The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-05

C<usuries were ushered in and van
fsked s1ouu Tie risfz 81 the past Ma
lions aroee, fyfu1upaed and died races
were bonn. dourfshed. and passed
swsv. each heho1ding The morning
sin bathing the World IN puFp8e and
gold, and the evenirg sp1endof kissing
de roses 10 szeept ye4 none dreamed
that if was the earth that mcFed.
xhsIe the sun. the mighty sentinel OF
fnEnity, rnered impercep<ihzy. The
fauzey vas Il last exploded By an In
noyafor --and il came near costing hzrz
his life because il shocked the con
servaxives.r
The Traveller who starts ON his Jour
ney 1t midnight has far more 70 fear
dnring the frss few hoars be grvpes
his way than aftes the purpliag east
keralas the approach of day, more to
| fear during the uncertain light Of un-
| folding dawn than after the golden
spsendof Of the sun foods his path
with radiance.
Just 30. far hack in the history Of
medicine they blundeyed along, EN-
ploying the most heroic measures. the
most deadly minerals, the most loath-
some eoncoc tons that the brain could
conceive. and the leEzcies OF heiyiooms
have been zealou-iy defended for cen
tnries, only discarding them when tn:
l innoyators compelled them By the,E
success TO reluctantly reiirquish their
octopus hold.
The old schools Of medicine. clad in
the ancient mantle ct utter consegvas'
ism. whose ample robes, have, a. they
sxept down the corridors Of the cen,
tunies. caught and held 90 much Of the
teachings Of Hippocrates. CELSIUS and
Galen, hosry with antiquity. ever rev
lerenfiy worshiping the old while they
invariably eonbafted innovations
and viewed with cynical skepticisn
each new discovery. Can such body
be regarded safe 10 trust ones physi
cad happiness With
Every irregular rove in medicine ha.
hecn protest against the harbaritiel
OF the cid irrational congiomerate. i
must be remembered that every steI
taken has been bitterly contested b,
those in power, bsi; after falling 4
Icrush the beneficial innovation thel
have been compelled to embrace it,
Come. wake up and move on SAID
the people 20 the old school. accep
the new teaching Or we viii leave yoE
to starve, and thus in spite of theil
conservatism they have had to moy'
on, 10 be sure always away behiast I'm
| times, but stiIl they cSawied snail-iik,
and painfully along, far in the real
LOT the started standard bear
ers of progressive thought. Slowl,
and rei,eliioasiy they had TO accept th,
discoveries of those whom they de
nonnced as dangerous quaek-. Man,
have been the rude awakenings tbs
this time honored old school has sui
fered from progressive thought.
Bat fame is earned, not merely by
things written, but By ardaous great
mess OF deeds accomplished. Ever,
assault upon the impregnable citadea
OF true science has added numberies,
recruits to It's cause. The ammunition
of caiumny has been exploded Tht
deadly projectiles hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the feet OF victory
And when Aurora's rays shall hav,
pierced the smoke of the beautiful, tn,
name of the histogenetic system ol
medicine win glitter bright aud inn
lpcrishabie sun in the diadem Of sci
ence, when those who tried to wind
their shiny coils around its snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
their epitaphs have vanished from the
face of the earth.