Ellsworth American., 1877-11-08
A TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

The Disc0rery of a Boston Physicidn-Pdr
diysis Can BE- Cured-!Sgrgery Surpassed
ia ne TredtmeHf ot Dcfornsaties-Em Emphd-
tic Proof that NetS Remedy for Nervous
Disorders Has Beeg Found.
Hardly any great revelation OF science or iri-
umph Of art has been received on It's 1rs,
nouneement. with grateful faith by the inerrdu-
lous majority OF men. GsliIeo announced the
fact that the world moved and the solid nei un-
belief ofthe world made him recant the assertion
| bended knees in sackeloth and ashes. Ri.ag
from the ground amer this denial OF ascertAined
truth be IL reported ~ have exclaimed y PUR sE
nUoyE-"U does move Tor all that He tntroiuc-
tiun Of the telescope. which has since given TO US
tlaT obstinate prejudice and unbelief. In EuflAu
| It was announced as an invention Of the r III
One. and
NEW FnAsE Oh sOECEkr.
In the realm of medical science tins same phase
! OF human folly has been constantly witnesscd.-
Harvey. announcement: tha. the blood circui.
ted through the Veins was received with a howl
OF dersion scarcely less vigorous than thai which
waited upon Galileo's assertion THAI the world
circulated through space. Harvey's pailenth
abandoned him nd the medical profession OF thd
day gave him an almost unAn imous cold shoulders
subsequently his house VA Aitacsed sy 4 mobe
| and number Of hls cher hesi books destroyed.
! And again. when Jern~r discovered the prevent
i've virtues OF vAccinAto' 80 mesi'eAl -"rirst-. ct
which he was u member forbade HIM 10 promul T.
| gate the great truth on psia Of enpulsion from
their bale OF membership. The faculty OF Lon
don denounced him as a DeastiaI quAck. aud the
pulpit joined them, and declared poor Jenner
and his vaccine both 10 be diAboiieal and mOns-
uou-.
50 1t ha. been, though In a less degree with the
Dore recent discoveries by edieal innOyatOrs,
OF Le uses Of ane slhelcs and OF electricity And
stii Calico said, The world does move for
all that" These observations are made by say
OF bespeaking Tor anothe- aud remarkable medi-
cal discovery, our own city OF Boston and by a
Boston physician, the careful and unprejudiced
attention which It deserves.
TIE ECLECTIC SCHOOL
OF medicine is fast GROWING In popular favor. II
Is founded on the principle that there Is in ali
schools OF thought Something OF value. and that
truth should be Tecos snized and its teachings adop
ted and used wherever they may be found. or from
/ whatever quarter they may come. To ply sician
OF this broad and liberal school Of medical theory
aud practice belongs the honor OF having diseov-
| combating paralysis. Paralysis may be termed.
BY reason oi its con stantly Increasing prevalence
the disease OF the age. IL has hitherto been eisss
/ vi among ineurable maladies.
CAUSES or PARALYSIS
| Paraly sis may proceed from the brain which Is
| the seat OF sensation aud voltion. or from the
| spinal marrow and nerves. by which sen sation
and voiuon conveyed TO and from the brain
| all over the body, or IL may take eccentric forms
OF deve iopment and effect special localities in the
human organization, depriying the sufferer IL may
| be OF sight. or hearing. or smelling. The more
| frequent forms Of the disease are those Of para
| lyzed motion, and may be thus classified. Apo
pieNy OF the brain congestion, or soiteninR OF the
spinal marrow: and partial paralysis, when from
| the pressure arisiug from a morbid growth
NOR, or from mechanical injury. or often from
some unknown cause. the parts supplied by s
| particular part are psralyzed.
DISEASES OF THE BRAIN
and spin al narrow, undoubte edly produce the ma
| jority of all paralytc attacks. Taking this fact
| 10 connection with another fact equally certain
namely, that this fast going age imposes an ex-
cessive strain on oar brainal and spinal strength
and We have an explanation OF the yearly increase
H. Ffa rzft-a t-arsaV nfff. Ntaaa A
scientific discovery therefore. which shall give us
an efficient remedy Tor this too common malady OF
9rea bs %he the 1ese,rssss Of res
minds have from time to time conferred upon the
race. The method TO which We have alluded as
Supplying Just such
An EFFEcruAL AsTIDoTE
for paralysis as is admitted to be great medical
Medical Home and Retreat. established by DIR.
George w. Rhodes, q Boston physician Of high
tham street and shawmut syenaeNNo' -, on the
last named thoroughfare. His discovery was the
result Of severe accident which happened TO
himself and the effects OF which made him .
paralytic sufferer OF what seemed, for . time, TO
be hopelessly incurAble type.
DR.. Rhodes was thrown from his carriage and
| sustain ed complicated injuries which dehed all
msdical skill and lett him, as he then believed,
permanently maimed and para yzsd man
Thrown back upon his own resources. he began
SERIES OF ExrKnxESTs.
He had already received 6 thorough medical ed
ucaiion and training. and had q complete knowl-
edge Of chemistry. Ii occurred to him that possi
bly, there were powers in the electric fluid used
ss an applicant OF chemical properties, not yet
dreamed Of in the philosophy OF medicine. Adopt
lag the electric principle therefore, OF searching
for truth wherever might be found, he proceed
ed with q series Ofexperiments upon his own per-
sou. When he resolved upon these experiments
me of bis legs was so badly twisted that IN sit
ting down he was compelled to use 1t as asushion.
drawing up the whole of the leg. hip and thiGhs
into ~ unnatural and constrained position, sev,
Sral inches shove ~ groand. The passlysS va