, 1866-01-25

fablea about eupdry things, good for divers dis
easee. bur will 20! excuse, nor in any wise com
ass al sses u $h ASoT 50a no2as u
bodies ct which you know less. ="
With these things you must combine those me.
chnntcal ezcel'eoces requisite in s9lEeE and that
which requires perfect acquaintance with the
sciences before mentioned, together With the ek1l
Of the artist and the calm serenity Of the mJthic
Fates.
The long list Of socalled spectAlies are but parts
and parcels Of there stLeI each be fully persuaded
tn hfe ovn mind" that he has f1nbfbed nutsiment
medical science. before be undertakes to flourish a.
one OF ite blossoms.
But the medical man, thoroughly as he may M
i9s o. hx suSes Oh tn
pared even lot professional saceess- It IL title to
tha Last def!e1 OF commonplace to say that yo1
baSe really but lust eommeaced your professional
studies. We hare here scarcely moro than sug
gested the elements md pointed ont to yon the
psths Of stn1y. We have opened to yoH tbc doors
Of the Ekcnlapisn temple. 1nd g1ren you cine to
as The structure which lodges The Ninotanr Of the
old liable, nevertheless It will tax al your tArulies
10 explore We have given you some keys and
charts. God speed youi
commend to you, further. ample reading Of the
bcst works upon The Philosophy Of the. Human
Mind. The tault Of metnphyflc.ans or psycholo.
Gtets ts 1nas they a.e rot physlelans or phyeolo-
not psychologists. Man i wonderful adm1xsure
OF matter and force and he who woald eoutfp eth
Ct lis body oF sptrt should understand the sst Of
both. Professionally commend Ibis idea, no! only
to you ErAdnaies. but 10 etatesmen and dfyine<.
MirEcul us, almost. seems thepoIency Of the human
hp!rit upon the body which Ii wears, md g.,at Il
Its atoms. The gEelt law that action aud 10
admirable Illustration, The black blood Of dys-
Jeptla and gapanla1 tnactfon t1itctg mind Hith
melancholy: fanasies and disordesed notions which
neither God nor men ADMIR- whilst On the other
band the subtle spirit Of he ean control, c1'heE to
r. q t tS Us .ep, ana h:se the cds
t1anfcenden,at philosophy ,srr Eede1 OF the mental
soa ,ns ssRE snsnsss y h'sa sa
world The reciprocal influences OF mind and nnAt-
ter study rs scholars *ith regard TO the rdts1d
uals bur exceedingly liablc TO overlook In ft2-
ton to The tna4ses Of nn1nkind-
Iet 1t Is kafe to say that these largely control the
phn es O! dlsease. md must modify both dlAguosls
and treatment It beeomce. therefore. your duty 70
et1dy there 1nnucncss and .ponde. upon shelr r..
suits. some one truly kald: " The individual NAN
is m eulEmk- the M4ks Ia mathematical problem"
Then only will there come an exact and Centrous
when 70 the microscopic liteneas Of old diagnoses
there saall be supcradded those Erand, ceneN
Nenton.an system the great productive agencies Of
diseasts. Medical science ftanda upon The verge
Of ciozous discoveries. Little BY little It Ia. been
Working on ,he sanoid,a.ie problems. il sss eesn
1asains through the nre Of r1diculc, and too often
worn longer than io1etabiy bearable the Scssus'
poW breaking through the tafkne:as and mssts Of
the ages Of long ago. As the Astronomers havs
u,ppcd ont The apparently 1fack1ess heavens, and
measured the kars In their eoursesas gco9raphefs
have counted the actetos the continents and tsandt
and have Made cn8Ttk Of The culTTDte OF the Snp-
po>ed 1ncomprehecstble oceans-so ehall we, sfe
,eI1, and ettabhzh their laws, side By slds 10
ta{nty, With those whose sec1tt1 have a.
ready been v7ested from great Nature B1t
= otdes 70 ss;1p'n .hs ,,s %e mn.i & eonsPoa pa9
and nat it IL but ball tfuth-almoel worse than
fnltehood-whieh divorces the lwo In study+ I
therefore r5ommend yon to +tndJ men m q Ien-to 10
the sick. Observe Ill infueuee., political civil,
moral, domestic. pe1zonal. winch operate npoa
him. TO do this AdrantaReously. or With
even approximate correctness. you must not only
be intelligent, but "men Of Affair." Thoroughly
posted In up the literature and scence Of the 111aes
tou Will thereby gain personal culture ~ well a.
i even insist rpon your reading the daNy newtpa.
per not for lis probably Vicious political views, but
because it Is chatt md chronicle Of the tamea In
the older dayr, know1edse WIS natnly cunfnod to
books, and Tic antique b1hliomaniacs even nov
have fashion Of dcf1ding the newrlsper: but Il u
ennly be telected in this country alone. whch con
tAin on the aye1age better wiring, and
certainly yasuy more valuable information IN
single itsue than can be found in tn9's Of the 20
called clasglcAl volumes. which would II now pub
lishsd for the hrst time, perish upon the oookae'
4 simila1 remark may be nads With reference t
! cunent ionrnals. The books smell Of the mould.
