The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-10
VOL. NO. IL
]. From the New York Herald.
'Moncfb Progress il the uIed lcat

ProfessiOn.
The public have latteriy. had presented to
them rather novel feature ia the journa ism of
the day. 10 the shape Of elaborate scientific trea
tiseson medical sugjects appearingif coi,seeu-
tive chapters In the advertising and news coi-s
umns Of the daily and weekly newspapers OF
this city. These articles are from the nen of
Dr.. Hunter No. 628 Broadway, the well known
practitioner In pulmonary and bronchial. .dseas-
es. and are distinguished from the. empirical.
programmes usually put forth through tife sams
medium, hy Their thorough acquaintance with
the subjects treated Of, the simplicity and clear
ness Of their Language, and the demonstrativs
force of the arguments employed, :,
With these qualities toreconmend them to
our attention, we cannot but welcome the ap-
pearance Of these articles a. heraidinr an i'm
Fportant and beneficial revolution in the tradi-
tions and Practice of the medical profession.
There il no pursuit in which the spirit Of old TO-
|gyism has, In spite Of fhe enlightenment of the
age, managed more completely to trammel and
subdue the human intellect. With view to
unity, like the Roman Ratht lie Church, it MAIN
Itains It's hold upon the aimost superstiroos awe
and reverence ofiguorant and unreasoning minds
by involving the little of truth that it possesses
Iin technical phraseol ~, derived from classical
sources. and ccnssq squently incomprehensibls to
| the multitude
But few men belonging the craft, for such
more correctly may be designated the medical
profession had coursge to entancipats
themselves from the code Of conventional AZ
well a. collegiate regulations which has been
built up for its protection. Like the noyitiate
Of the Egyptian priesthood, its mysteries and its
privileges could only become accessible by !
prescribed track. and after long, and often
painful probation. There has been hitherto
y<<@a aborfe e,f 80
recognized within its canons. Any man depart
ing fronthe beaten road laid down for his guild
ance has been invariably treated ss an entcAst,
aud stgmnt5oed as quack. The result has
been, that whilst the medical profession has
been reduced to close monopoly, it has extern
ded but little its sphere of knowledge, and has
consequently conferred less benefits upon the
human race than it might otherwise have done,
One Of the barriers BY which the profession
has endeayored 70 fence itself around, hal been
ths prohibl!ion y disccorsgement held out 70
into direct cdnm0Rie7IRSon Vii lie public. a
medical man may addF61 hImpelf through the
medium of q book, and ~ the eoter Of tech
nicalties to his own profession, but 10 muet not
appeal to the common senae and naturd f1fcl]f-
, gence of the uninitiated members of the domn'6
nifty, lest the arcana of the healing art sEo6IG
cease to be, like the Eleusynian mysteries, an
exclusive and profitable possession. The effect
. of this jealous and narrow minded system On
philanthropic and high spirited men may readily
, be conceived. They have had tochafe in silent
of which has been to pfdtectthe privlges Of the
senior members of the profession, and keep down
aid discourage as much as possible all evidences
=; of rising talent. .sf :,
We are rejoiced to fint thatone man and that
. practitioner whose professional merits and
] skill cannot for . moment be questioned, has
had the moral courage to break through the
. trammels imposed upon him by the old routine Oh
his art. DR.. Hunter wisely, and in time, arri-
we'd at the conclusion that If such requirements
I as he possessed were worth anything, the more
!, his researches and experience tie greater the
!. benefits he would not only confer upon hinself
hut upon the community Between the limited
Q publicity afforded him by the usual professional
I resource Of book publication and that offered by
!. the newspanrs it is not spTprisinR that hechose
: the latter. It presented the advdnfaaes 81 frSp-
2 iditY, comprehensiyeness and popularity, objects
n which to man ambitious Of fame in his profess
i sion, were the readiest and uurest elements oi
9 = W. have had personal experience Of the hsp;
: by results of the Doctors mode of treatment
le and canvouch for its success. Owing to the Be
at we're drudgery incident to our pursuits, and thai
of tendency to bronchial diseasee with which The
peculiarly of our climate afilicts such larg;
= proportion Of our population. We have been suf
TO fering for several years past from throat afec
n ton, which all the medical reniedies that ",
IL had formerly applied failed to cure. We cal
truly say that we lave found more relief an,
greater hope Of ultimately getting rid Of the NAL
sr ady from DR.. Hunters mode Of hestihent thai
It. from that Of any other medical man q whOn
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