St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04

Dedication Exercises Held in TN
New Medical College.

Owing to mistake in the time announced
for the dedication ceremonies at the new
medical college building on Ninth street
yesterday afternoon, but small number of
people assembled to attend them. The eX-
ercises were further married by the fact that
owing to an interference with the running
of the trains. DIR. Hewitt of Red Wing and
some of the other speakers who were eX-
pected did not arrive. The audience was
mostly made up of gentlemen, though
a few ladies graced the occasion. 1t was
nearly o'clock before the exercises were
commenced, instead of 3, as announced in
the papers. When commenced, however.
they proved to be very interesting indeed.
Among those present were ID. X. NOyeS
and l.. L. Reed, of the board Of directors
DIR. Stone, in opening the exercises, eX-
planned the reason of the absence OF DR..
Hewett and the other speakers. He
thought, however, that the audience would
be amply satisfied with the speakers
present. and then remarked that
after fourteen years of effort, and
OF living around, precariOuslY, in hired
buildings, and during the last part of the
fourteen years having been compelled To go
10 Minneapolis for a temporary home, the
ST. Paul faculty had now home of It's own,
and one too that is fully paid for. In
speaking of the building he said it was a
better and more complete one than there
was anywhere in the United States, and
further, that it was the only college in the
United States requiring four years course.
lie then introduced
PROF. JAGGARD OF CHICAGO.
After a few preliminary remarks Prof.
Jaggard began 10 string together number
Of interesting facts with reference to the
American Doctor" As regards race he
said, 1.-THE American guild OF EsculapiuS
is composed of a variety OF types of man
kind, representing the forty-five classes OF
the fifteen species of the human race" In
respect to number he read a small printed
statement showing that in 1850 there was
lawyer TO 9o4 people, l clergyman TO S64,
and doctor 10 500. In 1850, lawyer to
7s3 people, 1 clergyman TO 775, and
l doctor TO $50. His habitat is
practically illimitable. His culture and
morals was next considered. Sidney
Smith once wrote, In the four quarters OF
the globe, who reads an American book?
or goes to see an American play? or looks
on an American picture or statue? What
does the world owe 10 American physicians
or surgeOns?" But Sidney Smith," the
speaker said, Lived shortly after BOer-
havoc had summarized ali the medical knOwl-
edge or MS time INTO eleven words, Keep
the head cool, the feet warm, aud the
bowels open;' at a time when Voltaire's bon
mot. the art OF medine consists in
pouring medicine of which we know but
little into bodies of which we know still
less, was fresh in mind; at q time when
was current the Spanish prOverb, If you
have friend who is doctor take off your
hat 10 him and send him TO the house of
your enemy at time when Sir Ashley
| Cooper said that the science of medicine
is founded upon conjecture and built upon
murder In 1909, EphrIam Mcdonnell, a
Kentucky physician, performed the opera
ton of removal of an ovarian cyst,
j pronounced in Europe impractieable.
DR.. Clark of Harvard observed
that Boston was known abroad as only
as the place where anasthesia by use OF
sulphuric ether was discovered. DIR. L. G..
Morton made this great contribution to
medical knowledge in 1916. DR.. Marion
Sims In 1852 introduced his perineal re-
tractor, and effected a cure of what had
been the opprobrium to the profession fol
centuries He thought it unnecessary Il
multiply examples OF bold originators ant
constructive icOnOclasts. Their name IS le
gion and their deeds are known TO all men
} Prof. Jaggard then discussed differen