Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
Two Descendants Of the Royal
House Of Bavaria Have Achieved
Fame in Medicine.
PRINCE LOUIS IN ORCHESTRA.
,t,,r A Life Wilder Than Prince Halls,
Another Takes to Theology and
Works for sLaS a Day.
,conyr,ght. 1904, by Curtis Brown.)

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rondon, Jan. l.--Bavarias royal fam
oy IA divided chiefly into two classes
-senluses and madmen. There are
Few Bavarlan princes and prlncesses
who are ordinary humdrum individuals.
There have been q number Of mad
kings OF Bavaria, for the curse Of in
sanity has been In the blood of the
Vittelsbachs for centuries, and there
have been many members Of the family
who have gained distinction in art,
literature and science. The present
king Of Bavaria. otto, is "A raving mad
man who crawls about on his hands
and knees. His brother and predecessor
was also hopeless lunatic, and COM
mitted suicide by drowning himself IN
A lake after erecting three gorgeous
Palaces which none but a madman's
brain could have planned. At the pres
emf time there are two members Of
the Bayaran royal family who have
gained real distinction in science and
art~the Duke Karl Theodore and
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Duke Karl Theodore Is the head Of
the minor or ducal line of the Wittels-
bachs, and Is now ca years old. He is
able to look back on life of useful
activity spent In the service Of man
kind such as few men, princes or pie
helans, can show. After he had passed
Ms 3Oth birthday he had the pluck to
throw up his military career In order
10 become a simple student Of medicine
at the University Of Munich, He at
tended lectures with the other students.
rnd them youngsters, and went
through the same courses OF practical
training, lie passed his examinations
with distinction and worked In pub
lie hospital al Munich for two years to
gain practical knowledge.
His general course of training finish
ed, Duke Karl Theodore began the spe-
cal study OF diseases Of the eye, and
devoted several years TO the pursuit of
knowledge In this particular direction.
Ultimately after more than 10 years OF
labOrOus study he was authorized 10
practise rs a doctor of medicine by a
special decree issued by the German
imperial chancellor, and at the age of
u entered on his new life as a working
doctor with all the enthusiasm Of q
youth not out OF his teens.
WILL TREAT ONLY THE POOR.
Duke Kari Theodore began his medi-
cal career by working In the poorest
quarters Of Munich, He went down into
The Stun district day by day, tended
the sick healed their sicknesses and
often rendered other kinds Of charitable
aid with generous openhandedness His
practise at this period was a general
one, and, as the duke was DESTROYS
OF deyotng himself to diseases of the
eye he withdrew after time from his
benevolent labors in the slums OF
Munich and established himself as a
SPECIALIST at his estate of Tegernsee.
Those who desire his aid must travel
70 Iegernsee to be attended In the
duhes own residence. His "oiilce hours
eee rom a. m, till 2p. m, AS a rule
hs waiting room Is crowded. SO great
ha' become the dukes fame as a sue
V@lul healer Of eye diseases that PEG.
pc Hook from all parts Of Europe and
even from America to submit thell
Eases To him. He never accepts q cent
N payment OF his services. but h,
refuses to have anything to do with
persons who cannot prove that they
are genuinely poor and In need OF
talllous medical assistance. In the
winter The duke transfers his home tC
%srah' whittier eye patients needing
eM curing the winter months must go
N the % years of his practise as
medical man Duke Karl Theodore
aas treated more than 10000 poor pa.
uen's Tor eye complaint besides large
number Tor general scknesses. He has
reformed 10000 successful operations
wi slar and several hundred Other
VIBRATIONS for stll more serious dis.
.aseS OF the eye, The record Of his
s, +. % Is perhaps unparalleled, Full.
y wVVl poverty stricken sufferers have
Viewed gratuitOusly from this roya
re,tohago treatment which they could
"",,r nave purchased from other ex,
a ag,' doctors; thousands of poor people
Ii law, men eyesght solely to his benevo,
hMNdrI Theodore has ana enthusiast,
pv,,per IN his wife. Mario Josepha Of
rros'n"a' daughter OF the late POrtu
49,. e prelender, Dom Miguel. They
rrn 'ssS an immense fortune. which
hyuII enable them to enjoy the mos
c CAUTIOUS life OF pleasure seeking con,
,N"nle, but both are convinced thai
b,ra napplhess Is to be found only f.
,bo mopk' and especially In 'Sork fol
"e benefit Of mankind.
A ROYAL FIDDLER.
70 rt,,n'e Louis Ferdinand, who belongs
,me elder branch Of the house M
do.eN.ach followed In Karl Thao
oyt rs footsteps. When the duke wa,
eeanoalklng ON his medical career nj IN,
tbe on ~ Irlnce Louis Ferdinand, u
man We OF H. was inspired by his kns
w., ,o example with the courage to de-
tet VtSu' conventions and prepare him
,o,, ,oI the medical profession. He en-
MIX ,he medical department of Mn
tho university and went through M
inv v'ulnary courses Of medical train
whh PASSED the necessary examination
on.3 k'edl distinction, and became
I Jln y, 10 practise as a physician.
nm KARI Theodore, Prince Louis ha,
Nv,", uls beautiful county estate o
he "r'opuruOurg a medical center. whcr
ed,tv..'NeS the patients who desire hi
Of boo' ne Is u specialist for disease
bav,m AVN ,,nroat and ear lie accepts n,
a. ' con and treats only such patient
nso J"u prove that they are in genuine
No, 1 .o o' gfatultous medical aid. lie ha
ps4ee. gained the same world rep
ma bN ou as harl Theodore; nevertheless
eni ~. M treated with great success sew
thousands or poor patients, and hi