Ellsworth American., 1877-11-22

In the realm Of medical scicucc ult. -ttur paaSe
OF human folly has Lern & instantly tA3tH,-.td -
hsF'cs'- aunuunee eneni lhas the blood ifralA
TED through the yctus was receive Win a howl
II icrls.1D -4rectF less vtEugsl. than tha vs. h.h
~@''"l ut9n "ait'eo's assertion tH9i the World
s Il bimn ii ,he aei,ra rril IT I'd
H.. Eayc him an alule.i Unanimous cold shoulders
>uo-'44cnuy ~ huuse va Alta Sed D. a motls
a., huHscr Of ~ cherishrzl book lie sGfuve,l
And aE.ln. whcn lsHasF li-csyerc.i :he prgvcnt-
fFc E'fturn ui Atio, g. nseitai -sel,Iirs 10
u hl-h De Wa a mem uer forbade him To pvouui.
sstc the great rsuth on pain Of expulsion from
their pale ol membership. The faculty or Lon
d"u denounced him A. ucastIAl luAck. and the
pulpH J'iuc4 then, and declared poor Jenuer
and ~. vaccine both - be dt-boueai and mons
truus
>Dltha- ueca. though In a les degree aiih the
more recent N-cayrrsc- by u c1ical iuuuyators
OF Tie uses nf tuH-lhetios ani Of electricity. And
sii'i, a Iliro saii, The world does move f0F
all that" These obscTya aiiOns arc made by way
OF bcsPcakiug tor aaothe. and remark able mc1i.
cal discovery, our own city OF Boston AMI by
Boston ply -tclan, the careful and uaprsJ JaIic ell
attention u hIch It deserves.
rHE lcLEcrIc scnooL
of medicine 1. ia; growing IN popular favor II
ls founded on the priac pie nat there - ln ali
schools OF thought something Of value and that
truth should be rcco. .niEcd aaiits teaching sdpg
tra and usei wherever ihcy NAV bc iuuud or from
whatever quarter they may como. To a phy stefan
OF thi- broad and liberal school OF melc4 lhepry
and practice belong the honor OF having ii-coy-
cred an entirely new anf successiul mrthoi Of
combating ( paralysis. Paralysis may BE- termed.
ey rgAson oi iis n-'-niiy Increasing prevalence
s'i anon. lncurable mAlAdlcs.
CAusEs oF PARALYSIS.
faralysis may Proceed from the brain Which d
the scat OF sensation ami yUijtt.u or non. The
spinal mArruN and nerve-. b. which sau-,tieh
AMI solltlOn are conveyed 10 and from the brain
all over the body, or Il may take ccceutrtc forms
Of ieVe lopmen, and eject special localities in The
human organization, cepriying the sufferer ID NAV
be OF sight or heariag or -m,iling. The mos,
frequent forms of the disease are those Of para.
y zcd motion, and may b. thas ciassined Apo.
pieNy OF The brain. congestion. or soltcuinz the
spinal mArrOs and partial parsy -i-, when from
the pressure arising from morbid srowth or tu-
NOR, OF from mechanical II Jury. OF ufen nom
some unknown cause. the paris supplied by
particular part are paralyEcd.
DISEASES OF rmK BRAIS
AMI spin al m~Irow, undoubtedly produce the ma
loriiy OF all paralyuc attacks. Taking this fact
10 connection with another TACT eluaily certain
namely, that this fact going age imposes an eI.
ce-siye strain our brainzl and spinal strength
and nc have an explanation oi the yearly increase
in the number OF victims Of the disease Auy
scientific discovery, therefore. which shan give a.
an efficient reiDedy Tor this too common aiady OF
modern days, worthy TO take rank anon. th.
great be, eiastions which the researches OF srest
minds have from time to time conferred upon the
race. The method 10 which we have alluded as
Supplying lust such
Az EFFECTUAL AsTiDOTR
for paralysis as Is admitted to be gros; medical
necessity OF the period is that in daily the
Medical Home and Retreat, establis shed By Dr.
Georse W. Rhodes. Boston physician OF hlyh
standing and reputation on the corner OF al,
than street and >havmut avenue-No. -, on the
last named lhOrOughiare. His discovery VAS the
result ots severe accident which happened to
himself and the effects Of which made him q
psralytIc sufferer OF what seem ed for a time to
be a hopeie.sly ineur.ble type.
Dr Rhodes was thrown from his carriage and
-ustslsc I'd complicated injuries which deted all
medical sklil- and lett him, a. he then believed a
permanently manned and paralyzed man
Thrown back upon his own resources. he began
sERiEs OF EXPERIMENTS
He had already received : thorough medical ed
aca,ion and training. and had complete knUwl-
edge OF chemistry II occurred to him that posi-.
bly, there powers in the electric fluid used
an applicant OF chemical properties, not vet
dreamed of in the philosophy oil mediciRe. Adopt
ing the electric principle therefore, OF searching
for truth wherever il might be found, he proceed
ell with a series ofexperiments upon his own per
sou. When he resolved upon these experiments
cne of his legs was so badly twisted that in sIt
ting down he compelled to use IL as a cushion,
drawing up the whole Of the leg. hip and thighs
into unnatural and constrained position, sew
erzl incbc. above the groand The paralysis ia
complete that these limbs had all wIthered and
shrunken. There seemed, indeed, little hope that
any spark of vitality remained in them. Never.
theless. DIR. Rhodes persstently followed his idea
He hrst compounded powerful chemical prepar-
alton having for its object the stimuli OF the
torpid and apparently dead nerves OF the affected
parts and then invoked the aid of the electric bat
tery to apply 1t. At irst success seemed doubt
iul but AFTER a number of only partially satsfac-
tory attempts to ind the seat of the malady the
difficulty was surmounted, the snrunken limbs
began to regain ther normal size, the sleeping
nerves were aroused to action again, the wasted
muscles grew. hesh covered the neshless bone
and DIR. Rhodes found himself perfect man in
every respect sound in every limb, healthy, ro-
bust and vigorous. He has for several wears past
given To sufferers from paralysis the benefit of
this happy experience, and has extended this
method OF treatment, with equally gratifying sue
cess, to other forms of brasnal and spinal diseas-
e.-sueh as epilepsy, apopiexy commissions, hyr
steria, melancholia, and the like. His cures are
nos numbered BY scores and there genuincness
attested by the best of ties timony. There is no:h
Ing Of quackcry about his methods, as . call at
THE HONE AND RETREAT
will demon strate to any who may desire to secure
for themselves their friends the advantages of
such a resort. They will fad handsome man.
sion IN pleasant, secluded and fashions BILE part
of the city. organized in the most efficient manner
and condnc tel to secure all the benefits oil
hospital and at the same time retain all the char
aeteristics Of home. So large number oi APP
plicsnt. have sought admission to this excellent
institution during the past year that Dr Rhodes is
pow engaged in endeayoring to secure a larger
e. ta bii- -hment for their accommodation. Having
persunais examined the iusIiiatio and observed
tEe .iet.iis ot lis internal cconomy, we woald
recommend 1t az one of the best resorts open TO
sufferers from any Of the maladiss above emu.
merated. y5l