The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-01

oictlre of the consequences of such a
step, not only regarding the health,
but also the trade and prosperity OF
our city. Now, Mr.. Fl. NJ. seems to
be ignorant of one fact. viz: that the
people Of this city pay County taxes,
that the County employs Physician,
resident of this city, to take care Of
the County poor, that the poor of this
city are consequently under his care,
and that, therefore, the lamentations /
of IT. NJ. in behalf of the city poor are
groundless.
1t may be, that the City Council has
medical profession which III. NJ. seems
to possess, land which [ believe he
terms a science), but if this is igno-
rance, it shares it with a good many
otherwise deemed smart and we'll
informed people. With them the
Council may hold that the medical
profession is yet far from being a de-
monstrative science, but only emplrlc;
that it generally shapes its course IN
the way Of the physician who had a
fever patient, who was blacksmith,
and who one day felt a hearty appe-
tite for sour krout, ate a belly full Of
it, and was cured. The physician
made note of it, and thought he had
a sure thing. His next fever patient
happened to be a tailor; the doctor
prescribed sour krout. and the taller
died. So it turned out. what may
cure a blacksmith, may kill a tailor,
and the good doctor was as perplexed
as ever.
Though I am for vaccination, / can
not be as enthusiastic about it as
II. NJ. For il also has its dangers,
and [ am prepared to prove as clearly
as a case of that kind can be proven,
that child died Of scrofula contract
| ed by vaccination. If I'll. NJ. can pro .
duces one person of whom he can prove
i thatit was kept alive because Of vac
cfnation, / will consider that an of
| set. - MhHa Naa HgR
That H. NJ ha such a poor opinion
of the intelligence of the City Coun-
Gil and its qualification for issuing or
/ ders for disinfeetion and cleanliness,
Is hard, but must be borne. But 1t
has the consolation that Gen. Butler
| disinfeeted New Orleans, even from
yellow fever. by having his common
sense orders rlgldly enforced, without
making any profession OF medical
skill at all.
rs Mr.. I'll. M. takes care to inform the
public that the city physicians the
past eight months have seen rs pa.
Il tients and made 556 visits l viii
corroborate that statement by adding
thatin three months they wrote about
200 prescriptions, which were pre-
pared at the drug store at cost Of
/ about 1880. Now, In II NJ 5 opinion
with such an amount Of drugs, a hear
/ of curing must have been done, and
a great many county boxes. at p o.
piece, have been saved But, IN
q fortunately, there is a diversion o
opinion on the subject, even among
t medical men.
DR.. Book, Professor of Anatomy
; at the University of Leipslc, who's,
: medical works are translated int
: every civilized language, says at tn
: end of his " Book of the Sound AM
j Sick Man. = To prevent sickness. i
! easier than to cure it. A successful
/, cure is ofteBer and safer effected b,
/ physiological means, as diet, nutri
ment, water, air, light or dark, warn
or cold, rest or motion, than by medi
J cine. There are q few medicine
j which do good service in some cases
, but there are good many NOR
} which are absolutely noXious, ant
r can never do any good at all. III
Z experience of the author gathere,
within the last twenty five years a
3 the sick bed and at the dissectin
/ table, in the nursery aud on the bat
7 tie field, has convinced him that th
/, nature Of most sickness is still undo
| fBable; that their cause, duration
: and conclusion is known to the ply
{ stefan only in a limited number 0
eases, and that most sickness whic
a the physician means to cure by allo
s pathic, homeopathic, isopathie, sim
}. pathic, and other methods, are ais
a curableL by a sensible diatic metho
!. without the use OF. any medicine
/ The truth of the above statemen
t maintains against the whole medica
= world"
: Nov here is chance for IL. NJ
There is man of acknowledged abil
: itg and some fame, making assertion
5 contradictory to III. NJ, which asseI
I'll tions the whole medical world has. 5
+ far, been unable TO eounterprove.
u III. nj. would only pitch into and de
y molish him, he could earn a WORLD
r wide fame, and the lasting gratitud
n Of all quacks. But presume befOr
!. be would get half through with th
:, job, he would be able to write SAM
e tary articles less self coneeited an
K moro understandingly Enough.
s The above lines are not intended
< disparage the medical profession. A
experienced, cautious and dutifu
physician is blessing to a commu
is nifty, and | am glad to know that "
J. have many In our city with whom
% person may safely trust his bodil
% welfare. That this article has u
). reference to the truly noble and b.
b nevolcnt art of surgery, need NJ
It state. ALBERT STEINBACH.