The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-29

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tr1umpteA a1d eied. sDces we're barn.
aourish<d. a.d pased auay. eaeA behotd+
Ing the morniur san bathing de wo<td In
purple and ec5d- snd TIE evening sBsendos
k1ninx The ross % saeep. y<tnone dreamed
tAas IL was the earth that novcf. wiki he
sua, the msxkfy serftnci Of fnAnity. moved
fmpesrerefhay. Th< faIiary was q iAss az
psssaed b a Innoss1oe-snd Il cAne near
csssipx hin his Iffs ..becsnse II shocked
the couserynf5veA-
The old schools Of medicsne, essd in he
ancient mantle Of urter cuo&esva tis1
WHOSE snple roeea. hare. - they swept
down the ecrTidnn Of the centuries, caught
snd held 70 mech Of the teachings Of Hip
pocrstes. CeIacs aue Gs;eu, hnaxy with an
tiqnify. ever Nverenfiy wonhiptnG the cid
vhiIe they Invariably eombafssd tunoys-
fzons-and viewed with cynical skepfieiam
each new discovery Can such BODY be
regaried safe 20 trust ONES physieal hap
pipes with.
The traveller Who starts on his journey 1t
midnight hes far more to fear during the
6zss few hour he gropes his way. than
after the parpling est hefaids The ap
pfoach Of day, more 10 fear during the nm
certain Hight of unfolding dawn. than after
the golden sp3endor Of the sun foods his
path with radiance.
Just %. far bark In the history OF neii
cine they Numbered along, employing the
most heroic measures, the most deadly
minerals, the most ioafhsome connections
that the brain could conceive. and the
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defended for centuries. only discsrdtns
them when the fnnovston compelled them
by their success 10 reluctantly relinquish
their octopus hold
Every irregular move in medicine hal
been protest against the b&rhArifies Of the
old Irrational congi smerute- Il must be re
membered that every step taken has been
bitterly contested By those in poweS. bui
after failing 70 crush the beneficial limo
Walton they have been compelled to en-
brace IL
Come, wake mp and move on said the peo-
pie to the old school, accept the new teach
ingn, or we will leave you to stsrve,
and thus in spite Of their con
scrvatism they have had TO move
ON. TO Be sure always away behind
the times, but still they crawled snaii-like
and painfully along, far in the rear Of the
started standard bearers of progressive
thought slowly and rcbelliously they had
10 accept the discoveries of those whom
they denounced - dangerous quacks
Many have been the rude awakenings thai
this time honofcd old school has suffered
from progressive thought
| But fame Is earned. not merely BY thing
written. but BY arduous greatness Of deed
accomplished. Every assault upon the i'm
pregnable citadel Of true science has added
| nunbcrless recruits 70 its cause. The anu
milton Of calumny has been exploded. Tht
deadly projectiles hurled have missed theil
destination The shafts and arrows liz
broken at the feet Of victory And wher
Aurors's rays shall have pierced the smoke
OF the beautiful. the name OF the histoge
netic system of medicine win glitter /
bright and impsfishable sun In the diaden
Of science. when those who tried to vino
their slimy coils around its snowy throa
have mouldered In oblivion and their cpl
taphs have vanished from the face Of III,
earth.