| cenlur1es-ofscn efe1e or worse, but eone OF mi
5nurnah-peshAps TaFi scAtet IN gssF1te duseo-a
iva rfe4hness md proszes.isencsf about them
which should commend thena both 10 yous sabect!p
ton ard regular perussl.. They will Eeer alive ii
h.e. how an,nasns senf nsGsa s'ons' s1as0 , sps
Ea.itpas i @ of pross.aionai bybeina,ion. Keep you
'1ses assa' dsg a tss ~ %
don't sas you have no time, the excuse Of alag
CARDS, tobacco smoker, bi1fias9 plaYcrs. batsool
9en &c Do
p1yiic;sr, oi Ill rntn must be e1ea1.headed, vel
Informed. capable OF taking my po*lnon IN society
or eteu ia politics, but invariably dechulne the la
| BY neeect Of this Last +uegtstion- Keep ont Of
as yon value your profession, as you prize goo
! name.
There bas somehow got Into being the tdea tha
the etrdy Of our p.ofesaian Is hardening process
that In familiarity with lis detals and experience
In involved loss Of the finer feelings nnu aeiitns
sen.e1, vh!eh ennoSle I'D rsane ,saS hSI9a e,
mcchaniom, aEe believed TO determine caliousnes
o1peIcsptaen which pssYcpts adm1as1on o. ~ A q
experiences which bring dafly.- and almos
| hourly before uB the rad evidences or tn
@ eonenp1 n' IL nn@sn natn1e M r. aheh sepsesses i
| growth Of the higher enoliune which distinguish
Tie Humanitarian and phllanthtopist: And indeed
when We recognize the CErst fact fhat 1ndtEldca
diseases a,e NANNY ,he product Of individual viu
faions Of the great md we'll known laws OF nature
and that tte pest,ences and cpidcntcF, at the Err
mention Of which the pop9l.' pnlse th1obs heastI
sometimes epnug1nC from obscure causes, art
nourshed to len fold, nay, thousand fold NOR
de1EuetIse energy ~ Their orn WltuI ana .s7' stan
for the professional mind to turn With faRast hot
The seemingly hopeless task OF delaching Epassta
from MS idols let The cloud now han:tpS thnsat +, 4
shadows jnst begin to al! upon the people Of tht
continent, fail to launch its thundesbolts upon u
IN The coming spring OF summer time. ana fhe mG
md physicians he, MS Of o'd time, d.sp!setd. q
GuaL1ng Eassandrss. Why, this great city q Ch
csso httle wnle t1nce n an ecssscy Of idght o's
| the threatened advent OF cholera and rcaay to
almost anything to prevent, a. when
| ATht deS1l w1s sick. the ueyit 4 monk wp1ld bE
The dcvfl Eot vel. iae dsTl monk was he !"
has lad In few dsys q eoh weather Il. Eis,n. na
1welse and half cents he4d for is populst3ot
c1ystailired INTO rome hat dozen dilaptated swl
ssb dawn SY nslf ar enna ie who se!
Of ire pc11nitted 10 be dumped INTO come Hesl
Slough, Or Similar receptacle ol Al nast1ness.
ttnd out concentrated poiso1ls with the nr<t fern'
l t0IWE12 AA0 &HA4.
But 70 far from the pro!etdon being rendered q
1ors and Indifferent BY these thinse, We assert III
they only deTelope and cultivate IN thc1n rshteor
| wrath nieh The sun does not 90 down upou Al
70 all along The track Of human ILLS, Albeit tue o'
spring Of mans own wilfnl 1gnoIance, obsunaey
stupidity. trne medical philosophy scattefn rays
benevolent LIGHT Ahong9 tsmPted, q, q t,mes
that mcn have progressively been defeloped ftoi
s.monads ard reptiles and chi1npanreea, to The
I'd IT, ZONE 1ase ih.ons nea thu ,7n
forms, nc still adhere to the higher doctrine I'M
man was created as he should be; that for som
E1r4t purpose he was permitted 70 tall nom
high estate, and II now sIoWly, but fulcly Slap
be.ag np agsta: so@sTh.t me- IA srd1as d'fsea
large and liberal reaeon. by Forgetting the existent
| of other kporie ledge and arts whilst Hktog anon
| the debris of forgotten lore. or bnr1pWinS. mol
like. away rom the sunlight Of modern thone1
The first requisite 10 model gentleman Is u
he should be capable OF 1h1nking-the next, th
be sho,.ld know how to think, ind thep that i
links Of things worth thinking Of. The wor
r nor wanting ,nsn Of shss.a w. sense Vi
know how to reeoCnf7e brahas. Yon N
catch the ears Of the gronndltngs sud ert
the patronage, temporarily. Of the mas
| We admit. Aiwa5f 10 entertain generous con
accept It at N ite1osab1c fset in our philo.opl
j and arc cumfoeted thcreby. a usn In any bu-ine
or calling who neglects the ordinary elen,cnta
culture must expect 10 psy the penalty In stunt
{ mental growth: Tne medical man Who stnks
| whereby be lives and,the art whereby be aecuua
| lateA housee and lands md Government bonds, r
OF couste, become hard and cold. Mibe1al IN be-
md mind. But lhts il elea1ly not the tault Of I
i his rnue8 rake, 1rdnst1lon.ly forgetting to look
| ttt,A snxaI Hho hQ{&S ont the ccleal1l crown IL