The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-12

together with spas ms feels the insertion of he
seconds as they pass. Within a minute, or two
minutes, or three, or five, or eight-anu on,
how tediously the hands seem to lluRer on the
face of the dial la soft lanRuor begins 70 steal
over him; the pangs d dminisO, iuternlit, hicker,
au d disappear and his burden has fallen from
him, and he is in a state OF blissfui repose and
ease. describe what i know ana nave ex-
perienced, with q sentiment of the profoundeSt
gratitu TO those who have, under Providence,
acquired for us this benevolent power SO
available In abolishinR tntolerable agony, or
lhorteniDg II by the substitution OF seconds or
minutes OF time for hours OF previously familiar
You are happy In beginning thus late tho
practice of me dicine aud surgery-let nae assul @
yea you VIII never appreciate how nappy- vi h
name Is legion, and whose sharpest and no lst
poisoned dart is now hunted and met with an
may be divided in general way under two
heads-the p1olongarion of liis and he relief of
suffering. lwili not s"y whicu Is the para
mount junction; buJ this Is beyond question
lhat IL ts very often doubtful whether we have
pro,raet 1t, while oug power over pain is un .
eqniVocal hold thlS physician as utterly in.
exensaoie who neg cots for q momen5 this
pressing and urgent onl' CATION; he must as he
can, and In whatever degree he can, wiihoaI
touching dangerously "tne house OF life" set
himself 10 abate Jne sufferiugs of his patient
And when the case becomes hopeless-when
the Inoriound lshors under terrors unspeak"
able, and anguish far beyond the power of
fancy to picture-we nGst ask with Dryden;-
Is there no smooth descent ne geuter way
10 mlhRlek nuly VI Il our fel Ow-clay
Know bD6 responsibility of the decision.
would have you seek an prudent counsel. But
believe the time is cOIDipg Y, and at hand w en-
We sbaIl not shrnB from even this response
olIlty, ana snail teks upon MS, with solemn
ave, az the approach Uf the supreme moment,
the relief Of bodily agony and mental wander
ing and despair.
Il hrs ofttn oeen remarked that the physi-
ciur, above all other men, should be u gentle-
man and q man OF nonor. [ avow myself az
OF those who hold in p'oiound reverence 1.-The
grand old name OF sentlemsn." whether 1t
represent the chivalTon knight of the ancient
lpkendF. The RGNaTu MlI1Out fear and
reprOach-or The mailman of Cervantes, the
p' eriess Don Qnixoie; me hero OF TnscKeray's
charming fiction, the dear cid Colonel NeW-
come the blight poetical picture of NOBLE King
Arthur, as drawn by Tennysen, or the gio-
Philip Sidney; and Ie.ard honor as the bright,
fIsRrant flower OF morality and virtue. Our
profession ls one of the highest and most sacred
trust, which TO violate must entail all the PEN
allies of the basest treachery. Our relations
are inexpressibly Coz iidentisl and delicate, and
shold Il us OPP ortunitet, which should never be
dlsregarded, of sustaining the feeble and pro.
tectiDg those who need sympathy and help
whose "faces We sbG nd not permit the winds
OF heaven to visit too roughly"
Depend upon IL that in proportion as you
fu iii such duties in the domestic circles where
you are received as guardian and guide, will be
large part OF the purest happiness l have en-
joyCd in my checA cred course has resulted
nom my professional relations with women
and the close aud valuable friendships origI.
mating therein. IL is to them that we must
lock for Tenderness, gratitude aud fidelity.
" OmAuB SOIL DAnd 1Ay cary craQi0 Spread
Ber gentle care bt deCked my bridal bed;
ny woman let ny oJ lug hours be hurst,
Her love the last fond solace, as the first.
Or your duties TO your brethren need not
SPEAK. They are laid DOWN with sufficient dis
tinciness in our ma nuais of ethics. The golden
rule, fairly applied, will decide for you any
doubtful point: do 10 your collaboration as you
SHOULD demand ofhinl TO do To you. In consul.
iations you cannot observe too fastidious a
delicacy. All communications with your pa
tient and his fIiends inustbe through his origi-
nal attendant exclusively.
You will of course abstain from association
wi II any of the specia sects or denominations
which have gone out from among us, not be-
cause you siaVe any right to denounce them
foI their peculiar vlcr% o"' because 1ney nave nave
az nounced us and excluded Ito 80 haiiy. uey
arc ocontent with half n truth; we wou.- en
pieee the entire field, and repel the attempt
10 nmi" "a Sumsci ibe our OF ergies within any nar-
rover limits.
The ADDRESS OF Z toie.sor Dickson has been
published, at the request of the Students, In
neat pamphlet forn, and copies may be Ob-
t9ined by those desiring them at the surgical
instrument store Of MIR. r. Madeira, No. llo s.
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