The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-12


ceufuxtes u<ze ushsred fn - vanisaaea
Apun the vksn a ~ - xaeicna axOse-
sx1unpAea - I'D rscea weRe ors.,
1nzri1hed- and psnsd svsy. esrA hehosd
ine the Dcsntze sun bssh1ng De uesA y
rnrp5e anA eos1. sd he evsnfng spseAdU
ktsfng De r,ses % e1e<p. ~ rouc dfeAned
list il uss Tie eaFfA tAas Doved. uhzze ne
asn. fhe uighfy seniincl Of inasisy. nsved
iMyerreysihay. The fAllarJ was = lsss e.
pio<3ed b. IN TnnosxtcF-A1d II caae nesx
enseing hin his life s-i,eeauH Il shocked
he eonservAfiyeA
THe old seboais OF medicine. clad IN Tie
ancieut mantle Of utter ccnsefysfisn
uhnae ample roteS. have. - they surpt
down the co<ridon 81 The Centuries. ennghf
and he'd - mach at the teachings ct HIP
poern.es. CELSIUS ard Gaien. hoary with an
fiquisy. eyer rcverensly wussh{ping the old
while they fnvsrsabzy ccmhafsed inD0vs-
tionx-and viewed With cynical xkep<ictsza
each new discovery Can such body be
regarded safe % trust ones physied hap
pzress With
The traveier Who starts on his journey n
midnight has far more TO fear during the
frss fcu hours he grores his wny. than
after the pnrp.ing east kerAids the sP-
preach Of day. more to fear during the TN
certain Hight Of unfolding dawn. than after
the golden spica1or Of the sun foods his
path with radiance.
Just 20. far hack ia the history Of medi
cine they Numbered along. empioyfng the
most heroic measures, the most deadly
minerals, the most Eoafhsome connections
that the brsin could conceive, and the
h~r RxSatRfl<fv
defended for centuries only discarding
them when the innovatofs compelled fhe a
by their success 70 reluctantly relinquish
their octopus hold
Every irreguia. move in medicine has
been protest against the barbafities Of the
old irrational cong1smersse. II must be re-
membered thaf every step taken has been
bitterly contested by thoee in power. but
after failing TO crush the beneficial limo
walton they have been compelled TO en-
brace IT,
Come. wake up and move ON said the peo-
pie to the old school. accept the new teach
ings. or We win leave you To sfarye,
and thus in spite OF their coll
servstism they have had TO move
on, to be sure always away behind
the times, but still they crawied snail-like
and painfully along. far In the rear Of the
started standard bearers of progressive
thought. slowly and rebelliously they had
to accept the discoveries Of those whom
they denounced rs dangerous quacks
Many have been the rude awakenings thai
| this time honored old school has suffered
from progressive thought.
But fame il earned, not merely by thing
written, but by artiuous greatness of deeds
accomplished Every assault upon the i'm
pregnable citadel of true science has added
nnmberiess recruits 10 its cause. The anu
milton Of calumny has been exploded. This
deadly projectiles buried have missed tneil
destination. The shafts end arrows liz
broken at the feet of victory. And whe,
Aurora's rays shall have pierced the smok,
of the beautiful, the name OF the histoge
netie system of medicine viii glitter {
bright and irnperishsble sun in the diader
/ of science, when those who tried to vino
their Shiny coils around Its snowy throa
have moul1ered In oblivion and their cpl
taphs have vanished from the face of tbs
earth.