Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-01-18
A TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

The Disc.rsry ~ Il Boston MysicidH-Pur-
dlysis Can be Cured-Surgery Surpassed
IL. ne Treatment II Deformatiss-E pha-
nc Prgof hat q Netc Remedy FER Nerro,l,
Disorders Has Been Fond.
Hardly any grea; revelation OF science or tri.
umph OF art has been received On it. first an =.
nouneement. with grateful faith Oy the incredu.
lous majority OF men. Galile0 announced the
fact that the world moved and the SOLID del uu-
belief Of the world made him recxnt the assert ION
on bended knees in sAckcloih and aches Rising
from the ground amer this denial Of asceriaincl
truth. be is reported t. have exclaimed L FUR
NUovL-"lt does move Tor all that" IL. introluc.
tIun Of the telescope. which ha- since given to us
a know ledge Of the STARE. gre. ed with lin.
liar obstinate prejudice and unbeheI In En,la
Il was announced an invention Of the E,ll
one, and
>Ew PHASE OF soRCkRl.
In the realm Of medical science This same phase
of human folly has been constantly Witnessed
Harsey's announcement tina: the blood circula
ted through the veins was received with a howl
Of dersion scarcely less vigorous than that which
waited upon GAlileOis Asscr ton that the world
circulated through space. HarVey's patients
abandoned him and The medical profe ssion OF the
day gave him an almost unanimous cold shoulder.
Subsequently his house was attacked ~ a mob,
and number of his cherished books destroyed.
And again when Jenner discovered the prevent
i've virtues of VAGINA alton, the medical societies OF
which he was q member forbade him to prOmul-
gate the great truth on pain Of expulsion from
their pale OF membership. The faculty OF Lon
don denounced him as beastial quack. and the
pulpit joined them, and declared poor Jenner
and his vaccine both ts De diAboiiesl anu mons
trous.
SO ilhas Leeu. tho ugh in q less degree, with the
more recent discoveries by medical innoyators,
OF the OF sthetlcs and of electricity. And
stilI, Calico said. The world does move for
all that These observations are made by WAY
OF bespeaking Tor another aud remarkable m-dr
cal discovery, in our own city Of Boston and By a
Boston physician, the careful and nprejndicel
attention which It deserve.
THE ECLECTIC SCHOOL
Of medicine is fast growing in popular favor. 1t
is founded on the princi pie that there Is IN all
schools of thought something of value, and that
truth should be recognized and its reachi ngs adOp
ted and used wherever they may be found, or from
whatever quarter they may come. To physician
OF this broad and liberal school of medical theory
and practice belongs the honor of having di scov-
cred an entirely new and successful method Of
by reason OF its con stantly increasing prevalence
the disease OF the age. II has hitherto been clsss
eli among incurable maladies.
CAUSES OF PARALYSIS
Paralysis may proceed from the brain which is
the seat OF sensation and yoliton, from the
spinal marrow and nerves, by which sation
and volltiou are conveyed to and from the brain
all over the body, or il may take eccentric forms
Of deve lopment and effect special localities in the
I
be OF sight. or hearing or smelling. The more
frequent forms Of the disease are those Of para
lived motion, and may be thus classified Apo.
plexy OF the brain: congestion, or softenng ofthe
spinal marrow and partial paralysis, when from
the pressure arising from a morbid growth or tn =
NOR, or from mechanical il jury. often from
some unknown cause. the parts supplied by a
particular part are paralyzed-
DISEASES OF THE BRAIN
and spinal marrow. undoub eddy produce the ma
. all Daraivtfc attacks. Taking this fact
In connection with another fact equally certain
namely, that this fast going age imposes an ex-
cessiye strain oar brainal and spinal strength
and We have explanation OF the yearly increas g
| in the number of victims of the disease. Any
scientific discovery, therefore. which shall give us
an efficient remedy for this too common malady OF
modern days, is worthy to take rank among the
| minds have from time to time conferred upon the
race. The method TO which we have alluded as
supplying just such -. -;. q
AZ EFfLcTpAL ANfIDOTR
| for paralysis is admitted to be great medical
necessity OF the period, is that in daily the
Medical Home apd Retreat, established BY DIR
George w. Rhodes. Boston physician Of high
| standing and reputation. on the corner of Wal.
than Street and ShaWmut avenue-No. 29s on tn c
| Last named theroughGare. His discovery was the
| himself and the effects Of which made him a
| paralytic sufferer OF what seemed, for time, to
| be hopeiessy incursble type.
DIR. Rhodes was thrown from his carriage and
suetaine ed complicated injuries which dsded all
sdical skill, and left him. as he then believed, 9
| psrmanantly manned and parAyzed man
Thrown back upon his own resources he began