The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-04-13

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merit. This arrangmnet is decided-
~ wrong--for we can not expect
men to sckuo owledge their errors so
readily, or abandon their vocndons
TO make room for something better.
While meo love emiueuce aud the
Almighty dollar, no such acknow-
ledgsments will DO made. except in
q few isolated cases, where human
nature 10 under the Influences Of rea-
con and moral right These being
evident facts the public should no
loure depend upon the ''ipsidirit" OF
any man especially when upon tbe
issue Of his opinion depends the
veal or woe Of their dearest inter.
est.
Living 10 an age sempts from che
primitive races, it 10 impossible TO
trace With sufficient clssruess how.
when and by whom agents Of cure
were 6rst applied. But from the
known laws governing human action,
aud from analogy, it 10 bat fair to
state, that an instructive dread Of
death would always lead men to look
for some means to queuoh tho fiery
fevers Of disesso-to alleviate pain
and prevent death wi letter tbs,
agents were frst taken from the
vegetable animal or mineral king
iops csu hardly be stated. Yet ow.
ing to the state Of knowledgo ut an
early day in human existence, i,
would hardly DO supposed ,'a' Tho
were derived from the late, e. any
lcStsut,rbo raging modhGaiu to.sat
or tue placid pool-the fragrant rosc
or tue poisonous up as-might either
have been the frst agents, but lei,
them have been what they might,
il IL quite probable, that the articles
employed we're both simple aud few.
Animals being governed by higher
instinct than man. and the latter a
creature Of observation. I feel Just.
lied in saying that man in his search
for remedies TO alleviate his pain, or
TO prolong his life, would have been
tempted to use similar agents to
those he saw animals using with
such marked succes,. Thus follow
ing tho example Of u common dog,
he might have nsed the grass on
sLicb he walked in the expectation
of producing emesis, becinse he
knew by observation that the dumb
animal used it for similar purpose
Then by accident. by experiment
aud by observation, mans attention
was fist turned to agents of cure
And it matters little what they were
or by whom applied. A careful
search into the many musty pages o
the irretreeable past, could lead ia
few important, or rather essentia
facts; such labours serve ouly tc
please tho mind by having some.
thing with which to contrast th,
present. From the earliest founda-
ton Of society species Of medica
science has been 10 existence. No
10 there much difference in the gen
eral plan Of Observation-Disclosures b,
nations remote from each other
where the point Of civilization is tn
same. From this circumstance alon
liz is to be inferred that all nations
all men in the lowest state 9f socie
ty, are governed by certain princi
pies. for which they are little res
ponsibls. The same causes operatin,
alike on all races aud ayes where al
, the conditions are the same, iu poin
Of intelligence aud experience. II i
quite likely that in the earlist ages @
medicine, there was no distinct clas
Of men to whom the cure OF diseas
was intrusted. But as tho Prizes
hood rose aud began TO commant
the ooniiienoe OF the mhssos, they
would naturally imp,rt to these mel
their experience aud call on then
for advice in disease, Tue very
character OF Priests, in whatever na
tion or age they haze or may eris
is that OF com manding the oonndeac'
Of the masses, who suppose theu
possessed Of mjrs than q comm pr
share Of knowledge. Likewise /
may be stated thN as tho MUD b.
comes snojeat TO the thrsl l,n oI
this mysterious powsr sxeecipibJ
tho Priesthood 1t 10 prsp'red |,
the Same proportion to bsiisse th4
mos sbsared statomsnts, II md, ia
such mauusr a. mt 10 bs rs,iI'y
!, understood. The superstition OF th