The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-09

DR.. DunglisOn, on taking leave of the gradu-
them on their merited honors. and wished
them prosperous and happy career.
DR.. Biddle then delivered the valedictory ad-
That of an occasion like the present it might
be said, IN the words of the wise man, that 1.-THE
end of thing is better than the beginning"
They had at length received the fonGIly antici-
pated reward OF honorable exertion. and had
reached the goal to which they had been aspir-
ing through an arduouS season of toll and pro-
patton. From their late instructors he offered
them the well earned concentrations to which
Ihey were entltled upon their entrance into
noble profession. He assured them, too that
their introduction to an equality with them
selves as members of an illustrious brother
hood, only strengthened the tie which had so
long and so pleasantly united them-the closest
which can exist between men-that OF teachers
Passing to consideration of the duties and
responsibilities which they were about TO
assume, the Doctor remarked that OF all men
the physician should cultivate the most tender
consclentiousness. He must not be slothful
nor PieaSure-seeklng, but prompt jealous,
earnest-absorbed in his ministratious-a man
apart.
There is no quality more necessary to a ply
sician than sympathetic bearing the pledge
Of a heart in which Christian charity abounds
They must not approach their tellow-man, as
the distracted coldness of some
"Snowcrowned peak OF science, towering high"
They must not regard him, in his struggle
with disease and pain, as a mere subject for
analysis and experiment, case for record in
bhOAl 4obONSA shlll IuOy
might detect the morbid changes which were
bodily before them, and apply the remedies
which they require, their mission would be
imperfect II they neglected the moral aid
which is derived from genial cheerful and
encouraging demeanor. Such manner is the
most certain secret of success. It's inspiration
is magical. 1t invests him who wears IL with
the attributes of an envoy from heaven.
And when all human means fail, as sooner or
later they must fail, to avert the dreaded termi-
nation of sickness when nothing remains hut
TO awaits the inevitable hour II Is still part of
fl,aH HT1fU n ali lyn IN h. tL.,
parting moments of the dying, and to make
the solemn eventfa useful lesson TO the sur
The practitioner who would succeed mus be
not only hopeful, but confident and trustfu in
the agents which he employs. Skepticism is
not usually the vice OF youthful minds. On the
contrary, the young physician is more ant To
err on the side OF excessive action-ninlia dili.
gertid. But a firm taith in the work In which
they were TO be engaged was a necessity not
only for their success but their happiness.
In answer 10 tne question who is perfect
distinguishes between what can be- and what
cannot be DONE They should not attempt
disease is only depression of the vital noWers
"a deviation from the laws of health-and
that 1t Is not o. an entity to be attacked and
driven out OF the system by violent and de.
structive expedients. Modern physiology has
thrown q great light upon our views of
therapeutics. IL has taught us that there is no
essential difference between the laws of health
and of disease. and that the agents which nrdi-
narily maintain the body In health are among
the best means which we can employ to re-
store IL.
The Doctor enjoined them to cultivate sim.
plicity In the selection OF the tools with which
they worked. Happily, the polypharmacy or
former days was now somewhat at discount
The old ponderous compounds so long in vogue
were very much dismissed from the pharma-
copoeias OF the United States and Great BritaI1
| although they still maintained their ground II,
enltghtened France where the ancient heriaea
with its hfty-nine ingredients (among thapn
dried vipersl yet found q place in the Codex
IL had been ih,umorously i,u said OF these compo-
bability ofreaching the symptoma of diSaaSe
for, out OF nity,nin chances, one at least may
hit the marx. Or an antagonized action may
DC desreu' As IN Dr. Paris story Of the praeti-