Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-07
MANNERS OF -RE DOCTOR.

Shs Physician ~ sociaI Fsotor-ConH.
dences Of Patiunts-Experience.
The young, unmarried physician in So
dety, il 10 las thoroughly prepared him
self for The serious duties OF his profess
sion in his earlier years, will find much
time he ca7 spare from his books and the
care Of lis few patients to devote to social
4uties and pleasures. These will prevent
Che formation Of slovenly habits in dress
and manners, and at the same time per.
init the people Of his own age and culture
% estimate his character at his true value.
This is all the more important us it Is
from this class that his future patrons are
70 come and insure those ever widening
relations which are to be the support oil
his advancing years. The impression
Chat he is thus able to produce will be OF
hcalculable value as the years go by. An
accomplishment Of some sort will be
found Of the greatest service. Music,
dancing, reading or oratory, as his tastes
incline him, should be cultivated, and the
conversational powers, SO often deficient
al The present day, should receive all
possible encouragement. This. of course,
inplies much reading end thought ont
sideof professional matters, but it will be
found that general information Of tn
most varied kind may be easily obtained
II reading is pursued in a methodical way,
Chat a scientific training renders less diff.
cult than one would find il who had nevey
been thus instructed.
The inference that a mar who has ex.
oellent information on a large number Of
different subjects must also be well
versed in his own particular department
- usually just. With few exceptions,
chis will generally be found a good cri-
trion by which to Judge Of the acquire
ments Of a physician. There are, how.
ever, a few exceptions. These are the
enthusiasts, TO whom the study Of any
thing besides the f~ayorite science seems a
waste OF time, or woria, a Dissertation Of
Che temple u knowledge. Even these
must know that there is no item OF
knowledge without its uses 10 the true
physician. There are many obvious
reasons why the young doctor should
marry early-as soon as his practice will
enable him b. surround a wife with the
comforts Of a home. Some one has said
that "the married man has given hostages
10 fortune for his future good behavior"
IL Is certain that the confidence Of heads
OF families is secured more easily by the
married than by tho unmarried ply
dcian.
A pledge Of secrecy regarding every
ching observed concerning an individual
I'll of any disease i, implied by the mere
fact OF the pursuit Of the medical profess
sion. This pledge is q part Of the Hip
pocratic oath, which dates 600 years be-
Tore our era, and, in a modified form, IL
administered to graduates, in many med.
ical colleges Of our time, at the time the
diploma Is conferred upon the successful
candidates. The duty Of keeping pro-
fessonal secrets nvielate Is taught from
the beginning 10 the close Of the years ~
study and probation through which the
student must pass before he can proudly
sfin the tide Of NJ. ID. 10 his autograph.
In many states, Missouri among them,
the doctor Is forbidden 30 reveal such
secrets even on the witness stand. The
knowledge If tiGs fact Is calculated 10 in
spire the people with a confidence such
as ia felt only toward q spiritual adviser.
In fact, the priest and physician stand
upon eIual ground in this regard.
Should n rledical nan 80 FAR forget his
DUTY in this relation as 10 make the
troubles or diseases Of those who had