The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-26

Centuries we're ushered In and van
ished down the vista Of the past Ma
tons arose, frirmFhei and died, races
weFe born. 6ourished, and passed
away. each behoIding the morning
sun bathing the world IN paryie and
Ko1d. and the eveninx splend0r kissing
the roses TO sieep. vet none dreamed
that Is WAS the earth that Euovesi.
while the sun. the mighty sentinel q
infinify, moved imrerteptii1y- The
faiiacy Was n last exploded BY an In
noyasor--snd il came near costine hsrn
his life because II shocked the Goa
servassves-
The Traveller who starts on his Jour
ney at midnight has far more 10 fear
during the first few hours he grupes
his way than after the Furpsing east
herzlds the approach OF dag. more 10
fear during the uncertain light Of IN
folding dawn than after the golden
splensior Of the sun foods his pasA
with radiance
Jast 50, far back in the history Of
medicine they Numbered along, en-
pioyins the most heroic measures. the
most deadly minerals, the most ioath-
some connections that the brain could
conceive. and the iegacies or he;rloons
have been zratpusiy defended for CEN
turies. Only discaFding them when thu
innovafors compelled them by their
suecess 10 reluctantly relinqaish their
octopus hold.
The old schools Of medicine. clad in
the ancient mantle OF utter coaservat-
ism, whose ample robes, have, as they
swept down the corridors OF the cen
turies, caught and held 50 much OF the
tfarhings of Eippoeratss. CELSIUS and
6aien- hoary with antiquity, ever rev.
erentiy worShiring the old while they
invariably eonbaffed innovations
and viewed with cynical skepfieism
each new discovery. Can such body
be regarded safe 10 trust ones physs-
cal happiness WITH
Every irregular move in medicine has
been protest against the barbarities
OF the old irrational eongsoinerate. IL
must be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested by
ti8 6 In power. but after failing 10
q. i the beneficial innovation they
h.st sen compelled to embrace it.
e. e. wake up and move on said
the rSopie to the obi school, accept
the neS teaching or we wiii leave you
70 starve, and thus in spite OF their
conservatism they have had to move
on, to he sure always away behind the
times, bat stiil they crawiea snail-iike
and painfully along. far in the rear
of the started standard bear
ers of progressive thought. Slowly
and rebesiionsiy they had to accept the
discoveries OF those whom they de-
nounced as dangerous quacks. Many
have been the rude axakenings that
this time honored old school has suf-
fered from progressive thought.
Bat fame is earned. not merely by
things written, but by ardsous great
ness OF deeds accomplished. Every
assault uron the impregnabie citadel
OF true science has added numberiess
recruits to its cause The ammunition
OF calumny has been exploded. The
deadly projeeiiles hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken ut the feet Of victory.
And when Aurosa's rays shall have
pierced the smoke OF the beautiful, the
name of the histogenetic system OF
medicine will glitter bright and i'm
perishabie su;s In the diadem of sci
enee. when those who tried TO wind
their Shiny coils around it, snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
Their epitaphs have vanished from the
facs the earth.