The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-25

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trsunphed ana did: races were hun.
ssus5shsd- asd pane6 sssy. eaeA behoS4-
inx TIE morning sun bathing lie wur3d In
pu<pse ard ee5d. and the crentng Dp&endus
kfxsinx The rssu 70 deep. yetncne dreamed
thss Il vas de eaefh fhat moved. wiki De
sun. fhe ntxhfy ssnffnei a fnAnsty. noved
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p1ou1e<1 By m nnovstof-And II came mar
the cpnsersafsves~
The old schools Of medicine. elad IN the
snciens manfje Of utter conservatism
whose ample nohez. hare, - theJ swept
down the es,rrfdon Of the eensunes- esnEhf
szd held 10 mueh Of the teaThinsS Of Hip
sorrxfes, Ceisus and Ga1en. hnary with an
fssaity. ever rcverentiy worshiping the old
while they Invariably comhaffed inross-
tions--snd Viewed With cynical skcpticfsm
each new discovery. Can such body bc
regarded ss1e 20 trust ones physical hsp-
pinees With
The traveller Who stsffz on his journey af
midnight has far more TO fear during the
assf few hsus be gropes his way. than
after the y1rpling cast hesslds the ap-
pfoach Of day. more 10 fear during the nm
certain light Of unfolding dawn. than aflef
the golden splendor OF the sun eoods his
psth with radiance
Just %, far back I'm the histsfy Of medi-
cine they Numbered along, employing the
most heroic measures. the most deadly
minerals. the most loafhsome connections
that the brain could conceive. and the
iegseies or heirIooms have been zealously
defended for centuries. only discariing
them when the innoyafsrs compelled them
by their success to reluctantly relfnquizh
their octopus hold
been protest axsinst the barbarifies Of the
old irrational congismersfe. IL must be re-
membered thss every step taken has been
bitterly contested by those In power, but
after falling to crush the beneficial limo
Walton fhey have been compelled to en-
brace IT,
Come. wake up and move on ssid the peo-
pie 10 the old school, accept the new teach
inss, or We viii leave you 10 starve,
and thus in spite Of their con-
sersatism they have had 20 move
ON, to be sure always away behind
the times. but still they erawled snail Ike
and painfully along. fxr In the rear OF the
started standard bearers OF progressive
thought Slowly and rebelliously they had
TO 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 II earned. not merely by things
written, but by arduous greatness of deeds
accomplished. Every assault upon the i'm
pregnsble citadel OF true science has added
numberiess recruits to its cause. The anu
milton Of csiumny has been exploded. The
deadly projectilcs 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-
nefic system Of medicine win glitter q
bright and lmperishable sun in the diadem
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.