The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-09

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pssaed b an fnnovafpe--azd- q zane near
e1sfinx HIN his H1e -heeanoo Il ahoeksd
the conseFvafives.-
The old Rhoois Il medicine, cid In TIE
ancient mane;s q ufsx eooservasism
whose amFss rohes. have. - shsy sseps
down TIE cprsidnn VI The ceufxries. cauxhs
and held - mnch Of the teschinu a Hip
rocrsscs. celsus and GAien. hosry With an
fisuity, eves s<serenuy uonsipiug the old
while fhey invariably eombafsed tnncvar
t1ons-and vieucd With cynical skeptie4sm
earh new discovery. Can snrh body be
regarded ssfe to srnss one's physical hap-
ptness With
The traveller Who starts on his journcf q
midnight haa far more 70 fear during the
6re few ho1rs he grcpes his way. than
after the puryling east hefalds the ap-
frcsrls OF siay, more TO fear during the en-
certain light of anfolsiing dawn, than after
the golden spIendor Of the san foods his
path vish radisnce-
Just 90. far back In the history Of mcdi
cine they hiundered along. employing the
most heroic measures, the most deadly
minerals, the most losthsomc connections
-. -. a.
Jrxrcies on beiri0oms hare been zealously
defended for centuries, only discariing
them when the innovasors compelled them
BY their success to reluctantly nsiinquish
their octopus hold
Every irregular more In medicine has
been . protest against ths barbarities Of the
old irrational congismerafe- II must be re-
membered that every step taken has been
bitterly CONTESTED by those in power, but
after failing to crush the beneficial limo
Walton they have been compelled TO en-
brace IL.
Come. wake up and move on said the PEG
pie TO the old school. accept the new teach
ings, or We viii leave you to starse.
and thus in spite OF their cor.
servatism they have had 70 move
on. 10 be sure always away behind
the times. but stiIl they cravied snail like
and painfully along. far in the rear OF the
started standard bearers OF progressive
thought slowly and rebeliiously they had
to secept the discoveries Of those whom
they denounced ~ dangerous quacks.
Many have been the rude svakepings that
this time honored old school has suffered
from progressive thought
But fame IL earned. not merely BY thingu
written, but by arduous greatness Of deeds
accomplished. Every assault upon the Inn
pregnablc citadel Of true science has added
numberless recruits TO its cause The anu
milton Of calumny has been exploded. The
deadly projec,iles hurled have missed their
destination. The shafts and ARROWS Nc
broken at the feet of victory. And when
Aurora's rays shall have pierced the smoke
Of the beautiful. the name OF the histoge-
netic system of medicine win glitter q
bright and imperishable sun In the diadem
OF science, when those who tried 10 wind
/ their Shiny coils around its snowy throat
have mouidered in oblivion and thei~ cpl
taphs have vanished from the face OF the
earth.