Ellsworth American., 1877-05-10
A TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

The Discovery Of a Boston PhySiciaH-P Par
diysis Can be Cared-Surgery Surpassed
in the Treatment Of Deformdties- Emphd-
+ tic Proof that Neto Remedy for Nervous
[ Disorders Has Been Found.
Hardly any great eselation OF science or til.
| umph Of art has been received on its FIRST an.
nouncenent, with grateful faith pv the incredu.
| lous maj 'rity OF men. Grlileo announced the
fact that The world moved and the solid Ged un.
belief ofthe world made him recan, the assertion
on bended knees in sAckcloth and ashes Rising
! from The ground after this denial of ascertained
4 truth be Is reported to have exclaimed 3 PUR 50
MuoNE-"lt docs move tor all that liis ntro,luc-
iion If the telescope, which has siIce given to us
a know ledge oi the stars. greeted with sim
J liar obstinate prejudice and unbel;cf In England
| u was announced a. an invention Ui the E,ll
I One, aud
| NEw rnAsE OF sOBCERY.
! In ine realm Of medical science this same phase
I OF human folly has been constantly Witnessed
HSrNCy'- announcement tha. the blood circula
/ ted through the VEINS was received with howl
81 dcrIsIon scarcely less vigorous Than that which
"aiied upon 1alileu's assertion mt the world
citculaie'i through space. Harvey's patients
abandoned HIM and the medical profession OF the
day gave him an almost unanimous cold shoulder.
subsequently hts house wa attacAed by mob.
an' number of his cherished books destroyed
And again. when Ienu"r di-C .vercd he pr vent
I've virtues of Varrlnt tttot medical -.riatia. 81
" hich he was member forbade HIM TO prumul
gate III. great Truth on pain of expulsion from
ihcif pale ct membership. The faculty OF Lon
don denounced him as hcastIai quark. and the
pulpit joined them, and declared poor Jcnncr
and his vaccine both 10 De diaboiiea and mons
tTou-
- ithas been. though in a les degree. with the
more recent discoveries by q c,lical innoV ators,
OF The uscs "t anR-thctIcs and OF lrctricily. And
stIH, calico -ald. ''Thc world does move for
ali that These observations are made bN way
OF bcsp-skIug Tor anothc- aud remarkable ineli-
fal tG G.-gu sa al ian and iHK
Boston ph! stefan. the careful ami unpreJudireI
attention which At deserves.
THB ECLECTIC SCHOOL
OF medicine Is last growing IN popular favor. II
j. founded on the principle that there l. IA all
schools OF thought something ot value. and that
truth should be rccng guxed and it, tcachiug- alop.
ted ami used wherever tncy may be toUnd, from
WhaicNor quarter they may come. 10 hysician
oi this broad and no, raj -chuvi oi medical theory
and practice neioug- The hpnOr oi having dtscoy-
cred An entirely new and ~ucces>tul method OF
cumhatii < par,iy si-. Paralysis NAV De termed,
the di-ea~c ut the age II has hitherto been cs-s.
s'i among incurahic malaaic--
CAU>ls on PARALYSIS.
lart.t t-.- iuay proceed irou the brain which /.
iHo sr4t al -va-Ation aud VolitIrn, or from the
spinal mIir'" aud nerves. ht which sensation
t"L A"i4tian are conycycd to ami from the brain
a,i "'es tLr "oI.. or % may take eccentric forms
90 dove i'Vurut, auI effect special localities IN The
human "lstaz ttloa, dcPiiviug the sufferer 1t may
bc - -'-ht vT hearing OF smelling. The more
frequent IiGm- Il the disease are those ui para
hsvI motion. and may bc thus Cla.zlued. Apo.
flyAt ct The brain se-tlou or soltentng ol the
SPINAL ularrou and taIli,I p.r,iy.i. v,h tr,,,,
. ..'' pre- "'l,iuN rom morbid growth or in-
some unknown cause. the p4Ft- supplied by a
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