The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-24

u grand irreprcssibls river. And No it IN a
pleasing, and oft profitable task, to look
back through by'gono ages and oontsun.
Plate tho characters most prominent In the
dlfferant srss OF our profession; TO trace the
Ieouliarltiss and now we'll understood mis-.
zion of each, for every era Is .indelliby
marked With the doipgs and teachlng8 OF
Blme master mind, whose Individuality ia
marked on his epoch, H,ephansons mem.
DRY ri,sa before us equally ~ We look on
tho Toy mstor OF tne Gorilla engine. 10
We remember, with pride, tho name
soothing balm or aiksloid, az we'll "a he
whose inventive genils constructed tho
ophthAmCacope or lithorte. Frsm tho
very earliest efforts at the nppl cation OF
medioino aud remedies 10 the cure Of jls-
ease, with Pagan or Christian, the physi.
ola', haa been held IN high esteem; and II
DID aos reqgiro Fonnimor, Cooper 20 tell
taa early physicians IL these beautiful
prairlcS In what esteem 'ths medicine
map" was held. Hiypocrates was held In
sach high esteem among the Greeks that
thsy sought so deity him. Tho empsror
Marous Aur,lils held the i'm.
mortal Galen In such respect
That hs lhyished many valuable gifts upon
him, and desired that no should be the
companion OF his travels. And, but re.
csatly, a modern Rothschiid OF this state
paid similar tribute to IN honorsd fellow
OF this association. These master minds
who preceded rs climbed from dead SEQ
level OF darkness, superstition ana ignoT.
esce TO the mountain peaks OF light aud
strengthening giving their succsssors =
hish point ofdeparturain every Subsequent
Investigation. Their hard earned goal 10
gu starting point. We srs very high be-
cause our predecessors climbed. What
they eohieyed by much labor aud ,hoaght
We onloy AZ common herltsse.
Whiis II is pleasant to REQ mt THO roble
deeds ot the Sons Of Aesculspias, II 10 Tar
moro pleasant 20 say someIhing In pr,siss Of
our gentle sfstars, the beroinea In. our
ranks. | would fssl remiss in q chivrlric
duty did fail To- note thsir share in our
work, ard MN proud 10 record Bsma err
couraglns WORD to ser aiplrsti onS, and sd
vocate her claims 20 n Just and proper plaza
IN our ranks; for aimee tho historic efforts OF
Ayges, and OF her loving a'str Psnscsn.
uers given TO the relief Of suffering human.
ity, many noble naAei have swollen the
lls OF those who by fortultDus
circumstances or by peculiar
Inheritance or special inclpa-
tivn. have proven to tho world that woman
can bs true nnd srest, even In the ardaous
duties Incident to nedicsl and surgical
lie. and not unsex herself. The fanie of
Tortula and Eros died not wi IA the fell OF
tho Roman empire; Tor their skill, 90 TO-.
cordad in many valuable contributions to
our literature, are yet In existence. Ladies'
o! ample wealth have always patronixsd
our sciencs. aud often materially aided in
the establishment Of college,, hospitals and
training schools, aud many havs given
their time ssnd talents, with credit, directly
dier's face kas 1t up with JOY ut the 40.
proaoh OF q Florence Nightingale, and at
her gentle presence pain kss become entur.
abs. The name OF Madame Jscobi Is q
household word In many family OF
the metropolis. To ihe Princess of
Apjnu Is duo tho crsdi. OF establishing
the first organized hospital A lady OF that
proud old Puritan stock gave us the frat
board OF health. In several countries, no.
tably tho and OF Confucius. none but fe-
male PHI y'iciAns ere allowed 10 sttend tho
sick OF thsir seq; and while there Is no i'm.
psrative need for female physicians in q
christian country, yet their clsime TO q
proper rank and just appreciation OF their
skill should not he ignored.
EVOLUTION.
Strange as Il may appear, there are those
who say they honestly believe and actually
al.em pt TO reach, thaf man Is q dsscen dat.t
OF, or ha, descended from lower organism,
aud that through long ages OF
gradual progress to higher type
OF development, has thrown Off his
original form and substance, and cut of and
through these changes, u perlec: m,n vas
formed. Verify the monkey and the
bsboon, because ofsome similarity ofsnat-
0mical structure to ours, are proclaimed
our ancestors: and II Ia well our association
does not hold itself responsible for the opin.
ions or declarations OF its individual mem
bArs but grants absolute fresness of
thought and expression, and Opposes only
when unphilosophicsl propositions run
riot. Many ideas fraught with absurdity
End expression in 40 learned bodies as ours,
aud I would appear part OF our duty
minds OF the people as to the &C.
ceptation Of such illogical propositions
by our profession generally. Materialism
has wrought its irightful work In the minds
OF many. and spread its contaminations
with its e1preseione. The larger number
created In the image Of his maker, full and
complete In all the anatomical structure as
we are to-day. and for all the past csnturies
have known our raca to be, aud no s1ch
divine formation nor great destiny was
ever recorded or predicted OF any lower
organism.
TO simply assert the positive fact
on the one side, coupled with a
dsnioi ON tas other, Is no. sudden. i0T our
plrloie here. The ever restless mind
reaches out for the reason in this all impor-
tant matter, and to turn the entire machin-
cry OF our active miDds to the contempt
ton and study of Ourselves 10 as reasonable
Oh 10 infinitely inquire into my ordinary
huelnes, M alter OF lie. What man was in
he pas, aud what no 10 to-day intellectual
ly, morally and physically, is grand
study. and We are compelled to consider
what our ancestors were and what wo are
to day, to arrive at any reasonable c0njsc-
ture OF what we are to Become. IL is well
OBSERVED facs that nature never repsots
herself. In all created things no two are
exactly alike, though similar degrees Of
observed, YET . more minute or aided OBJ
srva,ion readily detects these diffsrsnoes.
And, 70 equally true IL In. no two in,ellects
being exactly alike, some variety OF thought
10 evident in all our ssarch for truth: and,
as minds and modes Of thought vary In do.
gree. no too, large differences might nstnr-
ally be expected TO Yesult from similar To-
ysstigstiop, even from those OF apparent
similar natures and Doth Of sound mind.
Naterialism and psychology cannot tbus
blend. IL man's grestsst destiny here on
esrthf Is there no beatifo beyond out to
which the mind 10 10 reachf An intuitivs
intelligence would warrant such aspiration,
but the philosophers OF this tcho9i OF svo-
lutionist attempt q solution OF this problem
BY natural selection, and, ~ II to sa.iate
onr longings, array for inspection and OBJ.
servation IN any facts In natural history.
These OF themselves are valuable as fscts,
but whom compiled for this theory
that this Bushmsn, OF the remarkable
low stature, lives near by that perfect
piece Of anatomy. tbs Zulu. IN not an evi.
dsnce that the latter was ever ~ the former.
Ths African, because OF his initiative
nature. and while sssociating with his white
brother, readily asimilstss. adopts his Gus.
toms and ways, hut lapses into semi bar
barianism, with all her fet,cism,
when the rsstrsins OF the higher
civilization Il withdraw. Th- mopgrl
absol utsly prove no fact, In name early ex'
iutescs that points TO this selection. 4 ,rth,
and allil oontains,is made to contribute her
onota of eyttence to eubytantia,s these