Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-29
GERMANY.

HEIDELBERG, May 10th, 1884.
Ed Iri6une:;-Possibl your read
ers may find some interest in read
ing q few sketches of German life
and places. Germany is a we'll pop
ulated and well cultivated country.
1t is the seat of the most famous uni
versities and learning in the world
These national colleges are where
hundreds of Americans yearly visit
to perfect themselves in sciences
and professions, especially in medi-
cine. In medicine no schools in the
world are comparable to them.
Every department of knowledge
with them becomes specially, and
chair is founded and filled by the
most learned and skillful man to be
found in the land. Think there are
about ten American physicians, in
medicine alone, studying in the
Heidelberg university. There are
many more than this number study
ing in law, theology or philosophy.
This term there are about LOO
students attending; in the winter
term there are generally 1000.
there are ITO professors and instruct
ors. Their method of instruction is
eminently demonstrative. They aim
to practically train the eyes, ears and
fingers and they succeed well. They
do not lecture as they do in Ameri-
can medical colleges but each man
has his own part of the hospital and
talks with one or several patients at
his elbow. Few text books are used
in any part of the college. Instruc-
tion is mostly given by lectures and
experiments. The full course oceu-
pies FIVE years for medical students.
The physicians are much better
trained than in America AZ a rule
a physician must make reputation
for himself or it is difficult to get
practice enough to live. You do not
hear of even the word homeopathy
here.
AS you 90 along the streets you
observe that students have scars on
their faces. Another look shows
you that they are all on the left side
of the face You at once co ne to
the conclusion that the parents of
these unfortunate students must have
had scrofula and never took Ken
nedy's Medical Discovery. But Oh
serve again and you see that the
scars are all horizontal and horizon
tai scrofula is rare in any parents.
So these scars on the face are not
due to heredity. Many of the stu
dents have them, and quite fresh
ones. One student will have as
many as fifteen large scars. These
wounds come from fighting duels.
They use long swords and fight with
vicious cruelty. The quarrels arise
in various ways; over small offenses
in college or army or over some girl.
The gallantry of Aaron Burr and
the honor of Alexander Hamilton is
actively alive here to-day 1t is
looked upon as matter of course,
here. Tho students are all we'll adj
vanced in years. They are well
dressed and are overgallant to ladies,
giving the ladies an exaggeration of
their exalted station of life, when
in reality he is compelled to live on
an allowance of $40 a month. Lly-
ing is very cheap in Germany. a
good room costs about So month,
and three fair meals can be bought
in day for 45 cents. They hardly
know such a thing as boarding IN
families. All boarding is done on
the restaurant plan.
The medical men in this universe
ty which attract American and for
eign doctors are, LIST, Prof. Czerney
lie is a famous surgeon and was the
assistant of Prof. Billroth IN Vienna
some - years ago. Prof. Billroth
is acknowledged the first living
surgeon in the world. Prof. Ger
ney holds a daily clinic for about
two hours. He operates and lee
lures both ut the same time. II i
not rare to see a dozen children
with all variations of club foot, a
one clinic. You can see in one day
some ten cases of rochitis (deformec
| tigure). At one clinic several case
of cancer will be operated on. Their
is no operation on the human body
that Prof. Czerney does not do. liz
is particularly famous for eNsectior
(remoying) Of part Of the stomach