VKI.I'KAU, ALFRED A. L. M. 



VERMONT. 



sician, called in In counteract !' found 



this ail lacioiis youth pOMeflWd Of HO lie 

 intellect, that he took him into his own otlicc 

 as a student, and -oc.n --iit him to Tours to 

 study lor tlu <li])Ioinaof health-officer. Hen- 

 IK- educated hiniM-lf, and after two years' resi- 

 dence ;it Tours came up to Paris, \vhriv \>r. 

 n, tin- physician ot the Duche.-sde Herri, 

 at once took an interest in his fortunes, making 

 him his tirst assistant, although ho was not 

 thru, nor for three years afterward, in posses- 

 sion of his diploma. 11. mad.- a brilliant figure 

 at all of the concoura, and carried off one pro- 

 fesMonal pri/c after another, until ho was made, 

 t. n \i-ars after he reached Paris a poor boy, 

 chief Burgeon of La Piti6, Larrey's successor in 

 th.' Academy of Sciences, and Professor of 

 Clinical Surgery in the Medical School. When 

 he took his seat in the chair which Larrey had 

 occupied, ho returned thanks to the Academy 

 which elected him, by saying, with an agitated 

 ' I should never have believed, gentle- 

 men, that I should one day rise so high, setting 

 our a< low as I did." Eminent as were the 

 men then at the head of the medical profession, 

 Volpeau was soon considered, by many per- 

 sons. as the greatest French surgeon, and as 

 death removed his great rivals, the circle of his 

 admirers increased. He had lost the use of the 

 forefinger of his right hand, from a puncture 

 received while dissecting; nevertheless, his dex- 

 terity with the knife was extraordinary. He 

 was conversant wirh surgical literature, and 

 his tenacious memory never lost any thing con- 

 fided to it. There was not a single surgical 

 case of any Paris hospital, during the last t'orty- 

 seven years, with which he was not perfectly 

 familiar, and which he could not immediately 

 recall with all its particulars. He shone bright- 

 ly by the bedside of patients ; his diagnosis was 

 clear, comprehensive, and searching. His lan- 

 guage was unadorned, concise, and business - 

 He was so far misanthropic as to have 

 no confidence in men ; and he was unpardon- 

 ably insensible to suffering and to poverty. 

 Years since he was master of great wealth, but 

 ho lived as quietly and as frugally as he had 

 done while in a garret whoso rent was two 

 dollars a month. 



The following are his most remarkable works : 

 " Trait r- d'Anatomie, Chirurgicale " (1825, 2 

 vols., with atlas; 3d edition, 1837); "Exposi- 

 tion d'un Cas Remarquablu de Maladies Cance- 

 reuses avec Obliteration de 1'Aorto" (1825); 

 "Anatomie des Regions" (1825-'26 repub- 

 lished in 1836 under the title "Anatomie Chi- 

 rurgicale Generate et Topographique" 2 vols., 

 8vo, with atlas) ; " Traito de I' Art des Accouche- 

 ments" (1829, with figures 2d edition, 1835, 

 2 vols. 8vo) ; " Memoire sur les Positions Vi- 

 cieuses <lu Foetus" (1830); "Recherches sur le 

 lion Spontanee des Hemorragies Trauma- 

 tiqucs Primitives et la Torsion des Arteivs" 

 (1830): Nouveaux Elements de Medeciue 

 Op6ratoire" (with an atlas of '2o plates, 4to, 

 representing the principal operative pro. 



and in-tn tntfl, 1832; 2d edition, 1839. 4 vol., 



8vo, with atlao; " lvn!.ryolo/i.-. ( ,!i i ivologie 

 lluniaine. conu-nant 1'IIi-toire, descriptive t 

 i-a|thi<|iie, de l'<Knf hiiinain " (|s:;:i. with 

 I") mau'iiilieeiit plate-): "Trailed.- )'< M..'- ration 

 du Tiv|iaii dan- h- I'laies de 1 , ; 

 ' M'-i: !es Convulsions qui sur\i<-ntient 



avant, pendant, et apres l'Aooooohemeat n 

 (1684); "Manuel Pratique des Maladies de 

 Yenx" (1840); >l It.'.'lH-rches sur les CaviWw 

 closes, nat urell. -s on accidentelles, do TEcono- 

 mio Animale" (1843-'40, 2 parts, 8vo); "Traite 

 ". dadies du Sein et de Ja iT-^ion Mam- 

 maire " (Paris, 1853 ; '2d edition. isr>.si. etc., etc. 

 His death was very sudden; he was ill only 

 three days; his di-ease was an arute affection 

 of the prostate. Ho was buric'd with great 

 pomp and display, and several orations were 

 pronounced over his grave. 



VENEZUELA, a republic in South Am- 



lent, Marshal Juan Crisostomo Falcon, 

 since March, 18, 1865. Area, 426,712 square 

 miles; population in 1858, about 1,565,000. 

 The public debt amounted, in 1849, to $22,- 

 865,620 ; the expenditures, in 1852, were $8,- 

 248,031, and the revenue only $2,705,055. 

 The number of entrances and clearances in the 

 ports of the republic was, in 1854, 1,158, with 

 an aggregate of 172,055 lasts. 



VERMONT. While no prominent changes 

 have occurred in this State during the year, 

 there has been a satisfactory progress in all 

 that pertains to the welfare of a community, 

 public interests have not been overlooked, and 

 private means have been increased. Agricul- 

 ture, the leading interest of the State, is con- 

 stantly receiving increased attention; im| 

 modes of culture are constantly introduced, 

 and that practical knowledge disseminated that 

 leads to the best results and enhances the re- 

 ward of toil. On the 27th of March, in accord- 

 ance with a proclamation of the Governor, the 

 Legislature assembled in extra session. The 

 object was to afford relief to the southwestern 

 portion of the State in the way of railroad con- 

 nections, in view of existing difficulties with 

 the Troy and Boston Railroad Company. Per- 

 mission was granted to the Bennington and 

 Rutland Railroad Company to extend their line 

 to Chatham, N. Y., there to connect with the 

 Harlem Road, and thus open the trade of West- 

 ern Vermont to Western and Southern mar- 

 kets. After accomplishing this business the 

 Legislature adjourned. 



Tho Republican State Convention met at 

 Montpelier May 30th. John B. Page received 

 the nomination for Governor, and General S. 

 Thomas was selected as the candidate for Lien- 

 tenant-Covernor. The Committee on Resolu- 

 tions reported the following, which were unani- 

 mously adopted : 



Resolved, That after the long years :irm*d 



strife, and mutual distrust between the North uudthe 

 South, we hail with j.>y the prospect of assured peace 

 and harmony on the basis of loyalty, and of freedom, 

 and of equal rights for all. 



