West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-09-22
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"Mcdciai Education I'm West
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HOW The poor dear darliDgs of tie
"Swiz rl"nd Of Americs' are Protected
ffom ''pira,in" pretenders, and provided
with pill peJdlers of p rf,ct parts, under
J the rafting ref,Tm insngura,cd by the
reign OF Rex Reeves---the Ridiculous The
proud motto "Montapi Semper LiberiD--
whose latest Interpretation Is, Mountain.
GERS are always free" except they he sick,
In which Case they are no; free Co choose
their own doctors, but are compelled by
law to selec; one from the STAFF of Reeves
the Ridiculous II Il
| tFiom Columbus Sunday Capital
CosHcoToN, o., August 25, 1889.
Editor Capitsl:
DEAR SIR:-In view Of the recent acrid
animal versions of one Reeves, OF West
Virginia, with regard to the status of
medical education IN Ohio, and his highly
untruhful and sarcastic criticism of the
methods which here obtsln-snd mas
much Is the doctor (2) though supremely
obliyous TO the beam which usurps and
darkens his own visual orbs, quickly dis
Germs, and ruthlcssly drags forth, the mi
croscopical mote iDfestiDg those Of his
broiher--it would not seem wholly amiss
tor some friendly hand to reach forth and
give the aforementioned '!scantling" a
gentle and fraternal wrench, merely to
ren,lad him of lis existence and acquaint
him with its legality.
With your kind permission, III to the
task, and proceed 10 detail few cases in
point.
brother phyeician, On undergraduate
OF Baltimore medical college, upon an
inquiry made as To- his health. 10y your cor
respondent, replied, IL am only tolerably
we'll" and here placing his hand upon his
breast, said;
These internal Fallopian tubes in here
are giving me great deal of trouble late
ly!" Nor was tins lapsus linguae, as
some might infer, but was said in all sim
certify and earnestness--the br, ther was
only little confused as to his Sex, per
haps he was androgynous, who knows?
end yet he practiced medicine under the
diploma of the s. b. H. of West Virginia,
| |. G. the aforesaid Reeves.
A second physician, also an undergradu-
ate of Baltimore medical coll, &c and
properly armed and equipped with Reeves
certificate that he is qualified, consulted
the writer as 10 a patient suffering from
ascites and general dropsy-during the
consultation he constantly referred to the
Oh
the next day, as ''the gougr," and inform
ed me that he had been rs'ng the Il.
Gelsemnum in iii Csc with excellent
results, ss an emmensgogu =! His patient
was an elderly gentleman of three score
and ten, and naturally enough died upon
the return of his physician, but sive post
hoe, and sive prosper hoe even unto this
day no nan knowethl This higher "stanA
ard" was not disturbed by any bastard
! and damning doubts as to his own gender,
but was little muddlod as to that of his
patient.
4 third frster whose CUM "kind moth
err" it seems, had failed to include in Der
curriculum, the three Rs-ihose homeiy,
plebeian and inelcgant, but sometimes uee-
| full accomplishments of 'rcadin,' riteni
and ritbmetic," without which one .nnot
even teach school, nor indeed follow any
occupation veIy successfully, save and ex-
cept, always thai of "doctorin" in West
| Virginia, under the auspices Of Reeves
'patent proprietary process fog the prompt
paralysis of all pine-climbing pill pcddlers,
who are perverted by progressive pro-
to append his crossma-k thereto, and
forthwith receive the Insignia of prop
erly qualified pbysicisD
A fourth disciple of Cagliostro 81 Reeves,
ordering little bill of medicines from his
county town, spelled blue mass BLOOM
ass!' What a blooming ass he was, TO be
sure, but he ia now practicing medicine
on the higher plane" instituted by the
Reeves regime and presumably, Iarrup-
ing the Icy livers and impOrtunlng the in
corrig bic intestines of his patrons with
broad and borEtiful boluses of his favor
lie ''bloom assp
and ceries 'just as much doctors in West
Virgins, at least" as RCevcs, for has not
he himself said ii2 And all tbi', in one
little county of State, which filings to The
bret re the prou3 motto of "Montani sem
per liberi," and claims for its citizens, this
carping critic and clamtrous champion,
for higher standard and more compre
hensiye cultus in the matter Of medical
education-tbis lily-livered Lillputian. in
both manhood and medicine, who gives
birth 20 a base brood of BrObdignagian
lies, and falsely attributes, the resulting
strsiu upon the perineum Of his inner con.
seriousness, and The "Cutre pains," pro
duced thereby 10 on intense ardor for the
elevation of the medical professionl
His Conf of the State Board Of
Health should at once and without further
ado. ummarily ejecp MIN for a manifest
and inexcusablc ignorance ofithc obstetric
art. Respectfully
A. NJ ID.