Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-07-31


sure basis of anatomy. Herophides
and his colleagues were authorized to
resort to the dissection of the deadand
to ascertain by that only trustworthy
method the true structure of the hui
man body. = = Nor was it only
this great mans intention to ascer-
tain the human structure; he also
took measures to discover the mode
in which its functions are carried for
ward, the manner in which it works.
To this end he authorized his anato-
mists to make vivisections both of
animals and also of criminals who
had been condemned to death \
defending the act from moral criti-
cism by the plea that as the culprits
had already forfeited their lives to the
law, it was no injury to make them
serviceable to humanity"
Need | trace the history Of scien-
tific medicine on through Golen and
others to the 10th century? tsscien-
tific character firmly established at
the AleXandrian Museum, was main
tanned by learned Arabs and Jews
through all the mutations of empires
and preserved for the benefit of after
ages! For fullinformation on this sub
iect the curious reader is referred to
History Intellectual Development of
Europe, vol. |, most learned and
interesting work.
In the face of historic facts like
these how strangely sounds the fol-
lowing sentence from the reply: CAL
though medicine has made greater
progress during the past fifty years
than it did in the preceding three
hundred, yet it is undeniable that to-
day there is only one disease for which
there is specific remedy, and that is
birthstone for the itch" Surely the
writer had forgotten one other spe-
cific remedy, namely, whisky for
snake bites! And charge the pro-
hibitionists not a single cent for this
information
Seriously, the time has not nor will
it come when by the combination of
its highest science and most consum-
mate art, the medical profession will
furnish specific remedies for "the
ills that flesh is heir to- True medi-
cal science never did nor never will
propose to make imperfect man per-
feet, or mortal man immortal. The
fiat of the eternal God has fixed a
barrier beyond which there is no pass
ing. Medicine in the hands of the
most skillful does not offer to do more
than make suffering mortalS comfort
able, and through its "art"-its
"methods of practice''-render every
assistance to nature in her struggles
to restore the patient to health. How
broad the field thus opened up to
view for the physicians to bless NOR
tality by mitigating the sufferings
and helping to their feet the stricken
millions of their fellow-men! Indi-
vidual practitioners have made and
will doubtless continue to make mis-
takes in remedies used, but their
"medods" will grow better and bet.
ter, and the "science" of medicine
long ago established, continue tC
brighten and bless the worlS! as does
the sun, despite the spots upon it:
face. 1t is humane, noble, nay, {
grand profession; it has been ant
will continue to be illustrated by
some of the finest intellects this worl(
has ever known, and is worthy 0
better treatment than supercilliOu
sneers! Long may this profession
= flourish to bring comfort and consola
ton to the bedside of the sick and sui
fering sons and daughters of man
The reply takes the American En-
I cyclopedia and myself to. task abou
what was published concerning tn
date at which and by whom the nam
} America was given to this continent
The author of the reply had prev
4 ously fixed it at about 1640-50.
quoted the Encyclopedia to sho,
e that as early as 1907 the continen
i was called "Americi Terra" Lam
: of Americas, and as l believe by m
own carelessness made that work sa
Y this was done "by Waldsee, Muller
It etc." The MSS. notes from which
o wrote for the printer have the nam
h Waldsee-Muller, and l do not doul
It that 1, by inattention, left out til
r hyphen. accept the statement i
= thereby that Waldsee-Mullee (WooC
: lake Miller) was the name of but OF
: man. We take it that the name ,
e the man who in 1907 so called the col