The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-24
MEDICAL MELANGE.
Tho Annual Address OF President
Brown 10 tho xedloncn
Tho Progress Of tho Healing Art Care
fully Traced
From Tho Twilight Of Civilization 10
MONDAY Spiendor.
The Contributions II has Levied upon
Natures Kingdom.
Tho Physiclan-Ilis Trials and His
Triumphs.
The Bright Future OF the "Glft from
God"
The Contributions IL has Levied upo
Natures Kingdom.
The Physiclan-Ilis Trials and II
Triumphs.
The Bright Future OF the "Glft from
GOd.O
Business Transacted In tho ConyeniIos.


Billion. April a. [specinll Las
nights train brought large accession. "a
the congress Of the disciple ff Esculhpiu,
and today one could scarcely move ON the
streets without running apeinst the man Of
tho tcslpee and mortOr.
The proceedings OF to-day wers routln.
md technical.
E.says on a variety of medical and sclon-
eating thorough preparation aud
deep insight into the suhjso.
mater treated. The published proceed.
ipgs will form valuable contribution 10
medical literature. Texas has reason TO he
proud OF her physicians. The body ~.
fembled here WILL compare fovorably in
physique and intellectual mp neRrancs with
any similar gathering in any state or coun-
Tonight at O'Clock IN thu
opera house TO q largo eudierce
OF lnymen rs we'll as professional
brethren tho president, A. p. BroHn, of
Jefferson, delivered HIS annual address. |.
was atlentivelv listened 10 and keenly en-
Dyed. We append IL below.
TIE ApDBEss.
Gentlemen Of the Texas State Medical Associs-
THIS purposes OF our as-ociation are TO
modes,ly exhibit 10 you, In some why, tina
ab litv in our profession aud tho hear,.isl'
interest we take in n; to chow To you we
are not uumindful Of your b,st interests
the preservation Of your health, and thet
We do strive 20 be worthy o. the trust you
20 generously impose in w; and to bester
prepare ourselves to fully warrant your
confidence and 10 ext md the bounds OF L.
Ultimate practice, and encourage and ad
vice our law makers In the ensol msnt OF
measures looking 10 the general good OF
the state; to learn and groF wise from thu
ne,HO ~ IL. N al r,.tl has
gathered from the rich exoerieuce Of those
we meet at these annual convo-
cations, and to impart each bis
learning to his fellow; compare
experiences the ripe results OF which wi
make us wise. practical, and of use TO our
fellow man our elvss and families, and en-
able MS TO pass the watchwords here learHed
far on down tho lines TO postsrity which
We truyt becoming enriched BY our expe.
riepcs. may further enrich and proitnDly
benefit generations vet unborn.
He who for long years OF toilsoms labor
shows the silver lock, the bending form and
lettering step is yet learner. Not salts
fled with the experience oi Others, he yet
reaches out into uncutivatsd fields. II
perchance, he may find something that
will add tn his proficiency. And
often finding closely observed fac. Of more
profit that speculative reasoning, or pre-
ssri bed rules by old authors, he brings
these to us, Ia person or by representative
thr0u Oh our established sectione or records
them In some Of our medical journals
Others, seeing this record, compares 1t with
their own. and, il OF investigating mind,
rather than opposing disposition, become
the gamers. Thus while our sciences is not
an exact one 1t 10 one OF the most exacting.
From the date OF matriculat.on 10 the close
OF our professional lives We are necessarily
learners. and, II true TO that profession
teachers as well as learners. Yet, with oil
fav.t a,lh laAA w,.l,
the accumulation OF thousands OF years
there are msnv things in our profession
which, like tho promised land to Moses, we
can see but not possess, for,
far back in these ases messles,
scarlet-iever and whoopingcough were
ent enlightened age. Many observers have
attempted to determine the entity or pro.
ducing csuse OF these. and many other we'll
known aud distinctly described troublss
and failed. Although yet on the border.
land, we believe We soon will possess this
crafts, containing these Ills, to q harbor OF
safety. Yet disappointment will come TO
all. ard how 10 meet these casualities,
sometimes blessings. viii often tax even all
inventive genius. No waveriug or turning
back Is permitted. All must die. Change
ists art has yet elaborated a panacea.
The fountain Of youth is yet beyond the
that It is so. or else tho
knoWledge OF unposssssed iacts would ,tay
Investigation, stsgnato tho brain. or re-
to do good. And to us might come the
fate Of Esypt's sages who, IN lasaitude be.
Rst Of surrounding comforts and the ener.
waiting tendencies OF her semi.tropical
cline, stood still, then retr graded. then In
sbject poverty OF mind and soul occupied
stations intellectually inferior 70 SONS to
whom, In her palmy days, she had been
the bright encouraging exemplar. This
being IN sckno wledged fact 1t Is our duty
vet to labsr that We may eliminate the
pretended aud establish the true.
Experience Ia principally q rude teacher,
but Z. splendid expedisnt, ana lessons
learned In her school are Oft inefficsbls
and very profitable. The cries OF agony
from lily .nafcotissd patients, when boiling
tar was applied to an smputated LIMB.
touched the great heart OF Ambrose Pare.
and ligsturs for the divided blood vessel
TO avert danger and mitigate pain. Yet
even In this day We hear learned professors
decry this procedure, Of which their
knowledge IL the result The true effects
Of medicines are thus only known. Eu.
piricism can be intelligent and should be
encouraged. Some inventive genius 10 yet
70 pertsct an apparatus to counteract quiz
wine deafness, or find some sntidote. per.
haps, on the banks OF our psludat stresns.
The idea OF liberating psrsnchy matous
puss with Walter, Roser, Simon Q ID Stone,
81 their peculiar method. to each OF them
va new, bat none the less valuable be-
eause Of the experiment. but Of ths inttlli-
gent kind, that bore the fruits OF . NOBLE
AZ fsr back as We have any knowledge Of
medioaI schools aud associations the mem.
ben Of these, have at times, not agreed OF.
ten on vital points. Professional schifm
has even prevailed, aud has often wrought
injury, sometimes good. There are many
thines about which the m ret learned OF our
profession honestly differ, and the better
when We sccept this inevitable fact, aud do
away With questions OF cssuistry or cease 10
engsgs In debates Of poIemicsi character
Yet men will differ In all the affairs
Of life. and even OF the hereafter
The university OF New York e,ches thst
yellow fever 10 Of spontaneous origin on
our gull, While the university OF Louisiana
tskes the opposite position. When out Of
such variance We can establish the truth,
and eciencs 10 advanced end the interests
Of our fellow-msn beut h,red. II would
aoem rather desirable that Q diff renee
should exist Ia our minds that inyes.iea.
Hon should be pushed With . Thorough.
neos that will eiimin ate ell error aud oil cs
n IN 4 sclid b,se Of truth.
All beginnfngs OF i'm p0rfsnf discoveries
have Z wonderful I. huence % subw ouent
invsul1gs t1on. lie pleasant 10 ct on M
banks OF some mighty river and, With men
80 t3~~t;s titan mox0deP m ~ 40. ~. :, a.