The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-08

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eosfsux h5n biz HE stccsnR & shocked
the cpaeessnftsek
The cid sehenfs AZ med5c4ne. esad Ia Dc
sDcsens mantle Of ufter eoaservstfsn
WHOSE smp1e rohes, hare, - they swept
down The cefrzdoss Of the centuries, enugkt
and hc2d - mach u the teachinxx u Hip
peerns<s, ceIsns sd taien. hoary with an
si4uisy. eSer reytrenfiy uusss ping the cid
whiIe fhey iuva-fahiy eumhsfses fnnoxa-
tious-and viewed with cynical nkepefcxnn
sscA n<w discovery. Can sach body be
rcxzr1ed sale ~ trust ONES phyuiral hsp-
pSnssss wishY
Iax tszvel~r Who ssArts on his journey at
Midnight has fnr more 20 fear during the
nrxs few hours he srvpes his wAy. than
after the purpiinz east heralds the afr
sycsch OF day, more 70 fcar during the m
CERTAIN light ~ unfolding dawn, than after
the golden xpiendsr Of the san foods his
path with rstiaBce.
lust -. far back in the history Of n,esli
cine they Numbered along, employing the
most heroic measures, the most deadly
minerals. the most ioathsozne connections
that the brain could conceive. and the
Eegaeies OF heirioerns have been xeaiouxiy
defended for centuries. only diseariinx
them when the innoysf efs compelled then
by their success TO reiurtantiy rciinquish
their octopus hold
Every irregular move In medicine has
been protest against the harharities of the
old Irrational eongi szEerase. II must be re
membefed that every step taken has been
bitterly contested by those in power, but
after falling 10 crush the beneficial fnno-
safion they have been compelled 10 en-
brace II
Come. xak- mp and move on said the poo
pie 10 the old school. arcepf the new teach
ings, or We win leave you TO starve.
and thus In spite Of their con-
servafism they have had 10 move
on, 10 Be sure always away behind
the ttu1Sss Vkft SILL tutf Cf881cl sIxff-flkc
and painfully along, far in the rear Of the
started standard bearers Of progressive
thought slowly and rebeliiously they had
10 accept the discoveries OF those whom
they denounced - dangerous quacks
Many have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has suffered
from progressive thought.
But fame is earned. not merely by things
written. but BY arsinous greatness Of deeds
accomplished Every assault upon the Ina
pregnable citadel Of true science has added
numberless recruits to its cause The anu
milton 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
Aurofa's rays shall have pierced the smoke
OF the beautiful. the name OF the histoge-
neiie system Of medicine win glitter
bright and imperishable sun In the diadem
Of science, when those who tried to wind
their Shiny coils around its snowy throat
have mouidefcd In sblivion and thei< cpl
taphs have vanished from the face of the
earth.