Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-24
PLEASANT PHYSICIANS.
Eleventh Annual Banquet Of the
Mexico Medical Society.
FOR ONCE, PILLS, POWDERS AND
POISONS ALL FORGOTTEN.
Feast OF Reason and q Flow OF Soul
Pleasantries, instead of Physic, In
duIged In.

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the first of every year, gives banquet
winch is always most enjoyable af-
fair. The Eleventh Annual Banquet
given last Thursday night at the Gen.
tral-Ringo Hotel was by far the most
pleasant ever given by this society.
The spacious dining room of the hotel
was neatly and comfortably arranged
so all present could, while eating, be
sociable and within conversational
distance of each other. The supper
was most sumptuous, and enjoyed by
al present. The tables were deco
rated with hot-house flowers, and we
never sat down to meal better cal
culated to give even a dyspeptic an
appetite.
Immediately after supper, DR.. W.
L. Reed, president of the society,
delivered the following neat address
In reply to the toast "Audrain Medi-
cal Society,""
GENTLEMAN: AS president of this
ASSOCIATION 1 greet you as members
of the AudraiH, Medical Society, we
cordially welcome you. And whilst
it is a great pleasure to us to be thus
honored with your presence, at this
banquet, we trust it will be profitable
to each of US socially, and that it
will not be time misappropriated, but
that We shall be benefited, and be
enabled to add to our common stock
of knowledge, something of pleas
ing nature; some ideas that will re-
idound to our individual welfare.
Why does this societylexist? "Sint
nihilo nihH .ft," is proverb fraugh'
with meaning. Without nothing
nothing is produced. So we opine
that without our organization there
could he no concertiye action, or in.
Icrcment in intellectual worth. The
Audrain Medical Society has been al
laclive working society for the pas
leleven years. Never has it been in ;
better condition than at the presen
ltime, We have in this society mel
of merit; men who are students
lmen who are vigilant; men who art
not content to throw down their book
or journals, and fold their arms, ant
lsay they are full-f1edged doctors
THAT they have reached the acme o
their earthly desires; but, men whit
realize the fact that when they grad
uated from their alma mater, the,
had just made but a feeble start il
the pursuit of knowledge. That the.
had only learned ho,u to learn. The,
are eager and anxious to delve int
the mysteries of science, and will no
! be content till the hidden things o
lour profession are brought to light
1t has not been our privilege to be
long to this society very long, bu
during the short period of our mem
, bership we have been highly edited
We have been an active member c
> several similar associations, but mus
Isay that / feel more at home with til
:. members of the Audrain Medical 81
u ciety than l have ever done els'
: where. am proud of its member
Socially, they have few superiors
intellectually, they compare favorab
:. with the best; practically, they al
It willing to measure arms. We tru
the seeds of discord may never
= sown in our midst; that there will I
no disjecta naenbra, but that brothe
" love and unity of action, as n"
{, exists. will still continue to prevail
Let it be understood by all that th
society Is a reality, a fixed reality,
in reality that fadeth not away. 1t ms
te be asked, what Is the object of yol
society? 1t IS three-fold. The fir
r ostensible object of the organizatlt
Is to improve ourselves in medic
lore. That we may become mo
h proficient in the science of medicin
d, and the vts medieatrir ndturde; al
thereby he the better enabled to II
derstand the ettiology. pathology al
10. symtomalology of the very vario
diseases mankind are heir to. The
no are very auspicious times in the me
. ical world. None of the scienc
can boast of greater strides in t
pursuit of knowledge than ours. III
is an age of progress. 1t would r
y, be in keeping with the spirit of
age for us to call halt. We cam
., afford to fold our arms and be &C
lar tent with the principles or ideas
ga, may have inculcated twenty ye:
AZ ago or more. So 1t i'll affords us
remain in state of mastery iD'
tivity. We must read; we M
, study; we must discuss; we MI
: become conversant with the ideas
our scientists, and discipate from
3. minds, antequated and erronet
n nt ideas that may have been acquir'
Is. The physician who does not read
medical literature of the day,
truly In a depiorable and destit
- conditions He is like the grain m
! chant, who undertakes to buy gr
without taking the market repol
THE doctor who locates at SO
.e crossroads, and seeks to eak out
existence from knowledge alre'
acquired, is a mere automaton. Nj
a bright student, who, perhaps, \
nt. have graduated with henors, thro'
Incidence or egotism, knows less
- medicine after ten years prac
than he did when he commend
' Saws one, "We must educate,
must educate or perish by our
inactivity Then, if We de
honors, if we merit fame, let us
improve our minds that we may
'ket, the better enabled to assist nature
eliminate dlsease-not cure. L
no when all our skill and cur sover'
UD, remedies shall have proved OF
avail to alleviate the sufferings OF
patients, let US strive to give then
enthanasia over the river of de
,e,e Another object of our society is
cultivate social relations with
other. True, friendly relations
only be acquired by frequent,
;. mingling together. We band
tios e selves together for mutual protet
an" against the vile and willy machinat
;,,es of unprincipled and mercenary !
sor To become q member of our soc
the anutieant must present his