The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-30

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The old schools Of madeleine. ciad in the
ancient mantle Of uffRf conservatism
whose ample rohes. hase, - hey swepe
dswu The corY5dnu Of the eenxuxfes. eau<ht
and hrsd - much Of ne teachinxs Of Hip
po<rssea. ceisus and Galen, hoazy with an
fsauity. ever reserenf3y wofshipfnS TIE osd
rhise they fuvaxiAbsJ e0nhafted Ur5ra-
tious-aud viewed Win cynical sksrtieim
esek new discovery. Can such body Be
regarded cafe to trust ones physscai -hsp-
piDezs With.
The traveller Who ssaxss On bis journey u
midnight hos far more 70 fear during the
first few hoHs he gropes his vay. than
sitter the parpiinx east hefalds the sP
psosch 81 day, mere 10 fear daring the I'M
certain Light Of unfolding dawn than after
the gosd~n spIendor Of the sun Goods his
Path with rxdiance.
Just 20. far hack In the history Of nedi-
zinc they Numbered along. employing the
most heroic measures. the most deadly
minerals, the moes icsfhsome connections
! that the brain could conceive. and the
[ legxeies or hefrlooBls have beea zeaiDusly
defended for centuries. only discardins
them when the innoyafors compelled them
By their success 10 reluctantly reiluqEfsh
their octopus hold
Every Irregular move in medicine ha,
been protest against the barharties Of the
old Irrational congi ,mernte. II must be re
membescd that every step taken has beer
bitterly contested By those in power. bul
after falling TO crush the beneficial limo
walton they have been compelled 70 em
brace IT,
Come. wake up and move on said the PEG
pie to the old school, accept the new teach
/ fngs, or We win Ieaye you to starve
and thus In spite Of their con
seYvafism they have had TO movs
on, TO be sure always away behin<
the times. bat still they crawied snail-lik'
and painfully along. far In the rear Of thu
started standard bearers of progre.siv,
thought Slowly and rcbelliously they haa
to accept the discoveries Of those whom
they denounced ~ dangerous quack1
Many hare been the rude awakenings tia
this time honored old school has sufHeret
from progressive thought
But fame IL earned. not merely by thing
written. hut BY ar1sous greatness Of deed
accomplished Every assault upon the I'm
prexnable citadel OF true science has adde'
numberless recruits to Its cause. The anu
uition Of calamny has been exploded. Tn
deadly projecfiIes hurled have missed thei
destination. The shafts and arrows Ii
broken at the feet Of victory. And whel
ArroEa's rays shall have pierced the smok
Of the beautiful. the name of the histogt
netic system Of medicine will glitter
bright and imperishable sun In the diader
of science, when those who tried to win
their Shiny coils around its snowy thros
have moulsered In oblivion and their ep
taphs have vanished from the face Of III
earth.