
moderately exercise both body and mind.
STATE INHASE AsyLUsE.
AS the Stato is about to cBtnbiah tlroe now
fnsnnc AsylumH.-one III tho northern, ono in
the southwestern, and QUO in tho southeastern
part of tue Stato,-Dr. rockingham Thought
tint ono ought to be located, at Ann Ar6or,