The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-16
ITALY'S WOMAN SURGEON.
Wonderful Cures Through nm InsttnctiS
Knowledge of Antony.

Wonderful Cures Through nm Instfnctiye
Knowledge of Anatomy.
Charles Warren Stoddard writes from
Italy
| have met one of the most celebrated
women of Italy, Rachel du Gin, whose
marvellous success in the setting of dislO-
!, cations of long standing have made her
famous even beyond the sea. You can
read of her in the standard works of sur
gerry This uncultured woman, born
with an instructive knowledge of anat-
omy, lives in handsome villa about
twelve miles distant. She is sought by
people from all parts of the world, and,
though she sometimes attempts to
straighten limbs that have been distorted
from birth, and to correct the blunders
of unskiIIful professionals, her speciality
is the setting of hip dislocations, and |
believe in this line she is without
rival. | had been recommended to visit
Regina us she is familiarity called in the
neighborhood, to see if she might not be
able to regulate an arm that has troubled
me somewhat since an accident L met
with Il wear ago near Rome. a maid
held the door open as | approached the
villa, and | was at once ushered into a
small drawing room, tastefully fur
nished.
She entered-a very plain woman of
forty or more; short, stout and untldily
dressed. The lower hooks of her waist
were burst, and there was nothing attract
i've in her personal appearance. Two
of her front teeth were gone, her hair
was rolled up in a small wad at the top
of her head, long gold ear-drops dangled
upon her shoulders, and about her neck
she wore a massive gold chain. We pro
coed at once to business. She stripped
NV arm to the shoulder, touched it
lightly here and there with IL touch that
was exceedingly agreeable. Her exami-
nation of my case was so slight, the
questions she asked so few, yet her COM
prchension of my condition so complete
that | strongly suspected the lady OF
being clairvoyant. She lays no claim
to any such gift; was born with the
genius for bone setting, which she is con-
tinuallv exercising, uses the simplest
possible remedies, and in all cases per-
forms her operations without giving any
pain whatever. | had proof enough of
her marvellous skill. In the hall | saw a
heap of crutches, braces, straps, IRON
stills. and other horrible aids such as
cripples are forced to seek. These were
left at the villa by suffakers who had
found complete relief under her roof,
and many of them bore touching inscrip-
lions in token of gratitude and affection,
and as voluntary testimony to her skill.
There was one steel shoe with sole at least
Il foot in thickness Knowing me to be
an American, he called my attention to
the inscription on it. found that gen
tleman from New York city had left it,
certifying that he had been "cured of Il
dislocation of the hip of seventeen years
standing, instantly, and without pain"
1t is her custom to ask no fee for services.
You pay according to your means. Those
who desire it, and for whom it is neccs-
slrv, lodge in the house and receive her
constant attention. She says ut once
whether She will or will not attempt 4
cure The good woman, after much per
Saa,iou. consented to give her autograph
M conscience smotc me for urging her
| when | SAW the great beads of sweat
st:lrting out on her forehead as she bowed
! over her pocket album and wrestled with