The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
Medical JOttfD00.
For the North Iowa Times.

For the North Iowa Times.
Medical Jotslngs.
Mankind are alike, the weRid over, in many respects
and In none more %, than that all are subject to
various ills which prove constant source Of annoy.
ancs to oil concerned and IL appears to be tho first
natural impulse Of the human mind to rid itself Of
every inconvenienoe, that II may become free t. pur
sue every phantom Of pleasure profit thus every
ache that felt In our bones, disease that
the most fruitful Imagination could portray has In
It's turn been attacked by all the forces that injured
man could bring upon IT, and either forced into obv-
ion or to multiply and increase to horrd form AMI
sze by the wretched blunders Of ts discounted ene-
miles, The spirit Of self.relance that 70 generally
pervades the human Species prompts to feel equal
to any emergency and the greater the evil that threat
ems us, the more vigorous efforts 1t resist ance
but our bodies being complex In their organization
and knowledge sf the functions Of our different or
gans 80 far removed from general knowledge, that
nc,s ,; IS: sssass ::s e:
calamity " weald svert. In early days, when the
rractics q medicine was entrusted 10 the hands OF
the priests, the sick was treated solely through
the power sf the Imagination magicsi incantsaions
producing their good effects in pretty exact ratio
to the superstition and crsdulty Of the patient, and
.
or malignant disease, WAS very safe, like the old
wonaos syarS tea," 1t did NO harm II IL did no good
The observation Of man led him to believe that
other agents than the "thirysix Spirits" were neees-
sary for the removal Of Disease and mon were soon
found who caused medicine BE- regarded - science
and the mysteries Of the healing art were searched
after by the most inquistvs and nquiring Of the an
cient philosophers. Medicine, though progressive
hv
perfection, but nnd dissensions arising
are professors to expound theory, or to dilate
upon IN stextensive experience"
Some in all ages CT the wsrid have prosssscd to
have all pswer disease either through the agency
Of the spitsa great secret influence impaired from
some wonderful root-a curious formation Of metals
or minute gransle sf Saccharum Album, and .insu
lar Il msy appear, the most absurd dslu.ions have
been smsag the most sueesssful means Of enriching
unprnetpasd men whose popularity, psrhsps Cor ute
rins, would be unboanded but - every delusion
mast have end, - ws and many things that once
posssssAvondsrfal power disease, 20 powsrless
now In ~ hands Of the physician, that the rsuem.
brancs o. their use sxcites our wonder, that mans
credulity could ever bs % severely taxed. Men who
pesssss n theoretical practical knovlsdgs Of med
cine swallow compound for some imaginary, q real
the cunplaint disappears and the patient candidly
declares ths medicine cured him. Other testimony Is
obtaissd in favor Of the medicine and Il becomes
scuss-all" because thres-tousths OF al the sick
would gss we'll we're there NO doctors, did NO such
thing = Aateria xedica exist.
Il y maxim universally believed that "ths world
10 sovsensa too much, h,'-and nowhere Is the rule -
severe as the provinces Of phyde-for at present, no
sicknsD aDpears, but there from dosea to twenty
sestysms and systems to cure the dissass, each Of
which = almost, II not quite specific, and one
fails oth tried till 1t last, perhaps the patient
obliged 70 fall back on the snly rational modes Of
obtainine rsie1 l. Of dist and rsst or re-
lance o. The counsel Of educated physicisn-thus
Diseases multiply, Quacksry Aoarishss, mankind SUIT
Sss and ascredt falls upon the medical science, be-
cause the common invalid, when once imposed upon,
nistrusts alike the true physician and the empire.
The rsubns Of two schools Of medicine, founded in
the tsspleAof Cos and Guides, are found with ~ at
the yesssat day. "Reason and Expssisucs," solvcs
all ths prehlsms and dvinss ell the mysteries of the
one, while "cts and obssrvstion' prove everything
for tbs Other. That both ars often missd, IL matter
gsoseay kn6xn, - also. that many ridiculous blum
ders and theories too absurd to afford amusement
exposed the eyes st the world matters Of which
smps records have bssn ads, and it rs our purpose
70 rake up bw ef thass erroneous notions Of pest
time that they nay b compared with persistent
held 70 BY many people st the present day. u. y. H
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