Daily globe., 1881-02-08
THE MEDICAL Row.
The Opposite Side of Nr. Dnn,s'e Medical
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| To the Editor of the Globe.
Your correspondent Dunn-which should
be spelled "done"-starts out with so much
'eblood and thunder" evidently means to hit
somebody and do him, or them, ''great bodily
harm" His ''hyper-rellgiou lightning will
tcarcely affect an electerometer, much less any
srllo conductor of such nonsense. His idea
seems to be, that the dear people, who have
not even asked the legislature of this State for
any such, or any medical law at all to protect
themselves from the ravages of "huran yul.
tures,' nor "have any religious sects" asked
him to explode by his own spontaneous com.
bustion-greased rags and oily waste Will
sometimes "con. .bust'-but If there Is any
thing about sheepskin NJ. D. that is liable
to this accident the dear people should consult
respectable distances from such sources OF
danger. Is there any danger, Mr.. Editor, OF
self-combustion in muskrat caps, worn by such
law and appropriate O sufficient amount for
the purchase of silk stovepipe hats to save the
people from such SaUcierS as this NJ. .: over
done. That learned gentleman should also
have an appropriation to purchase library,
and pay a cheap boy to read it for him. He
might then lsarn-if he has any
sumed profession. 1t should be stated
in the bill, that the boy should expIain all
points In the history, which Mr.. Overdone, NJ
D.. does not understand, or else he be dismiss
ed and pay stopped, and one Of our ordinary
darkies put In his place-or psrhaps wheel.
harorw laborar would do.
The reader will commence first by reading
the statement Of celebrated French surgeon
and occulist, who said he had spoiled hat
full OF eyes before he learned to operate. he
would o1sa fr1po Pref IOfI, EOrhc Of Fri.
inburgh, Scotland, who says the regular science
OF medicine has come TO this, that 1t must
mend or end. He should also read that Boer-
habe said in his writings: "If we compare
that which half dozen true disciples of Aes-
culapius have done since their art began, with
the evils which the immense number OF doc
tors have inflicted upon mankind, we must be
satisfied that 1t would have been infinitely bet
ter for mankind If medical men had never ex,
isted." Real also from Prof PereirG and sir
Gilbert Blame, who say: Sand sometimes,
when the practitioner fancies that he hes made
great cure, we may fairly assume the patient
to have had happy escape" Read also in this
first lesson what Prof. Abercrombi bic, of Edin.
burgh, says: But with the accumulated ex-
perence of ages bearing upon this subject,
our extended observation has only served to
convince US how deficient we are, and how
often even in the first step in our progress we
are left to conjecture"
AgNiu Prof. Chapman Of the University Of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia says, when
speaking Of mercurials and calomel, he says:
Gentlemen of the class. If you could see What
Ialnoet daily see in my private practice in
this city, the very last stages Of wretched ex-
istence emaciated to a skeleton, with both
tables of the skull almost completely perfora.
ted, nose half gone, with rotten jaws, ulcer
ated throat ,pestiferous breath, limbs racked
with the pains of the inquisition, minds as inbe.
cile as the pulling babe, grevioIs burden to
themselves and disgusting spectacle to 9th
ers. you would exclaim as have done, "Oh,
the lamentable want OF science in our profes.
sion."
How do such confessions as the above from
the shining lights of teachers Of medical
science, both III Europe and America, and
which are historical all over the world ereept
in Shokopcc, compare with NJ. D. Overdone"
statement of "Hellish farmer Quack" in
surgery? Could not our legislature pass a
law to punish these teachers, memory and OBJ
literate it, else their stout confessions will
mitigate the punishment Of that poor igno-
rant devil near Shakopee, who spoilt the
working qualities of NJ. DIS damsel. Another
bill should be passed to encourage and COM
pei everybody TO have common sense In the
natural way the same as Shak0pec cot his,
and it should be put on record. This bill
should supercede the forestry bill because it is
more Intellectual and taller than any tree in
swamp Let us hear from you again Mr..
Overdone NJ D., and we will give you another
lesson free Of charge, NJ. d.