Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-09-25

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/ pected that 4 physician should be kind
of ht57g hcOmotite eucgr5opoea1a.
II the two first departments of Medi-
cal science just enumerated, Materia Med
lea and Natural History. nature has en-
robed and decked herself with the draperv
and gems of paradise. and in her illustra-
tions whether viewed as native simples or
+ the more complex compounds the mind
OF tie student becomes excited and exalt-
ed by the divine contemplation Here
are united the useful and beautiful-the
magnificent and tie immaculate The
animal, the vegetable and the mineral
+ kingdoms are here presented 10 view in
/ one grand scheme of Almighty perfection
types and figures of the wonders and
beauties Of that haven Of eternal rest
where dwell the spirits of the Just made
perfect"
Thus invited into the sublime and un-
limited field of nature. the intellectual
faculties beeeme qualified to enter into
such reasonings. and to feel tie force Of
such considerations as cannot fail TO lead
to a correct Judgment Of the true charac-
ter of man. mental moral and physical
and a just conception Of the orer-shadow-
ing beneyolence Of the first great cause.
Clad IN the livery Of heaven. the three
great Kingdoms of creation cali upon man
to cosieBp/elte and adore the mighty and
mysterious Parent Of perfected matter
JUDGED there can be m study whose tend
eucv Is so perfectly calculated to exercise
and interest the Divine attributes of mans
nature. qualities and endowmeljts. which
in every yic.ssjtude and station of life de.
mand our regard and which constitutes
the real glory Of poor fallen and defaced
humanity. 1t cures the wayward imag-
iniugs OF the cabalistic sophist at the same
time gives strength. stability and progress
to the different branches Of study which
requires to be analyzcd. composed and di-
gestcd to enable the mind to trace the
progress Of religion and science from the
remotest period Of time In fine it Is a
companion Of revelation and 2 guide to
Immortality.
Thus warmed into mental yigor and
thus armed with the club Of Hercules"
the tvro Of medical science IS prepared to
prosecute with zeal aud ferv0r those stu
dies which viii test IN the future. his fit
iess for the difficulties and responsible
tics hat await him The Incentives that
urge hiiu forward are fed by thousand
contributions and ut times from the accu-
mutation of material (thc improvements
OF the day Ac a!mo-t deepairs OF winning
the golden prize obtained bv those only
who arc able @ present the most honorable
specimens Il professional skill and PROV
IS, as the shrine Of Apollo Still he finds
himself carcerirC onward irresjstablv hap
ry III his -eli-dcnyiug tolls and in SIN
cere desire 80 become L0norabIv distin-
cui,Aed In his profession By superior lear
ujHe and ability. by l2erality oi conduc.
aud IN trUt4 ir a religious piaet cal dc,.-
tiou to aii tuel,Itaes.
: part Of ;.e Divine mission Of oar
SAVIOUR was In heal the sick. give sight to
th- blind. cause the lalsle to walk and the
halt to leap for JOY, bind up and sooth the
brokcn-hearted and that too without mo-
Hel and without price. These examples
Of heaven born kindness arc worthy of all
Imitation. and Of themselves sufficient to
Inspire ln the hC-rt If every christian phi
Ian hro2iSt the love Of doinc good to all
mankind. And here I would enquire.
where in ali creation can be found great
er display Of the spirit and practice Of
fearless. -eifsacrifc;ng devotion to the
cause Of humanity than among the disci-
pies Of the healing art When the
whirlwind Of an epidemic which carries
CONSERVATION and terror through the land
when the Angel of death is lowering
over a doomed City. Town. or Hamlet
when men. wOmen.and children are strick-
en- down by an unseen hand hen man
fears to meet man. and flies for his life to
parts unviSitcd and uninfected by this
e l.. 7 O.
hlman tie Of brotherhood and consanguin-
its Is compromised for life and safety
when the dead are left to bury the dead,
| would ask to whom do the victims Of
the teli-Ge7troycr lool, for c0mmisseration
and kind Offices Of the good Samaritan
Amid the silent droppings Of the wing
ed shafts Of 4" the pestlencc that walketh
ID darkness and strizcth at noon day .''tbe
physician j. seen at the risk of his life
eonteudiae maufullv with the monster
death aud seeking among the elements Of
woe sorrow and mourning. the poor lazar
whose last expiring whisper Is gratitude
to his brueta0tor bcnefactor whose dis
interested professional courage has with
uoiseiess step and quiet mieu, bestowed
5he last kind Office upon doomed mortal
Having c9ns-crated body aud soul to a
NE It Hncaasing charity and Incessant
pupilage. lie never stops to enquire who
are the subjects Of his benevolent minis
tration OF when or where be j. 70 complete
his professional labors. but looks forward
through a vellspent life to the acme Of
SIbiunary renown, when children Of the
-Lisl. aad fourth generation shall rise up
and cal him blessed :" conscious that he
who would attain professional ezaltation
must make zap his mind to hard work"
aud weigh well the fact that to scorn de-
lights aud live lab3rious days Is the Indis-
Peusible condition Of professional emiu-
cnce.
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