The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-08-17
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aTh@o i on evIi which I hive
.esn under IIIe nm, and \ l. common
ameHr meaN | fsfsF 10 sle lndIas
eliminate uso of remedial agents by
tersoH- wholly ignorant n ile hrs
pfhdIple of ite science u Mali
cine. I 'qy pcIenv. OR nj la science,
and fha most comprehensive ~ WI |
scIenees Theology acsped), en4
bracIug within iia vast arsa other
important sciences, which are but
subseryicnt 10 tho moro important
one Of Medicine. IL object is 10
heal or pulliatc All the "aches aud
ills which flesh ia heir to- 10 ae-
oomplish q result 80 desirable, the
practitioner Of medicine must, of
course, have n thorough knowledge
of the machine ho would repr'r. lie
must be familiar with each organ and
tissue, their functions In state Of
Etalth, and what change has been
wrought in these organs and tissues,
or their functions, constituting dis
case; what causes usually bring about
these dcfangcments and what c,ira.
tive measures arc most likely 10 re-
move those causes, and, as a conse-
quence, restore health, lie must not
only know ench medicine, but also be
able to assign some satisfactory reason
for prescribing il, and especially un-
derstand It's modus operundi upon the
system. This much being requisite
ID enable one 10 administer medicine
safely and skillfnlly, Is II not surpris-
ing that almost every person we meet
is q self-constituted doctor? that mon
who acknowledge their ignorance Of
anatomy, physiology, pathology, and
therapeutics prescribe many danger
Gus medicines with more self-com-
placency than the most enlightened
physician, aud prescribe them, TOO,
without the ability to assign a better
treason than that they have seen them
produce happy effects befores Thers
IS no other interest that o man will
endanger 80 much. Let him become
involved in law, and he al once em.
ploys the best counselors to defent
his character or property. AZ hi
watch gets out Of order, he dare no
examine its complex parts with {
view Of repairing the injury, bu
straightway carries il to a jeweler; o
let his old buggy break, and be cp
ploys a sloith 70 mend it; but le
God Almighty's complicated machi
merry become deranged, aud he wil
immediately set 20 work 20 restor
. harmony TO its disturbed action. No
: knowing the organ diseased or Oh
! nature Of the disease, be aims wit
! as much precision and Judgment .
> disease as a blind man would AZ a
enemy In the midst Of o .thousan
friends. Now, we would, in all SER
BUSINESS, ask, has a man the right,
a he justifable in administering to ii
q sick drugs, potent for good or evi
!, without knowing the true conditio
e Of the patient, nor understanding d
q modus oprmdi Of the medicine?
n he were to reflect upon the hazardot
J conflict, could he cehscientiously PIC
u up the gauntlet which disease ha
P thrown al his skill? ,Woald il n
: be far preferable, SO far as his Sc
., vices are concerned, to leave the ca
" 10 the tnassisted efforts Of natul
= than, in his zeal 10 aid nature, ri
= the risk Of doing something wbi,
% may embarrass Il? All remedi
ir agents, with few exceptions, are mo
7. or less poisonous; and the most sir
Z. pie, when untimely or improper
es administered, may have q deleterio
80 il not fatal effect. Nov, some "
J, probably say, ! am only rehecti
Sc the opinion Of the doctors, and th
Us talk In this manner through fear
n losing d few dimes. Scif-inter
at may influences many narrow-mind'
u so-called physicians to thus cauti
no the public; but observation confr
'e- me in the belief that tho truly,
" lightoned gentlemen of the prof
on Ision are philanthropists, and b
ny thus to lessen human suffering Q
nd save human lives. Il yenturcs
OF opinion that those families who
fal the most medicine have the w
led cases, lose the most Cpaticnts and
{ 1.-THE largest doctors bills. Unable
Discriminate between dissases, 4
'n' attempt TO abort every case, aud
81 The same remedies Cor almost ev
ent disease. The patient growing vo
Fed and they Wishing % transfer the
the sponsibility from themselves send
ess q doctor, who finds superaddcd
i.,- what, originally, may have bee
nh- simple disease, an artificial
! brought On by improper trratrd
ice, n called al Tie beginning, one
ary. two visits might have suiiiced,
the now, all the symptoms being agl
AR vaied and new ones aupeadslsd,
I'M physician has>s better prospect
and making q hspdpufc bill than
i. .Bfniug an enviabIe rcpulstiop. 1
'shrls cass doabIy test the skill ef pm
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