Bismarck tribune., 1879-10-10

was AdIuly thought VI. NOW, .uOWGVeTzd q
t-medical student going to Europe would
not think of returning without making
obserTa ations in Germany But not SO
many medical students consider it neces-
ssry to pursue their studies into the old
country as used to-
WHY'S lthat2 Have they better facili-
ties at home than they used to have?n
Yes. I would not think it was ne
|7cessary for medical student to 60 to
Europe. to- finish his education, even if be
We're preparing himself as specialist
in fact. 1 don't believe that hardly any of
them would goFif it were not for the fact
that ocean navi cation is now so easy.
The first time that 1 went 1t took us
thirty five days to cross the ocean, Now
you step onIa, steamer and in eight days
you are landed on the other side" y
+ 'But great many American students
DO e to Europe q Dc they not, to complete
Certainly, and principally for the rea-
sonthat / have stated that they can 90
it With so.little trouble. But 'acstudent
can learn as much here as in Europe.
Take an oculist, for example. After
studying the whole field over IN this
country he may have desire to visit sim
iliar fields in foreign countries. He goes
-aad when he retvrns he feels satisfied;
but after all he has learned nothing hut
what he hal learned sor, at least, might,
have learned at home..~s - - = : =
''Why do you give the Germans m ! 50 Q
much credit?'' 81 ,FS w III In
- "Because they have made such great in
vestigations in chemistry, physiology and
pathology. No other people on earth as
at present constituted would have done
it.. The German mind is peculiar. An
enthusiastic German igvestigator is con-
tent to spend his whole life in determin-
ing, example, the precise dimensions,
anatomy, and physiology, Of the root, or
5bulbsof q human hair.g 1T costs them
but little to live, and the more eminent
are supported, partially at
least .,oy ,the. government These men
spend their lives in the great laborato-
ries Of Germany, and the amount of knowl-
edge they have contributed tc the human
race, is almost incalculable.'' 8 E
4 "Do these investigators practice medi-Es
clne?" ~ n Il
Oh, no! AS I have said they spend
their lives either in garrets or government
supported laboratories. / 1@t&sA
''How are the Germans as practitlon-
49,. ..'Is, it we'll known that as practitioners
they. have not become so distinguished.
The Germans are e-eminently theorists,
and it is not surprising that they are 80.
The result is that when a German physi-
clan OF surgeon comes to treat a particu-
lar ease he is apt to follow the teachings
of his master to the letter. This will not
do, for there can hardly be found two
cases which require precisely the same
treatment. For this reason the Ameri-
can, who is naturally ingenious, when he
comes to case will set to thinking on
his own hook, and will devise some way
to get successfully through with it.
Take, for instance, the case of man
who has a leg that requires to be ampu-
:tated. The books tell exactly how to do
it.. But suppose the man has in addition
some serious constitutional disease. Then
the circumstances are altered entirely,
aud what he can get from the books may
not help him out ofit. So,. you see the
surgeon must always rely mainly upon
his own knowledge and skill"