The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-07
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HUMAN DISSECTION.

Surgery and the Anatomists In the
oIden Days.
For a long time Alexandria was the
only medical center Of the world, and
the physician Galen, born about 100
A. D., had to journey from Rome to
the African city even to see a skele-
ton. He sent his students to the Ger
man ~battlefields to dissect the bodies
Of the national enemies, while he him
man beings. Human dissection was
revived in Bologna in the fourteenth
century, where Madonna Manzolina
later was professor Of anatomy, un-
doubtedly n of the first women doc
tors, If not the very first. Leonardo
da Vinci, painter Of 1.-The Last Sup
per-" was a great anatomist, but dis
section had fallen into disuse when
Vesalius finally revived it about the
middle of the sixteenth century.
Even in comparatively modern times
anatomists have been the object Of at
tacks by the populace. In 1865 DIR.
John Shipper of Philadelphia was
mobbed as a grave robber. Doctors
riots in New York occurred twenty
three years later and were due to the
belief that the medical students rob-
bed graves continually. 1t was the
lack of opportunity to obtain subjects
regularly that led to the practice of
grave robbing and originated what
DIR. Keene calls "a set Of the lowest
possible villains-the resurrectionists."
New York World.
Bravery and Poverty.
To be able to look cheerfully and
hopefully through clouds Of poverty
and distress is an accomplishment be-
slowed upon every true and brave wo-
man, and. no matter how poor or hum
BILE her home may be, the magic power
Of smiles can brighten its shadows and
tighten Its cares. Upon the troubled
mind of a feeling husband a wife's
smile falls like a sunbeam on a flower,
and how much more beautiful II
makes the face that wears 1t than a
frown? When a wife and mother, for
6Cll4AS 6OllOO aA0 0oulRof oA1AlCc
away her tears there is a loneliness in
the act that speaks to a mans heart
more eloquently than words.-Spring.
field Union.
rheumatism In Pigeons.
Until l kept a flock l never realized
the thousand natural shocks a pigeon
is heir TO. Among the most insidious
of these is rheumatism. If they sleep
near an open window or In a draft
1T is pretty sure to develop, frequently
in the form of wing disease. The ell
bow joint is the part most affected.
probably on account of being the most
exposed and liable to become chilled.
The main symptom is a lump on the
wing and feverishness. A bird so af-
fiicted should be placed alone In a
pen and fed plain food. Pluck the
feathers around the affected joint and
paint the swelling with tincture of lido
dine and it will gradually disappear
Country Life in America.
Luiled the Boston Babe
The Boston infant was restless and
peevish. Its nurse had crconed "rock-
ably, baby. on the tree top, when the
wind blows the cradle will rock" a
long time in vain. The babe would
not fall under its influence. Then its
fond mother sang to 1t gently: 1.-THE
vibrating atmosphere causes the sopo-
rife receptacle wherein the babe lies
ensconced to oscillate In the arboreal
apex No need to chant further.
Instantly soothed, the babe. with a
satisfied smile, fell away in slumber.
kansas City Star
Points on Sparkling.
A foreign born professor Of physics
In a western college was lecturing to a
class of young men and light hearted
"co-eds." With reference to an cleo
trical apparatus before him he ex-
planned in the gravest manner pos
sible:
You see, when keep desc two met
al points far apart de electric spark
makes a great noise, but not so when
l bring dem closer togedder. So. ladies
and gentlemen, observe de general
rule: De report is never so great when
de sparkin' distance is ort."-Judge.