Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-05-07


In which the united abilities of all civilized
ra'lons are carrying medicine al d Surgery
lar beyond the goal of empiricism, to the
resting place of exact science and each step
OF advance should find some ready writer
prepared to write his history and tope.
graphy.
The Speaker then proceeds to notice the
State Medical Society and its growing
strength and efficiency and remarks that at
every candid and intelligent mind must
appreciate the benefits of mutual interchange
OF thought and experience in its papers and
Debates
lie then proceeds to speak Of the fortu-
nate time of the formation of the American
Medical Association and of the Michigan
otate Medical Society, and remarks that at
that inc "All the powers of quackery. in
frotean legions, armed with such tongues
as once wagged in Simpsons weapon. were
martialed through city and solitude, assail-
ing public credulity from ambushes on ey.
cry side. Their implements of warfare
did not come within the range of old or
CARNATIONS, and in many instances. they
found their occupation as public guardi
ans gone, because there was no sane uJl;c
to guard Ctopian dreams of general ben
efit from popular education in physiology
had spread through our country epheme
raj lecturers, themselves less than half
s:hoo' ell in most abstruse sc ence, attcmp
ing to introduce the masses to mysteri-
Gus something in mystic dialect, proving
for the time that little learning is dan
gerous thirg;' for whcn they raw men -
trees waikiki G. they supposed their eyes
were fully opened. and ever gullible as
they are, they believed they could protect
themselves. Former salutary legal SUI
parts, reciIrocating benefits were annihila-
I'D by several State Legislatures or weak.
ened by sentiments promulgated under tho
bewlller n cry l ersecI.i N. P"
The speaker now s.lludes to the collateral
associations which he compares to 1.-The a.
tcrial trunks carrying the vitaizing p.ia-
ciple to the individual capillaIies.'
lie tEen speaks of some pro.essed alter
atoms and improvements, and of the time
Of treating, and of the amount of labor le-
fore the American Medical Association,
than refers to the educational system of the
State Of Michigan, and insists upon / bet
err gu alifie cation OF Students wEo aic a.
bout to CONNER c. the study of Mediril
and of the kind of ambition that they ougn,
to have, and on this point remarks:
"lf any young man would not rather lie
a LARREY than Napoleon, HUNTER than
a Wellington. he should not strive FOR
neli al diploma, OF claim To Lave been
nurturei on tn. milk of human kind
ness
He next alluslcs to the paramount m
portancc of ventilation. vaccination, sew
rage, and registration. And then, in
srelking Of the benevolent institutions of
the State of Michigan, he proceeds to
say:
The various elecmoSynary insti;u-
tons of our State, existing. prospective and
demanded, should be objects of our aSso-
ciate and personal attent;o members of
the community to whom are especially re-
vealcd the necessities of the unfortunate
The siglltless eye. unconscious car, silent
tongne. and stolid brain are o.tener in OFF
presence than other mems. Faltc. ing age
and infrmity have learned to expect orr
careful consideration. The maniac's raw.
ing calls louder for our sympathy, the de-
mcntcd moan sounds oftenest in our cars,
and the poor we have always with u.s.
La the case of ca h Of these classes, the peo-
pie nc.aily wait for urgent appeals from
some of oar numbcr before any steps are
taken, and they will listen as attentively
as their cupility will allow, to tn, suitabe
councils OF the profession. in providing the
means of sustaining the body end devel-
oping the mind. With grateful acknowl-
elgInents in behalf of the needy for the lib
crafty which has been partially developed,
let MS continue to pleal earnestly for early
and perfect completion of the several asy
lums and schools in progress, and for the
addition of all that are necessary.
'In behalf of the inmates OF our several
County Almshouscs and of those who re-
quirc temporary aid. we implorc your kind
commiscration. You have witnessed the
abuses which they often suffer at the hands
of stingy naundungus politicians, who ex-
pect to win the favor of the taxpayers, by
starving the dependent to the last point of
vitality, and if sick or decripid, employing
the CHEAPEST sclfstyled or will do doctor
at tariff wai-h compcls. them in self -pro-
lection to smother. even the feeble trace
of ability or conscience they ever possess
ed
Poverty is not always associated with
criminality, Incidence or improvidence,-
and one should not cease to demonstrate a.
ganst the systems, by which petty tyrants
insult community, whilst experimenting
their moral 'bettcrs.' doing out heart
crushing neglect instead of public charity.
'.A Physician who would not act the
good Samaritan would be unworthy of the
name, in any age Of medical history. But
it is no charity to make business contract
with wealthy Public, which will cripple
our private welfare or personal bcnevolence.
He is not worthy offellowship or apology
who will not do freely. or demand respect
able living compensation for doing rightly.
When Supervisors and Superintendent
of Poor wish us to mingte with the parti-
Fans of narrow systems, natural born doc
tors, and superanuated fogies, in bids for
pecuniary acknowledgements, let us keep
our hands clear of the matter, rather than
to insult science or abase philanthrophy by
n ooonf,x,ev bo lf nov Car Ia IL No {o1maDce.