The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-04
membered, was occidental.

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IA few years afterward Wilhite went
to study medicine with DR.. Long. DIR.
Long (new dead) was born in Daniels
Vile, ia, in 1916 graduated at the uni.
versity Of Georgia, in 1885, and while
there was the classmate aud friend of
Alexander Stephens. He placticed medi-
cine for aeveral years in Jefferson and in
1845 took number of students, all
bright and rather jolly young men, and
one day they begged the doctor Just for
fun to give them M some ether; be laugh.
ingly compiled, and took some himself.
After this, on several occasions. they in
duiged in these ether frolics,' DR.. Long
becoming SO excited that no had forcibly
to be controlled, as he injured himself.
Noticing afterward how he bruised his
hands and arms, and that his pupils
suffered in the same way without feeling
any pain whatever, he spoke of it and
announced his determination to expert.
ment during an operation to see if 1t
could be made painless through ether.
Wilhite encouraged him by relating the
adventure with the negro boy in 1889.
"In 1912. on the Both of March, an op.
portunity offered, and DR.. Long removed
tumor from the neck of Mr.. James
Venable, safely and without pain to the
patient, to whom ether was administered
upon towel. This was the first time
that an@sthesia had ever been intention
ally produced, aud antedated by two
years and eight months the discovery by
Wells, and four years and four months
the discovery of Jackson and Morton.
"Dr. Long followed this up with
large number OF. other operations,
ALL SUCCESSFUL.
but waited for q capital one before de-
monstrating his discovery before the
public. He took no patent for it, neither
did he secrete it but went quietly on his
way, using no public claim until 1852,
when his rights were presented to con.
gress By Senator Dawson with such u1-
questionable proofs that the movements of
Morton were Immediately blocked.
"The controversy waged long and Sc
riously. AL tho great men of the
day took an active interest in it, but in the
end congress took no step in the matter
Wells was dead, DR.. Long remained
quietly in the background, and Morton,
after years of unceasing endeavor to OBJ
tain recognition from the government,
became morbid and disheartened con.
gestion of the brain ensued, and one
day escaping from his room he drove
wildly up Broadway, through Central
park, leaped out of his buggy, jumped
over the fence, fell down insensible, and
being carried to ST. Luke's hospital, died
there an hour after.
Jackson, embittered and defeated,
consumed with iealo,:ay and distrnst,
became hopelessly insane, and is now in
en- ASYLUM. What sarcasm of fate
that three Of the four men instrumental
in the use and discovery of an,esthetics
whose aim was to soothe the suffering
and alleviate the pains of countless thou.
sands, all became insane.
"The matter rested quietly for time
in fact, until 1877 when DR.. Wilhite of
South Carolina, while in New York wit
Messing some of DIR. Sims operations,
made the statement that he nad witnessed
the first operation ever performed under
the influence Of ether. DR.. Sims was
at oncs interested, and questioned his
informant closely, to find that he had
assisted ct the operation himself, and was
the young Wilhite who played the
trick upon the little darkey.
spirit, declaring that oil Americans, in
dependent of party prejudice of section.
AiAouiy OuRut " Ol LuU ROveIu-
ment q proper recognition of the discov-
equal only to that of Jenner; and that
remembering how gratefully and geaor.
ously England acknowledged James
Simpson, who was knighted and enriched
for the introduction of chloroform we
should blush for the blind unthankfulness
we had shown our countrymen.
CDR. Sims called O public meeting at
which Professor Doremus, the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, DR.. Frank Hamilton and
others made speeches. Hardly was the
movement in fair working order before
he was obliged TO 60 abroad. Since then
have done what could, and Alexander
Stephens has taken vigorous hold of it..
Next winter O bill will be properly drawn
up and presented to congress- asking
for
HONORABLE RECOGNITION
of DR.. Longs service to bis country.
"To-day, in his speech at the COM
! mencement exercises, Stephens will
after placing the matter before the alumni,
including the most distinguished :nau Of
the state--appeal to them 10 recommend
the state Legislature, now in special session
| to honor DR.. Long by choosing him as the
| subject for the com mpanion statute to that
of Governor Oglethorpe, to be placed in
the house of representatives, where, it
| will be remembered, each state is to be
represented by two of her most distin-
guished men, not chosen from the liv-
Ing"
"Then DR.. Long has died."
eyes, over year ago, of severe ILL
ness beginning with softening of the
BRAIN. ! forgot to add that Mr.. Ste-
phens will also recommend that the
university order O life-size portrait oi
him, to be hung ia the main ball, and Ia
be painted by that eminent artist, Frank
| b. Carpenter"
YES" said MIR. Stuart, warming up in
enthusiasm, "could there have been q
| grandeur tribute science to from science
| or from science to humanity than this
Thank of the terrible wars that have raw,
nged the world tEe last thirty years; think
of the millions OF wounded and bleeding
anlaiers IT. baa e..na fc.te:. think nf ths
thousands of tender and sensitive women
it has helped to bear disease and terrible
operations think, even of the brute Gre
alton, now sent to painless death wher
they died tortured, and you can appropri
ately turn tho old quotation:
When pain and anguish wiring the brow
| Administering angel thou,
o etherI
| "CREss."
AN OLD SOLDIER FOUND IN A ArAn
i KEr GARDEN.-A curious (supposed)
relic of the war has been found near the
| CITY which affords not n little interaat fJ