The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-01-26

,laim< q ...er.f siuae, waaid be Fzslry
Rdeed. might 5e enhanced. THIS
.sry rePreirnsibie condsct deserves
ind shsaid receive the discoan tenzhce
i every good citizen. and pssicalasly
.sers aoaOfa5ie gensis.naa an &c psp
lesson.
Again: How common has Il becpae,
to-. asanhg ourselves, 10 parsae a sys-
Ten sf unjust detracti.n and nnmasliy
zsainst some brotlsr pFacii.
toner. Whose. supcriaf. Industry and
skill is elevating h.nelp he estimation
Of the communlty above his eatemp0.
Taries: Injury. directly or indirectly,
inflicted. seems 10 be- ihe fortune Il
almost every Young medical aspirant
in the state. who presumes 20. claim
that share in the credit aud em0lu
ments oi the; profession 10 which his.
merits may entiile hun. Let such a
man mark eut Tor himself in his early
career, and pursue a high course Of
conduct; Ter him be aetyated BY an
hbnarable ambiii.,n to be useful. and
thus distinguish. himself among his
fellow men-no sooner daes his deyo-
tim 10 businrss. amd his skili gather
friends. aud successful practice. than
the ,ersenamed shafts Of professional
envy and insiaious dclraction are aim
ed at him. 4 capital operation, or a
few bad cases OF disease skillfully
cured arouse. the active jealousy of
neighboring rivals; and often he goes
thrsagh liir anil down 70 his grave. the
continued object 81 these pngeaerous
assaults. 3,
No less dcplorable is tire practice,
growing too common in our State, Of
masnifying escrycase 10 which We are
cailed--laboring TO produce the i'm
preston, even in ordinary sickness,
that imminent danger exists. The
public rarely inquire into the truth Of
the statement concerning the danger
Of the patient. They assume il to be
as the phys.c,an reports, aud when the
patient RECEIVERS, the fortunate psTscti-
toner is exalted for skill. aud credit
ed with "another remarkable cure.
These afe also abuses aad eyils which
cannot BE- sop severely condemned,
and which our associations aim To re-
medy.
To relieve suffering, and faster all
means calculated To promote the health
and protect the lives Of the communi-
v, Is the last and chieiest o5ject set
forth in the Constitution; and it Is
with as mueh pleasure as pride, that
we can refer 10 the deliberations
of bnti. STATE. aud County Societies to
show, that the highest regard is paid
to this important feature of our Associ-
alton. The learned and interesting
essays read before the Societies; the
results of practical observation gather
ed by many OF their active members,
and handed.in TO enlarge the common
stock OF knowledge, from which all can
draw out and carry with them 10 their
respective fields OF labor; the queries
propounded and answered, as to the
nature Of diseases and their best mode
OF treatment; the action of particular
remedies and their adaptation to the
cure OF diseases-all tend To prove
that it is the welfare Of the people,
more than the paltry consideration Of
gam, that influences Us in our asso-
cmtlons. An important fact bearing
Oh TINS point is, that, mt in a single
INSTANCES. 81 Tar ~ We are informed,
have the charges Tor me,lcai services
been increased BY any county AsSocl-
alton, IN connection with the Medical
society 81 the State Of North Carolina.
The a!lu lan 10 this subject in this
address may be considered irrelevant
AMI I!l-timed, but the. undersigned
are assured, that there Is a deeply
rooted prejudice against our RETURN,
arising ifan such collsi ierat:ons. and
a. this address may tall into the hands
81 many persons, entertaining these
lpreJudices, as weA as members of the
who unjustly sustain them,
they deemed it proper to makesa few
remaks in reiutatioilof the error; and
they trast that while it may remove
the prejndiees Of the one, 1t NAV bring
shame aud merited disgrace upon the
other.
The sssciaI tendency ana effect Of
the reform II the profession, which is
now III operation, IN greater or less
degree, IN every State in the Jinon,
cannot be otherwise than beneficial,
since the "bjeets set forth by them are
SO; an;l The greatest and best mei the
profession-lights in science ansl.orn
ments to their county and their age
have given to it their sanction, AMI
earnest and .laberious evaporation.
The aguod ALREADY resulting from the
labors oi the American Medical Assoc
clatlon is lncalcu!able. The jealous eff
iorts 10 elevate medicine to its proper
rank among the sciences removing
from It the opprobrious charactcrofbe-
ing, al best, but an uncertain and ron>
ectarai art; the vast amount of ex.
perlence and observation it has elicit
ID Tor the benefit of ALI, which would
otherwise probably haye remained for