The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-23
THE REGULATION OF THE PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE.

people, are more directly Interested than amy
other. 1. hes TO do Immediately with tho
health, happiness and lives Of Us all. VS.
place no profession, not even tho uiuistrN
in the front oft Tor none have 50 much 0
charity, so much Of patieneo so much Of
genuine, tender sympathy for the sufforings and
woes of mankind as ms the medical profes-
sion No other profession knows so much
of the wea5nessea, mental and physical, so
much of the helpcsiness of their follow
mortals, or sees so much of the sorrows, the
pains and agoniea, the wants and necessities,
the shadow ind sunlight Of this life. No
other profession is so lily paid. If tine doe
tors only got fees for MI the work they do
they would oil be rolling in wealth, but
sickness is ono Of the accomplishments of
poverty, and tho mooking, relentless If in
temperance and dissolu!enoss. Rich,s give
pc gor and he wealthy can build reioubt3.
r1dana, fortressos and Notifications Ngsintt
disease Rud arm them with heavy orjnt.ce
10 drive OFF the attacks of the insdiou5 foes
of health. But II di4oa'e should storm and
force them all, ecslng the ramparts of CON.
Portable clothing close, warm houses, well
cooked food Of the best qualities, an abund.
ance of fuels and cleanliness, why
the best skill can be commanded to
combat them after tho citadel il
attacked. To appreciate tho mercy and
goodness of the medical profession, we must
know them. At all hours of tho day md
night, whether it be storming or tho sun be-
smiling upon the green earth, they listen to
The calls Of suffering, never stopping TO think
of reward, never needing the death that Turks
for them in tho haunts Of vice, in the ietid
ar Of contagion, in the dire malaria of cpl
domic. OF their own means they give
many, many times when to do so they
must 90 on crust on the morrow, TO tuy
medicines for tho needy, or to provide tho
sustenance for life. At the bedsidos Of the
sick, knowing what disease and Its pangs arc
upon mind and body tnoy do not ask the
victim how it came upon him, but working to
alleviate it, they qre Indeed angels of mercy
When by the bedside Of o suffering patient,
pain wriagos his brow and disease guawing
Mt his vitals, the true physician thinks not of
reward, has no hope Of preiermont. lie takes
no heed OF what his patients politics
msy be, he makes uo inquiry as 10 the ater
at which the sufferer kueela when he u.tgrs
his pyayera % his God. JIG saos neither
beauty or ugliaeas in those ho treats and ega
he does not consider, sayH Ia so Ear as il may
aid him in his diagnosis, aud sox is ouly a.
datum from which to judge. "A tha times
have progressed aad civilization and research
have thrown brighter light upon tho
mysteries Of this world and opened wider inc
door to tho areanum Of nature, SO has the
science of medicine advanced and developed
and progressed The dogma3 of Galen and
Hippoorates arc dead lottors now, and tho
humbuggery OF ancient days, thought thea
to be science, has been exploded While ut
hASV va" NVNbNt was but u uulnuuS Hi'Nu
with super3titons, he was later on a
charlatsn and e Hlountebank, but now
no must ba scientist, if bo
DO Indeed physician. Tho object Of this |
bill is to protect tho science OF medicine, a0d !
its genuine, truo votsrios, aud to crush out |
empyrcl5m and quackory. Tho objects ar9
commendable, aud if this bill can accomplish |
them, it will m ct one of tho dire needs of oo /
country But will it do III We tosr not.
There is one clause that readers nugptoy /.
the whole bill, deprlves it Of its force, in our
opinion. The provision that any applicuu
to tho board of examiners for cernfcp -,
who can show a diploma from any madI 1t
college chartered by any state in ths unj If /
need not be examined, is y loop-hoe throu 10 ,
which emultitudo of Quacki caa creep. Ii
is the easiest thing ia the world for y.y
sort of school or college 10 gotta cua. r,
aDd there is nothing oas,er than to (
diploma, Every man who has gone throu n
college knows how many young men "1ulEh
through how they "cram" for exemina i.c;
knows how easily presidents and prof, sons
in the kindness of their hearts can OWE
look deficiencies and for the sake Of the iosl-.
ings OF relatives ana friends wink NJ short
comings, that diploma may be obtAile
And then there are so many chartered col.
leges of every school of medicine, that arc
that are only estabi.hed to give
diplomas. Another feature shat might be
objected to in this bill, is that which permits
the practitioner of medicine of ten wears
sanding, because he is of ten years st.nd.
ing, to have certificate. We do not pre-
tend to say that man may no. become
thorough and scientific physician
without ever seeing tho inside
of college, for it would be absurd in US to
do so. There have been eminent and pro-
found lawyers, emineNt and able ministers of
the gospel, lesrned aud distinguish Cd chem.
lists, mathematician, llnguists and tea hers,
to say nothing of statesmen, journsss and
merchants, who never had the benefits OF
schools nor the advantages of colleges. And
there have been and are yet collegiate grad,
yates in every ayocation in life who arc
neither able or learned Then e what avail
are these tests, or requisites set forth in this
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