The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-29

encc on conduct Professionalism been in the world
| $50 years. 1t could show rs noble men and lovely,
consccrate ed women as ever existed the face Of tue
planet II had produced instances OF forttude iaith,
devotion TO high ideals, that had never been sur.
passcd When il was first founded Romunism pre-
dictcd its failure stigmatzed II ruinous TO re-
! ligon. II had fasincd the prediction utterly
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION BY THE
REV. I. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Mr. Talmagc continued his series OF sermons TO the
various professions and occupations yesterday by
| preaching on the medical profession. His text was
H. Chronicles, xvi, 1o-13-"And Asa In tho nino and
thirteth year OF his reign diseased in his fcet
until his disease exceeding great yet IN MS disease
| he sought not to the Lord but TO the physicians
And Asa slept with his fathers" Here Is King Asa
with the govt, SAID Mr. Talmase. High living and
want OF exercise have vitiatcd his eet and my text
presents hvn with inhamed and ndagod feet seated
on an ottoman. In defiance Of Cod whom no hated,
he sends TO certain conjurors or quacks They come
and give MIN all sorts potions and panaceas; they
bleed him, they sweat him, they manipulate him, they
plaster him. they scariy him, they drug him, they cut
him. they kill him. 'And Asa slept with his iathcrs--
that is, the doctors killed him. In this sharp anu
graphic way the Bble sets forth tho truth that you
have no right shut God out from the realm Of phar
macy and therapeutics The world wants divinely di-
rccted phi yscians There are great many such. Tho
received
tall the New York Academy OF Medicine, the Phladci
phla Medical College the institutions OF London or
Paris are AS nothing compared with the diploma these
| physicians receive from the Head Physician of the
universe on the day when he said to them, go ana
cast out the devils open the blind eyes and unstop
the deaf ears
AND MEDICINE MEET
Men OF the medical profession often meet in the
home of distress; clasp hands across the cradle Of
aron,zcd infancy we join hands where the paroxysm
OF grief demands an anodyne we'll as prayer; We
do ciimb over any barrier to-day Ia order
each other, Tor our professions are ~ iuli syn
friend; you stand ut the gates Of lie wncn VIC enter
the world and you stand a! the gates Of dea'h wnsm
other days. in the house oil stress AS in the nurse
RES children re-enact all the scenes OF the
sick room, so today want you 10 play tnat you are
the patent aud tho physician, and 10 take my pre-
scrpton. 1t shall be tonic, d'sln'ectant a s'mu-
liant and an anodync at the same time
CHRIST HEALER.
In the first place, think all physicians should be
Christians because OF the debt oil gratitude they owe
10 God Tor the honor lie has put upon iher calling
Christ Himself only God but physician, and
under HIS mild power and optic Dervos were
filled with sound ana sight, the roaming maniac be-
came placid child aud the streets o Jerusalem
wcr. turned into hospital crowd cd ith CON- ues-
cent victims OF casualty and disease. Sir Ashley
Cooper Drscom aud Mott, oil The generation just
past honored God and fought back death with Their
keeu scaIpels If we to Understand what tho
medical profession has done Tor tho insane let US look
dungeons where the poor creatures used 70 DO
incarceratcd chained The wall IN l-ventaicd
roons-the worst calamity OF the race visited with the
very worst punishment Then go aud look at the in-
sane asylums OF Utica and KIRK bridcs soaed we'll ven
iilatcd md lighted and supplied with libraries Look
at the great Of wnom II Is said that IN his fc-
time he saved moro lives than all Inc oatties Oh any
one century destroyed.
HEAVENLY cHLoKoroRM.
