The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-03

! AS from an electric shOCk-she looked
| up, smiled, and spoke! They talked
| over together the scenes OF early years,
their plays and sports of childhood and
! of school.
| The currents of her mind were
turned, new thoughts coursed along
| the nerves, IA new stimulus aroused her
sinking powers, and from that moment
she began TO recover and WAS restored
TO health.
| Here the mind was the great rene
dial agent aroused to action from the
mention, by an old schoOl-day friend,
of an incident of childhood
Had DR.. Rush, with his great name,
prescribed few homeopathic globuleS,
| and ascribed the cure TO their great pO-
| tency, it would have given hOneop-
athy reputation worth millions To its
diciPles.
! am imposing, fear, too much up-
on the patience of the Society, but
wish to say "a few words in regard to
education preliminary to the study of
medical education.
1t has been a great fault that so many
students have commenced the study OF
medicine with so little general educa-
ton. 1t is a matter, 1 know, difficult
to regulate; that is, IL is hard TO bring
students from the different sections OF
the country to the same standard.
The whole subject has been left too
much to private precePtors, many OF
whom recommend, and but few exact
/ from the student of medicine, an ele-
vated standard of preliminary educa-
| tion-leaving the amount of education
| to the judgement of the students them
selves or their parents.
We, in fact, too often see parents
| who are we'll able to educate their sons
and have them properly prepared to
enter professional life, in manner
that would be honorable TO themselves,
and safe for the community
in which they locate, who, for the sake
of saving a little expense, encourage
them, with very limited general educn-
tiOn, to stay about some physicians
| office few months, and attend, per-
| haps, one course OF lectures at some
| medical school, and then commence
| practice as though fully competent to
| perform all the duties required of IA
| physician. H..a.
That principle will answer much bet
ter (and 1t seems pity that so few can
appreciate the factl i'll any other profess
! sion or branch of business than in med
| icine: for life and death are directly in
the hands of the physician, and the
question of living or dying. in given
case, may depend upon the fact, wheth-
er the physician is poorly or well edu
Gated for his business.
Medicine. like every other science,
| is imperfect, but the more u man knows
! OF his profession, the more likely will
he be, other things being equal, to save
| life in every durable case.
| There is general feeling with the
| profession that "A high standard OF pre-
| liminary education should be adopted,
! but how high that standard should be,
\ is a question about which there is n
wide difference of opinions; and that
! difference varies much with the stand
ard and character OF the profession in
| the different cities and sections of the
country from which these various
opinions proceed.
| Some regard common school educa-
! tiOn as sufficient, while others claim
| that the highest collegiate education is
necessary TO prepare a student to enter
/ upon the study of medicine. In our
State, the standard should be placed far
above that of common school educa-
ton. But we perhaps are not Just now
! prepared to place our standard 30 as to
| reunire, in every case, a collegiate sdu-
cation. l do not speak of the matter
| here for the purpose of making sugges-
tions, but to call the attention of the
Society to it, hoping that they will, aI
some convenient time, give IL such at
| tention as the subject deserves. To
make the profession useful and re-
spected in the SIaIe-by those comPs-
tent to Judge OF its character-it must
adopt u high standard OF professional
merit, and IL must be persistent in sup
porting that standard. II may be well
10 appoint a committee TO investigate
the whole subject Of medical education
in this State, who shall report at some
future meeting OF the Society.
Will trespass upon your patience no
longer.
trust that nothing but harmony and
good feeling viii prevail at this meet
ing. and that when we separate we
shall all be able TO say that this has
been happy and a useful meeting,
and one which we shall remember with
pleasure all the balance OF our lives.
On motion OF DR.. Flowers,
RssoLped, That the able address of the
worthy President of this Society be
filed and preserved as part OIL its
records, and that copy be requested
for publication. L.Ht. .E
AZ the suggestion OF DIR. Bates, the
constitution of the Society WIS read for
the information of those members who
had heard IL and to refresh the recollec-
tion of others. sa .4ar
The Society proceeded TO the election
OF new members, when the following
gentlemen were nominated, balloted for
and chosen ra.....-. ...-. .-.s.r.
On nomination OF DIR. James Cum
minis: Drs. z. II. Moore of Wellsburg,
Samuel Ford of South Wheeling, and
Daniel Eorney Of Bethany.
On nomination OF Dr. LaZzell: Dr.
Presley b. Ogden OF Worthington.
On nomInation of Dr. Brock: DIR.
Charles McLane OF MorgantoWn, las an
honorary member.l
On nomination Of DIR. Flowers: DIR.
James Brand OF Huntington.
On motion of DIR. Stidger, leave was
given 70 DR.. Young to introduce TO the
Society the next morning the case Of a
gentleman from Wetzel county, Mr..
Springer, who is suffering from an Rf-
feciion of the eyes, which Dr. Young
thought would AFFORD an inquiry OF
some interest TO the medical gentlemen
present.
Mr.. Bates offered the following:
ReSoEUed, That a COMMITTEES of three
be appointed, with DIR. Brock as Chair
man, to report 10 this Society on the
expediency OF petitioning the LegialH-
tnfe 10 enact a law for the compulsory
registration OF births, deaths and mar
riages. ~ s.. 70
Dr. Reeves moved as an amendment
that the petition also ask the law to in
clude compulsory vaccination.
Amendment agreed 10. and resolution
as amended adopted. -ia Ni
On motion OF DIR. Hupp, it was
RssOtUed, That when the Society adj
journ; il beto seven O'Clock in the even
ing, and that the hour of meeting to-
morrow morning be nine O'Clock.
DR.. Hupp said IL was understood that
Gov. Boreman, on behalf OF the State,
and Mayor Sweeney, on behalf OF the
city, would address the Society, in the
way Of welcome. nj the evening meet
The Society then adjourned.
-E7- EvES1SG SESSION.
The Society reassembIed inthe even
ing. 4r.F.r -..rI --lU .H.H H.