Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-28

wisest of Onondaga farmers, invent
the vapor bath ? Was lobelia an
unknown weed until you upset your
stomach with it 1t is all very well
to have different forces, but in q well
conducted war we need horse, foot
and dragons. Stick valiantly then
to steam and lobelia, but cast not
aside as useless those many other
and gentler means provided TO our
use.
Legitimate medicine demand. the
whole domain of nature in which to
seek it's remedies. The myriad forms
OF vegetation, the peculiar products
OF the animal kingdom, all the potent
revelations which chemistry has eff
fected from the thick ribbed earth,
and Its minerals, air, fire and water,
Diet, regimen, ventilation. mental
stimulants and mental anaestheties
| are all it's remedies. We will allow
no theory to forbid their use. and
when the private judgment OF the
individual practitioner dictates the
exhibition of'any Of them, no sVstem
should prevent it. The private iudg-
ment of the individual is the only
safe criterion, and he should be an
swerable only to his own sense of
right and wrong, This is the soul
Of our code Of ethics. ALI that our
associations and authoritative conven-
tons demand, is that each should
concede to others this liberty of opin-
ion. Such is the Republic of Medi-
| cine.
And in conclusion permit us, ii not
already over-wearied with 'much
physic. 7 20 tell you, gentle reader,
what you should expect from your
medical adviser. a perfect physician,
one competent to all emergencies, Is
an impossiblity. Hence the frequent
necessities tor consultations. The
labor uf centuries (were so long u
time conceded TO one human life)
would he insufficient to ill the NOM
DRY with all the facts having direct
or Indirect bearing upon our art, and
! necessary to is highest attainments.
lluf this does not imply that you
have not q very good physician next
door. He who having many facts
has also Judgment capable Of ap-
plying them and is the safest man e.
employ. Choose therefore one SEN
, sible and honest whose discretion
you would trust in ordinary matters.
not given to bestriding hobbies, mod
o crate in opinion, quick in perception
. and calm in danger Let this man
s be habituallv studious, temperate in
: his habits, and you will not 90 amiss.
}. Such a man will deal honestly with
you, will inform you with probabiIi-
r ties as they appear, and dangers as
e they arise, and whom his skill has
cured your sufferings, has given sleeI
t to your pillow. or composure to your
d mind. When it has Gas Is not unfre
6 quently the case, rescued you from
L death itself, or from the wretchec
t sequence of imperfect cure, then pay
r him literally and promptly. As you
It value your life, shun cheap physi
b clan. The old proverb-"cheap anC
l. nasty'-applies, and is true of doc
a. tors as Of drygoods. We take it fol
ID granted that we are addressing gen
g erous souls. To secure the presence
II of talent in profession, its services
at should have high cash value. But
I'd no other profession performs so muct
unrewarded labor, no craft displays
so wide a charity, The largest
f. amount Of medical services is per
formed gratuitously, and it is from
O. individual labor alone that the phys
i'll ician can acquire wealth. He car
he delegate no portion OF his functions
W to clerks or assistants. Upon hi
n physical and mental vigor and actio,
e. alone depend his chance for liveh
III hood, and when they fail his avoca
D. ton is gone. +.
MOntfort, Wis., June Goth 1870