The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-01
Every Mans Man.-An Hard Life
n Poor Pay.-Don't forget
your Doctors Bill

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Recentl, in the Warren Wars have
.~ap5earsi REORGANIZATION relative
70 incidents Of apparent harshnen n
the ca.e Of certai. ''closs-collscti1g
Doctors. & yong Practitioner re
pie. % he sau. paper, as follows, sRs
Ne commend bis remarkstota ~ though
o. al Of Us"
MTDDLIBCRG, Nov. "A
The calling OF 3 Phy,ici.. i, = l.bo-
riou, one, and one involving . gre.t
deal OF e1sesure ard ir~resE!aritr Of
i.ily Waile the &or6 Of other 1cu
ed. ;. tie setting ef the .1u. tee "a
Dor o. the physician j. never doHs.
Whi. others are sleeping comfortably
tEe busy practitioner Is making La
-oney rou1ds or watching a~s1,os,ly q
-he Ued.Id- cfhi. patient, lighting back
&c grim ronster al Lis OWE hazard.
our a-gCz-ioh Knows re.tBer night nOT
attn. When an Individual tecIjs=
-C p-aclc- Esdiclne- ae .1EreEl-rs a.
~llJrrtIss ard psTsolil comfort. atd
privilege. HI. il, a-ncefertl. : lie =.
s7il ard seitdeliAl. Othtrs. may take
.n-l- recreation and erjsy tLeir "sca-
:icn. TIT the pty.ici.1 must ioieg0 a.
: ea-. AID l.Bsr cc 10 the nOLUtolcEs
routine of pro.e,sis1al duty ard p!IV1
ion. He Knows Tot e wat hour hIs
services nay he needed aad Lis patron
and BIS business suffer b. Els absence.
Ouu is, too, al CEthaakfGl 0Hs.
Phy,icisEs, AZ a rae, ere rot appr-cI.-
ted. They are the saly Class Of men
who ere q pcct.d 70 labor for moth
ling and furnish themselves. The world
thiak, and speaks narshly o! th- doc
tor VIE re.ssst to visit asd t-eat tie
uin who i known 20 re rot good T.!
his contracts. WY should Dhgsscthss
work for nothing sav Rofs tEaL ota=l
meni Remember that tn Ie.cC.-
Dillty is upon tn. party -Lo I.s Iaos
~Gin.-lf the reputation Q. .ge-tL..:
ora bankrapt.
All thing, considered. pty,icl:a. at
the mott poorly remHnsrats1 C:-l Ike.
Is ii Eot worth snytnin.t ~ sPs.; yea.
Of study and research isprsp.rIas ole 5
,eif for The duties o. hIs calaag, 80
teen TO take hi. life ia Ll.LasJ .4d :.
forth into danger. and oi.ea iGta tie
very Jaw. 81 death Supry'- .-4
should - . search IF eApI yu-sL
4 gentleman offer, to engage vo4, Lut
sfOrn. you tuat w. are - rise a. III
hour Of midnight and 20 te your work.
$ ne sees proper to call you Up a. Tia,
1~uIeRsoEablc hour: that yoU are -
'abor OF through Ill uci,aeacy-so t tE-
s%e.ther, and that you are u have Lo
regular time for r=fre.hmcnt and ,l.ep.
4 rf-t ,ks~e q ~ - Fr van M = -
sabbath for rest and dcvstion.-W hat
would you charge for such services
Gst these are he conditions under
which the physician labors, and free
qusntly for q mere pittance. How often
. it the case, also, that the phy.icias
goss home and sous the seeds dissase
And death in hi. own beloved iaEiiy cir
clsi When epidemic eontsgion s~ sspi
the country and the black wing o!
the messenger Of death 10 tapping over
the continent, it is considered perfect,
II erder for every one else 70 pack up
and run AWAY, nor stand ca the order
Of his goiag.n but the physleisa is e1
spectsd TO stand steady on both biz
feet. his face square TO the front ana
brave the danger.
oAAs d : ElkI Il Apis AAAA-- Il
ai We 20 from house 20 house admins.
tering 10 the wants. II TIE sick ard
dyiL We console ~eur.s!ve, that We are
waking 10 the footsteps .! the Great
Physician. who went about doing
COED :" ard though We BE poorly re
muserated here, We shall doubtlsss be
an ply repsid in the great hereafter. to
which We are al Fastening, where every
one shall be judged according to hi,
work. whether it DC good or Lad.
Physician, are the N sst charitable 0!
all men. The cry Of the widow aad
the orphan are never heard in vain by
this noble class Of self iscrifiAg men.
But there is ne charity ia dong the
practice Of 4 family gratis. in which
there are, perhaps, one or several able
bodied males ~ able to work as the
doctor himself. The relation OF family
physician is 4 very intimate and dear
one. Although he is familiar with al
the peeuliarities AID secrets. and i,
admitted to all the privacies Of the
household, yet, to the credit Of onr
profession be it said, net one time in q
thousand 10 advantage taken Of liberty.
nor 10 thIs confidence abused.
Nav aone Of US ever act 70 Al 70 bring
reproach upon our illustrious calling.
May wsnever degrade it by undercharg
ing, and nay our ears ever be open t.
the touching appeal Of the fatherle,.
and widow