The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-06-09
MEDICAL SCIENCE.


ing, and every fact established by
the Investigations Of natures laws is
a stimulus to new discoveries.
SO the true student never grows
weary or discouraged by reason of
the wide range of studies before
him. On tho contrary, every firm
step he takes gives increased strength
for the next, aud fires tho soul with
love for the unfolding charms Of
scientific truths. This il especially
true of the natural sciences. For m.
ture is the daughter OF God, and our
lawful mother. II is not strange.
then. that her offspring should love
her, trust her, interrogdte her in re-
gard to oil the phenomena addressed
TO the senses. But as lifetime is
too short for perfecting ones self in
every department Of learning, a Sc
lection must be made.
Specialties seem to be the order OF
the day; aud il enriched by largo nc
quisitions of collateral knowledge,
they serve to extend discoveries, per
feet what is still incomplete, aud
distinguish the devotee of n favorite
r theme or pursuit. But tho danger
is, that men in their adherence to
, specially, will neglect even kindred
subjects, which alone give length
breadth, and finish to every invests
I CATION.
A man Of one idea, is little man,
!, ,or little part of a man, stinted, big
, oted, and n laughing stock among
l.. men of generous culture Too
s many are content to tread ndrro,c.
bedten path, unmindful of the laurels
= that may be won +; or the good they
. may bequeath to posterity. This
D.. truth is no whero more clearly seen
than among medical men. Too lit
O tic attention is given to laying tho
foundation for eminence in the mod
A ical profession. Medical students
n generally are guilty Of u great neg
g loct of some Of the Immediate
s branches of therapeutics, aud woful
o. ly ignorant Of general literature and
science.
r. 1t may be said that one has not
got the time or means for securing
D u liberal education; and when pro.
fession is chosen, studies must be
0 pursued with direct reference to
that profession. Hence few facts
, of medicine are hurried together
and n run is made into the practice
| of physic. Now this ia all wrong
nor does the sin lie at the door oI
, the student so much IA at the doors
| of the educators. Tho student is
: totally ignorant of what he ought to
I know, aud Of what branches o
learning he ought to pursue. II is
the business Of tho preceptor to leat
him in the way he oug ht to go. II,
. should urge the necessity of laying
u a good foundation. The excuse o
want of time or means, is not valid
IL The means of liberal education
u even, are within the reach of every
young man who has force and ire il
y him He has only to extend th,
time u little, to work his own wa,
u up.
The first two or three years in th,
" profession arc of no account, com.
pared with the value of that tim'
devoted to generous culture. Fo
= he who starts quack, will never b,
j. more than q quack. swell begun,ii
D. half done !" and he who starts in hi
profession with q well disciplined
= mind, and an ample stock of knowl
= edge, is already far advanced on the
road to eminence. The most ignor.
10 ant are always the most jealous t
find the shortest cut to the posses
= sion of diploma. And he who
thinks that the sun,D,un, boRit,,a, il
a past all hope, and must go forth t.
stultify himself, and impose on th'
ignorant and superstitious. Blu
there are many honest young mon
- who are anxious to be thorough,
furnished for their work, who mistak,
the most successful means OF secur
!, ing the end. "There is no royal roat
. to geometry said the father OF tha
!. science nor can medicine be reach
I cd by steam or rail.
lr It is not, indeed, the shortest wa,
to gain a knowledge of medicine. I,
1 restrict investigation to Therapeutics
{. alone. Three years study OF thes
|. branches cannot compe nsate for
want OF knowledge OF orthografh,
N or for A ,1l,Ir6yeyo,Is nse of one'a mo