Blessed be James u Simpson, the first who used
chloro;orm as an anseslheticl Nc more do parents
bv their suffering child trying to get away from
the harsh instruments me little cn,'a goes 10 Sleep
what's The mutterY what Is the doctor here to-day
iorg" On. blessed DC God Tor Simpson ANA the
heaven descendeA mcrcies OF chloroiorm! The mcdI
cal profession steps into the court room afer contend
ing witnesses have lett everything in log, and by
chemical analysis decides everything adding anothcr
honor to medical Jurisprudence. The monuments at
Green and Laurel HUI are silent witnesses OF many
physicians who fallen victims in thor efforts 10
suodue Aslac cholera The doctors have adv ised VEN
uation, sewerage, draining and iumgaoD against tho
diseases successfully that these dis
eases come the general cry Is .Clean your slrcets"
and then call on Goi for help. What has tins prOes
s,nn moi done for mans Longevity? Once there was
such a fearful subtraction IRON the human lie that
there was prospect OF the race ccasng IN few con-
turcs. Adam started with whole eternity OF exist
cncc before him. IL cut down by his desce ndants
lrst 800 years. then 800 then 100, ana hnay tho
average longevity OF the human race was only fifteen
years But since The sixteenth century this average
mas been raised by the medical profession IRON
eighteen years forty our years and VIII continue
to rise until last the words OF the prophet Will be
funl.ed-"The child shall die at 100 years. The most
beautiful phase oil the medical profession has been
. tenement house TO the dispcnsary and uawraps the
rags babe all covered with ulcers and sores
|
, ayes from Escuapus down 10 last weeks autopsy.
sAwBoSE SORROWS.
Another reason why medical men ought TO be
Christians because there many cases where they
need Christian soacc. They have no sabbath Mer-
chants and business cannot afford 10 be sick dur
ing the week. and so they nurse themselves up win
lozcnges and horehound candy until sabbath comes,
ana then they say they must have DOCTOR rhch
5 physician is annoyed by persons coming too late,
, alter death has dug ditch clean around the patient,
Then there many who blame the doctors because
so many people die. Then physician must bear with
nil th, VII
AND bccloudcd brains oil women and more especially
Of men . no meyer know how TO be sick gracefully, and
with sa,ivaied mouths curse the DOCTOR 'giving MN
his duo, us they say-about Inc only dues ne col
lccts. The last bill that is ever paid is the doctors.
II seems incongruons Tor man with ruddy cheeks
and joy lace TO bc bothered win Diil charging MN
Tor ODD ralome and j.IAp ply sic'an mus always
t 20 right away when he IS called. To bear up again
all these annoyanccs many ply scans have rcsortcu
4 TO strong arink aud have pcrisbed Others have
= prayed 10 God Tor sympathy and help ana nave lived
n Again, the medical men ought TO DC CHRISTIANS DC
cause there arc professional cxecncics IN when they
i / need God. The next dose OF medicine VIII decide
whether or not that happy home VIII DC broken up.
i God nclp he DOCTOR between nvc drops and ten drops
$ may ne the question OF lite death. Under such
circumstances the pnysiclan needs not much tht
consultation OF one OF his own calling as that OF God
Q who strung the nerves and buIlt The vessels and
= swung the crimson tide through the arteries dc
3. say that pIety Will make up for inedica
skill The physicon eau pray and work at the same
l. tmc Ii all in hat sentence Do the best we car
and God will help MS. The physic ought TO be
Christian because lie has such vide ncld for CHRIS
h tan usefulness. You appear be the OF Hoayel
&c 10 their souis. Old pr Dc Wit told me, u
q. his last days:-'l always present the religion
Df OF Jesus Christ 10 my patients and mt
ID II almost always acceptable" There ar
3 several illnesses in which you Will 30
10 admit clergyman to the SICK bed, and then tina
mans aihluIncss VIII depend on you blesse
10 you you knccl down and say. ''Oh Lord,
I'd have best could 10 cure this mans body an
Ur have Jailed, now commit to Thee his poor suncrn
no SOUL Open paradise TO his departing SPIRIT som
day from PATIENTS contagious lever the doctor come
st home Tie IL TOO weak TO take the dasoRisis OF III
ar complaint. lie has written his ast prescrip'io
L. for the alienation OF human PAIN All the symp
thcr " tho ncighborbood will he aroused ana ih.'
viii DO mary prayers that he may DC comior'ea IN