The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-14

attendance OF said eclectic physicians at the next
annual meeting OF this association.
DR.. 8. 8. Boots read paper on The His
tory OF Medicine from the Creation Of the
World 10 the Present Time" in which 1t was
shown that history repeats itself In medicine.
The paper was received with applause, and
was ordered to be printed DR.. Wood read
a paper on Medicine as Science" which
on motion was received and referred to the
Committee on Publication. The address of
DIR. ]. p. Maddox, the retiring President, was
then delivered as follows
. GESTLEMxH-Your SURFACES year ago confer
again thank you. have imposed upon me the
somewhat Onerous duty OF delivering a retiring
utilized by a Snowman. who charged nothing for
admitiance, but made each visitor pay sixpence
TO get out. BY your forbearance will now ten
der The penalty Of having accepted the high posi-
ton OF President OF the Indiana Eclectic Medical
Association Each year brings together the rep
Teseniatiye members OF this organisation, aud
from year to year we ought to show that progress
bias been made in our means. manners and meth
oos as medical men We take pride in our Ii Dersl
platform and we boast OF our progressive tenden-
cies. We profess 10 be Eclectic, aud Eclectics
cain 10 select tine good ana throw the bad away
Now 10 be truthful and candid this is assn ming
gre ut deal. The spirit of criticism is focused upon
US. therefore IL assume more than we may
have accomplished, we shall be targets for ridi
Guile. We can not justly find fault IL the shafts OF
deTisi0n fe directed at our weak points. II will
sbilty 10 elect the good in all instances, aud
accurately discriminate as TO be able 10 cast the
bad away on sight Members of other schools
may Claim that they also are seeking the
good and 10 avoid that which is injurious, and
they will pertnentiy ask us by what patent right
We hold me nopoy on this method OF selection.
of course il would be puerile in US to assume
tat we alone are inspired thus 20 discriminate
judice In our methods, while doctors of other
schools do exhibit bias In their cboosing-and
Aiopath sscribes virtues to mercural medicines
psrtitan spirit, and Will not listen to reason and
well attested truths. On the other hand the
nomeopsth seeks mediGaments by some mysteri.
or therapeutic like or affinity or similarity
that nobody Invested of would be
we claim to have an advantage over them We
take remedial SCENTS from sll Kingdoms OF ma.
tune. whether mineral. vegetable or animal. We
are not botsnics nor vaporists, bu. rationalists.
We would employ metal as soon as would an
oTgsncd prodSer II we thought experience or
that the mineral in a certain pharmaceutical
state was In certain phase or condition OF dis
prejuoices in this matter are not as eclectic as
we boas. 10 be, but the supporters OF an 'exclu-
siNe dog ma as our enemies have charged.
Now, II we know q solution of mercuric bichlo-
harmful antisspile in a surgical dress ssss
alce with our independence OF thought
and action 10 ue it, and the medicine is not to
be rejected because tabooed agent or ,he
fathers" There are those among us who have
found non-p0isonoLs doses OF arsenic TO be efli-
sle ,ne stages OF phtslss they
perience? Ii Is by experiment that the curative
properties OF medicines are 10 be employed. If a
man den0uDces a medicinal agent before he has
given ii trial. he does not manifest a commend
able amount of Iiberality; in fact. he appears to
We should be ready TO take new and advanced
grounds In medical practice. Ii the
faith ia,heIs" knew all there is to be knowo.
but ready 10 be fenced H." and labeled com
plete in one volume" But we arc learning some
thing new and valuable every day, and we here.
by ayow read'nt IS TO keep abreast OF the times
challenging all competitors in the for better.
not always be right in the beginning but mean 10
be So In the enc. some of Us have adopted tn.
specific medication" OF Scudder. and have found
many nuggets OF truth in IL. but the confession
DOES not necessarily mean that we have ceased 10
think Tor ourselves and given souls over to
the saie-keeping OF smother. We read about q
specific dscnosis' but presume Ii means a little
more than special notions OF morbid manifesto
tons We might as seDsibiy speak of specific
pathology" az specific diagnosis Tor the latter
brings on the former. A specific diaguosis
must he particular conclusion drawn from well
observed tymptoms-i. e., there must be IA
tional grouping OF morbid phenomena without
reference to time -honored classification of dis
eases Ihere Is mol much IN IT, unless IL com.
fcssor Scudder has undertaken TO show that there
exists perceptible relation between morbid
phtnemenon aud drug action assumption
not warrsned by the premises. What simiii-
tude or appreciate relation can thtre oe between
the ink of cutie fish and the features OF General
Washington? Yet the former may be employed
to iencer the latter recognizable. There is no
a
Jupiter, yet it requires the former TO display the
lmmensity OF the latter. In the conception aud
danger of postulaIine 100 much No brain ever
gave existence 10 system OF ideas az one gesta-
ton ana paItnIiIion. but the primitive '.pia1t'
Eciectcism did not spring full-grOwn from the
ponderous head OF ANYBODY. but its development
tsiesting every day. Let the admirer OF concrete
forms continue TO worship Samuel Thompson aud
10 ueclsre tnst new system OF medicine was dts
a "a run ffac IN
learn the principles OF physiology or physics.
There was certain captivating phraseologg in
that's lew degrees OF increased heat in the animal
body Will prove aoout as destructive as anythiog
conceive Die II The normal temperature of $50
degrees be increased to l05 the peril 10 life is i'm
nipent. new born Child that is slow in getting
regular respiration should be taken into cold
is esis ne' oa.a eas % eoni sae 10
variety OF new remedies is presented to us every
year; and II is noteworthy that they are mostly
OF vegetable origin. caine is the last on the
II 81 and promises TO prove exceedingly valuable
Al present X looks as IL ii was a cure ALL a good
lor every thing, and such things In the end too
often prove good for nothing. In this connection
feel grieved TO say that too small share OF these
would not for the world refiec. upon the yalu
eDIe labos OF those In our ranks who have made
important discoveries in pharmsceutics and Their
apenucs lhere are those among us who have
msde invaluable improvements in medicines
a l MEDICINAL n agencies but | refuse TO close
Homeopathic pharmacists and therapeutis.s have
borne away ailsrse share OF the honors in the field
OF discovery. never protested TO be blind OPP
umist, seeing nothing but good IN ourselves aud
eiusing 10 LOOK at facts too pronounced to be ig-
nored. uiess Wilfully. IL We would be what is
feeeeu OF US, we must be both ambitious and pa
uent, trough the two conditions seem contradic.
tory. we must not be content with what now is
possessed pot press forward for prizes worth work
Ing Tor ana worth winning. In conclusion, per-
NIT me 20 consratuGte this organization for the
Opportunities and possibilities within its sphere of
aciion. The association is not in state OF decay
put is young anc vigorous. This society msy
brac- the elements OF discord yet what lasting
good comes from jealousy and spite?
Merit IS not afraid of being left. 1t
is conscious OF coming recognition,