Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-25

Has not the cvsSah1. which -
BY The original Greek word tnbis
which medicine h der;saIa h.
completely merged in
the guardian Of e.
been made subordinate To the h. Aala
sick! There are pagan people. aefa G
pityingly term 'benighted.f shoa :
physicians 70 keep them veil snRS
their stipend when disease st.Ii ING O.
We, who place ourselves in N. ,.,i u: =
ilizcd races, repulse the proa.,"I1 Of q,
OF the Doctor, and without hi, 81 eouAs
phernalia, his prescription n.n' vas pa
pocket cases say to him: What S.SsaS
uho have neither ache nor aiIin.
with your Hence it is not str.s,s
the physician himself has com.
upon this % the chief functio, Ole
oticc, especially. - II, ONLY. hsd
his daily bread; that nnn
medical men have less interest IN saoe' I
lens Of hcalth-preservation th.sus pa
means by which the dire effects ~ "a u
may be overcome, and profit ana a.as
accrue from working miracles. nsnsn
when doctors meet the ethical ,n. IIa Ia
cord has only to be thrown obs
midst to make them squabble liz .u.o ,a
as to who shall and who shall No, SSo..d'a
nized in the guild of bidder, y = Hes
patronage. When the physician spaSs
tice his vocation in q Commas Pr
his first thought can be given =" sass
ventilated room. the foul drain ,Sm'a
and in~temperate diet, the c~ontsw;.'l,
water; when he can prescribe fresh -.
the pallid check, and nutritious ioss e
dilating pupil, and eIerri,. '''S
the fiabby muscles, and thick sbo.. IL
stockings and proper underwes, q. ~
fragile girl, and sleep and res, for ~ y, u
torn brain, instead Of ringing ch,nNsa
iron and quinine and strychnia. ss q
be considered to have earned H. 1ea :
need not sit mumbling over the ,is,'~ b
ritual Let me feel your pulse l., zoe
your tongue. How are your bovsh.sN
then grayely mnse while he evolves u:
less placebo, which shall go 10 enrich
apotbecary, or puts into the s,om,cS
drug with a vague idea OF its dom, s
thing. then may We expect meiic,i,SN ne
to exslt Hygiene to its propir emin.,S
stead Of giving IL Q quasi. rcco,ni,icS
tail piece to the chair Of Physiolo,r - !
will State Medicine not be comss "a
to-day, to beg for favor in Medical I,s :
tons, but its standard will o.
all others; then will .r;.sf
science and medical science. the uni,.s
and the physician, be considered a, iS.asI
cal; but this will not be until health S.I
ers are placed in every child's h,ns. J
soon a Ii can read, and the mss,e, a. !,
people are educated to understand -
Hygiene Is not the handmade bu, NJ. -
tress, whose gentle mandates must b. al.
ed unquestioninsly.
Is this . harsh law. Thou ,h,l, !
clean?" Is IL an arduous duty FOR ~ -.
emit to instruct the child that The noh,
of health is that TO which il should ,,s.
that only the cultured body can n
residence OF the sound mind tina, ,ha,s
the garb be humble and the station oSS,,s
the manhood Of the man ~
the womanhood Of the woman "a
be manifest In the bright ,y, \.
blood.mantled cheek, the robust form al
the vigorous life shown In every man,
ment: Every woman may no, h,,
symmetrical outlines Of fscr and fsa, Ir
she need be marred by no sickly Ss.
emaciated frame nor falteriug gait n,
heart should send q current u hs,,Sis
blood to animate a form tina, know, no \,
ing. The center OF q bright and ~joyoa, !,
istcnce, she should be- tit help-aSI
companion, friend and lover. equally nm
cipating and ~reciprocating all the ion 4
sense and understanding Of one, who hi
herself without blemish. stands pnst,
peer OF all his fellows, n natures noss
man-