Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-12-18
Sending for The DOciOr.

dronch is vi,als. The skepiicism Of such ca
indlel.. horetvr, as that of the more Sc e'
rious kinl, Is very apt to be frightened ''
away at the least ,hreat Of psr'onal dan o
ger. Who has not recognized the aufa- a.
ciou, scorngr. in the u,tincss OF health I"
OF all the recognized means Of salvation u
for bod, or soul, in the IA iug raiie 0l $
the physician aui suppiiant peni'en' oi
the PRIEST on the bed uf sickness? When
the ship is sinking all are ready to seize
hold of anv plani. however fraiI with the
hope OF it, aoating ihem into safely.
Doetofs-we refer to medical doctors
are unqaestionably, if skilifdl and JUN
cious practioneers, more conservative than
destructive. Nothing Is gained, however
by exagerating the power OF their art.
/ The most able aud experienced OF their
5 own order are the least confident oil IN"
b, efIicacay of medicines as ordinarily prac-
: ticed. They are ready to confess that
d the less thel do the more good they elect
l. and that success in the trcaimect OF dlS-
euse depends chiefly upon guarding
n against any interference with the 'pon'a"-
" eous efforts of nature to remove 1t. -
u that, in fact, they recognize as the ch'ei
u duty of a ju Iicious practioacer not to at
IN tempt TO do something beneficial which Is
or ordinarily beyond his poser' but to try I"
nd preyen'tne doing OF anything harmful
zee which is generally within tue compass o
his capacity
ny Most people are 50 far ifom io"n'"s '"'
Try same modest estimate Of the powers OF tn
,on scientific phy sician as he himself ina
the they suppose that with bis drug
and his mortar he can compound pill o
ds, = draugnt OF certain cure tor each "t IN
ak ills mat 1e,h is heir to. The obvious G
fec, Of tns exaggerated opinion OF the ell
uen eacy OF the medical art is prevallinS II
lart difference as to the n,oaus Of PreVen'i'
, RI disease. Health IS recklessly expos
eel when it is confidently believed that II
r in fee 10 doctor is premium securing u
ov insurance against any damage it may !
cur. We would enforce upon all the ia
man GER of presuming too much upon the pN
her, s,,ian, and the necessity Of sell pro'ecu
d no through careful avoidance OF the ri'
:, haalth whether they come from Will
men or without. from iil-resulated appeti
mo" and passions, or external sources ol
ease. Tno doctor uuquestionably mi
be of service lniucuIcaliug the laws
osng nealtn :apd we nave often tnougat
lg-ta- wuuid be more reasOnable to suInniun
sa- IA us az tue dluuel table than oh lne >
ellis, bed. lie could certainly give US au'
en- al u lnfl coursc anl a stcohd 90
gam. ,yhtc, would, be timely, and, II ioilo
many elective in preventing tne apoploxy
burg, which we should otherwise be sure 10
d 9TH and drink GA, ,sslves, but which, alas
popu- and all the medlcal eOHege can not 6
he ga An oyerweenlng iaitn in the aft oil
asands iciue induces a great deal OF dnneces
lowed recurrence to the doc,or. ine SIG
ID pl- Indication Of pain, however transient
WIN even the imaginary presence ot IL,
'hells' t,.,ds II, M, being called when there
: now ne least occasion for him. Ii /
forms ouicksignted he viii discover at
lmense th,t no il not needed and, If honcst
,ly by so INT there are many doctors VINO
Gealthy not ouick-slghted, aud, alos some
5. No are not honest. There are not iew
laglnea sicians VINO uuuesltadhgy accept 'n'
nus ga tieut's own estimate oi .Als neaith,
leades, ar it is based upeA mere temporary
,d-eyed asluary SYMPTOMS Of arrangement
= seen beiuq taken for for granted that th'
pressed disease the doctor proceeds 10 unma
or win pharmaceutical batteries, and pour
suicides after yoIey Of his piIls ana poluSe'
players. the vital parts OF his patent. A
ambling decided effect is the usual conseque
-Ilom- ,hts ht;,d and furious fire. The
large are more or less shattered. and as
MS VINO is no nalady to destroy or put 70
homes the only result is weakening
suicides srrongholds of health; I,
lmbiug. liyentn most skilltul and not o'n
Hing to unscrupuous physicians are vel
who no when sent for, to think it lncum oel
ut these them TO do something. The say
, in the tiica,ion of themselves, and win
i'll end erable truth, that sour patients
will be satisfied unless we give them tang
I'D evils idcnce of the activity OF our eiior'
auuts Of want TO be ,doctored,' and # "
lily dis i. doctor them, they will find some
practitioners who wil." They acc
II ~ aatify their patient strange aVi
hopped nhrs;o With ali the nausea aud tor
bitlon at IA ,.oo1,ass kno
negro 'he'i 0o'''a Al .,;es
1ing. with tee ur"us"'' nv