The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-19
THE LATE DIR. SIMS.
The Great Physician aud philanthrJ'
phisps Memory
To be DAILY nouorcd with Statue Ia
New York.
An Appeal to sous Of the South.

DALLAS, Jan. rs, 1854 --lElitor HERALn J.
10 will o., remembered ~ the readers ottho
HFRALp, which chrluie',d ne 'aoi, thu, ths
great aud good surgeon aui phil niAlopish
Dr.. J. Marion S.ms, died recently ~ hls
home M Nov York, after many ytar' prao'
tee bon thai oi,y end iu che south, whose
Guild he Was To cay that his sudden
taking on IVES a surprise TO MS friends aud
admirers "a both hemispaorss, and has
filed thom with priri suc keen regret, does
not adequately express the itrl.HE which
has touched r. cn min aud heart OF all
Who were iOftuuh'H enough 90 ClAlm Oh
friendship aud prof by his lies exam pie.
To the women OF our land comes hOme the
unwcclmr ibr. of hls de1ets', for they
h ave indeed lost friend and bsneiactor.
Ho 10 was Mn devoted his liit's work 10
their service hud from whose la
nors ana discoveries have been
evolved the mighty ideas whioh
henoelorWsrd viii iufusnoe almost
all thai lends 10 alleviate Their suiierlngi
aud make them happy IA restored energy
and health. He IL was who oVercame much
al the ignorance sud suuerstiton OF pas
ages aud worked out iearlessiy aud success
fully the modern plan ol treating thelr
diseases aud caring their driormiiits. In
truth IL has been claimed Tor SIMS that ne
was "the womau's ifiend,' IL Is not sur.
prising then that The gnmen OF our own aud
foreign countries are eager 20 show their
appreciation Of Marion sims liie's work,
and TO his memory u oeIettting testimo'
NAL OF their affection. No wonder then
that husbands aud fathers all over our
broad land are tesderly moved
with pity for the dead and
will eagerly seize any opportunity
o. honor he man who, more than any 9th
er mas OF his day, STOOD ever ready To as
sist q en- IA their sorrow for their loved
ones whose lives hal been tortured with al
flolions which the Great Surgeon was the
first to relieve. VIII the women and hus'
bands OF Texas forget his
services 10 the cause OF sui.
ftring humanity The dead presidents aud
the ~ litsiy her0ee OF our country EN-
bAlmed In nations slice ions, have alike
memory. OF how different a character and
how Insignificant 10 comparison were their
life's deeds and those OF the .AmeDtsd
SIMS. While they destroyed. no doubt
their bounden duty, lac built up. While
they. through necessity. des-
poiled the home and left
he mother and wife in tears
with Joy and glainess vt the return OF her
who was now AL invalid no longer The
weary step, tbs pale face and the spirit
overwhelmed with desuair he replaced with
"the rose leaf in the cheek" aud the con-
scious power OF health reg,ined aud n mind
freed from care. No rerpecior OF persons
was Sims p or ana ricn aike were the
grateful recipients OF his literally bestowed
benefits. Empress AID king, prince and
peasan', ri ice iu the work Of MS mind aud
hand and will now one and ali reverence
his memory ana unite IN perpetuaiinH
his name and work to all succee co.
ing ages The ctzsus Of New YORK
will erect ia Ceu,fal Park, perh ps,
n bronze statue OF the great Sims
Ms soon US sufficient iuods Tor the purpoAe
have been ,ccumula'ed.
70 the medic al PROBES ion and to the le-
dies OF the country al invi ariOu is now ex-
tended OF Contributing to THIS wurtny OBJ
Jet.
Tse medical profession very properly has
taken the INITIATIVE H. the matter, and
prominent ladies of New YORK city AMI
other parts OF the country will act IN con-
junction with II. the committee of med
icAl gentlemen is already formed ard are
now soliciting contributions 10 the Sim:
Memorial Fund.- VIII not the medica
profession and the people Of Dallas CO.
operate with others in ths state aud swell
the Texas contribution? Will not the Ia
dies come forward and LEND Their valusbl e
aid in inaugursting and csrryin 60 2
work? Cui palmam meruit 'erst.
A FRIEND OF SINS.