The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23

| d discovsrablc in the subtle distribution
Of radiance and gloom. Something In,
dsscribablc strikes as In the joyful in.
nocencc OF the heavenly company whose
| winged units crowded together singing,
playing, wondering and prayin,, some
in light, so,ne in half light, others in
gloom with o spirit Of life moving In
them that is quite delightful to tho mind
and the eye. Like the bees about their
queen this swarm Of angels rises with
thc-beautious apparition Of the Virgin,
whose noble face Is transfgured with
gladness, whose step Is momentarily ar.
rested as she ascends on Nie clouds, and
with upturned face and outstretched
arms longs for the heaven out OF which
the Eternal looks down. To this cen.
trail point in the picture Titan invites
us by all the arts OF which he is master.
The apostles, we observed, are in the
shade. An awfully inspired unanimity
directs their thoughts and eyes from the
tomb round which they linger to the
circle of clouds beautifully supported in
its upward passage by the floating shapes
Of the angels. The life-like scmblance
of nature in these forms and the mar
vellous power with which their various
sensations Of fear, devotion, reverent
wonder and repture are expressed, raise
Titan to rank as high as that held by
Raphael and Michael Angelo.
Many buildings and places Of interest
we visited, but space will prevent mo
from more than merely mentioning some
of the most noted.
| PALACE OF THE DoGEs,
The Ducal Palace, was founded in 800,
destroyed five times and as often re.
erected. The facade was built in Gothic
style in 1424-42. The whole building
is now undergoing very thorough res
toration.
s. GiorQio Maggiore, which belongs to
tho adjacent suppressed Benedictine
monastery, now on artillery-barrack, is
cruciform church with dome and apses
terminating the transepts, was begun by
Palladio in 1860. The facade was fin.
ished in 1875 by Scamozzi.
| THE CLIMATE
Is tempered by the proximity to the
sea and the Lagune. In January, the
coolest month, the mean temperature
is about 81 Fahrenheit, from which it
rises to 72-77 in June, July and August.
The air is very humid and consequently
often favorable to catarrhal affections.
Rheumatism is rather prevalent. Its
perfect immunity from the dust is one
of the chief advantages of Venice, and
nervous patients will find another in its
noiseless highways.
| An American is impressed with the
idea-when in an Italian city-that a
terrible epidemic had followed him or
slightly preceded him there, and you
can not make him believe otherwise.
At least to this day am firmly con-
vinced that such is the case, and the
physicians soon fall victims, never to re-
cover. Tho disease is idleness. The
most prominent physicians in Venice
are Germans. An
INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL INSTITUTE,
Like those at London and Berlin, has
been instituted in the campo, s. Fanten,
under the management of ten special.
lists. Having formed the acquaintance
of DR.. Keppler "a member of the Insti.
tutel few weeks previous I renewed
his acquaintance and was kindly invited
to witness a.few surgical operations the
next morning by Prof. Rossi, an Italian
The professor wabbled into the room
looking more like mulatto than many
l had seen. will describe his opera.
ton on this occasion as it will, no doubt
be of interest, especially 10 the medical
fraternity. After waiting for some time
and listening to lecture in a Language
of which / understood nothing, q boy
was brought in affected with talipes (clut
foot congenital. He was perhaps ter
years old, rather delicate and extremely
nervous.
The professor had knife in his hand
and was making gestures that caused me
to think he believed in cutting. He spen
the hour in talking and operating and
after he was through I examined the
foot and am sure the boy will never
have any use Of that member, unless he
enjoys a useless foot attached to hi
pedal extremity. By the way, this cast
recalls to mind wildly one similar il
the State of Ohio, which occurred some
years ago. The physician believed like
wise in cutting and did cut, leaving tn
). foot dangling like piece Of meat at tn,
end OF string. The paper that pub
lisbed the operation when it took plac
forgot to mention the final result. Ig
norance exists on both sides of th
water and will continue until the end o
: time, but such ignorance on the part q
the physicians is painfully visible II
the victims that are unfortunate enougl
to fall in their clutches.
Very truly yours.
II J.B. HIRoNs.
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