The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-15
ITALY'S WOMAN SURGEON.
Wonderful Cures Through an Instructive
Knowledge Of Anatomy.

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 Il 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 blundCrs
of unskillfuI professionals, her speciality
is the setting of hip dislocations, and /
believe in this line she is without a
rival. ] had been recommended to visit
Regina as she is familarly called in the
ighborhood, to see if she might not be
able to regulate an arm that has troubled
me somewhat since an accident ! met
with year 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
nishcd.
She cntcrcd-a very plain woman of
forty or more; short, stout and Untidily
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 small wad at the top
of her head, long gold car-drops dangled
upon her shoulders, and about her neck
she wore a massive gold chain. We pro
cccd at once to business. She stripped
my arm to the shoulder, touched it
lightly here and there with touch that
was exceedingly agreeable. Her eXami
nation of my case was 50 slight, the
questions asked 50 few, yet her COM
prehension of my condition 80 complete
that | strongly suspected the lady of
being clairvovant. She lays no claim
to any such gift; was born with the
genius for bone setting, which she is con-
tinually 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
cTlpDlcS dIt lDICtl " Sun. IitSc were |
left at the villa by sufferers who had |
found complete relief under her roof |
and many Of them bore touching inscrip- |
tions in token of gratitude and affection,
and as voluntary testimony to her skill |
There was one steel shoe with sole at least !
a foot in thickness. Knowing me to be !
an American, he called my attention to
the inscription on it. found that a gem
tleman from New York city had left it, |
certifying that he had been "cured Of a
of the hip of seventeen gears /
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 neces-
sarv, lodge in the house and receive her |
attention. She says at once |
she will or will not attempt a
cure. The good woman, after much per
suasion, consented to give her autograph.
Nv conscience smOte me for urging her |
when | saw the great beads Of sweat
starting out on her forehead as she bowed
over her pocket album and wTestled with !