The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-03


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ne~ II nsE@nsghs has far raore TO fxsr
Herring tbs zrst fer hoass be grapes
his wav shan after the YFTrLiag eass
heralfs the approach Of DAY, more 10
5ear durins the uncertain light Of tn
folding dxxn than alter the golden
sp1eufcr 81 the sun foods bis pafA
via radiance.
Jus. %. far hnck In the history Of
rssd;eine tbrv Numbered along. en-
t..pTirx the most heroic measures the
iuoss deadly minerals. the sssoSs ioztil-
some exfions that the brain co1ld
conceive. and the Iegaciez or heirioofns
hare beess xezi0ussy deseadex for cen
ssYsez. ox1ly siisearsing them when tn
i,yuovafors compelled them By their
success 10 reluctantly relinaaish their
octopus hold
The old schools os medicine, clad IN
the ancient mantle Of utter ronservat-
isrn. whose ample robes, have, Is they
=wspt dswn the corridors OF TIE cen
turies. can1ist AMI held 20 mach Of the
TEACHINGS 81 Hippccrztss, Geisns and
Gasen. ho9ry wigh antiquity, ever rev.
erenfiy wors i1iping the old while they
invariably cofIasatfed innovations
and viewed with cynical skspsiclsna
each new discovery. Can such 4 body
be regarded safe to trust ones pkySs-
cal happiness WITH
Every irregular fsove in medicine has
seen q protest against the basi,srities
az the cid Irrational corgloznersfe- IL
naust be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested BY
those In poxey. bnt after failing 1,
errtsi, the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled &c embrace it. ).
Come, wake up and move on said
the people 70 the old school, aceept
the nex teaching or we viii leave yoa
70 NiGEFts anu AffAf AH cifer VI tkAN--
conservatism they have had to move
on. to he snA always away behind the
times, but still they eraw.ed snail-sike
and painfully along, far in the rear
ef the started standard bear
crs Of progressive thought Slowly
and Yebellioasiy they had 10 accept the
discoveries OF those whom they de-
noancsd IS dangerous auaeks. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has SUI
fered from progressive thought.
Bat fame Is earned, not merely by
things written, but by ardRous great
ness Of deeds accomplished. Every
Assault upon the inipregnabie citadel
of true science has added numberseSs
recruits 70 It's cause. The ammunition
u calnmny has been exploded. The
deadly pTojectiies hurried have missed
their destination. The shaft and ar
ROWS lie broken at the feet Of victory.
And when Anrora's rays shall have
pierced the smoke OF the beautiful, the
name OF the histogcnetie system of
medicine Will glitter a bright and i'm
perishabie sun in the diadem Of sci
ence. when those who tried to wind
their Shiny coils around its snowy
throat have moaidered Ia oblivion and
their epitaYhs have vanished from the
face OF the earth.