The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-28

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tkaf Il uxs The earth fhsf uored,
whije the sun- fhe mighty sentinel q
EnEnffy. fnoved imp1fe<ptihy. The
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novsSos- and Il came near co~tIag hinz
his life '.becsuse il sbocksd The cos
s<rsxfiyes-
The frayeier who starts on his jour
rey Il Midnight has far more 70 fear
during the First few hours be grupes
his ray than alter The puyplEsg east
keraisis the approach cf day, more 10
fear during th<s uncertain HIGHT Of an
folding dawn than after the goisess
sptentox OF the sun foods his path
with radiance
Just %. far back In the history Of
medicine shey Numbered along err
r5oyiax the usosz heroic measures. the
most deadly minerals. the nzo-f bath
some connections tiaat the brain could
conceive. and the lexacies OF heirioouss
have been zealousIy defens1es for CEN
tz-rses, orly discerning them when tn
inHevafprs com psesiea them by their
success 70 reluctantly reiin4zish their
oetoEas hold.
The old Schools Of nzesiieiae. clad IN
the ancient mantle OF utter eonservsf-
ism, whose ample rohrs. have. as they
swept Down the corridors of the CEN
fsries, caught aud held 80 much of the
teachings Of Hippocrates, CELSIUS and
Gaten, hosry wifl antiquity ever rev.
erentiy worshiping theoia while they
invariably com halted innovations
ard viewed with cynical skept;eisTE
each new discovery Can ssth body
he regarded safe TO trust ones physi-
cal happiness WITH
Every irregular TEove In medicine has
been q protest against the barbsrities
OF the cid irrational eongiomerafe. IL
must he remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested by
those in power. but after falling %
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled 70 embrace IL
Come, wake up and move ON said
the people 70 the old school. accept
the new teaching or We viii leave you
10 sfarve, and thus IN spite of their
conservatism they have had TO move
on. 10 t,e sure always away behind the
times. bat still they crawled snsil-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
OF the started standard hear
ers Of progressive thought Slowly
and rebeiliogisly they had TO accept the
discoveries OF those whom they de-
noanced as dangerous guacs-s. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has snf
fercd from progressive thought.
Bat fame is earned, not merely by
things written, but by arisoRs great
ness OF deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the inapregnable citadel
OF true science has added numheriess
recruits TO its cause The ammunition
Of ealumny has been exploded. The
deadly projectiles hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the feet of victory
And when AuroTa's rays shall have
pierced the smoke OF the beautiful. the
name Of the histogenetic system of
medicine will glitter a bright and i'm
perishalile sun in the diadem OF sci
ence, when those who tried 10 wind
their shiny coils around Is snowy
throat have mouidered in oblivion and
their cpisaphs have vanished from the
face of the earth.