The Morning herald., 1878-11-27
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No arRument ought ~ 70
convince people thss- The highest express
.ion 81 wisdom apd goaaness,is lfouod' in
ths prevention ofssil. @An ounce o. pre-.
yen,i4n is worth ponud Of cure" is an
sdare mo LEES true than trite. Perhaps5
the greatest advance in practical medicine,
IN ,',5 tae last half century, has grown out Of
the rec,og6iiioaS 81 The sact that there ars' srs
very few 1su ouRASLr aial rprsEA -i Take for ex'
ample the fExArfHEs1ArA--ths eruptive
disysses--Smallpox, Scarlet Fever,
Measles, Depqns, &C., &c. What intslllri
gent physician sastempts to cuaa. them
Who, ipdeed, ,ttsmpts active interference If q :
with the natural courses Of those diseases !
Who ever cuuRrD U ease Of yellow Fever, !,
Io all those diseases, and in many o'hlssr : .
the sttituds Of q we'll instructed and judi
.ioul Medical Attendantis tbst n Bern tsrsa,
IY INACTIVITY. Thesrsat Warren Stone
a giant in intellect % in staturs-in slecture
On yellow Fever Bsfors' 'thss New J York q !
Academy Of Medicine, several years ago,
said intub.tancs: o''rhe physician must
TREAT, but b ! cannot HAsAsE tho dis
sass.5 Like wild horse running away
with You in q aoarriags, that you cannot stop
you may prevent his boiling, and may keep
him in The road I'll If the harrsss and carr
riags hold together, the strength OF the e
horse will become after while exhausted,
and the safety of Ill sscured-but il you
cannot control him to thst extent, di.astsr
must snsus"-In the light OF the late
lamentabls experience Of the sou.h>
western cities, is it incorrect to say that no
progress has been made towards the cure
of Yellow Fever since the days Of Warren
stone !? The percentage Of deaths from
that terrific scourse was Is great in some
If not in all the places 1t visited, the last
summer, a. it has ever been; and many d
time the h.roic physici.bs who combatted
it, stood appalled,by iis defiant march, and
humiliated BY the utter %insuficiency Of
their most approved methods Of treatment.
Yet there is need Of the services Of IN in>
telligsnt physician, who, not unftsqueptly,
At the proper time reinforces the surrend>
ering powers Of natlre,or directs her wan
dering steps into the p. II of safety, thus
enabling hsr 10 survive the corfict. But
the TACT that the mort intelligent and OK,
psrieneed physicians Il the south,vsst
were willing to try variety of expert
,nsnts. showed that the professional mind
had not reached that degree of confidence
and fxednsss in any known plan Of treat
ment, which gives assurance Of probable
success. Now all this is strong ground for
encouragement. The most unrecsptivs
mind is that which thinks it knows all
about it," A vessel that 10 IuIl can hold 10
more. Ths mind thst feels ard confasss,
its deficiency, learns most rapidly. 40
knowledRipg ignorance, Knowledge 4.
sought. Ia the m4ltsr OF hsalth-&nd
What greater blesa IAN we have 2 With.
out it, thereis ro p6:4 hhity Of enjoying
heavens most benign nj smiles--in the
na'tsrof health. the greatest point of in
terest 10 the prsfesslonsf mind, is its pre-
sarvstlon. From physicians, they are grow
ing, developing, "evolving'iif If you please,
Into sAsArAR1ANs. Without neglectiag at
rempts at CUR Nc, hut pursuing iAvsstga-
tons in tLat direction with unabstsd zeal
lad industry, they see their opportunity
for rendering "the greatest good to the
greatest number. in preventing sickness
The number of diseases known to be pre-
ventable, ID constantly increasing. Given
the laws, and the power to enforce them,
ana the names, Of many familiar and
l5a.hsst me diseases win be blotted from
the catalogue Of @ills that flesh is heir To. ,
To this end BoABDs OF HEALTH are being
established 10 several Of our States, in
imitation of the, worthy example of
Of some Of the most enlightened cEuropeaa
Governments. Already sixteen states have
passed the necessary laws, and have organ
lied such Boards. Delaware must keep step
with this progressive, but sminsn,ly con-
ssrvative, movement. The matter his been
brought 70 tae astsntlon Of the Legislature
but without avail-an omission which may
BE- extenustsd in view Of the novelty Of
the idea II many Of its nembsrs--by the
Delawars Medical Society II will be
presented to the next Legislature for thsir
consideration and approval, We trust with
better success than before, Either a. in,
d;yiduals. or N an organization thsMed;esl