Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-13

so surely will his true character be made
naked to the eyes of all. Men are not fools.
The false raiment will be torn off, and the
impostor will stand the justly despised of
his former confreres.
ALI look up to the doctor They cry.
"how many lives and hearts he carries in
his heart, and in his hands - This esteem
is enhanced by the frank countenance. the
cosmopolitan urbanity, the freedom from
sectarianism, from the preludices of birth
and education. The bright face is prize.
It is CLEAN of hope and sunshine to the
sick. Deceit should never enter the cham
Der of affection. Assiduities Of base kind
will not fail to meet a merited reward; and
friendly oiSits from sinister motives will
confer odlum on the man and deed. Socie-
ty has many eyes. All are not asleep at
the same time. He who will employ cum
n1ngness IN one instance, and to one class,
will not hesitate to do it at all times, in all
places, and to all classes The profession
receives sting it will long feel, and the
agent of the smart inflicted will never be
forgotten. The imposture will be sooner
or later perceived, and the propagation will
be honestly decriei by the honorably in
telligent. Hypocrisy may be simple, hum
BILE, meek, grave, charitable may smile,
fondle, and show beaming, holy face.
Notwithstanding it will out. The alarm,
--'' beware of yonder dog
will be noised abroad, and will reach the
whole community.
The medical hypocrit and demagogue IS
the antithesis OF medical gentleman. An
incompatibility exists between the two
greater than that between oil and water
They will not mix. They will not associ-
ate Medical ethics disavow proceedings
SO dishonorable and properly places him
far beyond the pale of the learned and
the respectable Of the profession. Those
anglers after practice who employ dlshOn-
and scorn the words
g pedor pjetdS ;
modesty piety.''
think that after all the Hippocratic Oath
sc with purity and with holiness [ will
practice my Art-into whatsoever houses [
enter, will go into them for the bene-
fit Of the sick, and will abstain from
every voluntary act of mischief and
oruption-whateve in connection with
my professional practice [ will not
di7ulge-all such should be kept Sc
cret Us all very fine, beautiful stuff =
They will reverse this order to satisfy the
demands Of corruption, ], e., L will lnslnu-
ate that l am superior to my brother prac'
titioner ; that my physic IS more conser-
vatiye and healing that am envied when
[ am not. I will conjure am badly
treated. aud I will gain sympathy; L will
say of others what is false. I will do this
with so much adroitness that the true
statement will never come to light. l will
get the ladies on my side, and when they
are for me, who will be against me p
Verify, this is the ratiocnation Of the prac-
teal medical trickster. May it be SO that
no such monster is member Of our County
Medical Association.
No where so much as i'll the consulting
room is the physician exposed to criticism.
Here he impresses his brother for good or
for evil. ''Ihe consulting physician should
carefully refrain from any Of these atten-
tons or assiduities, which are too often
practiced by the dishonest, for the base pur-
poses OF ingratiating themselves into the
favor of families or individuals" This is
often done elsewhere than in consultation.
Whenever, and wherever done it is the
every feeling OF manliness, and every pulse
of honor. "One may tolerate, in quest
Of practice the ordinary ruSeS to which
those who do not respect themselves or
their profession ingeniously resort. The
fictitious devotion to study ; the willy calls
at large residences, with the old apology
of having mistaken the house the pur-
chase of the unnecessary horse and vehicle
standing conspicuously and long at hotel
entrances and before the doors of those
whose patronage suggests success the
inevitable summons by the sexton or door
keeper the startling number on the pre-
scription paper an indomitable system OF
social visiting in which time is industri-
ously expended, in speculative petting of
children or in a lucrative fattery of their
parents ; that absurd air of affection, pat
ronage and protection in the sick room,
which, as remunerative department
would have made q Turvey- drop green
with envy hypocritical affability, didac-
tic pretension and dogmatic grandiloquence
with the uninitiated, which, in the charac-
ter of Pecksnif, Mr.. Dickens has made SO
familiar and SO disgusting. These methods,
to secure subsistence, are Familiarity lud1-
crous and justly contemplate" The ap-
plicability of this cannot be gainsaid. 1t
is from that invaluable medical journal,
the Richmond and Louisville, and we have
quoted freely. It's truthfulness is apparent,
and is calculated to SOW the seeds of good
ness. The sycophantic impiric will leer,
and smile, and blatantly exclaim, Fudge
The whole army Of sycophants of lmPiri-
ClSn Will awaken TO InS D0llOW, anu Joy
ously join in the chorus, Fudge 1t is not
for any of US to be placed in that category
&c the asses of Thessalus." It belongs to
the great school of Quackery. This tribe
ignores all the rules OF medical ethics, and,
we think. those of all ethics. 1t is
&c Void of all honor, avaricious rash,
! The daring tribe compound their boosted trash
Tincture or syrup, lotion, drop or pill:
All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill"
They cheat you with their m0shums, ever
when ministers favor them. Listen tc
| the charlatan and his hopeless victim:
Y. CT feel it not -
Q. eThen take it every hour )"
V. cit makes me worse -
@. "Why then it shows its Pc Wer;'
V. 81 fear to die >
@. "Let not your spirits sink. -
"You're always safe while you believe ant
drink!
It is proper we should unsparingly ex-
pose and fagellate quackery in any form
and strive to guard the public against the
| dangers of ignorant and mercenary char
latans."
While our noble profession is uncircum