The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-19

Centuries uefe ushered in and nan
ixhei down tie vista cf the past M
tiOns arose txiumphed and did races
VERY born, 6uufishe3, and passed
away. each behc3diug the morning
sun bathing tie world IN purple and
go1d, and the evening spiendor kissing
the roses 70 sleep. yet none dreamed
that ft vas the earth that moved,
while the sun. the mighty sentinel Of
infinity. moved imperceptit1y- The
faiiAry Was At last exploded BY m In
noyafnr and it came near costing HIM
his life because it shocked the con-
|xervatives."
The Traveller who starts on his jour
ney at midnight has far more to fear
during the first few hours he gTopes
his way than after the purpiing east
heralds the approach OF day, more TO
fear during the uncertain light Of un-
folding dawn than after the golden
sp1ens1Of OF the sun floods his path
with radiance.
Just 50, far hack in the history Of
medicine they Numbered along, EN-
pIoying the most heroic measures. the
most deadly minerals, the most loath-
some connections that the brain could
conceive, and the legacies or heirlooms
have been xealousiy defended for cen
turies. only discarding them when ths
innovators compelled them by their
success TO reluctantly reiinquish their
octopus hold.
The old schools Of medicine, clad in
the ancient mantle of utter conservat-
ism, whose ample robes, have, as they
swept down the corridors of the CEN
turtles. caught and held so much of the
teachings of Hippocrates, CELSIUS and
Galen, hoary with antiquity. ever rev.
erently worshiping the old while they
invariably conbatted innovations
and viewed with cynical skepticism
each new discovery. Can such body
be regarded safe to trust ones physi-
cal happiness WITH
Every irregular move in medicine has
been q protest against the barbarities
OF the old irrational congiomerate. 1t
must be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested by
those in power, but after failing to
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled to embrace it.
Come. wake up and move on said
the people to the old school, accept
the new teaching or we will leave You
to starve, and thus in spite of their
conservatism they have had to move
on, to be sure always away behind the
times, but still they crawled snail-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
OF the started standard bear
ers of progressive thought Slowly
and rebeiliously they had TO accept the
discoveries of those whom they de-
,, nounced as dangerous quacss. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has suf-
fered from progressive thought.
But fame is earned, not merely by
things written, but by arduous great
ness of deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the impregnable citadel
of true science has added numberless
recruits to its cause. The ammunition
OF calumny has been exploded. The
deadly proiectiles hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the feet of victory
And when Aurora's rays shall have
pierced the smoke of the beautiful, the
name of the histogenetic system of
medicine will glitter bright and inn
perishable 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.