, 1874-09-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
n MARVELLOUS CURE.

LOCAL MISCELLANY.
n MARVELLOUS CURE.
Tho surgical profession Is looked upon W
!hoEo rninterestcd In Its triumPl's With Hof1o-
u,ng like fco1ug OF fear or disgust ihe s'Kht
pf tho sttcrlug knives, eawH, anil probes, with
!heir tl!n cdgos ruady for 1so on tho human
rioti, iB mora liltoly to nsplro aE's1'dor t''aa
10 give riao to nny rloasa',t reflections or sug"
rcstipns ln tho ntntl 0f tho nnYlco. Wien tho
romance OF tlss profession comes to 10 writtol,,
howoyor, IL will contain tho dotails Of many III
oldouts III tito gront and hunano art Of saylt'g
lifo anil limb that wl Gust Into tho HhAtc tho Of
forts Of roulancors, and, Il Is 10 be hoped. may
60 far towards lsporaug tho foolia, notion That
knowledge Of onus own body and dlscasoa is
something to 10 stunned and avoided. Without
dwelling on his prejudice, howofcr, m
incident giving son,o proof Of tho wonderful
powor tho Hkillfnt physician Is loarniag to oxort
ovor tiacaso mny DO gyur.
About tho lat of Inst AtaY
col. AnSEn rAft.pn,
a vc|l-k,,own ctizon OF Chicago, wns tahon ack
witl, what no supposed to bo rheumatic nttach.
lIo had soyoro lal,la in his lknoo- Joint, hip and
head, OIL tho right Altlo Of ia BODY anu M ls nnt,
callcd in doctor. Tla go,1tlelnat coilcurred III
his oniuion, aud commenced trcnting llm for
rho,,nlatis!n ssatug TINT it would probably oou-
lno him 10 lis bed for some time. The p9tn
WIS gradually relieved from tho stdo Of tho body,
In tho course Of this treatment, but TINT
which atllictoll Tho head eeemel to become
moro acute and unboarablo day by day.
until 1t deprived hin Of rest or soep BY day Or
night, a,td, before Tho beginning OF Aug,'st Col.
Taylor had lost ~ pounds In weight. mid hts
hair on tho side afflicted had
TURNED WHITE.
by this tmo he Ind takon nh fnnonso quantity
3Sfu
II, ot,d apparently hopelossly shattered. From
tho gruat aud hearty figure OF tnRi 10 Well
known about town, ho bocamo galnt nfu
tromhliug skeleton Of hiH former solf, too weak
to holp iiimself and, sa ho llad received no ro-
liof to llis intenso agony, fatcd, without doubt,
to tlio without evon knowing tllo cause OF Ills
afIlictlon. III all his pain and agony, this grow
to bo torriblo Thought, and ho at lo''Elh re-
Ills Physicians for Ito Ind nov callod in uoyofal,
readily agreed 10 thlc Nud 80 la
TooK THE noAT TO MAcK1SAW. 49,.
Here inatoad Of improving, tl,o cool atmosphere
advice Of Judge David Davis, whom ho mot
thcro, mud otllora of l,s friouds, o resolved to
60 to Now York and put himself under charge Of
br. Hammond. Arriving i'll Now York; hia slret
snmo day at 2 o'clock with tho eminent physician.
At the hour named ho was accorded MI 1ntorylcw,
which WIS i,riof and to tho point. Having statod
who llo wns aud Ills trouble, tho Doctor asked
linn several questions, aau thea tolu n1A uo oo-
Gevod ..... ......... ....s....
SOMETHING WAS TIE NATTER WITH 1itsEAn.
"CoUld l,o oar NJ vol wls!l n1s 1isht oar. foa.
"Sure2 2" "les:" "SotiilrS cvor tho 1'a:tor
with it;s" mo" Aftcr MI experiment to lost
tho action Of tho hraii the Doctorasain returned
to tho charge tint there was something the
denied this, and folt hopeless. "1 wall prove
it to You," fuid tho Doctor,; and, by holding his
watch to lla car aud gradually ro1novthg It, Ao
convinced linn that lo could hear feet from
him on tho loft sido. anil only foot On the tlgas
'sSo horc 1t IT," said t'lu Doctor and taking his
patient into dhrkencd room, with tho @la ot