New-York tribune., 1879-02-06

men kIow M Il II Here Is he Eermei of this whole
matcr o. fform y medical tHne%Sl; Slrs and nmd
oRg SheD'enl II colleges esG and csdues nos
a shG%a e ps Sen SaYOfe fsenoSs SC' @ay ss be
anained even wiHcui excessively hige Gsfsrs i9e
pTesrnt nccessary laHity p lissoh9 AMI IN hnll eA
SnT y ,Se a'i re cF 0 y c M rot
CS9 eSS sGS si men, pr % aS amount unit q
caen viii cOmpeHsate for want 4l nrhhI n e, d rct H
r. Wtf%riy Incompetent TO practice mcdicpe while,
college education aud foreign travel are Oh %
t., ana llse cpo,igh to appreciate their adNanhsep
when fohn Hunter, who could barely read ana WIc NJ
twEH M fsos Ss s sToTsnt OF the dead he
piled " would endeayor TO tcoch MN Inaa, u" ,ng %
dead BODY which he never knew IN any language living
QGrccoscs mut be made better thon BY n;ins Sj GGG
W t Galleries oiseryator,cs schools of scence and Of
theology doubt 100000 has ever been SoALlS- ,,Io
uted ~ tis State toward the cause ot medical eGnca
hon But how snail! ths ovettaNed and heavily bur
dcHcd community aa ths % %e"ns 5sarSg fSr 's rsa s
useless expenditures tha which Ia here sn much needed
oar beautinul ccmGcIies where may ever gro" c
dishgured by costly arcophag aud monuments ana 20
Tsod could we'll be gwen where Il might aid to lengthen
HE or mitigate disease. -.,.,,-
The STATE has yet much 10 do ~ the matter o. Ieganh
lug the dissection Of unclaimed dead bodies Ih7 is
difficult mNter 70 manage Let uS. as q Hl",1@ Ho@a
sion, never for moment permit 'ae no'Cn -. ,ctine
popu,ar, thet attempt to teacA or 10 go
without knowledge OF the human irlC neiInru i nd
study OF It's structure III the oIssOV'lDSiNO'
on the pOet-norieIn table.
| A. MANAGERS or INSTITUTIONS FOR TIE CARE OF
TIE SICK AND INJURED.
There IS really nothing in tho idea mat pny s'oid"
NAV not be es good manager OF economical ana hha"-
cl interests IA lawyer or banker ho' because ho
ia good physician but because 10 be good Pny s2ah
he must rst be good man. The history Of al average
business career in TINS country l. not 90 hattcng tha
the class which represen II can afford to claim an eAcu
.iyo knowledge of low TO manage hospitals and asy-
ums The record OF the management OF the army nos
Wtals during the ciyi war, by physci ana surgeons
~ tie amy Of the country, - a complete answer 10
those who would put away medical men lIoul the care
0! their own. Dislust Of the business ,t Hn4
G1GSu''e yS noGn G%nacYS ISot thew are concnou are
the real reasons for the almost universal *
SosnfaIs @ and dspensarits Yet this distrlst Is moi
founded OF facts. Hospitals are built Wlthnut inedlc
cured iiHi ihcT notions % Of hygiene by years Of study
o. day-books, ledgers, and real esat" inyestneIt-
ne Tjch they Eave Visited the badly planned
hospitals Of Paris; and they are ofcrrcd ny pAIHh
thlOp.ss who think the only safe WAY Tor those VINO
vain. 4ouud financial mana cement well as peace ana
Ouicnrss is keep tho doctors gut Ot boards Oi drc
MI light Of what was shown oy the hospitals butt by
the profession during the late war erc very lar RON
beu models Of economical end healthy structure
As PROTECTORS OF THE COMMUNI& FROM
QUACKERY.
