Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-02
For the Ar.
roK THE DENEFIT OF THE SICK,
OF MEDICAL Sclyvc, M 'Oos

OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
The season ofsickness win g.
again,and in all probability mn SOnineos
as much as we were the 6ast sr me! Oe afflicted
WewOuld advise all persons wbo andkE.
occasion to employ physician. r. lusi have
hrst place, whether or not he has -. .ss:a nAs
profession in regular mapne- 1T,goied as
remark here, that all persons wbo I've VOID
tn profession as il should be car 1--we studied
dentials showing that thew have Lp9 Uo1acees.
ors OF the profession conferred upon ts ~ hon
regular and legal manner; those T na. men ias
have not, cannot show such creds1 T.sTH Eho
people of Lowndes County on JS'ii las 1.-THE
many of the Columbus fqcgz,, ~s.i AoeR hos
sion of the proper authority ~ 80 e posses
cine and surgery, they would h s sU.ce ned.
large number OF that diqni6e5 "a Pti:ed A
body are indeed medical pratestbe the I5. .dc
len honors which they neither r:,; a.1e Sto-
labored for. But TO return 10 H. " we've, ever
What is understood BY medical r,.l .lcect
Why, a diploma from either of The fb, .sa
medical institutions Of the United :. gfeat
diploma written upon parchmep, r;, S,S'es
of the school affixed and the sigDanra. " sal
faculty, testlfying that the indiyjdDsiS..1U, ne
diligently instructed IN thescepce II ven
and that the Doctoreateor decree NJ n f,,..cae
Physic has been conferred upon bn 'O !.
your physician, this summer, before =. A1
mence taking his medicine, If he has ID - '.l'
above honors conferred on him, desiirs Il uas
show his credentials, his autbo-tr !, -. .
medicine, and if he is not an imDosisr !, eHg
not become obsiropulous, to use c,rr1, y W =.
verylsiguifcant expression, but il wilof.o,. y.
give him pleasure TO have an ooportrn;.- :,
exhibiting them and ofsatisfyng Won, rT.;, !"
lily. If he has not been regularly edu,,,.; !
care not how many big stores be nav g.
about his opportunities. | care not iov l3.-
he may tell you he serred in Hospital, ,rI;.E :
neuer SaU, nor how much he nav inf "a
blow and snort forth his own praise. M,Tts
down.
"Tis all an idle tale tod by an IDIOT"
Full OF sound and fury sglifying nothnrH
He cant show the credentials. You nav betos
by these medical Pettifoggers that diuloua
is mere matter Of moon shine, but We Wi
assure you that it is considered ty al inteB
gent people, as the highest authority in TN
country, as TO the qualifications Of an indYH
ual. L is becoming very common amunvs
the Steam Doctors to tell the populace ia
they were educated regular physicians,ani III
they abandoned the regular practice from
conviction that It's principles are founded
error; as far as the Steam Doctors about G.
luu1bus are concerned, We know all such stat
ments to be incorrect. The celebrated Il
Rev. DR.. Galen, tells Parson Hobert a
every body else-that he was a regular pt
stefan once.-But the Rev. Doctor knowsYt
well that he has no more showing from n
Mar school than the horse he rides upon.
! however as we are contradicted, we challs
these red pepper mongers to step forth
! show their credentials. These remarks
not designed to affect the personal interest
any one, they are dictated BY more |
arabic motives: they are intended as deft
of the science Of medicine, and to promote
interests, and prevent if possible, its be
again degraded and brought into disrepute;
was last summer. The very men who broU
] reproach upon the profession last summer,
the very persons against whom, for the SAX
medical sclence--we would warn the c
(; muntv. Il is indeed Illuminating TO ever
lar member of the profession, to see the eff
CIV of remedies which have stood the te:
S ages, and the truth of those princIp vi
4 our fathers, and some ofthem the grea
philosophers that the world ever produces
p I 11I -s,hl s-hFr damn
o ed and thrown into disrepute in consequent
: the ignorance of few individuals, who do
d belong to the profession, who have never
e its honors conferred upon them These e
q rant nlountebankS should be denounced and
G that science which is the result of the exp
It ence, wisdom and labor, Of philosophers
accumulated ages. These ignorant MOI
u banks should be denounced, who have SO
e the appeilation of DR.. of Medicine not laf
i purpose of rendering themselves useial hs
a bers of the community, but for the PlFpoSS
q extortioning from honest industry IFS hard
e nings, and who in dong so convert man
II peaceful dwelling into oneof SORROW ina w.
: ING. 1t is oflen, with difficulty, that We
l. suppress our feelings OF disgust and Indigla'
! when we see one Of these CharIefGlS cD4
q Ing along in all the magesty Of his l gu,
d. and vanity, with pair Of medical sadie u
le for sooth cooked on behind him, nheo' y /,
ct hands with the seeds ofdeath. You cOull
Ot induce one ofthese gentlemen TO bele'e
ly he is an imposter! Oh! no! he feels IS z
k, on his horse, al9ubed Doctor" with 01ao'
le drurs behind him, as tho he were indeed
Sc Eastern Juggernautrolling forth upoL, y :
n dernus wheels. But we will concluas'
r fear that one-of these awful Juggernau's.
become incensed and roll over Us and o
us. ,,-.r rpPITS
E P. S. 1t would be gratifying to nl si,bs
J. sons if some one would furnish isl 9 w -
d gular members OF the profession = t -. C
e, ty. Thepeople after knowing u 1or ~, an
e soon be able, of themselves 10 asa~ of re-
L mate as to the comparative success y ana n
at dies in the hands of regular PhyslclaTR3 oian
l or irregulars, and steamers Oh ia''' ~
,e Medical Practitioners.