The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

cal are belng discussed by phxsselkzs
generally. and investigation ut the sab
Ject reveal that maEy 4mport4@1 al-s -
the profession are tAe result u< TIE -A1
mans labors- In writing ca lne ecr-e
DR.. George n Cfo1ld o1 FhllaGea E4-4
says
4 have been 9gruck - t2s t4<t tA4t
the majority of great medical tlseev-
cries. truths and instruments. have ueE
been made completely and sla11enlg- 1-t
have been led uP - ly preliminary ana
progressive steps. ard thar ths i2yu.a-
has often made these 1lseoNs sriss prier
10 the medical przeLlIioaar T1iS srs-S
medical truth Is. indeed buE a. illzsgE@-
I ton OF the general law thar az ergsas-
+ siOaal progress. in whatever hranca ~
study. is a result o. stimulus tEozl al---
out"
Many lessons are 70 ~ lsarue1 fruE
such observations Ia medical history
/ One is struck BY the Iact shat ~our bEoSh-
ers. the animals were arst ta Eearnlns
not little OF medical art. SAYS tes C4i-
easo Tribune.
Birds often show surgical instinct M
Tatfo has often killed woodeoek ca1Ea-
Iescent from wounds previously rscetre.2
and in every instance be f0unl fte ta-
Jury neatly dressed. with doWn pluaeael
from the stems OF feathers and sktllf-ltE
arranged over the wound evlleuriy vEite
the beak. In other cases l5sarures rad
been applied to wounded uF troAeu
limbs. Fulbert DumonreI voacAes feF
the fact thar ten times be had fcurt
birds with the fractured ends et rae.r
legs neatly aparoxiuaEad ard tLEztEa
together
Dr. Weir believes many higher a-l-
mails have discovered "a UateVla u1ea.ca
which should be reeognlEea hF rhys.-
clans Does viii sees our ce1cl Erass
when aiIfus- horses and mules wf1 set
clay for Internal mala65es and esftIe
with eczema have been seen ro plaster
hoof and joint with mud Dr yyEe- uez-
tiOns q COW which broke thl1 fce cr q
pond To treat a john with a ul11 rer1-
tiee Sick eats VIII go miles tor "a dose
of catnip-
W-ier also tells OF a large rCnE ~ veo
scratched his shoulder on "a HrufecE--- .
nail in his cage. The anlmaI sere5 "a
handful of clean sawdusI and pressed ft
on the bleeding sAratch. stornr- ere
bleeding and leaving a coat under -hles .
the healing was prompt
OphthalmOloSy was one Of the earliest T.
To command professional cr1r- .
ion The origin of the operation 90 .
eataracts is So lost In antiquity
that Eianus says men learned e. from .
goats who by pushing their heads
against thOrns Of q bush Operated un +.
their own cateractOus eyes
Babbase. a nonmedieaI man. devised
an instrument for the purpose oF 1acs-
ing into the interior OF the eve PEneF-s
description Of the visual defeet of IRE
Emperor Nero suggests com pound as-
tigmatism- Nero viewed the arena
through a large. highly polished ewer-
AID, probably OF uneven curvature iU trs
wo principal diameters. Nero nav
hus be credited with the discover cE
An eyeglass suited 10 shoFJ-sishteG pee
pie. BifocaI lenses were devised bF g
ayman. Benjamin Franklin.
The laryusoscope is a great uetEeaz
discovery made by q noomedical man.
senior Manual de Garcia. q singing mas ,
er OF London made physIolosfe obser-
-atiOns on the voice IN SIS. using mir f !
ors on his throat. as are employed to
lay. Czermak converted the invention
Sir Kenelm Dicby published a book d,
n the Powder OF sympathy II the /.
eventh century The knowledge fthis +
owder. he says. came from a priest Qua 1
( the orient He claimed 70 heal wounds
Tithout even touching or seeing the pa
lent, by dissOlving some OF the powder
l water. and putting in this water anE :
rticle having on IT blood from rhe 3.
ound- In the meantime the patient s
as advised TO cast away an pIasters. y
eep the wound clean and in moderate :.
smper 'twixt heat and cold" Absurd
s this may seem it was the beginning
the cure of wounds by immediate
MON.
The Apaehes employed as a splIrt :
rips of cedar wood bound together =
ith sinews and fastened to the arm II
ith knots in the loose ends OF the sin +,
rs. Water could be applied through
Le spaces and a free discharge could =
secured.
In passing from surgery 20 medicine F.
is noted that the most ancient and
,rsistent philosophy OF disease LASTING Il
'wn TO the present time was that the II
alady was due to some evil principle
spirit coming into the body from the
ltside, TO be fought against and driven
It by any means possible and powerful
le germ theory. infection. and para
ism, on which medical science Is nov -
ilded, shows how essentially true was
e old perception. Indeed. the f0reshad- =,
rings of the microbic origin OF couta-
ous disease are numerous
More than to all others is due 10 Pas
1r the credit for discovering the mi -
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