The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-17
THE DOCTORS.
ARsW As0arks 4 ssat The PhysAstAn's
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Where and when the science Of medi. |
cine hegan, are inquiries hard 70 answer.
Medical history furnishes but imperfect
knowledge of Its antiquity; and as we de- I
scend the stream of time in search OF ito
origin, We find, as we approach the source,
no authentic history to guide Us. A. with
medical science, 80 with others--the farth-
Or we sttemp. to penetrate into antiquity
BY tho light Of tradition or record, the
more indistinct and uncertain does the OBJ
jecs Of our pursuit become. History, how
ever, furnishes sufficient knowledge Of this
science that we feel warranted In saying
that II may be considered as very ancient
and exerted great influence upon the pso-
| pie at It's earliest period. 1t 10, however,
reasonable to conclude, with Rollin, that
| medical science il Of the same date with
| disease, and that disease Is as ancient As
Tho age Of man.
| Tho ancient Pagsns held their gods 70
be the direct authors Of medicine; Ciceso
considered the science as sacred 70 sheir
inven,ions.- nm eminent Roman physician
I has asserted that medicine and mankind
must have had . co-eva origin; learned
| German physician maintained that Adam
was physician, and another that he vi"
an able practitioner. The Egyptians
cherished a veneration for the science, and
the Greeks and ,Proians referred 70 their
medical scholars with pride.
Hippocra,e--justly styled the ''fsthsr
Of medicine" makes God the inventor.
Pliny says that the Romans were COO
years without physicians, and yet In the
time Of Julius Cesar, when the physicians
from Greece visited Rome, they were al.
ways rendered the freedom Of the "Eter.
nal City" Plato, the greatsstot heather
philosophers, considered good physician
~ only second to God himself.
Cicero, the great Roman orator snd
rhetorician, says that "aothing briggs mon
nearer the gods than BY giving health TO
their fellow men" As the wise Ncstor
| observes-- - II ,-. /
Aviss physiciaa skilled. our wounds 70 heal.
Il more than armies to the public veal.
II the position OF the wise men Of Greece
! Was correct, that the people should acquire
| - intimate knowledge Of the physicians,
| Il Is no less q truth in our day, aud We
| therefore proceed to give brief sketches Of
our Cairo doctors. ...--...
cHARLHs ". DCNSrNo, ND
u one Of the oldest physicians in Cairo.
and doubtless the mcst extensively known
in Southern Illinois. lie received his CLASH.
/ cal education At Columbus, Ohio. At
shout the age Of twenty he entered tho
Missouri State Medical College, familiarity
ksown as the Mcdonald College. He
| graduated a, this noted university and re-
| esived his diploma as Doctor of Medicine.
He was elected member OF the faculty,
aad for some tune occupied the chair Of
ol...s-;os. IL. .h~ss,y snss lsA the DOL
lego and entered upon the practice in st.
Louis. From, ~. Louis no removed 70
Csntralia, and from Centrslia TO Cairo.
He bas been in active practice here for
fourteen year., and during this period hes
occupied u high rank in the profession.
He is = practical man and thoroughly
posted in the la.es. discoveries in the
science.
DIR. HORACE wARDSyK,
vas borr in Wyoming county, New York
and received his academic education .,
Alfred, New::York. From here he removed
to Chicago and entered upon the study OF
medicine a; Rush Medical College. Here
he graduated, and received the degree OF
N. ID. in 1863. During this year he was
elected Demonstrstor Of Anatomy at Rush
College, which position he discharged with
credit. Previous to receiving his medical
diploma, he was for one year resident ply
sician Of the Mercy Hospital. In lss'i he
entered the army ~ surgeon. After oeeu
plying the position for one year he was or
derei TO Mound City, and for thres year.
had full charge Of the hospital. In 1865 he
was ordered TO Cairo and until the close OF
of the war had full control Of all matter,
pertaining TO the medical department OF
the port. This position he discharged 20
the satisfaction of the government, and
greatly to his own credit. Since the close
of the year 1865 he has been engaged In
the practice in this city. Ho was promi-
! nent in the movement which founded here
the St Mary's Inarmpry. Ho is brat
class phy.icias, and hs. large and paying
practice.
TuE KncHEs QpgsS.-In all house
holds, wherever used, the Charter Oak
Stove Is the domestic queen. Smlcs and
good nature peryade her kingdom, aud her
subjects are always free from family jars