Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-09-06
A TRIUxH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

u4ysis tdH 10 lhrcd-NhFycTg surpassed
ia The Treatment - DeformI,ies-E mpAd.
tic Proof hat a Ne,7 Remedy .',r Ncrroa,
Disorders Has BseH Found.
Hardly any great revelation OF science tri
umph Of art has bc~n received on its hrst an
nouncemeAt with grateful faith Dy the inervds
ioas maj Jointly Of men. GAiileo announced The
fact that The world moved and the .ohd. nc,i IN
belief Of the world made him reeant the assert ION
on Bonded knee IN sAckeloih and ashes. R..iag
from the ground amer THIS denial Of asoeTtaiBed
truth. be Is reported Ia have exclaimed rUs 81
suovK-"It tsocs move Tor all that Ills intrs1ue
tioD Of the telescope, which has since given n us
know ledge Of the stars. Was greeted wIih a sin
liar obstinate prejudice aud unbriief. in kn.l4nd
u was announced as an lnrcnton Of the "a
one. and
SEs rHAsE OF soECEKT.
In the realm of medical science TITS sans phase
OF human folly has been constantly witnessed. -
HaTscy's announcement thAi the blood lrcgia
ted through the VEINS was received vita howl
oil derision scarcely less vigorous than that which
waited upon GaliieO's assertion thAI the World
circulated through space HarSey's patenth
abandoned ham nd the medical profession OF md
day gave him an almost unanimous cold shoulders
subsequently hls house was aitacsed BY a mobc
znc 8 humber Of his cher mel book. destroyed.
And again, when JenRcr discovered he prryent-
i've virtues Of vaccination - mei,el societies al
which lac was a member forbade him 10 promuI
gale The great truth on pain OF expulsion from
d"n denounced him as a ocaauai qHsck. aud NE
puIplt Joined them, and declared poor Jeuner
and has vaccine both 10 be di-boiicai and moas-
trour.
~ II Ia. been tho ugh 10 a le. degree with the
more recent discoveries by etiical .unSs Ators
OF the sec 81 a sIIetlcs aud OF iectneity. And
stiil ~ Calico said, The world does move for
ali that" These Ob.eTYaion are made by Ny
OF bespeaking Tor Anothe- aud reaiarAA able me,iI-
cal discovery, our own city Of Boston and by a
Boston physieian. ne careful and uuen Juii. s,l
attention which Il deserves.
ECLECTIC SCHOOL
Is founded ON the princip Pile that there IN all
schools oil thought something OF value, and that
truth sbOulG be reoos nred and lis acbings a,iOp
ted and used wherever they may be .ound. OF from
Whatever quarter they may come To phy scian
OF this broad and liberal school OF medical theory
anu practice belongs The honor OF having dtscoy-
cred entirely new aud successful method OF
eombatiI q paraly SIS. Paralysis may be termed.
BY reason 81 its con stantly increasing prevalence
the disease OF The age Ii has hitherto been cisss.
eli anon. ineurabie msiadies.
CAUSES OF PARALYSIS.
ParAly sis may proceed from the brain (which is
the seat OF sensation and yoItlon, or from the
spinal MARROW and nerves. By which sen saiion
and sOiitIon are conveyed 10 and from the brain
all over the body or II may take eccentric forms
oil deyt iopment, and effect special localities In the
human ganization, depTiying the sufferer IL may
be oi isht. or hearing or smelling The more
frequent forms Of the disease those Of para
lyzed motion, and may be thus classified. Apo.
piexy oil the brain, congo stion, soitening the
spinal marrow: and partial paralysis, when from
Tie pressure arising irOm morbid growth tu-
isor, or FROM mechanical II jury, often from
sSaie unknown cause. The parts supplied by u
particular part are parsiyked-
DISEASES OF THE BRAIN
and spin al narrow, undoubt eddy produce the ma
joTaY OF all paraiyuc attacks. Taking this fact
IN connection with another tact equally certain,
namely, thai this fast going age imposes an ex-
cessre strain on our brainal and spinal strength
and hay Nnla afi..un f rIuf
in the number OF victims of the disease. Any
scientific discovery, therefore which shah give Us
efficient remedy Tor this TOO common maiady of
modern days. worthy to take rank among the
great hei eiactions which the researches of great
minds have from time TO time conferred upon the
The method 10 which We have alluded
supplying lust such
An EFFEcrUAL ASTIpoTE
for paralysis as Is admitted to be great medical
necessity the period is that in daily use at the
AedicaI Home and Retreat, essablis6ed by DIR.
George W. Rhodes, a Boston physician Of high
standing and reputation. on the corner Of Wal
last named thoroughfare. His discovery as the
result OF n severe accident which happened to
himself and the effects Of which made him
paralytic sufferer oil what seem ed, for q time, TO
be a hopeiessly incurabie type.
DR.. Rhodes was thrown from his carriage and
sustain I'd complicated injuries which defed all
m sdical skill and lett him, as he then believed,
permanently MANNED and paraIyzed man
Thrown back upon his own resources. he began
SERIES OF KxrERxEsTs.
He had already received 6 thorough medical ed
ucaiion and training. and had a complete knowl-
edge of chemistry. IL occurred TO him that posi-
bly, there were powers in the electric naid used
as an applicant OF chemical properties. not yet
dreamed OF in the philosophy OF medicise. Adopt
ing the electric principle therefore, OF searching
for truth wherever il might be found he proceed
ed with a series ofexperlments upon his own per-
son. When he resolved upon these experiments
enc of his legs was so badly twisted that in sit
ting down he was compelled to use IL asashion.
drawing up the whole Of The leg, hip and thighs
eral inches above The ground The paralysis VA
so complete that these limbs had all wIthered aud
sh-unken. There seemed, indeed, little hope that
any spark of vitality remained in them. Never
theless Dr. Rhodes persistently follow ed his idea.
lie hrsI compounded powerful chemical prepar-
aton having for its object the slim uation OF the
torpid and apparently dead nerves Of the affected
parts and then invoked the aid of the electric bat
la IN apnlv frs sueross soonad douht.