The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-20

ssseufnrfes vere ushexed N md vnn-
ss1ed dovu IL VIA a IL past Ear
finms aruse, triumpAed snd did Yaces
vexa horn. 0ourished. and passed
awnx. ench heko33ing the morning
s6n bathing the world IN purple and
gold and tie evening spaendor Kissing
Tie roses to dep, ret none dreamed
that Il wzs the earth that moved
while The sun. Tie mighty sentinel q
in6nify, moved impefceP6hly. The
fallncy vas q LIST exploded 81 An In
n0vnfor-and IL came near costing him
his life Abecause IS shocked the con-
sexvafivss.n
The Traveller Who starts on hts Jour
ney It midnight has far more 70 fear
during the Erss few hours he gropes
his way than after the purpting east
hefalis the approach Of day, more 70
fear during the uncertain light OF un-
folding dawn than after the golden
sp1enror Of the sun foods his path
with radiance.
Just 90. far hack IN the history Of
medicine thsy Numbered along, en-
p3oying The most heroic measures. the
mast deadly minerals, the most lcath-
some connections that the brain could
conceive, and the legzcies or heiriOoms
have been xealously defended for CEN
turies. only describing them when tn.
innoyafoRs compelled them by their
success to reluctantly relinqaish their
octopus hold
The old schools of medicine, clad In
the ancient mantle OF utter cOnservat-
ism. whose ample robes, have, rs they
SWEPT down the corridors Of the CEN
turies, caught and held 80 much OF the
teachings Of Hippocrates, CELSIUS and
Galen. hoary with antiquity, ever rev.
erently worshiping the old while they
invariably combAtted innovations
and viewed with cynical skepticism
each new discovery. Can such body
be regarded safe to trust ones physi-
cal happiness withf
Every irregular move in medicine has
been . protest against the barbarities
OF the old irrational conglomerate. 1t
must be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested by
those in power, but after failing to
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled to embrace it.
Come, wake up and move on said
the people to the old school, accept
the new teaching or we will leave you
to starve. and thus in spite OF their
conservatism they have had to move
on, to be sure always away behind the
times, but still they crawied snail-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
Of the started standard bear
ers of progressive thought. Slowly
and rebeliiously they had to accept the
discoveries of those whom they de-
nounced as dangerous qracks. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has suf-
fered from progressive thought.
But fame is earned, not merely by
things written, but by arduous great
ness of deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the impregnable citadel
of true science has added numberless
recruits to its cause. The ammunition
Of calumny 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 Aurora's rays shall have
pierced the smoke of the beautiful, the
| name of the histogenetic system OF
medicine will glitter bright and i'm
perishable sun in the diadem of sci
ence. when those who tried to wind
their shiny coils around its snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
their epitaphs have vanished from the
face of the earth.