Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-03
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who encounter greater lharUshlps: |
the pursuit of their profession, IT, !
the physician, and perhaps the 5.
vices Of no class are less caretul1 1
-eeaHited. Under the most fayorab'
circumstances, we imagine, che PLY
slciani 5 lot is, not one that might b.
reasonably coveted;f lat all time
must bis mind be 10 or less, bur
,lened with thought the interes'
of his patients. II -, be conscien
tious in the discharge of his duties
he .urns over, mentally, the symr
toms and developments Of each case
and scans closely, with d RETROSPECT:
tive nalysis, the effect Of various
remedial agents heretofore employee
in cases somewhat similar to thoA'
now under his care And then, how
often are his best efforts at the allie
Walton of human suffering thwarte,l
ny the imprudence OF his patient o.
the indifference or wiltulness Of IT,,
attendants or nurses; for sometime
ne is suddenly called to revisit pa
.tient whom he had. but afew- hour.
before left at a point of restoration
fEatsYould hayeresultedin in speedy
recoperv,$ butif6rsthe ,imprudence, in.
difference or wilfulness alluded to.
md he finds his patient not onl,
worse, but suffering under a compli
cation Of disorders that. t.may yet bat
aes. the most sunrenithng and skillfal
treatment; and the sviireshlts art
laid on the doctors shoulders, O;
eoufse.z II
1t. often happens, toos that wllen
Night hasae estretc tched forth her lead
EN- sceptre o'era, slumbering. world.
and tie physician s. energies not only
need, but demand, the restorative
agency of sleep, he is called up, and
nust arise and sally forth, even though
it be in the midst of.a driving slee;
or u dreuching rain, and proceed tc
the house of his patient, let it -bc
miles away.
ometimes, too, it happens, thai
there is much Of natural repulsive-
ness around the patients 'bed--a
ghastly woand; a terrible fracture,
an aconihed and contorted frame, %
crazed and ..iolens mental disorder.
with. other, Glmslsss phases Of dis
.asr or i,jufy4these the physician
must meet with IAN, unhlencAing sp-
gearaac csssald tt6ugh slls hsarEmaY
Bleed within him (t0r The good ply
sician has a feeling heart) at the pie
taire iof human suffering SO viviolly
displayed before bis eyes, he mu t
sink all shrinking sympathy, and
nerve himself to. the task-some
times task demanding increased
pain-of placing his patient in tht
most comfortable andfhopeful condl-
sion. .3S
. We might go on multiplying in
Stances Of actTial suffering endured
W the. physicians in responding to
he call of his ,patients-sometimes
eaving sick bed. on which he him
self was awaiting the curative action
If applied remedies5 sometimes leav-
ng the bedside of suffering wife or
sometimes. even leaving
he dying couch Of a darling child.
y attend the call of one who, per
laps, after al, would think but light
Y of his services.
The. SUBJECTS full Of ideas and in
tances that might be'readily mould
'dinto columns Of paragraphs, tire
ONE in their array AMI revolving III
heirdetails. Some instances mighf
.!so be. given where a just apprecia-
ion of the physician services have
allied forth deeds and sympathies or
lse part OF restored or suffering pa
tents hat have been alike gratifying
md pleasant. Bnt ouEartiulegis Al
eady foo Tong, and we close with the
OF the following solitary
'erse, found in exchange, and
oup1p it with the admonltion, Pay
'onr Docter.
Sod andsthe Doctor wa alikeBaere,
nst ON tile Brink pf y daIit tssr, not fore
'hc dangersofef, and all ;squieted
iod is forgotten aud theD Doctor siiglitcd.
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