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—1858.] Editorial 145little doubt but that, we will secure more confidence and respect for ourselves,and maintain a position of greater dignity for our Profession,before Judges, Lawyers, Jurymen and lookers-on, than we could gain byall the technicalities furnished in all the copies of the whole fifteen editionsof u Dunglison's Medical Dictionary."We may be as " wise as serpents," but we had as well be, as dumb41as serpents." unless we speak in language simple enough to be comprehendedby those we address.—We may be like Moses," learned inall the wisdom of the Egyptians," but if we unfortunately employ theEgyptian dialect, in which to communicate our thoughts to others, thegenerality of mankind, at the present day, will never be " a whit thewiser" for it. Simplicity of language is indicative of meekness, andmeekness we are told, on the authority of Holy "Writ, qualifies wisdomitself;for there it is urged, that, we "show, out of a good conversation,our works,—with meekness of wisdom"Honors conferred on American Physicians.—We collect from varioussources, the recountal of Foreign honors bestowed on Americanphysicians. We regard such evidences of appreciation as highly important,as they not only indicate the favor in which Americans are heldabroad, but their recountal must have the effect of encouraging ouryounger brethren,they may never receive them ;and stimulating them to deserve honors even though" Tis not in mortals to command snccess:TVe can do more—deserve it."Among the number of those honored with the Emperor of Russia'smarks of favor, we are gratified to find the name of a graduate of theMedical College of Georgia, our friend and fellow-citizen, Dr. W. J. Holt,now of Alabama, who has received still another mark of the Czar's distinguishedand distinguishing consideration, since the one reported below.u Dr. E. B. Turnipseed, now of Xew-York. a native of South-Carolina,has recently received from the Emperor, through Baron Stceckel, PuissianMinister at Washington, the decoration of the Russian order of St. Anne,of the third class, accompanied by two medals attached to the ribbonsof the orders of St. George and St. Andrew, in acknowledgment of hisservices during the war. The Emperor has also conferred the orders ofSt. George and St. Andrew upon Drs. Harris, Holt. Smith, Eldridge,Johnson, and Matthews, all American physicians, who were associatedwith Dr. Turnipseed." The cross of the order of St. Anne is a neat piece of workmanship,set in gold and enamel. The decoration of St. George is the highestmilitary insignia in the empire, permitted only to those whose live? havebeen risked in the service of the Emperor. The St. Andrew ribbon isthe highest civil honor. The above facts we gather from the Xew- YorkDaily Times''— [Surg. Reporter.
—106 Editorial and Miscellaneous.Honors for Dr. Jackson.— " We are gratified to record this morning,that another honor has been bestowed upon Dr. Charles T. Jacksonof this city, in token of appreciation of the services which he has conferredupon humanity as well as science, by his discovery of anaesthesiaby ether. The King of Prussia has bestowed upon him the cross ofChevalier of the Red Eagle, making the fourth order of merit which hehas received for the same cause, besides one gold' medal. The cross ofChevalier of the Red Eagle, sent to Dr. Jackson, is of solid silver, and isof the Maltese form. It bears in the centre, on obverse, the figure of thered eagle, with shield on breast and a wreath of laurel in his talons, thisbeing executed in fine colored enamel. On the reverse, the crown ofPrussia, over the initials of Frederic William, the King. The cross issuspended on a white ribbon, bordered with a broad stripe of cinnamoncolor." We subjoin the letter of the Prussian Minister, notifying Dr. Jacksonof the new honor conferred upon him :"New York, 30th November, 1857." Sir:—With reference to my letter to you of the 5th of May last, Ihave the pleasure of informing you that his Majesty the King of Prussiahas been pleased, agreeably to the wish expressed to me in your letterof the 18th April last, to confer upon you the order of Chevalier of theRed Eagle, as an acknowledgment of your merits in the discovery andthe application of Anaesthesia." The said decoration I enclose hereby, with the printed ' Thema/marked No. 19,396, which I beg you to fill up by your hand writing,and to send it back to me to Washington." I have the honor to be, with high consideration," Your obedient servant,"Ferd. Gerolt," Prussian Minister.u Chevalier Charles T. Jackson, Doct. of Med. at Boston."[Boston Advertiser, Dec. 2.Dr. Jackson has recently also had conferred upon him, by the Kingof Sardinia, " the orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus,"in recognitionof his eminent services to humanity, and the patent and decoration ofthe order have been sent to him." We have certainly every reason to be proud (says the Buffalo Med.Journal,) of the appreciation which the services of our countrymen metwith, during the last war, from Russia and the French. The restlessspirit of a true American is so powerful that it cannot be subdued evenby the studies and experiences of medical life, and the opportunitiesopen to the medical man for gratifying this propensity, are so few, thata war such as the last, is a perfect Godsend. We see this exemplifiedin the numberless applications for appointments in the army and navy,where, on this account, the examinations have been made so rigid, andthe standard of merit has been placed so high, that a comparativelysmall proportion are accepted. Wherever our countrymen go, however,they leave the impress of characteristic energy and zeal in doing whatthey have to do, as is exemplified by the gratifying testimonials whichhave been presented to them by the Russian Emperor."
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