The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
A REAL BESEFAcFoR.
Charleston Postl.

Charleston Post)
s If King George v of England
fby the grace, of; God) We're to die
tomorrow, the great newspapers of
the world would each probably
have full page about the event
and on subsequent days the
story would be carried on and
on and on till the public had its
fill; and if the ex-Kaiser Of Ger
many. Mr.. or Count William Hoh-
enzonern. were to die, the quantity
of space would be about tripled and
the resulting hullabaloo fearful.
The first of these men has done
virtually nothing for the world
during his lifetime and is likely TO
do little more for it before his
death. He exists and is for that
and no other service, paid great
isunas by the free British people,
The second OF them has to his
credit no achievement except hav-
ing plunged the world into the
most disastrous war in its history
Neither as men, as factors in civil:
nation. nor as characters can the
two of them compare with Dr.
William S. Efaisted. who died in
Baltimore the other day, yet DR.
Ha4sted's death was scarcely no.
itieed outside his OWE city and
what is more; the general public
knows more about at least a hun
ldred movie stars ard two hundred
ball players and prize fighters thar
| it knows about the Johns Hopkins
surgeon.
About the only things DR.. Hal
sted did for surgery and the medi-
| cal profession and humanity were
| to introduce numerous antiseptie
methods. such as the use of rub
Der gloves; to invent a forceps
which is known by his name; te
discover how to use the knife in
treating goItre. how to operate fol
cancer of the female breast. how te
unite the intestine after removing
| a section Of it, how to minimize the
danger OF gangrene in ampntaIions
Ia new hernia operation; to present
! the world With what IS known as
neuro regional Or block anesthe.
sia. which reFoIutionized the sci.
ehee OF dental surgery and bene-
flied other branches Of the pro-
ifession almost equally; and Il
make a large number Of other con.
ttrfbut1ons to science, some oi
which, as the Baltimore Sun says
i are now so common that they are
/ taken for granted and "to poini
out their inventor strikes one al
most, as it would to point out tho
imam who first decided that it j:
best to come indoors out of ths
rain s-:ss
! The benefits this man conferred
/ upon mankind in his long career
are amazing for their number and
! magnitude. They are benefits q
1.-THE .truest kind and by reason o,
them millions are annually relieved
from suffering and many thou:
(! SG1tt0S, RStA6pSp ioit1 0SsAIi. = haSA< =
/ IS, no alloy in such gift to man.
! Kind. Itis pure gold BY the side
OF DR.. William S. Haisted, wher
j good te mankind is the standard
! most of the worlds kings and sol.
aiers and politicians are mere
pygmies, undeserving OF a pass,
ling thought. Yet hardly known Il
| the mass of his fellow-country1ner
even now: his name IN a few shor
! years will haze been well-nigh for,
gotten by all but scientists, at
though a century hence school
boys viii probably be able to re.
/ cite the favorite recreations OF
George Y. and the names of all hi:
previous family DR.. Halsred i
j but one OF numerous benefactors
OF mankind who must suffer thu
fate and that # is SO is q sad com
nlentary on those traits of human
natur6 which make it so.