The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-04-20

tioss the healing art fell into the
hands Of q distiuct class Of men
who. having no other visible occupa.
tions exerted themselves TO envelope
10 mystery the simple practice Of the
Priesthood, 40 as to derive emolu
ment from their profession.
Human nature in it's ordinary state
10 selfish. aud II very much 80, hue
man woe aud misery are forgotten in
the race for fame aud competence.
The transition OF medical science
from the hands Of the Priesthood to
regular Physicians WAS not, however.
abrupt, or sudden. IL passed from
their hands luto those VI tho Astrol-
ogers, presenting Q beautiful medly
OF science, and necromsnoy. Even
at the present day. Priests and
Astrolugers. contend With scie.,i,ic
mon for tbs lsurels OF tho tMiL .
AT. To the enlightened peopln {.
th" l9ty century it sounds u lie
like fable tn relate The supersti. crs
and absnrdities of the sucients ; but
it 10 yet more startling to announce
that there ore u million traces OF
these eruditics still lingering like
evil spirits over the learned theories
OF modern times. Though We de-
nouuce the influence Of tue stars up
on the laws Of Physiological action,
aud believe not in the fate OF con-
stellations glimmering in the heav-
ems at certain times-yet in this last
half VI the 18th century no Pbysi-
clan writes prescription, without at
the sametime atnIing to it q sign or
igioually invented by the Astrolo.
gers to represent a certain cJnstella
ton OF stars. Tue Astrological Ply.
sicians administered certain msdi-
cioss ut stated Seasons Il the year {;
supposing them capable Of removing
from the system certain abnormal
influences Of particular con relations
aud 10 this day, we see people being
bled in the spring aud fall to remove
certain conditions Of the system in
ducsd by the approach Of those sea.
sous The articles entering into the
Astrological Materis Medica, we're
gathered uuder particular signs and
at certain -tages Of the moons phas
es-snd strange to tell. Furner and
Culpepper advise the same thing as
late as tho 18th century. The au
clients recommended coral to bs woru
srOund the necks OF infants as a pre-
veutative Of sore eyes, fits &C., &c.
And we oan seldom see child At
this day, whose neck is not eutangl
cd 10 string Of coral.
But Medical science 10 the carly
ages progressed slo Wy 4; the views
Of one age being transmitted to aus
other without having called in
question their correctness. Super
stitiou was soon assisted by cred
ulity, aud through the exertions of
selfish or ambitions bigots u thons-
aud errors we're paltnaed upon the
world for the eradication Of which
ages were REQUESTS. II We look
carefully into the past aud present
state Of society, We shall have little
trouble to discover that certain costs
have ever prevailed. The world was
never purely Observation-Disclosures
classes have always existed, aud al-
ways must, until men SHALL know
uo law, but the law VI love.
Kings, Priests, Lawyers, Doctors
aud Soldiers, all exist now AZ they
have ever doue, because tb. mass
have forgotten or neglsctsd ths In
mutabls laws oil nature. II a.l 'ner
were patriots. No Kluss cvG.d p,llu .
human nature by tramplIpg ir the
dust the very rights Of man. II all
tnen were guided by the ever blessed
spirit of loved wh.ch emauates from
tue God head. aud wLicn rules bIgh
above all moral lava. W. sn ,ull need
no priests. II all 'ueo we're willing
to render unt, their usiyhbors that
which their ueig ghbors Of right
should have. We should need no law
yers IL all men wonld live accord.
ing To the laws which an sll-wise
God instituted when hs brsa'hsd
into organic matter the spirit OF i'm.
mortality Surely We should waot
no physicians. and laatly. " Kiugs,
Priests. Lawyers. aud DOCTORS did
not exist ~ necessity, aud the mssses
Of The hnuan race were properly
i'obaei with the principals OF ab.
siri.ct justice, the bio ,d stained ban.