The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
Rev. 5. Archer's address.
State Medical Assssiation.

State Medical Association, at
Greenyille. By request, and be
cause it is q most creditable i'm
prouptu effort we republish it:
Gentlemen of the State Medical
Association of Mississippi:
That your descent may be easy
from any high-aown expectation,
allow me to say that Capt. Stone,
who expected to deliver the well
come address. has been unavoida-
bly, detained, and upon me de-
wolves the pleasing task of saluta-
tion.
To have you with us to-day, we
esteem to he no small honor,
Representing as you do, the dig
nifty aud intelligence of one of the
noblest of professions. We feel it
to be privilege to welcome and
entertain you.
In the day of battle the grim
soldier is terrible necessity. In
the day of peace the celebration
of his triumphs is glorions.
In the desperate fght With dis
ease the physician is an indlspen.
sable ally. In the flush of health,
TO participate IN the review of his
timely aid and his signal success,
is a matter of joy aud gratitude.
IL illls with renewed enthusiasm
and confidence for the returning
conflict.
The welcome we extend to you
to-day is based not so much upon
the loyal homage mankind is ever
ready to pay to superior skill and
exalted science, not so much upon
the felt want of suffering humani-
ty,-it is not merely the suppliant
hand extended to grasp that of
timely help, but 1t is the ardent
appreciation of the physician's no
BILE self.sacrifce it is the sponta-
neous testation to his tender, true
and timely ministrations. II is
the frank acknowledgment of his
fearless and philauthropic effort
to relieve suffering humanity.
When flesh and heart are failing,
when lofty courage doffs its plume
and trails its banner, before the
terrible and silent march Of pesti-
lence, the true, bravo and loving
physician steps to the front and
stands in the breach aud grapples
with the foe. In this unequal con
tiict, he wields the choicest armor
with which God has endowed man
his intellect. his skill, his pa
tience and his deep sympathy.
He summons nature to unlock her
secrets, and, as hand maid, minis
ter to the sufferer. Thus is he
able to cheer the sick, to encour.
ago the faint, to battle disease and
court the return OF ruddy health.
No class of men deserve high
er encomium than those devoted
to the healing art. Here by the
margin of the Great River, under
the sultry sun, VIC have felt their
presence, they have cheered our
hearts and given hope to our fail.
ing energies; and here we respond
gladly to every effort made to ad.
vance the noble cause.
We cannot express it more
strongly than by saying VIC esteem
the physician our friend, our con-
fldential advisor, our stay and
comfort, while we linger on the
border of time.
This association of yourselves
commends itself to every thought.
ful mind. There is strength in
unity, and wisdom in counsel. En-.
thusiasm is aroused by an ex-
change of views, and there is a
wonderful magnetism developed
by the attritiou of ideas. More.
oyer, a lofty spirit of emulation is
begotten by the interchange Of
thought aud practice. We there.
fore hail this institution as a bless.
ing, as a great safeguard against
the impositions of the charlatan,
rs rebnke to the empiric.
Therefore as a part of our vel.
come we endorse and commend
this congress of scientific thinkers
and actors. And now1n behalf of
yonr brother physicians here, and
of the good citizens of Greenville,
l am commissioned to speak their
hearts welcome. To hospitable
homes, by generous hearts, you
are now and ever welcomer'
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How Prohibition Has Affected Our
Town.