text_original: Your re  searches in regard to fermentations have shed a powerful light 'that has illumined the fatal darkness of surgery and changed the treatment of wounds from a matter of empiricism, uncer  tain and too often disastrous, to a scientific art of assured beneficence.
text_transcription: YOUR RESEARCHES IN REGARD TO FERMENTATIONS HAVE SHED A POWERFUL LIGHT THAT HAS ILLUMINED THE FATAL DARKNESS OF SURGERY AND CHANGED THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS FROM A MATTER OF EMPIRICISM UNCERTAIN AND TOO OFTEN DISASTROUS TO A SCIENTIFIC ART OF ASSURED BENEFICENCE
phonemes: jʊɹ ɹˌiː sˈɜːtʃᵻz ɪn ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹd tə fɜːməntˈeɪʃənz hæv ʃˈɛd ɐ pˈaʊɚfəl lˈaɪt ðæt hɐz ɪlˈuːmɪnd ðə fˈeɪɾəl dˈɑːɹknəs ʌv sˈɜːdʒɚɹi ænd tʃˈeɪndʒd ðə tɹˈiːtmənt ʌv wˈuːndz fɹʌm ɐ mˈæɾɚɹ ʌv ɛmpˈɪɹɪsˌɪzəm, ʌnsˈɜː tˈeɪn ænd tˈuː ˈɔfən dɪzˈæstɹəs, tʊ ɐ saɪəntˈɪfɪk ˈɑːɹt ʌv əʃˈʊɹd bˈɛnɪfˌɪsəns.