Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-01-11
A TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

TIE Discovery u Boston PiysicilH-P
qlysts ca. BE- Curel-Swgcry Surprised
ia the Treatment Of D,formuies- Emphp-
IL Proof that Ne,c Remedy for Nervous
Disorders Has Been Found.
Hardly .ny great revelation OF science OF tn
umph ol art hA- becn received ou IL first an
nouncement. with grateful faith by tse incredu-
lous majority of men. Calico announced the fact
that the world moved ami the solidihed unbelie1
OF the sworld made him rccant the assertion on
Bonded knees in saekcloth and ashes. Rising
from the ground amer this denial OF asceriIined
truth. he's reported To have exclaimed E par Sc
muove-"It does move Tor all that" His introduce
tiOn 0f the telescope which has since given TO as
a knowledge of the stars. was greeted with sim.
liar obstinate prejudice and unbeef In England
it vas announced as an invention Of the E'li
one, and
NEW PHASE or soRcERr.
In III realm OF medical science this same phase
of human Jolly has been instantly Witnessed
HaryeYs announcement that the blood eircula-
tel through the veins was received with howl
OF ieri.on scarcely less vigorous than that which
wanted upon GalileOs assertion that the world
circulated through space HaIYey's patients
abandoned him and the medical profession OF the
day gave him an almost unanimous cold shoulder.
subsequently his house was attacked by mob,
and a number Of his cherished books destroyed.
And again, when Jenner discovered the prevent.
i've yr;ues Of vaccination, the deal societies of
llrh he q member fprbale MIN TO pfOlnui-
gate tine great truth on pain OF expulsion from
fneir pale ol membership. The faculty OF Lon
don eenuunced him n beastial quack, and the
pulpit joined them. and declared poor Jenner
and his vaccine both 10 be diabolical and mons
IFBu-.
30 II has BEEN though in a less degree, with the
more recent discoveries by medical innoyators
u the uses of auas thetics and of electricity And
still. a, Calico said, '-The world does move for
all that" These observations are made by way
OF bezpeaking for another and remarkable medi'
cal discovery, in our own city OF Boston and by
Boston physician, the careful and unpfeJudlced
attention which it deserves.
THE kCLECIIC SCHOOL
OF medicine is fast growing in popular favor. II
is founded on the principle that there Is IN all
l schools of thought something of value, and thai
truth should be recognized and its teachings adop
ted and used wherever they may be found, or from
4 Whatever quarter they may come To a ply stefan
OF this broad and liberal school Of medical theory
and practice belongs the honor of haying diseOv-
l cred an entirely new and successful method OF
/ combating paralysis Paralysis may be termed
/ by reason of its constantly increasing prevalence
the disea otthe age. II has hitherto been class
\ ed among incurabte maladies.
Ia CAUSES OF PARALYSIS.
! Paralysis may proceed from the brain, which Il
I the sea, of sensation and voiition IRON ths
| spinal marrow aud nerves, by which sensation
/ and yolition are Conveyed to and from the brain
an over the body, or II may take eccentric forms
OF development and effect special localities in the
human organization. deprivIng the sufferer il ma,
frequent forms of the disease are those of para