The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-05-05

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caption something Ike Thoughts OF
his leading physician while at the
bedside of tho dying patient" nro all
very unbtccn,;ny TO n physician. To
preserve the dignity aud mora's q
Tho profession is not only the duty,
nut an obligation crj1ined upon CIV.
bry regular practitioner. In writ
ing the article beforo mentioned, ]
simply dill what ] felti it to be my
duty to 10. Al the time I Ind the
highest regard for thcm, both M
gentlemen and physicians. and had
it not been that they put themselves
before the public in such an unprofes
sional manner, ! would no. havo dis
cussod tho matter in secular paper;
however, in this connection l will
state that several OF tho most prom
inent physicians Of tho comfy, as.
sure me tina, they heartily endorse
my course; others whom 1 have
heard from are Of Tho same opinion.
They positively assert that it is our
duty to rise up as one man and put n
stop TO this dangerous ard Disgrace
ful practice that is trying TO forco it.
self ike croaking vulture, upon
ous poblc profession. Wc claim
that 20 long rs VIC preserve the hon.
ios Of gentlemen. aud rs physicians
! shield ourselves from the low aud Sc
ductivo practices now 30 much re-
sorted to ty tho Qaack, wo will not
be driven to The necessity of violating
laws and customs, which have been
90 long and universally respected.
There is 10 royal road TO eminonce
in medicine. The quack may boast
OF his superior skill and attachments,
and thus secure n stronghold upon an
uuwary public; now and then some
, law-breaking members burning for
patronage and popular no.oriety,
bring themselves into notice by their
,adver isements yapid illusions on the
History Of Vaccination, or some 9th
er medical subject; bns the physician
with strong and steady aim must
Carve bis oo..hold il the solid gran.
ito of professional sleeps.
| We will now review their article
which appeared in tho SIGNAL of the
10th with this caption; rs Dr.. a. B.
Pitts elevating the standard Of mod
ioine?' My reply ia this: may
never 90 much. but 1 intend to do all
that 1 can toward furthering Tia
progress and science OF medicine.
But their question ia not pertinent
10 the issue; wo arc discussing q
poia; in medical ethics. The fact il
they have u''erlv failed to ipssiiy
theic course; for tho reason TINT the
law is loo emphatic, and gentleman,
say i, TO your credit. You knew il
ut the timo You violated it. You
should both blush with shame and
regret that you have so effectually
i.poisoned your professional conaci.
cree es TO publicly contend that sncf
conduct is right. You deny that
which stands as n witness against
you. They say: ale accuses us oil
uuprofessional conduct; of lowering
the standard OF The medical profess
sion, simply because after orr pre-
fcssional card in the SIGNAL We Fey
that parties from distance can oh:
tain private apartments in tho Rich.
ardson House at moderate terlna.
He warps our card into meaning
moderate terms for our professional
services." 1t requires the boldest
cifrontry and most damaging
thoughtlessnes, to deny what APP
peared in print Just few days ago.
They cay accused you of uupro;
tessional conduct. SIMPLY because,
etc" 1t will DO remembered that I
pointed ont several instances where
in they had violated the code. ave
say that patients from q distance
can obtain private apartments ct the
Richardson House at moderate
terms" Their audacity in dcnyinG
facts can only be eQualed by their
presumption in trying to imis'cad the
raeders Of this paper. Here is yon'
ca.d verbatim.
Ro,rIsi & ScftOIs,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Bcaurcgard and Wcsson, Mississippi.
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