Very few people II give opinions in regard TO
purely mechanical cnploymcuts unless they are trained
10 them; hut tho whole community, educated ahd
Ignorant alike are quite willing to prescribe for disease
and to explain physiological phenomena. At not very
long intervals our newspapers give Us hiGhly-colorcd
sketches OF the woman who has been unable to leave
her bed for years. who cannot usc hcr hands naturally
and vet does wonderful things with thCm who sees
with her eyes closed better than those OF u VINO nave
ours open; who lives without eating and who Is aiIo
gotAtr q supernatural being. SympdthlznS friends
clthor around the poor hysteIch ana eNlepto SUI
o,er te victim OF disease OF tho and OF eXccs-
,lye sympathy, and as they go away proclaim the
modern miracle The press and the clergy Vie with
coc other in their sensational accounts, ana IN some
instances they aided and abctted IN THIS work Dy
members OF our own profession. If such cases as these
come to he regarded real exceptions to the laws gov
erpg disease and the functions OF the body We may as
ve NM the dial marking medical progress back 70 the
Gt eges and as.milate our views Of Gods govern.
IDent OF the world to those Of cotton Mdther hnu MS
leIow witCl-cxecutionern These things show how far
we are from rational view O tho science of medicine
and the cOgnae subjects 1hcY also SLOW hoW inucn Il
rennins for us to do in creating ano maintaining
healthy public sentiment. , a.,
schools may certainly expect that II viii protect It's
citizens from we'll defined Gdackcly certainly can
not discriminate regard 10 modes OF treatment when
there must aways be such honest difference o opinion
Tine state cannot catalogue the drugs tuhI NAV pe ueu
or name the Doses but II Is the boun1eu duty OF COY
eminent tha cares for the welfare Of ls lhROahS 10
see TO il that ia allowed to preaciDe lCf dlsras
no has not furnished evidence Of satisfactory KNOW
edge of anatomy, physiology, ana chemistry. ~ smouu
interfere prevent tie sale OF so-caed pCIi heu'
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wanted board Of examiners, made up or the ~
men from colleges and thc profession VINO shh dc
of drugs the OF cold water ana Negoiaeo n.Gl-
cDce but as to whether he has been VOL grounded IN the
tructrc and functions OF the human body the rene.
dlcs for posOu the rules Tor action IN emergences ana
c principles ot diaa nosis. kuO" ledge Of which VIII.
at least, protect MS paUchts liom scauu"io"' maj
practice.
AS SANITARY ADVISERS TO THE COMMONWEALTH
This IS perhaps tho most comprehensive aud import
ant OF our relations TO the state. IL Il the ono now
receiving general attention. and there il prospect OF
fla rroper adjustment. There are, however sil many
obstacles on the part OF the powers taat be- in the way
Of Welding TO physicians class, even in matters
,urcly eADltary We here meet the same difficult les
that we have already discussed under other heads Inc
uAysic IN should have tho prcrOgavc In the State
as in the family and can bo properly SAID TO be
conscientious ply slclaH VINO does not II allowed, nave
general y2ilan tut not mpertinent oversight oi tho
ygleuc arrangements OF The household ot winch nc Is
hoard Of health ~ every county ana in every town, and
this hoard should have no ulan upon Il who has not
| medical scientific or legal education Not u schpHl-
house. jail, not hospital, not sewer should le
! built unless competent sanitary advice, with
power otter to enYTGs 6e G Of %c wi G py.cans soaG
have the oversight, which ore low en'irey
Whst may be done in preventive medicine ia perhaps
now better shown than IN tine exemption Ol our E
| OF New-YoTk fiom cholera ana yellow fever \ wise
| srstc.n OF quarantine, Vigorously earned out by an
Intelligent and incorupthie physician WITH great 'N-
ecutNe ability while II hae hoi restricted lnc lt'tuOHi
Of commerce, has avcrted epdcmlcs from large Opu-
lation. The recent cpdeics Ot yellow icNcr az me
south are sarug appeals to the state ara 10 the mcd
cal profession. Two things must he earnestly seen TO
by . We Till hasten the DAY whe9 me meaicn! pro
fession shall assume it, true relations to tho state
IhCy unity Of action and jealous regard for our
! reputation as profession
TIE ADCLTERATION OF FOOD.
DE-. >o1.IBB's SUGGESTIONS WITH RE,HERNCc TO
IAw TO PREVENT IHH DtDASEMrST oP FOOD
AND MrDIcNE-A STATE BOARD OF HEALTH