Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-06


can be done for them in three n0HtAs
Read the following genuine letter, and
see what q man can dol
"DEAR SIR; l take the liberty c.
writing to you 20. inquire II you know
anything Of Prof 49,, and ef the
- Medical University. wrote 70
Prof. -, asking him bis terms, and he
has replied, telling me that he can flt me
for the practice Of medicine In three
months, charge $500. desire 70 study
medicine that may be enabled 10 lesEoa
some OF the suffering that see about me-
aud rs there is no one in New York whom
know personally, l thought would write
and ask you whether can depend spon
what Mr.. - has written me, and II
the graduates OF the -- Medical uni
the profession of medicine. / will feel
deeply indebted to you for any informa-
ton relativet TO the above"
This school, OF university, as 1t is styled,
is too obscure A man who can In three
months time qualify novitiate to'practice
medicine, ought not to hide his light a.
Prof. ----- does Who Is heS Where
has he studiedg Can we not overcome
the modesty of this genius and send 70
him the thousands OF medical students
that are now spending two or three years
in this expensive city under prosy Psofes-
sors, who do not dream Of turning out|a
complete practitioner in medicine in less
than six or eight yearsS
But here Is a man, Prof -, who
can take a raw man and hang upon him
the whole science of medicine, as II he
were q tailor or ntua-maker's block, on
which ready.made clothing can be hung,
q hundred suits in a day, If need be This
is the very thing for which the world has
been waiting,
Let us begin. Anatomy, a.. .it underlles
all other parts of medical knowledge, may
be considered as the underclothes, and
Prof - will soon put these on to the
naked young man. Next as kind OF
! suit--cOat, vest and pantaloons-is Physi-
| d0gp Well dressed in that, he has need
next of an overcoat OF knowledge, which
we consider the Mdterjd Aedic0 to be.
After that as representing gloves, cane
hat and boots, will come Practice, the
clinics of medicine. OF course, there are
pockets in every suit of clothes. Surgery,
obstetrics, chemistry and botany, and any
other little matters, sometimes found use
full in medical practice, can be inserted as
convenient pockets.
There the young fellow came in naked
and goes out perfectly dressed doctor
But, is not three months too longi Is
there not here disposition to hold on t.
| scholar unduly, as a means of justifying
charge of two hundred dollarsS Surely
1t will not take Prof. -, If Medical
| University, three months to tell all E5
knows about medicine. One month is
ample. One week will do. Indeed, / am
tempted to save my correspondent even
that weary length OF time, and fit him for
| successful practice in Just the time required
| to read this article.
1t is nature that cures. The less doc
tor does the better for his patient 1t IL
the doctors business to take the credit Of
| what nature does Cultivate q look OF
mystery. Every mother of sick child
| studies the doctors face. Come in softly,
but with the air of mild conqueror.
| Look piercingly at the parent. Then look
| from one to another of the persons present
| Say to the nurse in low tone, 81 think
| you have q right view of the case;" and,
before you leave, say to the mother,
could not have done better for the case
myself than you have done" II the child
gets well, as 1t will nine times in ten II you
| let it alone, you will have the credit in that
| family of extraordinary skill If it dies, 1t
will only bring out the moral view, We
must ell die. When ones time comes, no
skill can cure" etc, etc.
But If you really mean TO try the medl-
cine dodge, you must choose your school:
II you are to be an Allopathic, you need
but three things: opium, calomel and an
timony. Anything that cannot be reached
by them ought not to be cured. W1th
these three swords you can slay all Ills
eases or all the patients; and in eithel
case, there is an end of suffering.
Ifyou selecnthe homeopathic treatment
you have only to buy manual and box
about as large as cigar box, OF pillules
, or tinctures After little time, you car
put pill to symptom as rapidly as the post
, office clerk can distribute letters to nAmei
and boxes.
Whichever practice you adopt, MAKE
much of mild cases. Let it be understood
of every case that you lose, that you wer'
called to late, or that 1t was the most ex
traordinary case that you have ever me
In all your practice There is a distinction
conferred on friend who dies in a mar
velous manner, that grattfes and soothe
the wounded feelings of the survivors.
If silence add mystery to your Jsrte yo1
may have equal success by judicious tdlA
ing. Many people can be talked out Q
anything. If laudatory words do not abat
symptoms, they may increase reputation
The patient may die, but, if those tha
still live think that you are " the moa
! it's your fault if they do not,) then you ar
5 sure of being called again. Always hav
4 an eye to the future. Whoever dies, se
Q that the living like you. Dead men fnl
= nish no practice.
3 Now, this Prof -, Of Medics
: University. will not give you any mere In
D struction for two hundred dollars, in thre
y months, than l have given you for th
price of the New York Ledger.
: Do not turn up your nose at my lettel
s If You despise it, remember that you -is
!, spise hundreds and thousands OF doctor
:. There are eccentric and somewhat ou
l. of-fashion doctors who pretend that ther
fl ought to be some regard to moral primo
d pie in medical practice TO whatever scho.
n man belongs, they hold that he shoul
!. become thoroughly acquainted with tn
v whole human system-With its laws an
II functions, with its morbid as well as noruIi
Q conditions that he should be fsmiliI
L with the whole range Of material agent
and with the results of the largest an
wisest experience in the use of them
J that he should study with minute care an
~ diligence questions of temperament, habi
3 constitution and, in short, that he shoul
\ include an amount of knowledge Of whic
y the merest elements could not be gaine
: in less than three years.
50 If you wish to be such doctor, you ha
= better give a wide berth TO such fellows |
y Prof. -, and betake yourself to estal
= = lished medical institutions; and make y
= your mind that il will require more ths
y y three months, or three years, TO make
. doctor unto life. A doctor unto death ca
i be fitted up in far less time.-Nets Yo'
" Ledger.
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