Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-01-22
A Boston Institution,
The PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND ITS
QUARTER CENTURY's WORK.

THE PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND ITS
QUARTER CENTURY's WORK.
One of the self-eyident propositions regard
ing most, II not all, human Institutions is that
their survival indicates their fitness to exist.
In other words. when an Institution best serves
| some good purpose 1t is apt to live while such
| a purpose is to be, or should be served To
combat the ordinary ills TO which the fl 3sh Is
| heir, we have good physicians by the Thousand
| anu spi,als by the hundred; hut there are
ailments of so subtle nature. many of which
liz fest society like dry rot that require spec
ial skill and care in their treatment, that the
| specialist alone-aud he must be man of rare
| DUAL ifica tions-can best treat them. OF such
ailments those which have their origin in dis
orders of The nervous system ere usually the
most difficnlt to deal with, or to treat success
| fully. Their origin may be remote to the eye
| of the ordinary practitioner, while, to the eye
| of the specialist 1t may be plainly indicated by
| the nature of the manifestations. At any rate
they are always more or less difficult Of treat
IN n t. req uirine pecu lar methods and patient
| and persevering attention On the part of the
| NJ edcal man. TO treat such nervous maladies
WIS the OBJECT of the founder of the Peabody
| Medical Institute when, some 25 years ago, he
established it, at No. Buifinch street, Boston
| where 1t is located to this day. and where 1t
will, no doubt, continue for many years to
come, IL being an established fact in the histO-
| ry OF medical Institutions that where they are
eminently useful to humanity they become
permanent Its mission being largely philan-
| thropic, it was named after that eminent
Amerlcen philapthropist the late George Pea
| body, whose benehcence gaddens and will con
| tinue to gladden. Thousands of his fellow be-
| ings on both sides of the Atlantic for ages to
come. 1t has had wonderful history of sue
cess has this P abody Medical Institute and
1t he's extended Its usefulness not only through
out the length and breadth Of this land, but in
| the Countries of Europe aud Asia. So syste-
| N attic are the methods pursued in the conduct
| of the business pertaining to this institution
| that 1t can treat by letter at any distance the
most obstinate cases of diseases which come
| within the scope of its treatment.
! The Peabody Medical Institute. Also has
done vast amount of philanthropic work in
| its publications, which, while being standard
medical works. are yet written for the purpose
of bringing about that most necessary cODdi-
| ton of self knowledge that is embodied in the
motto, Know Thyself' Indeed, there is no es-
| timating the value of such publications. writ
| ten these are for popular comprehension.
| for they disseminate the inform alton that Is
| most essential to he man or woman who
would lead q moral, sober and virtuous life.
/ Filling such useful sphere in the education
and eniightenment ofthe world, and In min
4 fstering to the mind diseased" as well as the
, body, as is the CASE In most nervous diseases,
| 1t Is not ~ hn wondered al that the Pcs Hef5r
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