An Article in the Holland City News, Entitled, The Van Raalte Colony and Its Influence on Holland at the Present Time, by Mrs. H. D. Post, of Holland, (Widow of Henry D. Post)

An article in the Holland City News, entitled, The Van Raalte Colony and Its Influence on Holland at the Present Time, by Mrs. H. D. Post, of Holland, (widow of Henry D. Post). Contains references to A. C. Van Raalte. Also, His wife was a noble helpmate worthy of a place in history along with him. The remembrance of home and kindred often intruded itself, and Mrs. Van Raalte often spoke of the trial of leaving early, and still well remembered friends, but she always added, \u27It is the Lord.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1900s/1002/thumbnail.jp

Ophthalmology in North America: Early Stories (1491-1801)

New World plants, such as tobacco, tomato, and chili, were held to have beneficial effects on the eyes. Indigenous healers rubbed or scraped the eyes or eyelids to treat inflammation, corneal opacities, and even eye irritation from smoke. European settlers used harsh treatments, such as bleeding and blistering, when the eyes were inflamed or had loss of vision with a normal appearance (gutta serena). In New Spain, surgery for corneal opacity was performed in 1601 and cataract couching in 1611. North American physicians knew of contralateral loss of vision after trauma or surgery (sympathetic ophthalmia), which they called “sympathy.” To date, the earliest identified cataract couching by a surgeon trained in the New World was performed in 1769 by John Bartlett of Rhode Island. The American Revolution negatively affected ophthalmology, as loyalist surgeons were expelled and others were consumed with wartime activities. After the war, cataract extraction was imported to America in earnest and academic development resumed. Charles F Bartlett, the son of John, performed cataract extraction but was also a “rapacious privateer.” In 1801, a doctor in the frontier territory of Kentucky observed anticholinergic poisoning by Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed) and suggested that this agent be applied topically to dilate the pupil before cataract extraction. John Warren at Harvard preferred couching in the 1790s, but, after his son returned from European training, recommended treating angle closure glaucoma by lens extraction. Other eye procedures described or advertised in America before the 19th century included enucleation, resection of conjunctival lesions or periocular tumors, treatment of lacrimal fistula, and fitting of prosthetic eyes

[Christian pamphlets. Vol. 14]

1 v. ; 23 cm.The work : and the workmen / by W.T. Dwight -- Protection in the family, in society, and in the state / by M.S. Howard -- Christian missions, a work of faith / by E.N. Kirk -- Spirit, soul and body / by M. Hopkins -- The living seed and the fruitful soil / [J.G. Wortley] -- Beauty / [H.W. Beecher] -- My yoke is easy / [H.W. Beecher] -- Testimony against evil / [H.W. Beecher] -- The danger of tampering with sin / [H.W. Beecher] --The ground of salvation / H.W. Beecher -- Individual responsibility / H.W. Beecher -- The ministrant church / by T.M. Post -- The divine forces of the Gospel / by S.M. Bartlett -- Memorial of Rev. JG. Bergen, D.D. / by J.A. Reed -- Prayer and the prayer-gauge / by M. Hopkins -- Adulteration of liquors / by A.F. Bourns -- The little cloud like a man's hand / by Z. Eddy -- The Christian ministry / by N.C. Mallory.The earth fading and teaching / by B. Parsons -- A farewell sermon delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan / by S.W. Duffield -- Occasional papers in regard to Turkey / by T.C. Trowbridge -- Dancing and piety / by E.W. Borden -- The logic of our missions to alien races in America / [G.F. Magoun] -- Annual discourse / by E.N. Kirk -- The unfailing virture / W.B. Barbour -- Addresses at the inauguration of Rev. Horatio Q. Butterfield, D.D., as President of Olivet College, Olivet, Mich. -- The field is the world / by Mrs. G.C. Smith -- Robt. G. Ingersoll's attack on the Bible / by. S.V. Leech -- Samuel Worcester / by S.D. Clark -- Sketch of Theron Baldwin / [J.M. Sturtevant] -- Triennial catalogue of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, December, 1865