Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-15
DISEASES or rnE BRAIN

lorty OF all paralyuc attacks. Taxing this fact
IN connection with another fact equally certain.
namely, that tins fast going age Imposes eN-
ce--lye strain on oar braloai ami spinal strength
ami uc have an explanation ot the yearly increas
in the number OF victim, Of the disease. ANY
scientific discovery, therefore which shall give a.
efficient rem, dy tor thi- 400 conmp mliady of
modern day, Is worthy 60 take rank among the
great lee elections which the researches oi great
minds have from time 10 time conferred upon the
race. The method 10 which we have alluded a.
supplying lusi such
- EFFECTrAL ANuDOTE
for paralysis a l. admitted to be great medical
necessity OF the period j. that IN daily use at the
Aeiical Home aHd Retreat. established by DR..
George W. Rhodes, "a Boston physician OF high
than street and >hawmut aveuue-No. rs on the
la,t named thoroughiare. Hi discovery was the
result OF severe accident which happened to
himself and the effects 81 which maze him a
paralytc sufferer OF what seem ed for a time, 10
be a hoyeles-ly incurablc type.
Dr Rhodes thrown from his carriage and
sustain "a complicated injuries which ceied all
medical skill. and let him : he then believed, a
permanently manned and para lyzed man
Thrown hack upon his own resources, he began
SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS.
He had already received & thorough medical ed
ucafion and training and had a complete knowl.
edge Of chemistry. II occurred 70 him that posi-
bly there were powers 10 the electric huid used
a. an applicant OF chemical properties, not yet
dreamed OF in the philosophy OF medicine. Adopt
ing the electric principle, therefore, OF searching
for truth wherever II might be found, he proceed
ed with a series ofeNperiments upon his own per
son When he resolved upon these experiments
one OF his legs badly twisted that IN sit
ting down he was compelled to use II as aeushiOn,
drawing up the whole of the leg, hip and thigh,
into AN unnatural and constrained position, sew
eral inches above The ground The paralysis was
50 complete that these limbs had all wtheTed and
shrunken. There seemed, indeed, little hope that
any spark Of vitality remained in them. Never
theless, DIR. Rhodes persstently followed his idea.
He fret compounded powerful chemical prepar-
alton, having for its object the stimulation OF the
torpid and apparently dead nerves Of the affected
parts and then invoked tie aid of the electric bat
tsry TO apply ii. At first success seemed doubt-
ful, but after number of only partially satisfac
tory attempts To find the seat of the malady, the
difficulty was surmOunted, the snrunken limbs
began 70 regain their normal size, the sleeping
nerves were aroused to action again, the wasted
muscles grew. flesh covered the neshless BONE
and DR. Rhodes found himself perfect man in
every respect sound in every limb, healthy, ro-
bust and vigorous. lie has for several years past
given TO sufferers from paralysis the benefit of
tins happy experience, and has extended this
method OF treatment, with equally gratifying
cess. to other forms of brainai and spinal diseas-
es-such az epilepsy, apopleNy commissions, by
steria, msianehOlia, and the like. His cures are
nos numbered BY scores and there genHineness
attssted by the best of ties tmony. There lie moth
ing Of quackcry about his methods, as a call at