The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-22

Ceneuries wsts ushefed - md san-
fshed dom IL vista of - pask No
tiaus aruse, frf1mphSa snd Did Facss
1efu born, Ekufi<hed, and passed
aUxy, each heho3dfnx H. uornfn9
SIN bsxhiny ths void IN paEplc and
gold. and ne euenzng sptendor kissing
DE roses 70 deep. yet none dreamed
| that Is Was the earth that moved,
whiie the sun, the mighty sentinel 81
infinity, moved iznPefcepfihy. The
fazisry w1s II last exptn3cd b an In
nos4for i Game near costing him
his life because il shocked the con-
IseYynfives.s
The traveller who starts on his Jour
ney 1t midnight has far more 70 fear
tdarfnx the f5rsf fex hozrs he grcpes
his way than after the purrsing east
hexabis the approach Of day, more 70
| fear during the uncertain Light OF nm
| fOIding dawn tksn after the golden
zpsendor Of the sun foods his path
with radiance
Just 80. far hack ia TIE history OF
medicine they Numbered along. en-
piosing the most heroic measures, the
| most deSdly niaerzls. the most ioash-
some connections that the brain could
conceive, and the frgxeies or heir'ooms
have been zezlously deferde2 for CEN
lturies, only discarding them when tbs
| innovafors compelled them BIS their
success 10 reluctantly reiinqHish their
octopus hold
Tne osa schools of medicine, clad in
the ancient mantle Of utter conservat-
ism, whose ample robes, have. ss they
| swept down the corridors of the cen
turtles, caught and held 50 much OF the
teachings Of Hippocrates, CELSIUS and
Galen. hoary with antiquity, ever rev
erentsy worshiping the old while they
IinyariabIy eo.nbatted innovations
and viewed with cynical skepticisIn
each new discovery. Can such . body
be regarded safe to trust ones physi-
cal happiness withf
| Every irregular move in medicine ha;
been a protest against the barbaTities
OF the cid Irrational eonglomerate. Il
must I've remembered that every stey
taken has been bitterly contested By
ehose in power. but after failing &
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled TO embrace it.
Come, wake up and move on SAID
the people 70 the old school, accep
the new teaching or We viii leave yot
to starve, and thus in spite OF theil
conservatism they have had to mov'
on, to be sure always away behind thu
times, but still they crawled snail-lik,
! and painfully along, far in the reai
Of the started standard bear
ers Of. progressive thought. Slowl,
and rehelliously they had to accept tn,
discoveries of those whom they dc
nounced as dangerous quaeks. Man,
have been the rude awakenings tina
this time honored old school has sui
fered from progressive thought.
Bat fame is earned, not merely by
things written. but by arduous great
ness of deeds accomplished. Ever,
assault upon the impregnable citade
of true science has added numhcries
recruits to its cause. The ammunition
of calumny has been exploded Tn,
deadly projectiles hurled have misses
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the feet of victory
And when Aurora's rays shall hav'
pierced the smoke of the beautiful, tn
name Of tie histogenetic system o
medicine will glitter bright and i'm
Ipcrishable sun in the diadem of sci
ence. when those who tried to win,
their Shiny coils around its snow,
throat have mouidered in oblivion an,
their epitaphs have vanished from tn
face OF the earth.