Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-01-04
A TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

The Discovery Of q Boston PysicidR-Pdr-
diysis Can be Curei-!Surgery Surpassed
in the Treatment Of Deformities- Emphd-
tie Proof that a Ne,e Remedy for Nervous
Disorders Has Been Found.
Hardly any great revelation oil science or tri-
umph of art has been received its first an.
nOuncement. with grateful faith by the incrcdu.
lOus majority of men. Calico announced the fact
that the world moved and the solidiiied unbelief
oil the oworld made him recant the assertion on
Bonded knees in sackcloth and ashes. Rising
from the ground after this denial of ascertaned
truth. he is reported to have exclaimed T. pur
muOve-"lt does move for all that" His introduce
ton Of the telescope, which has since given to us
a knowledge OF the stars, was greeted with a sim.
liar obstinate prejudice and unbeiief. In England
II vas announced as an invention of the Evil
One, and
NEW PHASE OF soRCERY.
In tn e realm OF medical science this same phase
OF human oily has been constantly witnes sed,-
Harvey's announcement that the blood circula-
ted through the veins was received with howl
OF dersion scarcely less vigorous than that which
circulated through space Haiyey's patients
abandoned him and the medical profession of the
day gave HIM an almost unanimous cold shoulder
Subsequently his house was attacked By a mob,
and a number of his cherished books destroyed.
And again, when Jenner discovered the prevent.
which he was 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 9uack, and the
pulpit joined them. and declared poor Jenner
and his vaccine both 70 be diab0lical and mons.
trous, i'
So it has been, though in a less degree, with the
more recent discoveries by medical innoyators,
OF the uses Of anes thetcs and Of electricity. And
all that These obsert lannon's are made by way
OF bespeaking for another and remarkable medi.
cal discovery, in our own city Of Boston and by
Boston physician, the careful and unprecedented
attention which 1t deserves.
THE ECLECTIC SCHOOL
OF medicine is fast growing in popular favor. 1t
is founded on the principle that there is in all
schools Of thought something of value, and that
ted and used wherever they may be found, or from
whatever quarter they may come. To phys ioian
Of this broad and liberal school of medical theory
and practice belongs the honor OF having discov-
cred an entirely new and successful method OF
combating paralysis. Paralysis may be termed,
by reason of its constantly increasing prevalence,
the disc OF the age Il has hitherto been class
ed among incurabte malades.
CAUSES OF PARALYSIS.
Paralysis may proceed from the brain, which is
the seat of sensation and voition, or from the
and voIition are conveyed to and from he brain
all over the body. or i may take eccentric forms
OF development and effect special localities in the
human organization. deprivinG the sufferer it may
be oi sight, or hearing, or smelling. The more
frequent forms of the disease are those of para
lyzed motion: and may be thus classified: Apo
spinal marrow; and partial payalysiS. wEen from
the pressure arising ffom morbid groweh Of tut
ar S i MUIR e Sfsn from
ticalar part are pArslyzsfl
DIssAsEs o. THE BRAIN
and spinal marrow, undoubtedly produce the ma.
jority Of all paralysis stacks. Taking this fact
IN cnsection with another fact equally certain,