The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-16

Centuries were ushered Ia and van
ixhed down The vista of the past Ma
tons arose. triumphea and died. races
were born. nourishe<i, and passed
away. each heheldinx the morning
sun bathing the world IN purple and
gold, snd the evening sp3endOr kissing
the roses to sleep. yef none dreamed
that Il Vas the earth that moved,
vhile the sun. the mighty sentinel OF
infinify. moved impefccptihy. The
fallAry Was 1t LAST exploded by an In
nosasor--and il came near costing him
his life because il shocked the con-
servatiycs--
The old schools Of medicine, clad in
I the ancient mantle Of utter conservaf-
! ism, whose ample robes. have. as they
swept down the corridors OF the ccn-
! turtles. caught and held 50 much Of the
teachings Of HipPocrates, Celsius and
Gaien. hoary with antiquity. ever rev.
erently worshiping the old while they
. invariably comhaftcd Innovation
and viewed with cynical skeptirism
each new discovery. Can such body
/ be regarded safe To trust ones physi-
cal happiness with?
The traveller who starts on his jour
new at midnight has far more 10 fear
during the first few hours he groPes
his way than after the purpfing east
heraIds the approach of day, more to
fear during the uncertain light Of I'M
/ folding dawn than alter the golden
splendor OF the sun floods his path
with radiance
Ju.. 80, far back in the history of
medicine they Numbered along, en-
ploying the most heroic measures, the
most deadly minerals, the most loath-
some connections that the brain could
conceive. and the legacies OF heiriooms
have been zealouSly defended for CEN
turies, only disear1ing them when the
innovators compelled them by their
success 10 reluctantly re.inqui-h their
octopus hold.
Every irregular move in medicine has
been q protest against the harharities
af the old Irrational congiomerate. Ii
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 viii leave YOU
to starye. and this in spite of their
conservatism they have had to move
on, to be sure always away behind the
times, but still they crawled snaii-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
of the started standard hear
ers of progressive thought. Slowly
and rei,eiliously they had to accept the
discoveries OF those whom they de-
nounced as dangerous quaeks. 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 ar,iuoas great
ness of deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the impregnable citadel
of true science has added numheriess
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 brokenat 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 inn
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.