Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-01-22

precisely the same line of study, and
what you do not know, some one else,
from special study, may thoroughly
understand. Under such circum
stances 1T is better to acknowledge our
ignorance than tamper with the affairs
Of life and death.
In the practice Of your profession
yop will be brought into the most in
tim mate relations with the families of
your patrons: You will be entrusted
by them with private matters that are
never alluded tc outside of the family
circle; you will be made the depositaries
Of secrets the disclosure of which
would cause unspeakable modification
and distress. Need I say to you that
duty, no less than personal
honor, demands that as to these things
your lips must be forever sealedl
Some surgeons, and even some Ply |
sicians, like to initiate the brusque-
ness and abruptness of Abernette. Be
not of this class. Good manners are
not incompatible with great skill.
Perform your professional duties with
dignity and gentleness. Let not daily
familiarity with suffering blunt your
sensibilities or harden your heart. 1t
is your vocation to staunch the bleed
ing wound, to quench the fever's fire,
to soothc the throbbing head and calm
the laboring heart. Magnify that
vocation by every effort. Speak
pleasantly to the sick, and let your
presence IN their chamber he to them
as the sunshine. And when, as may
not infrequently happen, it shall be
your lot to mingle in scenes of sorrow
and watch with unavailing regret the
progress of a malady that no skill can
relieve, you can at least minister COM
fort and hope; and in addition to the
anodyne for the suffering body, you
can offer the anodyne of soothing
words to the dropping spirit
In your career as Physicians you will
be called upon to act in various capac
ities:-as advisers of legal tribunals in
the administration of justice, as super
intendants of asylums for the insane,
as supervisors of the sanitary condi-
tions of armies and navies and cities
and nations: And if you are to act in
these capacities, if you are to sustain
such relations to society and to the
state, you ought by every feeling of
duty to be incited TO activity and use
fulaess you ought to be learned, discreet
and wise, and blamelessin life and char
acter. You owe it to yourselves and to
1.-THE community in which your lot may
be cast, to attain to a high standard of
IImoral excellence Without this you
need not hope to win that confidence
and respect which the upright physician
never fails to inspire. Then let sclen-
tifc attainments and professional skill
be supplemented by blameless life
and an exemplary walk and conversa-
tion.
i Let not the flavor of the wine-cup
tempt you, nor the devotees of Bacchus
entice you into their circle. 'Toucl
not, taste not, landle not; for yours is
a profession the duties of which re-
quires keen eye, clear head and 9
steady hand.
y Remember kindly your Alma Mater
With her welfare and reputation youl
future career is closel y-almost vitality
! interblended Render back to hel
: something for what she has done fol
! you-something in the shape of brilliant
literary effort, or distinguished profes-
! sional success. She will watch youl
! career with parents solicitude
I pleased and proud if you succeed, de
! pressed and humiliated if you fail.
Be just to your brethren of the pro
fessicn; protect their reputation as you
would protect your own. Do your
I part towards the removal of the jeal
ousies and ungenerous rivalries that
7 not infrequently disgrace our profcs
} sion. Do what in you lies to baster
! the approach of the time when profes
sional envy and jealously shall cease
when Judah shall no moro yex Ephrain
nor Ephraim. Judah; but when will
! one heart they shall labor together
and with one view together shall they
sing.
And now l and my Colleagues bic
you farewell. We hold you in higf
) esteem and take leave of you with re
Igret. Go forth to the duties of you
: high yocation-to your several fields
9 of labor love and care. Go forth il
honesty of heart-with high resolv
e and noble purpose; and may the Coz
!. Of heaven go with you and bless you
t and give you the fullest measure Q
+ health, happiness and success!
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