Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-03
From the Mountaineer:.
PAY Y0nr fI0c!ur.

Perhaps there ls no class OF :!
who encounter greater hardships:
tie pursuit of their profession, tt.
the physician, and perhaps the $,
vices Of no class are less caretul,1
-rveuited. Under the most fayoraba
circumstances, we imagine, the phy
slcian lot is not one that might b.
reasonably coveted; for at all time
must bis mind be NOR. .>or less bur
den,ed with thoughts for. the Interest
oi his patients. Ii he be conscieu
tious in the discharge Of his duties
he turns over, mentally, the symr
toms and developments Of each case,
and scans closely, with d retrosper:-
tive nalyss, the effect of various
remedial agents heretofore employee
in cases somewhat similar to thos'
now under his care. And then, how
oIten are his best efforts at the allie
Walton of human suffering thwarte,
ny the imprudence Of his patient o
the indifference or wiltulness of IT,,
attendants or nurses; for sometime.
ne is suddenly called to revisit a pa-
tient whom he had. but few. hour
before left ut point Of restoration
fliatiWould have resulted in a speed
recovery butifor2t the inprudence, in
difference or wilfulness alluded to-
md he finds his patient not onl,
worse, but suffering under a compli
cation of disorders that. may yet BAT
ae the most sunrenitting and skilltal
treatment; and the evilresults arr
laid on the doctors shoulders, Q.
course *
1t often happens, too, that wllen
Night has, Stretched forth her lead
EN- sceptre Ger a, slumbering world.
and the physician s energies not onl.
need, but demand, the restorative
agency of sleep, he is called up, and
mnst arise and sally forth, even though
ii be in the midst Of a driving slee;
Or a dreuchiug rain, and proceed tc
the house Of his patient, let it b.
miles away.
ometimes, too, it happens, thai
there is much Of natural repnlsive
ness around the patients bed-a
gllnstly woand, terrible fracture,
an agonizea and contor!ed Irame,a
crazetl and .,iolelly men;al disorder.
with. other rGlmsless phases OF DIS
..asc or hjufy-these the physiciaa
must meet, with an. unhlenching APP
,pearaacsssald though shis heart2maY
Bleed within him (for the go5d% ply
~ician has a feeling heart at the PIE
'ttire Of human suffering SO vivilly
displayed before his eyes, he mu t
sink all shrinking sympathy, and
nerve himself to- the task-some-
times a task demanding increased
pain-of placing his patient in thr
most comfortable and hopeful condl-
We might go on multiplying in.
stances Of actnal suffering endured
by the physicians in responding t"
the call of his patients-sometimeS
leaving Il sick bed on which he him
self was awaiting the curative actiol'
of applied remedies; sometimes leav-
ing the bedside Of suffering wife or
daughter; sometimes even leaving
The diving couch Of a darling child.
to attend the call of one who, per
haps, after all, would think but light
iy Of his services.
The subject is full Of ideas and in
stances that might be readily mould
ed,into columns Of paragraphs, tire
some in their array AMI revolving III
their details. Some instances migh'
also be. given where a just apprecla-
;i5n of the physicians services have
called forth deeds and sympathies or
the part oil restored or suffering pa
,ienis thai have bcen alike gratifying
and pleasant. But our-artules is Al
ready TOO long. and we close with tE"
Insertion Of the following solltar.y
verse, found in an, exchange, an'i
.ouplr it with the admonltion, Pay
vonr Docters
z Sod andlsthe Doctor we alikeadore,
Just the brink 5of. tdangsr, not, before
Tho tlangersoref and all is squieted, s'..