The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-07-31
Tho Physician md his Duties.

Who is a physician1 What docs lie pro-
less to do and what does lie dol and what
are medicincsl what do they do when
sK1ifully used, and what do they do when
,unskilfully uscdl
LIST. A physician is man learned in
anatomy, physiology, chemistry, matcria
meuica, therapeutics, surgery, etc. lie
must DO able 10 pass critical sNamina-
uon In these branches before Inc can truth
: !uiiy claim to he Il physician, or get the
u. nItie! OF III. ID. from respectable college.
Then he is licensed to practice medicine
I ano-well, what clse2 We answer to
study the above named branches and
everything pertaining TO the healing art !;
anu 1T is 10 fault of his If the people
:, iaii to employ the studious physician. 1t
Is true there are thousands Of men calling
themselves physicians, who arc rs igno-
rant OF the construction OF the human
body rs the heather is Of tho Christian
religion; these men often do n lurge bust
ness, while the deserving aud conscientious
plods along with small living, u clear
conscience, and thoroughly disciplined
mind-which is, OF itself, true wealth.
2d. The true physician docs not pro-
pose to intcrpOsc his hand between his pa
ticnt and that decree which says: at is
appointed unto man once to die" etc !;
nut he does propose to tic up bleeding
artery and prevent his patient dying from
loss oil blood; he also proposes that in the
event Of some Of your skcptical cores
pondcnts taking too much opium for n
spell of collie, to give him some strong
coilec, or some other ..'drug" to countcract
its influences; or, if lie is too far gone to
swallow, he will inject the restorative
: agent into the arm by means ofhis syringe.
lilo Processes TO search out the hidden
paths of pcstilencc and cpidcmics, and
destroy the poison before the poison de-
stroys tho people.
Sd. lie ties up the bleeding artery, he
relieves the spasmodic collie and the mar
cotised patient; the accouchcur relieves
hundreds and thousands who would surely
perish but for his timely aid, and the
ovariatomists arc saving the lives of thou
sands who were doomed to certain de-
E, struction under the old regime of med
lcnl skcpticism or medical ignorance.
Jcnncr's discovery saved 200, 900 lives an
nunlly-and might go on mentioning
sanitary and medical discoveries, tile work
of the true physician, until would fill
every page Of The Farmer.
What aro medicincs2 Catnip tea, ala
campaign, wild cherry bark, castor oil,
calomcl, strychninc, opium, coffee, tea,
tobacco, coldwater, hot water, steam, etc. ;
and therapeutical agents arc riding, going
to the seaside, walking, cheerful COM
pany, when company can be admitted,
etc., etc, with thousands of other mcdi-
cincs and agents which the skilful ply
stefan has learned how to use, or is learn
ing, if he is studious.
a fhvoritc word of caution of Professor
Oloorchoad Of Cincinnati WINS, "You will
bear in mind, gentlemen, that IN agent
capable of so much good when skilfully
used, in the hands of fool is capable Of
rs much HARM" which patent medicines
daily demonstrate. ST..
In conclusion let me say, man should
never Gala physician in whom lie has
. not confidence; and it is duty the poo
plc owe to their families, to tho sweet lit
tie children entrusted to their carc-to
diligently inquire into tho qualifications
of those persons calling themselves ply
sicians, and not cntrust their lives in the
hands of a pretendcr of medicine, no more
Than they would their money in the hands
of apretentious quack lawycr-A. GRAN
GER NJ. d., in Ohio Farmer.