The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-30
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Cerkurses we're ushered ia and van
isHx45 ssowu the vista q the past Ma
tsa.ss aro~e. trs1nspbexf and died races
vurr born. aouriskei. and passed
avzx. cab beh1lding the moyrinG
srr bathing the world in pzIrpte and
xo;i. and the evening spsendor kissing
the roses to deep, yet none dreamed
that i yxs the earth fhxt moved,
xf.iBe the sun. the mighty sentinel OF
insinity. moved ifnperrepfisiy. The
fnilzey was 1t last exploded By an In
noyasor and IL came near costing him
his lie .shesause il shocked the coz
servatives.v
The traveller who starts on his Jour
nev az ssiinighf has far more to fear
during the frsf few hoars he gr0pes
his way than after the puypiing cast
beraidz the approach Of day, more to
fear during the uncertain light Of un-
folding dawn than after the golden
spIender Of the sun foods his path
with radiance.
lust 20. far back in the history Of
medicine they Numbered along, eus-
Moving the most heroic measures. the
nso-f deadly minerals. the mort loafh-
sSouse corrections that the brain could
conceive. and the iegac:es or hesriooms
have i,eea xealossiy defended for cen
furses. only discarding them when tn.
innoyasors compelled them by their
success 10 reluctantly reiirquish their
octopus hold.
The old schools Of medicine, clad in
the ancient mantle Of utter conseryat-
ism, whose ample roles, have. a. they
swelyt down the corridors Ut the cen
turies. caught and held 50 much OF the
teachings Of Hippocrate>. CELSIUS and
Galen. hoary with antiquity. ever rev
erenfiy worshiping the odd while they
invariably c0nabafted innovations
and viewed with cynieal skepticism
each new discovery. Can such = body
be regarded safe to trust ones physi-
cal happiness with?
Every irregular faove in medicine has
been a protest against the barbarities
OF the sid Irrational eongiomerate. II
niust 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 10 embrace it.
Come. wake up and move on said
the people to the old school, accept
the ne@ teaching or We will leave you
10 starvc. and thus in spite OF their
conservatism they have had To move
on, 70 he 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 res,elliously they had 10 accept the
discoveries of those whom they de-
nonneed as dangerous quac1s. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honoscd old school has suf-
fered from progressive thought,
Bat fame il earned, not merely by
things written, but by ardsous great
ness OF deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the Impregnahle citadel
Of true science has added numberless
recruits 20 its cause. The ammunition
OF calumny has been exploded. The
deadly projecfiies hurled have missed
theiF destination. The shafts aud ar
rows lie broken at the feet of victory.
And when Aurnra's rays shall have
pierced the smoke Of the beautiful, the
name OF the bistogenetic system of
medicine viii glitter bright and inn
peTishablc sun in the diadem of sci
ence, when those who tried 10 wind
their Shiny coils around its snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
their epitaphs have vanished from the
face of the earth