Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-20


He formulated as follows: The triumphs
and demands OF modern physic. Uu.
der the first head he gave q running &C.
count OF the many medical achieve.
ments OF the past half century, principal.
ly broughtabout by modern and impruv-
ed instruments. The demand, he said,
was enlightened study and education.
The Future of the Medical Society of the
Sate Of West Virginia-Response by DR..
James NJ. Lszzell.
DR.. Lazzell was the first speaker to
trench upon the humorous, and he did
it to good effect. He would not endan-
ger the digestion OF the party by long
speech, and did not, but what he said
was to the point. He briefly recounted
the past history of the Society, and
pointed out how it might increase It's use
fulness and achieve distinction in the
future. Its gastronomic future was as
sured by one glance at the magnificent
ruin before It
Our Guests-Response by Dr.. R. 8.
Harvey.
DR.. Harvey also invaded the domain
OF the humorous with good effect, first,
however, welcoming the guests in feeling
language. He thought these annual
gatherings OF the brotherhood occurred
too seldom. but now that they were
here, safe from midnight calls, let enjoy.
ment be the watchword OF the hour.
His address was greeted with mnch ap.
plause.
Res M.dicd F2oredt-Response by DR..
| w. d. Bates. Sr. But as he was absent,
"Let Medicine Flourish" was taken in
silence.
Stote Medicme-Response by Dr. James
F.. Reeves.
Mr.. CHAIRNAN:-It is true q man
may possess thoughts, sentiments, opin.
ions and attachments, but in order 10
recommend sentiments and opinions
with success, it is indispensable that
one shall be able TO command those easy
and natural graces, those soft, insinuat.
ing arts, OF tone, OF gesture, of express
sion, which must either be the gratuit.
GUS endowments OF nature or the result
OF long course OF assiduous application
and practice.
A speaker is laboring under immense
disadvantages who has to encounter on
the one hand all the negative influences
which result from the want OF free and
frequent intercourse with the world !;
from the want OF an intimate acquaint-
ance with the current terms and popu.
lar phrases-those silken approaches
and passages to the heart by which the
convictions OF mankind are created
or confirmed, while. on the other hand,
he must encounter all the positive in.
fiuences which result from silent,
secluded life. Besides all this, you will
admit that our profoundest feelings are
always the most difficult to communi-
cate; yet, am called upon to answer
toast which cOmprehends a subject as
broad as all humanity and as high as
the heavens above us; one that has
engaged my best energies a real
heart. work - nothing less, indeed,
than human life and how to
preserve it so that it may be happy and
prosperous, and along with it also
"NenS sand IN corpore sa,o."
| The present age, among its other
characteristics, is distinguished for It's
homage to the goddess Hygeia. In the
| mythology Of the ancients, Health was
personified by favorite abodes, spots
most remarkable for sylvan beauty-the
mountain side with its shady grove, or
the fluctuations of hill and vale,
with the clear meandering stream,
| while over the whole expanse blew the
| light western and southern breeZes. She
received no sacrifices OF blood or oriental
perfumes. Her altar was strewd with
flowers; her festivals were kept with the
music OF the shepherds pipe and the
dance OF rustic maidens. Temples were
erected to her in the cities, but she was
most appropriately invoked in the
sports OF the gymnasium and palestra
Here the youth were trained
to endurance OF fatigue, and acquired
that strength of body and contempt OF
danger which made them the terror Of
| their enemies. As at once the relaxa.
| ton from the severer exercises, and a
means OF renovating their vigOr, they
had frequent recourse to bathing. At
| Rome, the combatants in racing and
wrestling, pitching the quot and throw.
| ing the javelin, while yet warm and
painting, would plunge into the Tiber.
| -"Hence the limbs
| Knit into force; and the same Roman arm
| That rose victorious DER the conquered earth
| First learned, while tender, TO subdue the
wave"
Hygeia is ever the companion of true
| liberty, not less than Of orderly habits
and pure morals. The periods of the
greatest degradation OF the human
species from misrule and vice, have
been also those of the most destructive
pestilence; and hence it has been truth
fully asserted that general health is in
consistent with extreme servitude.
The fourteenth century, in which the
night of ignorance and barbarsm was
darkest in Europe, was also the age
| of the most numerous and almcst uni
versal plaques With freedom and equal
rights are associated diligence and sue.
cess in the culture OF the soil, and con.
sequently greater purity OF the air;
dwellings are erected with view not
merely to temporary convenience and
shelter, but permanent comfort and &C.
curity; food is abundant and nutritious,
and the freeman is not afraid OF tempt.
ing the rapacityb tyrannical superiors
by a display OF a .tire, either called for by
his wants, or dictated by his taste.
Greece, with the loss OF her liberty
and the ruin OF her cities, has an altered
climate; and the country surrounding
Rome, which could in ancient times,
boast OF its hundred cities, is now ut
most a waste, tenantsd by a scattered
peasantry who wear on their countenan-
ces the hue OF disease and the imprint Of
slavery. Contrasted with this picture
10 the reverse change brought about
by the free and frugal Hollsnders, who
converted dreary, malarial swamps toto
green and fertile fields. and built numer-
Gus and fonrishing cities on spots where
the foot OF man could not once have
trodden with safety.
In every code Of laws framed with an
eye to the gener, good, there have been
| lcorporated 10 il precepts for the pres
eryation OF health and prevention OF
disease. In legislation like Cur own
which fluctuates with the wants and
wishes OF the people, 1t Is very
evident that knowledge Of
rational precepts for the preservation