The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-19

function-to restore LESSONS of structiye2
So some of our daily experiences assure us !;
so also some of the striking analogies of ma
ture intimate. In the early discoveries OF
astronomical science, pertubations in the
system appeared, that lead, apparently, TO
disorder and destruction. Later discoveries
have revealed to US a conservative power
vis msdscdtriz-that modifes all erratic
propensities of the planetary system, and
preserves its perfect harmony. How rea-
sonable, then, to infer-independsn of our
multiplied esperience-that in the micro
eosni of man, the all-wise Creator has inn
planted like conservative principle, limited
indeed, and qualified by the exigencies of a
mortal and:transcient being. Generally We
have no doubt of the operation of this con-
servative principle in trifing disorders of
the body, but we are too prone to distrnst
these restorative forces of nature in the seri-
Gus and formidable disturbances Of the hu-
man system.
The physician must bear in mind when he
takes the field with the potent array of dis
eases, that-as in all other hostile conflicts
the peaceful interests of the seat of war
may be destroyed in the struggle of the bel
ligerents, and that the evil of the disorder
tha, provoked the battle, would have been
inconsiderable compsred with the ravages he
has inflicted in the fight with it, "The first
care of physician is that he do no harm TO
his patients; the next is TO 10 them as much
good as possible.
In the most desperate and hopeless cases
of disease, when medical art is paralyzed
by despair its services Intellectually urged
upon an obstinate and frantic sufferer, the
physician witnesses-with admiration and
amazemenf-almost with awe as if il were
the work Of supernatural interposition-a
spontaneous restoration to health, which he
dare not claim as cure, but would in all
humanity and gratitude denominate a res
toration Who knows but such gratifying
surprises would be much more frequent, if
it weretnot SO much the custom, in the pop
ular reliance on drugs, 10 medicate the more
heroically, as the case becomes more desper-
ate; sometimes, without doubt, TO extin-
guiSh the feeble remnant OF vitality, which,
Peraiventure, might have borne up under
the steps of the disease, bat could not en-
dure the additional trial of such severe
medication.
The recuperatiye potency OF natural laws
is illustrated in the apparent success Of fhomoe-
pathy-a most striking confirmation of these
impressions is also afforded in the excitement
which prevails in large region in the South
west section of the Union on the supposed
discovery of the virtues Of corn siuck fea,
which, according to the universal testimony
of the people of the region, has become a
sure remedy for all the diseases Of the coun-
try 4 remedy they say, at once simplean and
potent-pleasant to the palate-obtained
without cost-and administered without
risk. In that region, the whole materia
medics ia superseded by corn stuck tea.
The people are very sincere and earnest in
the conviction that they can more easily
manage the diseases of that district by the
exclusive Use of this simple ptisaa, than by
the old accredited medication; and be it re-
membered, that the diseases that prevail
there are those which have been supposed to
demand he most heroic administration of
the most energetic medicinal agents The
success of corn shuck tea may prove a sug-
gestive fact that will lead TO important re-
formations in practice
The eminent lecturer declares, as his set
tied conviction, that the fatality and dura-
ton of disease, on the whole, would be far
less ara6er a totd! abst.aeEce from all drugs,
than under such meadlesome and heroic
employment of them rs finds its justifca-
ZION in the standard works and orthodox
teachings OF the schools, and honored ex-
amples of the last half century But abuses
of things are never good reasons for the eu-
tire disuse of them. Medical men have
still a responsible trust--a sacred duty-to
perform for their fellow men, which the
importance and valEe of the profession will
increase with the advance of knowledge
and science The physician must cure the
sick according TO the original Specification
OF the Latin word eErd. which implies care
for---not To physic The Greek word /" the
ropero signifies, "a wait upon-I alleviate
i attend upon the sick, and not to pre-
scribe jalap, qninine, or colonel. "Man is
the minister and interpreter of nature; y
the true physician is he who thoroughly
conprehends nature, and attends npon her
/ rs her devout minister.
NpfCHLES IN HEGs .f.tD J.RRS.
/ II We have just received nice lot of Gherkin
! Pickles. in l, 3, and gallon kegs-anl in quart