Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-05
The Medical Profession.
OF the Register.
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WHEELING, November /.
Your correspondent OK" in the in
terest OF his profession, tells us many
things about what doctors. do in the IN
terest of humanity without reward.
am perfectly aware OF the Tact and
cheerfully admit as true everything
YOUR correspondent says i'll that respect.
know there are many Towards and
Samaritaus members OF the procession,
who visit the poor and needy and min.
lister in every way they possibly can TO
their necessities. While the profession
has its noble, generous and charitable
enrolled among its number, it also has
it's Shvlocks, who will see poor man
die before they will visit him, or render
him any professional service. | will
mention but one case ont OF the many,
leaving names and locality blank There
was poor man who met with the pain.
ful misfortune to break his leg. Two
physicians were sent for, .and
they both came. The man was
suffering the most excruCiating pain,
because OF his badly fractured leg. He
! was threatened with lock jaw while the
two NJ. DIS were standing by his lowl "
couch. They demanded one hundred
dollars in advance, or good personal Sc
curity Of the dying, crippled man, be-
fore they would set the broken limb. OF
| course the poor man hadn't the sum re-
quired, nor could lac give the security,
because he was only day labOrer.
In day or two that poor man died OF
lock jaw, never having had his lee set
| | could give all the names, both OF the
| dead man and the living surgeons, and
can show the old shanty where the poor
man died Tor the want Of surgical treat
| ment.
Both OF these NJ. DIS, | think, are
members OF the Christian Church? Are
| not these two doctors responsible for the
| death Of that man His life could have
been saved if the limb had been set in
| the proper time. 1t was money they
wanted and not the poor mans lie
saved.
There was an eminent physician who
! lived and died many years ago in the
Eastern Panhandle OF this State, who,
| during his long and successful practice,
| covering nearly hall century, never
was known to charge the poor, and
never refused 10 90 when called on by
| that class. lie was one Of the great aud
good OF his profession, and honOred it
with a pure and charitable example and
| Christian life. The profession has many
such phiIanthropists, wEo are light
| and an honor 10 it to day. Society re-
quires more charity OF physicians and
ministers OF the Gospel than OF any
other profession, and il doctors and
ministers are selfish and unkind, they
are not very popular, but are generally
hated by all classes.
Socially speaking, physicians are like
other people, some OF them ale kind
and iull OF sympathy for their patients,
while others are cold and indifferent,
and are not willing to save life and
health without money.
X. discusses with much feeling and
truth, too, the achievements OF one
branch OF his proiession-surgery.
| cheeriully ConCede all he claims for that
| branch Of his profession, Tor | know 1t
| has made greater advances in the prac-
teal acquisition OF scientific knowledge
! than the other branch OF his profession
has done. have no complaints to al
| !ege against this branCh@of the probes
sion, so lar as its development and pro-
gress are related to the matter at issue.
When we take into consideration the
many available means and superior ad-
vantages enjoyed by the doctors Ct our
dav, it is certainly surprising to see how
profoundly ignorant they are in the
treatment OF many diseases with which
they have to deal almost every day.
Old TIMES.