The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-13

well, vet his parallel between TIC NJ
toruey and the physician IN respect !"
advertising IL not hnplY one, nor u
I, in fine main correct. The lawyer
in the first place, IN the
miners nearly twice as much hs ll'o
and more than double ~
much in the legal and banking d'rec'
tories of the day. But the attorney
ia addition TO all this, Is five hundred
ilmrs better advertised than the phS
slrlnn. Every criminal or ciyil chse
of nny moment in which he IN engage"
brlngs him before the court, the JnIl'''
the sheriff Dnd his deputies, the cl'rh'
the entire bar, the contrasting phrtleT
md TIER witnesses, and uncouni"d oy'
SANDERS who lhrong the court room
I'm the conduct Of his cASe
before this great presence If
where the lawyer best adVcr'iafs
himself Butsuppose the phyMriah VINO
may be graduate Of Paris, vienna, '"
Petersburg, Brussels or Lphdon-rhooih
may or hn,e attained rare accom-
uljshmcnts hy study mt our own nome
institutions, has some intricate case
in which the very life % chiid, WItc or
father hangs trembling in the oaIHhrr,
n case in which all the mighty rcsour
crs Of his prof, ssiOu are taxed to theIr
utmost to save the life Of "A human be-
ing, and suppose that through his great
skill, steady nerve ana accurate diaH'
nosis the ease RECEIVERS. whau credit
does the doctor get . The small cir
Gle Of the family dOuoilGSa are grateful
and speak to their cOteIie Of irlthds,
possibly OF the manner in when the
cure we wrought, but the great out
aide world UpDn whom this doctor
must rely for patronage "na support
remains IN ignorance of h'4 sklIl,
through a mistaken dignity and t'ind
adherence 10 what il termed
the dhica of The profession,
"Medirus" mi tctS into the belly o. hl'
arguments some extreme forms OF
advertisements which he must kno@
no sensible physician or attorney vii
ever adopt, unieJa be tie nctunted, ~
"Mrdicusn il by II desire " Iidicule
"Medcus" refers to quackS, aud n"'H
hly TO TINT one in Paris near the clos,
of the last century, who offered o3cu
lar evidence Of having jcuvenate'
centennriuns. We are adyIA0I Of thes,
personages, one Of whom, Moutacolni,
obtained from the Mayor Of Paris an mt
testation that he could rcrirc the dcud
another, and the one to whom "Medi
cusn Doubtless alludes, was the crlr
brated charlatan, C3Vnt Coglostr0
who pretended 20 possess the power oI
comforting perpetual youth. Another
vet more successful adventurer, wht
took London by storm and rcapcd
rich harvest OF golden guineas, wa
Felimo GuDino CWdim0 Crdi"a'
Frames, the seventh son of the seventh
son, who had studied medicine fol
thirty gears By cdnIie tight.
While these men were the gr0ssesI
frauds, aud deceived thousands 10y
their advertisements and jugglery, II
does not necessarily arise that all
learned and Legitimate physicians
should ignore the advertising columns
of newspapers or periodicals. Such
conclusion by no means results
II Is rather an argument in favor %
the true men Of the profession making
known their own skill and power, Ant
thus hurting patent medicines, pGten
doctors and staring frauds generally
from the arena of this worlds progress
We are therefore constrained to entel
our dissent to theproposition advanced
by "Medicus," that "were advertising
permissible, il would offer II premium
for the adoption of the vilest arts .
quackery." since we conceive that i
would have exactly The con
trary effect, that is of neutralihang The
"vilest arts Of quackery." In Oul
Judgment, there seems TO be nc
improperly in having the phys clan
learned, accomplished and experienced
| in the treatment of malarial fever, u
the diseases OF women, Of such special
ties as the ear or the eye, sta.e that
fact to the people and claim q fair anc
honest trial. The advocate ADVERTISE
that he makes specially of land liti
CATION, of bankruptcy, of admiralty
practice, of criminal practice, of com
mercial law, and no man or member
of his profession thinks of questioning
his right to do so, unless he demon,
strates his incapacity in the court
room. We fear that medical ethics are
sometimes used to equalize the good
and the bad, to suppress merit and for.
tify mediocrity, aud il our suspicious
in this regard are correct we shall yet
feel constrained to withhold our assent
to the opinions 80 graphically express,
ed by "Medicus.v
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