The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-27

ceufnki0 vuu uhnReA n - v1A1IAed
aswn - vin1n a - - Nations aFue,
xlnmehoa ~ ~: snees uese born,
npax11hed, and pnssed awsy. esch behced-
inx the nornlnx sun bathing she VOID In
psrpae and ecaa. and tie evening spaendnr
kimlng the sosss % sieep. etnO0e dreaned
thax Il uas n eaSsA tha3 nOved, uhile de
sun, - nighsy senfisel 81 in6n1ty. moved
inpesceptihly. The fAIiacy uas Il lnst ex-
p3oded b. N lnnovator-and if cAne near
custine Ain his life s-becausc It shocked
The consrrvsSiveA
he ola schoois Of medicine, clae in the
ancient mantle Of uftef conservatism
vhose anpae robea. have. - they swept
down The corrsdon Of the centuries. caught
and heid % much Of the teachings Of Hip
pocraaes. Celsus and Galez, hoaxy with an
tiQuity. ever reverenfly uonhiping the old
whfle they invariably comAasfed innosa-
lions and viewed With cynical skepsicism
each new discovery Can sneh . hedy be
regarded safe 70 tr1ss ones physical hap
pines With.
The Traveller Who starss on his journey ct
midnight has far more b fear during the
Arst few hours be gropes his way. than
AFTER the pafplinx east herslds the APP
proaca Of day, more 10 fear during the un-
certain light Of unfolding dawn than after
the golden splendor Of the sun floods his
path With radiance.
Just %. far hack in the history of medi-
cine they blundcred along. employing the
most heroic measures, the most deadly
minerals, the most loathsome connections
that the brain could conceive, and the
legncies O. heiriooms have been zealously
defended for centuries. only iiscarding
them when the fnnovatcFs compelled them
BY their success TO reluctantly relinquish
their octopus hold.
! Every irregular move In medicine has
been . protest against the harharities Of the
old irrational conglsmeraae 1t must be re
membered that every step taken has been
bitterly contested by those in power. but
i after failing to crush the beneficial limo
walton they have been compelled 70 en-
brace It.
Come, wake up and move on said the peo-
pie to the cd school, accept the new teach
ingA or we win leave you to starve.
and thus in spite Of their con-
sefvatism they have had TO move
| on, to be. sure always away behind
the times, but still they crswled snail ike
and painfully along, far in the rear Of the
started standard bcaren OF progressive
thought Slowly and rebelliously they had
to accept the discoveries Of those whom
they denounced as dangerous qIacks
Many have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has suffered
from progressive thought
But fame IL earned. not merely by things
written. but BY ariuoas greatness Of deeds
accomplished. Every assault upon the inn
pregnable citadel of true science has added
numberless recruits to Its cause The anu
nition Of caiumny has been exploded. The
deadly projectiles hurled have missed their
destination. The shafts and arrows lie
broken At the feet Of victory And when
Aurora's rays shall have pierced the smoke
Of the beautiful. the name OF the histoge-
netic system Of medicine viii glitter q
bright and imperishable sun In the diadcm
Of science, when those who tried to wind
their Shiny coils around Its snowy throat
have mouldered in oblivion and their cpl
taphs have vanished from the face of the
earth.