The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-12
A Little Latin.


tors to stop writing thcir prescriptions in
LUtin and use United States languagc.
So many inOllunsivc sick people have
been killed by druggist putting up
iOhCNU and other dangerous drugs in
place OF some mild and gentle purGativc,
which the system requires ut this time of
year, on the Latin prescription of aphys-
iciam, that society ut the East threaten
to take the law into their own hands and
l'ntn stop TO it. As II Usual thing the
physician who GradlatCs with high hon
or; at some high toned morguo, does not
know my moro about the common Eng
li-h branches than is good for him, and
Ills hNIml- writing is the mrrcst goose
tracks, q sort of dcliriuln trcmenH on pa
per. Sow, when you come to put such
writing ilS that into Latin, to be read by
sleepy prescription clerk who has been
routed out of bed ut midnight i'll his
Hhiri rl;"N"s, ih"rr can only hC one result.
Thr patient will be worse tho next day.
\ :>!"rpv drug clerk is only human, and
Whrn h" Strikes one OF ;hOSV Ingredients in
"a" prescription wiirr" il tells him to put
'rp t'r"c gaW-t", ia G: rWi"jhhyNUjH, and
the word looks more BIKE prmuyrcyal
th"n ii d""h hk" pHr|0phyU"m, and
more llk" Vpprrnirt than like either
deal to luck and put in that which is the
least iulUl'iouS. No drug clerk cares to
l~," ~ good position 10y not being able to
read II stroke of lightning, and the result
Is h" pats up something, and then
charGC# cHullEi more 10 make up for
what H." doesn't know. There are forty
nine millions of people in this country,
whose lives to Il greater or less extent
rest on prescription clerks, and the east
crm society who have ilumg thrir banner
to The breeze anu sounded the death of
the dead languages will be Crnhalm~d in
the hearts OF II grateful postrrity. Thry
are doing Il noble work. Dead lumHuagcS
ar" all well enough for dead people, but
they arc Cmin"ntly ont of place III this
age OF animated things. OF course the
hopping of of the CNrrrScCuCr will bring
doctors down to Il level with OrdinarS
m0rtalS, and they will have to take their
chances. 1t may be claimed by the doc
tors that they will hr unable to command
tine respect and confluence of the com
munltN, If their remedies and thingS arc
not locked mp in Latin. We will sup
| pose that man has eaten hearty meal
Of arsenic, and he begins TO feel IL distress
at the stomach. \ doctor is sent for and
h" comes aud rrrScrihcS. 4 few min
utrS later another doctor comes (whcn q
maui has been poisoned every doctor
within ten miles is sent for). The last
doctor asks tll> first one What I've has
given the man, aud the first doctor am
SwcrS that h" ll:ri prescribed "hWhNt,i
%'&I"i-"rjd" Err"W." Thr second
studies n moment, with his finger to his
forehead, aud Says he approves of the
remedy, and tlir friends of the patients
feel that il" would be fool if he didn't,
rs the name is nearly two inches long
Wei, the hWSI"f'd %r%I"i-0rj'i~ 0f .fy'-
| I9lJu Is n"thnG but iron rust, such as can
be Srrap,h of of old nails. bat if tine doe
tor h,,U told his Brother professional that
he WAS giving th" patient irun rust, and
the other phySiriaM had approved of il ,
! tn" probability is that the patient 5
| friends WoHll have bounced huth dortul1,
and %"nt for ON" tluti knew something.
| Doctors have everything 20 contend
| u%Himst, not only tn" Ignorance OF their
! patients and the patients friends, but
! their own as we'll. II is estimated thai
| two-thir,IS "r Il cull"g;" course is devoted
| 10 learning the Latin names and uprIvimg
! "trm, ;,Iid the other third tn the study Of
! hnw t" cure people. The percentage is;
! t"n great, bat II physician muSt umdrr-
! Stand Ill the technical terms, rs he is liza
| il' tu h" called Us II Witness in Il court
| $umrt;u" H,il il ne should use any term
! That tG" jUry could understand there
| is II" tcitInH what the consequences
| might hr.---| rh'& .Nit"tH"E,C NUu.