The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-13
professional Ethics.
"a Editor OF the Herald ;

professional bhhlcN,
a., the Editor of the Herald;
Among all nations, the learned pre-
" ',"n. nave codes OF law, written q
,'nwr,ttcu, for their own especial guld
u mo. which, upon investigation, Wi
a" found based upon correct principles
y. ,'nromotIve OF the best Interests O
az" ,i.,y. Violations of these laws b,
Members are universally locke
,n If not us wicked misdemeanUrs
W Ienst AS foolish blunders, to be com
'nittpd by no man who unites sens
" with principles. a.,
q "'rhat A lawyer should be decent,
# and suitably attired while in the cJur
'nnm. is one OF the uuwritten laws o
.s ,na American bar, and your structures
mon It's too frequent violation by thu
"smhprs Of the Dallas bar, will be ap
,rnyed uy ali respectable lawyers anC
n lncols and respectable people,
WhtIe 50 Jealous OF the dignity ant
honor of your own profession, hat yol
ron thr,n over tho knuCkles for not np
npuriug in court costume, you are +,
rprpIpss o! the honor ui the medlca
,,ntpssI0n us To advise course tina
& iuu inmlIiUiy end in their diahonO
H characterization | refer TO the adYlo,
nyen pnyslcians to "advertlse,' con
e.turd M "A recent editorial in TIN
sBrRALp under the caption Of "Medi
x cal Ethics.
VA The hauit of advertising themselve,
4 Is not tolerated toy lawyers, THEN SENS,
ofpropnrty utterly forbid it. How
would yuu relish an advertisement .
this kind:
HARDIN HART, ESQ,
81 oruey and counsellor at law, de-
,rulthrouts, with elcquence, 70.
~ with cunning, and de Dturs with
E Prose, u'es divorces with pa
IA and honest men with all me
ayt and skill which make "the worse
aQear the better cause
9N \. i. Makes a speciality of packing
tlrps with fools aud pe'jurorS.
a Judge Hart would himself be shock
tn uS sucD aud lcity, 0Hd If the prac
tlcc Of advertising was universally
Followed, the whole bar would sooner
on later he dragged down To the mora,
level of TIRE diryiest shyster who iniest-
lhe tomb4 Of New York; honesty and
Intelligence would desert its ranks ami
impudence and eifrontery would ue
their substitutes.
Let us see how the doctors would go
about 1t.
4 \ good honest simple hearted soul
would advertise, that ne would "rurt
aearly all cases of malarlal fever; All
nthrr of u more saHguint
temperament or perhaps NOR,
of the truth, would scratch
out NEARLY" and would tack on
yphoid fever; II third would put eau
ter in the list of curable and eradica
Bile maladies while "A fourth, holder
than his cOntrerGS, would deilantly Hing
his banner 10 the breeze, aud would
moi only proclaim himself, like
Mcbride, as the KING Of Pain, but as
the very master OF Death himsel ;
which was actually done by some pre-
ciouS seamps in Paris near the close ot
the last century, who offered not only
certificates, but octlal
evidence, of having rejuvenated cen
tenarians, of causing their bald pateH
10 be covered with luXuriant locks, VI
filing their mouths with grinders,
when they had been lamenta0ly few,
Of restoring the five senses when lost,
Of causing the bent aud palsied frames
to stand erect with the vigor and
strength Ct recovered health, and the
pulses to beat with the fullness Of the
early spring.time of life. All this was
done with the Elixir of Life" other.
wise water col0red red. fwo things
Tho fellows did know how to do, to
III their own purses and to deplete
hose of their dupes.
Instead OF Wanting themselves and
their wares, as do musical auctioneerS,
Oh sweet-lipped Cheap Johns, the pro
fesslon should clearly indicate to the
IpnbIic, the true powers and limitations
foi the healing art, and instead OF in
dncing the great majority OF people TO
repose greater confidence in the vir'
tues of drugs, they should teach them
That they already entertain All eAag'
Grated idea of their importance and ef-
Hcaoy. This course you'd place the
Musician and his clients in the right
|iAative position, the one to the other
'itwould save the former much unmerl'
|ied abuse, and more well merited NOR
|tiAcation it would often save the lat
|ter from the keenest heArtaGhes anC
The most poignant regrets, for no
having employed another physician
40 place of him, who mad proven un
fortunate in his practice.
AWere medical advertising permlssl
bic, it would offer a premium for th'
adoption of the vilest arts OF the quack
and would fully lipense the latter II
His most pernicioua tricks, II Woulc
ffssn destroy whatever of 'respec
eaight be entertained by tn
public for us, and what l
greater moment, would At once de
piroy the respect we have for ourselves
" would drive rom the medical rank
conscientious and intelligent men
and fill them with INSCRIPTIONS plum
uVicl0, anu SOoIulheJ bioNh o'N w.
vampires; it would increase the bur
thens and eXactions now imposed
i'm pgople already oyertaxed; and
woy ID surely SINK the profession to tn
Metaqed plane now occupied by vuI
gar charlatpns and impudent impo'
Hers.
| 1.-THE physioians Of oil countries hay
Hgreed with other people that ''sel
Waise is half scandal" and havs
therefore, wisely ordered that, ~
advertisements, we will have none {
Them, bit will say to the tempteI
| With his handful of gold: "Get the
behind me, Satan "
Inpelieyins, siF that your SoAer 2epon
| Thought viii fully conceie the cofrec
Hess df the post ions herein takel
tMd knowing only too well our veal
/ Ness and selfishpess, permit me to II
Hlge tAe hope th9t hereafter your IL
| nlence will be used with olr nTa'esolo,
4 y it has been with your own, not ohl
| bhave us right, but to have US avoi
even an evil appearance; that yo
Eyll encourage US to keep in I'll
| straight though sometimes dark all
II rOpppi nath If rnptituupO ana to ket