Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-24

.,,so If their great learning and liber-
III, held power and ruled over the
' ,sn.,esra,,,,ine republic, and the papai
. : ,o descended TO a member of this
pa,"brated family, who, though nomi-
saIly Of the profession, did little, 'ndi-
in,;a,,,Ily. to advance medicine or sur
Wv, nroper, yet gave much care and
go yav 10 the advance of science, art
and letters.
,,;sht he inferred, was established at
4 lexnndria. the supposed literary era
AZ of the world The famous Nor
man conouerer, Gtiscord, about the
century, established the cele-
hrated school at Salerno, In Italy,
which for long years was the first in
rani, of all Europe, and its Importance
and Influence WAS due TO the patron
ane of the Benedecine Monks of Monte
Tasiuo. 1t was from this school the
4 frican and Christian. physician Con-
staniiue gave to the world his rich
fund of medical learning, accumulated
In his thirty-nine years @ Wandering
and close observation and study.
From this school we have one of the
crandest records of woman's true wife
f. nature. Sibyl, the beautiful and &C.
complished biide of Robert, son of
William the Conquerer, seeing her |
martial husband siuking under the |
noisouous effect of q wound, although |
admopished of her danger, applied her
dainty lips to the arm she loved above
her fife, extracted the poison and
lived long to enjoy rescued husbands
love. and by her noble act (empyrical)
ave MS a valuable lesson on the power
ri the mucous membrane to resist
And twas here, the pNetic muse,
through John of Milan, first sang OF
medicine and its cures.
Salerma's sch DOL In conclave high unitas
To counsel Englands kings, and thus indites:
.If thou to health and vlgor wuuldst attain,
Shun mighty cares, and anger deem p,ofane;
From heavy suppers and much wihe abb
And the good people of Bolton, and
our wise committee of arrangements
have shown much good judgment i'll
duplicating the poetic lesson.
Aramathus, teacher of this school,
gave out rule by which too many
have gained notoriety and well-hlled
purses at the expense OF truth, VIZ.
ITO the patient promise recovery; to
his friends declare him very sick"
Even at this school the early initiative
| of patent medicine aud quackery in all
its high sounding receptions, and
blandishing allurements, was taken.
MANY ideas, to us very ludicrotls,
ml d teacher in that ancient school.
One was to feed fat tGads to hens, and
to eat that part of the fowl correspond
ing to the emaciated part of the hui
man body desired to be developed.
This would lead us to believe that even
i'm that remote day there were regular
spins,ers and vapid dudes.
The wise laws of Frederick ii. laid
the first good foundation of law for the
practice ofmedicine, and to this good
day his wise laws have been very
slightly improved on.
About the sixth century Greek liter.
allure in Italy became almost sealed
book even to people of liberal educa
ton; and, the works of Hippocrate'
and Galen began to be of tradition
rather than classic literature. Bu'
works of such literary merit and grea
importance were not to moulder in tn
, dust, for while to some Was given tn
power to heal, this power was couple,
! with the power of tongues, in that cui
tivated Christian gentleman Cohstah
tine (lhe inventor of the truss, VINO
. by his double gift, was able TO rescu
+ from oblivion the works OF these giea
' authors. and TO give them TO TIL
Arabic people.
!. special practice was being entertained
- and Roger made the first effort as
!, specialist in surgery; and five hundre
u wears after this first attempt we EMO
+" the full fruits of this effort to the PROF
-, of the specialist and the great good
v the people. From this time on, as II
> erature and the arts advance
with Christian civilization, oth.
schools multiplied, and Bacon in En-
land Guide de Chanliac in France, e
" tabljshed such schools of medicine
to eclipse all others-that no long
{, the literature of tue Mediterranean
W triumphant. Rivalry in other natlo'
&c stimulated the effort of estabilshii
ie other schools that far surpassed salt
~, no in her richest era.
se The opening up and peopling OF u
n great Western Hemisphere prous
VA with them the n 9ed for medical schoo
W and as the YANKEE never hall way
VI complishes II grand idea, and with I
re experlence of these schools in the pi
~ continues. ia it any wonder I'll
en we excel; and that in our scno'
~ are met the child of the Nile, Arabs
VII and China's dark skinned chiiure
az and the Swans of Oxford, Helaeiou
w, and Paris? Indeed, no; for The s'a.
". ity and brilliancy of the. acqnisi' !,
~, -. medical mind of this country Win
W Fultons, HOwes, Morses, Eaiso
'"r and Eads have kept abreast oil all
yancement, and by scientific alta
ng ment, of high order, have estaoiishe
ge' reputation for medical knowledge u
~, surgical art for surprising all others
10y Far in the bleak regions OF III
loh North the glorious sunlight IS sui
IN ', for long weary, wintry months,
nat about the termination of this WIN
'hu night, sentinel is placed upon
icy highest grounds with CONNECTING p
ed, on down to the habitable valley; a
'no as the first red streaks OF solar I
I, break through the sensible h9rln on
nv ~, this long, wintry night, hrsl, rom l..
oo tinels on the summit OF the peaks ~
out the glad acclaim: the sun,
ucn sum- then down to the last, thus
use, Gus news is waited from post 10
our and TO the people. So, too, in the
~. ~ distant past Aesculapius saw the ~
ugh and from this dark epoch he soun
ahS a glad acclaim. From the sunny ~
.u, of Florence rang the welcome 80.
.'ii, Draco sang this light. Eras.ta
ieap CELSIUS. aud Galen proclaimed, WI
ia Is uncertain sound, the light they
I've n ,camer Quyentor of the specuil