, 1873-03-06

tlon Bhnll GHGl anu every one Oh tuG1u po ucclEGu
guilty Of msde,neanor. and nhn, on conviction. DO
imprisoned for term not exceeding two years In
county jail.
RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Rush Medical College ia getting on prosper
ously in spite Of many ndvoreo circumstances.
Since the fro it Inns boon occupying small
building at tho corner Of Eightoonth street md
Wentworth ayonuo with limited lecture room
and vory Bparo accommodations Of othor kinds.
Tho number Of students has, nevertheless, con-
tinuod large, and the faculty has kept up to its
old standard OF excellence. Tho plans for tho
new building wore completed year ngo, and the
college would havo boon Gre now rebuilt, bnt
that tho TrustooB Of tho institution aro waiting
for tho County Commissioners to soloot n place
for tho new County Hospital, adjacent to which
they intond TINT Tho now Rush" shall bo located.
II tho Commissioners would ntir in tho matter
thoy would confor fRvor upon tho college, and
do prospcctivcly good thing for tho slok Of tho
county.
Tho college, yesterday morning, ineugarated
itB spring course Of loctnres successfully with
m opening atldress by Dr.. Norman Bridge, In
structor III tho Theory and Practice Of Mcal-
cino. Thoro was large attendance OF friends
Of tho institution aud Of students.
Dr.. Bridge began by roforring to tho on
largod sphere Of tho apring course in Rush
College. This course was hereafter to DO a
permanent institution, and its faculty
was distinct from TINT which gaTo the
winter coureo Of looturog. Tho course was to DO
In eyory WY ne complete aud extensive as tho
regular winter course.
Ho then addressed himself to those about to
begin tho study Of medicine. Thoy woro uudcr-
| ever begin tho study without much questioning
as to whothor 1t is tho beat thing to do. III
haf tho eaaoa t1G Question a deter
| It is important to dotormino this point ut
tho start. The profession Of medicine las many
disadvantages and somo benoilta for ita mom-
| bors. Tho practitioners work iB always hard,
not not work work. aro blinaed i Ills work M must 10 dono ono
| Mt all tirnos and in all weather; ho must COM
pote with all sorts Of qnacka and charlatans, who
oasi1y convince tho massoa that thoy arc the real
physioianB, and that ho is an old fogy, il not M
old fool ho meetB all shades of superstltition
among the people; lo laa roroatod contentious
with old nurses who hare absurd notions OF
caring for his patients. The phypician ia tho
when blamoleas and flooded with undeservod
praises; and II ho settles in tho country he can
mover escape tho charge Of being doctor who
beyona lis aaas1reng @ Hs must taIo lis
| fcoa after ali others hayo boon served, and ho
must work years to Darn competence that will
in hiB old ago keep tho wolf from hts door.
sldo % Il tho picture to sdotor nnYohe from study
ing medicine. But tilero arc some comforts in
the profession. II he eau appreciate thom, such
Us they are, tho picasuros Tint como to tho ply
sician for conscientious PRACTICE Of his calling
more than eountorbalanco MI thrills that como
to him, and thoy arc moro to be cHtoenlel than
tho glory Of popular applause or political prefer
ence. But no one haB q right to como to the
profession with tho solo basis Of his own ploas-
uro.. II hc cannot benefit and elevate tho pro-
fosBion ho ought to keep out OF it.. Businoss
may with impunity bo tritloa with, but tho health
and nvos Of tho pooplo novcr. Tho noat esson-
tial qualification for man to DO pIhyaoian is
that he DO . student Study medicine for o
lifetino, mud wo Gun scarcely mastcr lnlf it's
known truths. Our groatost cllrso has bccn mon
with no inclinntion to study: We cannot mastor
tho acicnco during college lifo; wo must study
constantly aftorward. No ono ought to take up
tho study who has not loyo for science. Tho
student must study constantly aftor graduating.
r. thcro Wero thoso n'nong tho class who could
take pleasure in such lifo, ho welcomed thom
to tho work thoy were entering upon. But If
there wore those whowero to bo routine doctors,
getting their degree and passing their lyos with
as lttle reading aud roaearoh % possible, he nd
viHed them to stop boforo going any further, to
60 back homo, resumo tAoir iormor yocattonH,
and not commit SO gravo crimo as to continue
in their prcBont oourso. After an appeal for
moro real character on the part Of modlcel mon,
and aonle advice as to tho way to profit by LEG
turcs ho said medical atulontB must work.
The Almighty noycr intended anybody to DO
lazy; nature has placed hor ban upon Idle
bodylke work, and hope and pray for itas boon
forever. Tho old lady who hoped to sit III
heavon with oloan wliito apron md sing psalms
forever had boen oyerworked, mud was probably
Bich. God pity thon who get no Joy in contom-
plation OF future ondeayor. But the best work,
tho most HntiHfying, and tlat which brings
| auroRt succcBs, il moderate, steady, constunt
work, work that shall 10 undertaken both to ao-
complish q purpoAo aud for tho loyo OF it. Wo
must, after determining tho where and whom to
work, erect our derrick and bore for bucccag: !"
and tho oil shall como at first In drops, and whom
arc only looking for little rills, it shall come
In great floods TINT shall lnd not sufficient yes
HolB to Gontain it,
DR.. Oharloa Parks delivered tho frat locturo Of
the courBo yesterday afternoon On the Aubjcct of
Anatomy. The faculty Of tho spring course
consists of Drs Danfortl,, Parks, Wadsworth
Ovens, 1nga1l!, Case, Hay, Bridge, ,Jaokaon,
Adolphus, Hyde, Adams and Hnyou. Tho prox-
unity OF tho County Hospital Affords an excel
lont opportunity for clinical locturos two of
Which will be giyon weeky.
| SMALLPOX HOSPITAL.
A gathering Of tho following Alderman, to-wlt:
Aid. Dixon, schaffner, Quirl; and Woolman,
WAS held III tho Mayors oIco yoHtorelny after
noon. Thoy sat them down, a smiling quintotto,
to talk over tho location Of tho now smallpox
hospital. It was understood that tho Mayor
would veto Its location noar the Drilowell. Aid.
Bchaifner insisted on ita removal from tho North
Ride Aid. Dixon would mt hnyo 1t on tho Honti,
Side, and thought that tho doBro Of WoBt Side
Aldermen to heyo n public building In their t-
| yfBiOn should bO ErAtfil0l. ALI. Ouirk ,yonE1