The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-11

ter, Intellect and Trasning tho gans,o IN
Both, but the Aroma for their Exercise
In one Case Is Private, I'm tho other Pub
uo-value OF our Medical Coiiego-Deyo-
uon of tho Facuity-The Uniperasty.
The address to the graduating class OF
the Medical College of South Carolina by
Ch. Richardson Miles, Esq, one of the
board Of trustees, delivered on Tueeday
evening, March +, ct Hibernian Hall. OF,
tho occasion ef The annual commence-
ment, commanded the marked attention
of the largo audience present, and to
055l;;ssSS 055il;;ssSS ::::==::J rho heard It, and also to
gratify those who could not attend, it Ia
se~ nnhliahed in full Mr. MiIee sa:d !:
It II with unfeigned self.distrust that I
undertake the. performance of the taak
which the partial Kindness Of the Dean
and Faculty has assigned nae.
1t is not only that the duties of nv
profession arc so exacting in their re-.
quirements as to leave but little time to
devote to anything else, but the mental
habits engendered by It's practice. make
it very difficult for me to turn nv mind
into other channels of thought, and to
prepare such an address IS may bo ex.-
pected on, this occ9sion; an address
which must hare O purpose and OBJ
jec. 80: s.:s5:s ea those for which
an accustomed to speak, to convince
ajudge or jury In ordsr to induce q de.
cree or procure verdict.
And perhaps; some Of our detractora
might add, that it requires fee TO un-
lock our understandings, and an antag-
onist to mako us exert our faculties; and
that without these incentives n LAWYER
cannot make speech.
But it is required OF me only to speak
few words of counsel and cheer to those
who ere about to embark upon q noble
calling, and to wish them God.speed in
their career. And with my respect and
admiration for the profession they have
chosen, and my cordial sympathy with
their aims and motives, the task iB so
congenial that cannot decline it.
1t seems to mo, TOO, that such counsel
and encouragement to those about to
enter upon your profession, may not in
appropriately be given by one of mine,
who has had some experience of profes.
a!onal life, its requirements, its trials and
danger1, its triumphs and defeats. For
there 10 so much in common between the
professions of Law. and Medicine, that
experience in one authorizes the giving
of advice to hose abort TO engage in the
other.
Although the spheres of action of the
Physician and tho Lawyer ARE different.
tho one dealing with physical, and the
other with civil and social laws, yet their
aims ghould be the same--the preservs-
ion Of rights, the redress of wrongs, the
relief Of anffaring the maintenance an,;;
vindication of Law. It is to the attain
ment Of these noble ends that the ply
slcian and the lawyer, each in his calling,
shoald address his enorgies and devote
his life.
SO too ahould they be guided and gov.
orned by the same lofty motives; DUTY
and Honor should be alike the govern.
ing principles Of each.s -,
Aad while the special training of the
professions Is different, the essential re.
quirements of each are the Same :. liberal
preliminary education, aele- discipline,
patient labor, unfaggiDg industry, close
! e5earvation, quick perception, clear judg-
inent are 40 essential to excellence in one
AZ in the other. liz their different enhers
of action the lawyer and physician have
to deal with similar questions and apply
like principles, demanding and cultivat-
ing the ssnao nientsl ard moral qualities.
The power of diagnosis, for example,
which Itakel to be, the faculty which
more. than any other, marks the differ,
ence between physicians, is just as essen
+ tial 70 the lawyer as to the doctor, and 10
aa much called into play in determining
Whistler o ainder is vested or contin-
:. gent, aa tits in deciding whether g fever
is malarial or typhoid.
AS much courage may be required of
the lawyer in the conduct of cause, as
of the surgeon in the performance of an
operation: as much Judgment and tact
hiay bS' called forth in: the management
OF "a case" in the Court House, as in the
treatment of 80 caee'' in the hospital.
While 10 our profession We are some
Eil..e=a eallsa nI.nn tn deal with questions
which Involve, results, as momentoas w as
can depend on human conduct. it must
be conceded that the hsbitual routine of
yours briEgs you into moro constant con-
j! tact with aeEious issge1.
The responsibilities of each profession
arc commensurate with its duties; and
while fully realizing thu weight which
or burden Of responsibility than that
which che phyaician habitualiy bears.
~, Your tIials, too, seem. TO me TO be hab-
ltnali Ereateg than ours !; not only Id the
strain upon your physical and mental
8poTega mQsea continuous than, with US,
but the, tax upon your sensibilities, in
youE Clgasant contact with pain and suf.
lfering, and with the Weainesses and
frailtes Of humanity, constitntes q still
z greater trial! Ga
Whatsuffering can excsed that of the
phyaician of sentative nature, and feeling
heat when, after having done all that
skill, |, and energy, and zeal, and devotion,
can do, he feels that he is powerless to
arrest the prpgresa of disease, or prolong
the life Of his patient.
iaS II may be the life at stake Is one on
which 50 much depends; around which
So much Interest Is concentrated, so
many loving ones cluster; the void which
g will be caused by It's removal will .be. 80
Fast, the bonds by which it lis held 60
I. numerous and strong, that it seems inn
pnestbta tliaksit Gan ha zsithdrnwn
Upon the physician every hope 10
rested, and with passionate appeals, or
mute .entreaty, ho Is called upon for help.
The crisis, watched for throhghs The
slowly rolling hours. has come; with
hreathless anxiety tho loved ones gather
ed round, watch the face of the physi
a8cian, shsfe to read the sentence of life or
:, death. With unfaltering courage and
self-controi he puts forth the supreme
effort Of HE skill in the struggle but in
VAIN, sE4 o II cpnecious thas 1the dreaded
Of men, s1rnAtned the Destroyere
+ - P!IsIsud iuio inc CnaInncr or the sleeper,
- Tic dark and silent room,
AND aS he enters dnske. grows, and deeper,