The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-06


unprecedentedy rapid growth OF our science OF
medicine. stil within the memory Of many OF Us
try BY The ismented DR.. Gram who, we are are happy
to say, s having suitable monument erected to his
In the States and Oanadas we nave nearly ten
thousand reputable physicians and surgeons In
this country, alone, seven colleges, in which the
curriculum OF studies is not surpassed by any, and
where the requirements for graduation are now
becoming more rigid than that OF any other scheol
The henumerous hospitals, ,dispensaries and asylums
although supported by individual EFFORTS 10 such
irons are found everywhere among the Intelligent
and educated, and are numbered by millions With
tell our future destny~and at how short period in
the the worlds coming history will homeopathy be
the prevailing practice of medicine God speed the
day when right shall rule and overpower might, and
truth shall everywhere prevail
We have not only been violently opposed by the
has Withheld he ~ aid suS SUPPORT that so rshsfuy
belonged to u.s. Even during the late war none OF
our brave e. soldiers and sailors II SICK or dyrg wt6
3 physician Or surgeon of Of their choice, but must,
forsooth. take what the regulations Of allopathy
directed until many OF felt the force OF the old
expression OF our forefathers when seeking free
dom, 'No taxation without representation"
Our arrogant neighbors have since attempted to
make the strong arm OF the Government subserye
their ends Of opposition to us, in not permitting the
poor sick and disabled pensioner to allow us to Judge
OF the disability and amount OF his pension-smply
because we disagreed with them In the practice OF
charged with full assurance from the department
that their duties had been well performed. Their
removal was for no other cause than being ho-
During the war, while the welfare of our country
was at stake many Of our physicians and surgeons
entered the ranks as common soldiers-tney were
willing to sacrifice their right for their c0untrys
homer and their nations ST nag & But since the close
divided oyerthrown, the profession to man has
risen to resent these outrages which the Pension De-
partment perpetrated upon us. Delegates were sent
from many Of the States to confer with the Presi-
dent Of the United States, asking Of him to remove
| the Commissioner Of Pensions and with commend
| able promptness eur petitions have been granted.
Nothing has transpired, since our existence as an
organization, that has looked so favoraby to our
soon attaining our just and equal claims, the
| change in the sentiment OF public opinion for the
| past twelve months. The path OF our duty In the
future is evident: we must follow that well-known
axiom that sin unity there is strength" and let no
minor considerations exist among us to cause
Let not the East nor the West nor any part Of the
country claim superiority OF practice, but with gene
sSs as his sones Psy Sca
| vided he adheres to the fundamental law In medi-
cine. Simiiia similibas curantur. We should have
| but enc object before us, namey:-The advance
| ment of medical science
TO accomplish this great work we must literally
support our colleges, and then expect OF them high
standard Of medical education and insist that dlpo-
shall only be granted to those students who are
well qualified to receive them 1t is duty on all
occasions to condemn irregular practice, and en-
courage the weak to have more confidence in the
principles Of cure, for it is not the medicine that
fails, but the physician who prescribes 1t.
Our literature has reached high standard in
books and periodicals. The latter require for their
maintenance our unanimous support We should
not withhold from the proft ssion the public our
Hospitals and aispsnsares are found In almost ali
the cities OF the globe and they require our aid and
influence; - Each IN member Of the Institute shsuld
to further the general int erests OF all.
| wish to call your attention to the necessity Of
| selecting young men OF education whese abilities
viii make them good practtioners ana adopting
%eral as esaaeter and Sterling worth as viii make
| them prominent citizens and leading physicans.h
know many Of you do not wish a student in yeur
| before you. And these young men who are anxious
to obtain medical education seek it surrounded
| by influences by which their minds become preju-
diced against the teachings and doctrines OF Home-
II every practitioner of our school Of medicine in
the United States would secure one two students
and prepare them for our colleges, it would accom-
Homeopathy than all other causes combined. Did
you ever realize what an army you could prepare IN
cruits to ill the ranks in our profession?
Since we have by the late action Of the overp-
ticular sect creed Of medicine is to receive its
sanction and patronage, we should take all active
measures that are honorable to secure our'pr0por-
ton OF appointments In all institutions supported by
| the people. 4 esol ~.
In the University of Michigan our friends have
| long since laid claim to representative I'd the
medical department, and petitions signed BY thouI
sends of the prominent men OF that State were sent
to the Legislature of 1870 and 1871, asking them to
direct the regents OF the State University to ApE
| point chair OF theory and practice OF medicine,
| and one on materia medica Of our SCHOOL, The tdl
thus providing for two professorships passed tsle
| house by vote OF 6l ayes TO 25 nays,
During the session OF one hundred dassno bili was
| introduced that so strongly supported and 30
violently opposed. When the blu reached the Senrl
ate the professors OF the medical department aud
defeat the bill The friends iof the hill vera san
guine that it would pass. Al this mement ,dyison
and al ns the Sii WAS defeated " ieIStfEy
The effort to obtain professdrship in the U niver