The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17

Had his advice been followed WI tabe,
of measures OF length would be: Ten points,
one lins; ten lines, one inch; ten inches,
one foot: ten feet, one decad; ten deoads'
one rood; ten roods, one furlong; ten iur-
longs, one mile" The Mint at Philadelphia
was established on Jeferson's recon-
mendation, when he was Secretary Of state
Up to that time our coins had been struck
In Europe. e.
In his autobiography Jefferson said hat
one Of his passions" was architecture.
Mr.. Curtis reminds ia that his classical,
tastes may be recognized in the buildings
Of the University Of Virginia. which he
copied from the finest models in Greece.
in addition to Monticello, he designed
the residences OF several Of his neighbors,
and his skill Ia seen in several of the sym
metric6l mansions built in the colonial
period OF Virginia, particularly at Lower
Brandon, the home of the Harrisons, on
tho lower James" IL Is we'll known that
jefferson planned the Capitol Of Virginia
on the model Of the Ndiaon Cdrreo OF
Nismqs, one Of the mssterworks of archi-
lecture left Us by antiquity. As was TO
he expected, Jefferson was deeply in
terested in the construction of the Capitol
az " aHAAhi wa - wa" 'fN' ~ 49, 80
who considered the plans submitted by
various competitors for the honor OF ron
structing the edifce. Thornton's plan,
he said. 'c%aptivated the eyes and the Judg-
ment of all" and to latrobe, the architect
who restored the building after 1t was
destroyed by tho British army, he wrote:
Il shall live in the hope that the day Will
come when an opportunity will be given
you Of finishing the middle building in a
style worthy Of the two wings
With regard TO medical science. as dis
tinguished from surgery, jefferson was n
sceptic, which II scarcely surprising when
we consider the small measure OF pro
fciency In diagnosis and therapeutics
possessed by the ordinary practitioner III
his day. He believed in IA vegetable diet
and In permitting nature To 'reestabllsh
order" in the human systcm when any OF
it's organs or functions was deranged. lie
could not. of course, refuse to recognize
the utility Of the few specifics known to
the medical profession, Experience he
says. teaches that there are certain sub
stances by which, applied 10 the living
body, internally or externally, nature can
be assisted, and thus accomplish In a short
time what nature woul do slowly. SO
far he continues, Il bow 10 the utility of
medicine, but here the judicious, the moral.
the humane physician should stop. MIR.
Curtis tells US that jefferson, while he was
Secretary Of State. wrote his daughter
concerning the treatment of her baby,
who was III: Let me beseech you.' he
SAYS, mot to destroy the powers OF her
stomach with medicine. Nature alone
can rcestablish infant organs; all we can
do il 10 take care that her effort be not
thwarted by imprudencc OF diet. \
statement bearing on tho same subject Is
quoted in the book before us from DR..
Dunglison, one Of the imported professors
AZ the University Of Virginia, who treated
jefferson when he was i'll and was with
him when he died. He often told me.
saws Dunelison, that he would rather
trust 10 the unaided, or rather, uninter-
fered with, efforts Of nature h 10 physi-
clans in general. II is not he was won't
10 observe, 10 physic | object so much
as to physicians.' In the presence Of DR..
Everett, afterward private secretary 10
President Monroe, he remarked tina when
ever ne saw three physicians together he
| looked up 10 discover whether there was
mot a turkey buzzard in the neighborhood =
vi fOuTrF, ututINOi OfhII wv AiA A
rcsp..c; from chirurgical ekill. indeed, he
himself on an emergency could sew up an
ugly wound or set "A negro's broken leg
According 10 Or Dunglison. his d~elicacy
of touch and deNtcri'y II hand. joined to
his fearlcssucss and patience in investtga-
CATION. would have made Jefferson a master
in surgery 1t il worth noting that Jefer-
son was one Of the first eminent men in the
United States 20 submit 10 vaccination.
In some concluding paragraphs Mr.
Curtis comedies that jefferson frequently
changed his policy and lis programme.
II j. not disputed that h" took different
views 81 the sam" subject on different
occasions. verlaps on th" theory that
"A wise man often changes his mind a
fool never Touching 'hl- point Mr.
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the preface 20 'hi- yuium" remarks =
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