The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-12-14

according 20 the ueslgn OF AUGUSTUS, IL Will DC
the showy-est store in town. FRENCH has a
most magnificent stock of Watches, Jewelry.
Silver.W are, Toys, &C., &c, to fill it with, and
he expects every lady in the city and country
to call and see the rich goods uhich their supe.
rior tastes have induced him to select. He has
the French styles and no mistake.
Written for the Timeg.
Jottings Of Medicine.
A medical writer says, THAT of all classes
of men, we presume the physician is most
the victim of circumstances and there is
that importance attached to the operations
of the physician, and his success or misfor-
tune makes such an impression upon the
public mind, as often to lead him on to easy
honors, or debar him from all confidence or
sympathy with the community in which he
resides. The man who chooses medicine as
his profession, at times is obliged to stake
his reputation, his wealth, in fact all he
holds dear in this life, upon results as far
beyond his control as the movement of the
planets themselves"
The author, no doubt, is honest in his as
scrtion, and that the whole profession is
guided by circumstances and is far beyond
his control to keep pace with the manner of
its workings, and that the whole system is
all matter of guessing and machine that
floats on the whims of the people, guided
| by an athletic power of superstition to keep
it's monarchical sway. Lofty and high
stands their creed, unmanaged, as he says,
by any thing but circumstances, to land them
in easy honor, or debar them with all their
fortune and all they hold dear in this life,
and leave them Wondering in the mighty
deep. Emerged as they are, the author will
no doubt agree with the epilogue Of Doctor
Alembcrt, who very well represents the
state of that science: Nature" says he,
sis fighting with Disease; ablind man, arm,
ed with club, comes to settle the differ.
ence; he first tries to make peace, when h,
cannot accomplish this he lifts his club ant
strikes at random; if he strikes the disease
he kills tiff he strikes Nature he Stay
her. An eminent physician, renouncin!
a practice which he had exercised for thirt,
years, said, II am wearied of guessing. "
The author is not alone; he has hundred
of people to sustain his opinions; and
guided by such belief, the whole world vii
renew it's energies, and science will elevat
and become theme of interests. Banisl
: the evil and let wrangling cease; as Profes
Waterman says, Il am sick Of learne
quackery."
Pleading for reform of the profession
But there has been great reform, and tn
} time-honored system Is yet in the movemer
of circumstances, and still leaves room fo
more. But how can we, when guided b
professional conventions and laws to abstai
from all system but our own, and be guide
. by whimsical circumstances, and plod on
way along heedlessly because we belong
the convention? How can we, it is sale
cultivate our intellect or improve the scienc
of medicine when debarred as emphaticall
as is stated in the by-lays of that CONVEX
ton. No mark of toll or sympathy
searching heart or to paliate one single e
fort Of hard-earned thought as it stant
open to improve the mind, or to advant
the science of medicine. Yoked and gorge
as you are in the glory Of the system, you al
unprepared to countenance any genius
grace any fact, other than the mandates
perfection. Elevated above every moral e:
ertion, the canopy Of the vaulted roof
high heaven can hardly make room for
numbers. Thus guided by its puritics Il
Tuning pastils of the mind are sure at res
and which are sanctioned by the proofs
L. olden times for years not only the impu
ties Of the profession but the degradatio
and the public is every day imposed up
by such high calling as will make one shu
der Or his heart bleed to see the battleme
# displayed for keeping ignorance in the 70,
of profession, unmanageable as it is it shar
itself in the form of circumstances, and
10 cover themselves in its guile zoe are "uicti
Of circumstances" Sir, where then is 20
theory, and where is your science? Is
in the bosom Of reason, or in the rich maj
lL purse? Don't wonder you envy every m
of any note, if you are victims of such
calling. Why boast of your literary VOL
ings as proof Of the magnitude of hop
a. Why boast longer of your dignitied scho
7 until you can stand on foundation that
self will find proof, and the better momel
can work onward with an unfettered mil
Then you will never need to stand in a
sition to keep ignorance aloft until the co
munity viii crown you with honors. J
to say man is dupable animal or like
trout caught by tickling. Vain notions
within the reach of the transcript, and "
:. renegadcs fill the brain. For as certain
>0' the sun rises and sets, the public minds
immovable, and soon the world will er;
" cate such whimsical notions, and super
ok ton will no longer rule. Let every Il
er Judge, and let every new idea be weigh
rn and the time is not far distant when
thinking faculties will act with reason,
the weeping heart will no longer ache a