The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-14
Progress Of M.dloino and Surgery.

held in Charleston, last April. by DR..
John y. Darby! OF this oity, President
OF the Association. In a terse and com-
prehGnsive resiew of discoveries and
Inventions in the allied branches of the
healing art, in clear statement of the
improvements in appliances. and in ali
those agencies which the skillful and
learned?physician makes tributary to tho
great business Of saving life. soothing
pain And recovering or extending use.
fu1lssss, DR.. Darby shows the progress.
i've character and humane objects OF the
profession of which he is q highly
valued and most active member. Hc
thus, lucidly presents some of the disco
vesies made in the few past decades OF
the nineteenth century. They are we'll
calculated to enlarge our conception of
the grandeur Of the science Of medi-
cine aud OF its immense value to suffer.
ing humanity: 5,a1 uj4 gps9 fvt.i
''The revelations of the microscope in
the animal. vegetable and mineral crea-
tions, falsify thote theoretical dogmas
which. anatomioally, phvsiologioally;
pathologieally and therapeuticsliy, con:
trolled medicins as an art; and by plain
mater1Alistic facts, presented to the eve
OF the student. renders it science
wherever the INSTRUMENT is known. The
sealed diseases of the heart aud lungs
hefote'the kaleidoscope was invented, are
now opened Iat the bedside, aud ,empiril
cal treatment is cast aside for that which
10 required for the special disease at
hand; The pathological changes in
special organs are now investigated with
the certainty which the otoscope, laryn.
goscope, endoscope and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
display che sygmograph writes the
talse .pnlsationsy OF the diseased heart,
andI1the thermometer5 in its delioaoy,
marks that which the sense Of: touch
utterly aiaila to prove. Who Of as dare
say that the blindnsss of diagnosis and
prognosis, which, ,sffsted prior to these
special instrumeAfstor special oraana
may not be clessgd IN at no distant day
BY diapbaa6s6ops fAx the whole ali.
mentary tract ea5oSapidia are impoasi-
the hand oEs6s az chapiS and iha % brain
of the sRhilespp ahas which IL now
dark e6d dhidd dsn ynay bejbrought before
s954$R fsNs an ipIainly or Che ophthalmo.
scBbs lights up The interior tchanpes Of
thYAya,gAnd the aar1 1ngosc copes mirrors
the polyprwhIoh declares the wonderful
action of the vocal cords.
@To leave special inventionS. and TO
Judge the advance in medicine by those
grand discoveries Of chemists, ph ysicists,
pathologists, Psychologists, and sur.
geons.i further indicate the power of
its followers to pfdrhote human hap
piness tbyf the RiieSiati6n ofbsufferinc.
to which man is condemned in ali the
relations and occupations of life, from
birth to death. Hygienio principles
evolved in the construction of hoiaes,
in the building Of cities. in the means
OF carriage, in prevention of diseases,
in Safeguards against accidents, are ali
manifestations Of the philosophy of
medicine. Ventilation. clothing, food.
cleanliness. sewerage and drainage,
modes Of burial, all contributing to the
wolfareOf a people, are considered and
treated Of by medics! .nsn directly. OF
by followers Of, scientific branches, cog.
nate to those which specialize medicine.
Vegetable. mineral and animal produo.
tions are therspsutieally applied, for the
prevention Of a!saaGs and Tor shs pro
tection OF lie. Discoveries inQ the or.
ganio and inorganic kin sdoms are
moulded into forces which stay the
hend OF death and sspothe mental and
physical pain. The active PRINCIPLES
Of medioine are extracted, and. in more
effective alksloid forms, remedies are
constantly being improved. The nau.
seous and bulky doses, slowly acting
through the stomach, and often losing
power from chemical changes there
produced, are now being replaced by
neater and surer forms. May 1t not be
that the hypodermic method will be 80
improved that the slower modes now
IN vogue will be thrown aside? And,
"gain, may 1t not be that the few forms
which are now administered through
the great absorbing power OF the lungs
shall bef increased so as to generalize
our power for, administering remediesP ?
The various disinfeotants whioh have
come ont froml the 1. laboratory. fand
have,added 10 the health of hospitals,
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