, 1885-09-01
HINTS TO DOCTORS,
ESPECIALLY 70 YOUNG MEMBERS or
THE PROFESSION.
REQUESTS. fur a Successful Practitioner
Tho Medical Mans Great Art-Ths
Ministers aud the Ladie.-
Avoid Patients society.


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10 not 10 persuaded by foolish friends
TO plant Yourself in any new quarter OF
tho citg All new colonies arc atal to
early enterprise. the first settlers MY
clear the way for those who fol ow. aud
are regularly ruined for the benefit Of
postcriti When you ave taken a house
and pat your bras Plate on the door. you
can I DO better than go abroad for Tour
or i've years Al our retura you will
probably ind that no one has INQUIRED
Tor you. which must lie very consolntory
10 your feelings. inasmuch rs ii will show
O have lost nothing by Your absence.
and have yet given the world time 10 be.
gin to ASCERTAIN there is such a person in
existence as Yourself Having familiarized
Poop O with yaur name. IL behooves you
then 10 give it notoricty therefore lose no
time In getting into print You ann
lay out n couple Of hundred dollars to bet
ter advantage Than publishing a pamphlet
on any popular medical sub Get, 4
treatise on indigestion has gained many u
ply sean n %snmptuous dinner. Moti.
Francis. Euck. furnish excellent examples
of that sort Of alchemy which transmits a
Rriegous dyspe lsia to a grooming table.
so man dishes, " says Seneca. $50 many
disorders. - but vice versa with the doc.
N'iHf ~ uihhl AiHOihNA1f q ~ nluIl ul1utn-
The great ma oriiy of mankind are
fools-that large portion You are TO I've
by; therefore mystify your patients.
Whom you talk to them. let it be in King
{ ambys es vein. The cars of the million
arr easily captivnted: when oncc their
senses are ~confounded. they have nntur.
ally a religious revocation for anything
the do not understand. In brief. in ali
your dealings with men, remember you
la, to d. with folks who. according to
The attn provcrb. -have all at some time
been insane " Never give Il direct an.
swer to a patients question. never commit
yourself by entering into explanation
with the frierds. To the sick man you
cannot put too few questions; TO the rela.
tives you can never give too few replies.
Tho great art of n physician Is to gain
the confidence OF the patient. md for that
purpose his hrst object should be to in.
spirc him with hope 1t is not a hesitate
ing manner or a me ancholy mien which
is calculated TO raise the dropping spirits
Of the sick; IL IS not a %hangman's look or
a muie's dcmeanor that ia Likely 10 lend
the pliysiugnomy of the physician the
character OF a messenger of glad tidings,
who ZONES with healing IN his wings and
the gilt Of health IN his right hand. it Is
not the timid eye. the irreso ute tread,
the fri tongue. the fearful voice. or
lhr foolish shipper of servile acquiescence
with the opinions OF the friends or the
pre- uIiccs of the attendants of the sick,
which are at al favorable to the produc
ton OF TINT faith which can remove dis
eases which have been mountains 10 mere
medicine
Never refuse Il fee from any person who
Is able 10 give one. in order that you may
never have occasion TO take one from IL
F.sag ssH1a "a TO-. V.a. . - ..~.l1 o.. a-a ..A
Il matters not how mercenary you may
he accounted by the rich. so long as you
arc merciful to the poor If you can not
get fees without dcpriying them of bread.
It were better yon had never been a doc.
tor. our friends nor II familiars
have any claim on your skill. Whatever
they may have on your A. ection. II they
are entitled TO your gratuitous attendance
Il large connection would be a great evil
TO q phys clan. W ere yon a merchant
they would not ask your goods without
M equivalent, and surely because you are
u man Of science they cinnot expect the
still more precious ~clattels Of the mind
without any com ensatiOn.
To obtain practice DO sure TO enlist the
service on your side Of the pastors Of all
denominations in your neighborhood, and
pay your court a%ssiduously to the in uen-
Tia. women. but above all il in the coun.
try; 10 the one or TWO charitable lad es,
par excellence. who are TO be found in
every town. devoting n life Of single
hlcsscdness and all the leisure of neglected
lcanfy and i~mperishable celibacy 10 the
service Of relig on and humanity BE
sure that you buy golden opinions of
these good women. for with all their &c
tive bcuevolence they have a large portion
OF their ieisuro to bcstOw on the privacy
If flnfr frfauIa aud fUhhr ap1 lion can
defend The reputation oil that ? or wretch
w-o, vt the terrible %Areopagus Of the T
tea table. is consigned TO the lender mer
c.es ui their envcnomed tongues.
Avoid the society OF YOU patients
lhyAicians should ha . no familiars to
be thoroughly respected. they must stand
aloIl from the eake of society. \
prophet has no power IN his own country.
neither has a physician in ms owi circle
Without skill Ii IS impossible to become a
uurishing physician. but without good
manner al the skill of the most cmiuent
physicians will not avail you in a large
ap.taL \ good address is everything T.
n doctor. The public are incapable of
judging OF n medical man real knowl-
edge, the only way they have of forming
an opinion. therefore, Is by analogy. ny
s%rrutini in those superficial qualities and
the outward and visible signs OF them.
which come Immediately within the
narrow sphere Of their comprehension.
If MS manner be good tho give his
mind credit for the advantage
Inc last aud grestest precept Of all is
Never violate in thought. word or deed
the .%anctity Of the sick chamber, lie is a
villain who reveals the secrets of that
prison house, where pure humanity lies
larc and helpless; he is a traitor 10 his
profession who gossips about the infrmi-
ties he is cal ed 10 relieve. he is unworthy
the name Of a physician who. abusing The
confidence which Is reposed in his human
ity and his honor has 10 sooner turned
from the bedside of the patient than the
intrmitie5 he has witnessed become the
sab tlt Of a rlhald est