New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-31

tant steps surgery made IN late years The improve
viate the sucrings of their have In most In
stances met with enthusiastic welcome by physicians
"Has your own method Of treating spinal curvatures
and diseases been as favoraby received in Europe a.
VERY favorably indeed am daily in receipt OF the
most stterng testimonials from prominent professional
Paris Jacket il 40 simple s accessible to all prsctiton
1t 10 30 cheap and OF such general utility In all oases
used IT, The methods formerly in vogue braces instru
ments and oontr1vances Of every sort. were In many
Not long ago, a child who had fallen down a flight OF
steps was brought 10 me The iron braces which were
made for him, and which changed. not less than
seven times 10 accommodate the growth Of the child,
nurnoerless e1coristons For months and months this
little patient compelled 10 this instrument OF
science and humanity Such cruelty is so bsrbarous in
s character and totally unnecessary that seems TO
strong Of the law II the lower animals 40 zeal
ousS and ygilsnty protected from nGTy by ar Befgns
the prevention Of cruelty to children should not be any
less efficient and here. think is fair field in which Il
unscentiac treatment which infcts so much anneces
sary pain in the fsce of recent developments Of
methods that are far superior In their results and en-
tirely painless is not credtable to profession"
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SURGERY.
rs there any difference in the methods adopted by
European ard American surgeonsp
You hardly say that there any great difference
It seems to that the used by European
here in this country physicians try attain the
suits in more simple way. Their contrivanccs seem to
me TO be less intricate but more ingenious"
lin which country has the science Of surgery advanced
lnOst In late yearsf"
England, America and Germany occupy about the
position far the advancement OF surgery
concerned France seems TO me to be away behind.
There they to live upon the reputation OF the great
men who twenty years ago were considered standard
authorities surgery"
what do you assign for this backward
OF medical scencep
at is dare say In great the result Of
tional vanity and prejudice. They dislike 70 acknovl
edge anything good con come any place
side of France and they stick consequently TO old meth
DDS and look with dstrus upon any innovation or i'm
provement which has not originated with Themselves.
From the observations which made while travelling in
France about two years arrived at the conclusion
that French school OF surgery has not kept pace with
zone question. by the way. the operation performed
the necessity Of Without II this oeraton
could not have been performed upon human being
Professor BllrOth would never have undertaken such
dangerous operation without preparing hmse for t by
experiments upon animals The clamor raised by come
well-meaning but narrow minded men against yiYscc
ton and the arguments put forward by them vanish be
relieve the suffering and bcnrd humanity"
DIR. James X Wood said that this was one ~ the most
performed successfully before and had been attempted
but before Professor BilrOth performed II; bn In
operation q few days only
The great difficulty" ne said which tho medical
practitioner encounters ell Of carcinoma IL the
fact that the disease pcrvadcs the whole system and that
though the operation u performed successfully the OLD
symptoms will show themselves sooner or later In sl
more aggravated form"
DO you think that this operation IA likely 10 be at
tempted by surgeons In this country e.
THAT would he difficult 20 tell. Our surgeons here
certainly do not lack the ability or the talent 10 perform
operations equally difficult, but the already
stated would in my opinion deter many from attempt
Ing It, The disease II To break ont NJ future
time, and the most temporary relief is obtained