The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-22
North Carolina Doctors Dis
course on Doctors.
OmHH1ti0R ri erfrnctS from Dr. Il
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ar! iDA AefIf1T Of Inc Nltai power. has Deer
tul ages regarded by some et the be-l
III 'nds our profession ht> ever produced
as al crritH,on of thp-e no Ser~ requr
Ing depressing medicines. 1t was re-
ga ded as an entity, a pols nous inva-
SION 0t the human system "eaairiny
hercGlean means TO eradicate it, and
efforts t. cxpei it f.om the system With
IN" powerful drugs invariably recon-
men led he more mo Tern view which
i uoN held almost universally by The
best minds of profes son, Is that it ha-
not 4 positive, but "a negative; not new
exc = OF action, but Il deficiency not "A
nan t,station Of lite, but partial death ,
ani hence the tonic treatment Of disease
has been adopted almost universally in
eve y hospital OF any note in the world
! Ii .cdtOmbs OF victims were piled ul)
! before this reformation In the profe,-
sIoA, ID many valuable lives sacrificed
that the world could lily afford to lose
NJ professional man now before ne can
reau an account Of the medical treat
nent oil Lord Byron at MiSsalonehi.
and General Washington at Mt Vernon
without teellngia blushing of shame for
the professional brethren who off :ateu
on tn, Sc occasions Fletcher, the SER
want OF I5y.ron, in dcsctiOing he clrcum
stance attending his lordship's dearh
says, that his luraship on taxing his
tally rIte got wes and comp plauti of d
bad cold AMI little fever at L. ht. The
next day he complained OF pam II hle
bones and headache On the third la
was alarmed and went to Dr. Brlno
aud DR.. Mli!ingen, the two medical at
tendant,, and inquired lninutely iuto
ny master, prosen; illness b"th lie
pncd there WAS 20 danger aud ali wuui,
be wei! III a few days. On he next j t}
found my master is such con litio.,
hat | supplica,ed him to >end To ZaDtc
ror d.. Thomas. This he at first de
tiined to 10 and repeatedly said he was
Su. c the doctors ,,ld .ot understand lis
disease. They tell me, said his lorlsh!p,
nat it is Only cJd @ilich you klo7 y
have al a thousand times With res
pe,t to the medicines gwen 10Y master,
could not persuade myself that those OF
strong purgltlve nature were the best
iapted TO his com plaint, conc, I'D ng
that as he had taken nothing in;o his
stomach the only effect would be to cl cate
pain, indeed tins must have been The
c,>.- with Il person III perfect health
Til. y noic nJIrlohnIehJ taken loi ell ii
days consisted sln4ll quantity oi br0ti
~ iwJ or three different uues and two
spoouSlui OF arrow root thc day betpre
hi> death. The first time | hesri 0:
their iutention Of Bleeding hin wa 81
Ihc I1.h. the day !ctorc his tea,n
When 1t was propose uy -. Bruno.
which WIS at Hr>t objected 10 y n,
master, who asked DR.. Miliugen il there
was any great necessity Of blood lc;t.ng
rhe latter replied, it might be of scr
vice but nj ght be deferred until Il enexr
day: and accordingly, my master Va
oled Ia the arm and pound OF blood
taken. My master continued to gel
,orSe but d Bruno said he though
citing booi r1u'u would save his lite
! u-t - tiu4e IL telling my master how
Important it was to comply with he
doctors wishes. To this he replied b
saying he teale ed they knew nothing
about his disorder and then stretching
out his arm said 'here take my arm
and DO whatever you like with it. Hi
lurdship continued to grow weaker, and
on that day, the 18th, was bled twice in
the morning aud agGin at two o clock in
the afternoon; the bleeding Oh both
times was followed by faiuting fits and
ne would have fallen down at both
times he'd | Let caught him in my arms
Ga the 18th. his lord,hip addressed me
Frequently and seemed very much dis
satisfied with his medical treatment. |
hen SAID do allow me to send for Dr.
Thomas, to which he answered do SO
but be quick. | am sorry | did not let
you do 50 at first first for am sure they
have mistaken my disease. On return
Ing TO my masters room, he SAID, have
YOU sent? Il have, my Lord, was my
an ,wer, to which he said you have done
we'll for | would ike to know what is
the matter with me- could perceive
he was getting weaker every hour.
Fletcher goes on 10 describe the mar
ticuIate words he sirived to speak and |
inally his collapse and death. Tie only /
food allowed ii nine days, after four
beedings I'D djiqain1 0n,mt was the
two spoonsful of broth before mention
ed
Now, gentlemen, if DR.. Bruno ana /
Dr.. Meilingen had snot a four pound .
shot through his lordship 5 breast, they .
could not. in my opinion, have more
effectually killed him than they did by
those slow but sure processes.
General Washington fell INTO the
lanGs OF Ru,n aII his disciple, who did
not wait for his vital powers to be cx-
hausted btore bleeding; but comnenc-
ID 10 exhaust the vital powers by IN
commencing that operation;
Rush's tel and ten, as Cobbett called
.alomc and iaiap, were repeatedly
yiyen, and iuur Or five copious blood
ettiugs made. Byron was young and
n;d the vitality of a mud turtle. de
stood his men nine days. Washington
was old and weak aud succumbe 10
h,ee days, and Ior what do you thlhk
III this was for Why, ior an ordinarily
,ore throat, that any old woman IN the
country ought to have cured with spirits ,
If turpentne and a haunel rag IN one
lay. .
One dlaDtage the anclents had over
modern medicine was the proper appre !
.jati, D of the physician and Just c'm .
for his services. 1t Is a rt- l
orded fact that Ptolemy Philadelphus {
rave Cleombrctus, a professor at Alex
ndria. one thousand talents, about