The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-21

cEufuries wese uskersd IN and van-l
|fsked dowu - v5sls II fhe past -
tions nxuse. txfump&ed xnd did f1rexl
uere born. n0uFisho3, ard pnsecd
away. eAch beh0sding he moraIn&
sun hnkhinx The uosid Ia purYte and
|eu5d. and the evening sp8Endor Kissing
he roees 20 sleep. yet n0ae drezmed
tkaf 4 vxs tie earth that moved.
uhile she sun, Tie mighty seufiDa a
fn6nffy. moved impercepk1hy. 1be
f1IIary wzs a. last expko<1ed By m In
uovafor--an4 II cznze near costing him
| his life ..becazse Il shocked the con-
xervatixe-
M traveier vho starts on his Jour
uev az midnight has far more 70 fear
during the fzrSs few hozry be gropes
his wxy than after the purpaing east
herzsds the approach 81 day, more to
fear during the uncertain light of TN
fosdinx dawn than after the golden
spaenanr q the sun foods his path
vita radixfce-
Jnss %. far back IN the history Of
medicine they Handercd along, eu-
pzoying the uso<t heroic measures, the
most dcsisy minerals. the rsost Iozth-
some connections that the brain could
conceive, and the I<gscies or bedrooms
hare been xealoasly defended for cen-
turiex, only discerning them when the
innovatcrs compelled them By their
success 10 reluctantly reiinqaish their
octopus hold
The old schools Of medicine, clad IN
the ancient mantle Of utter censcrvat-
ism. whose ample robes, have. a. they
swept down the corridors Of the cen
furies, caught and held 80 much Of the
teachings of HipPocrates. CELSIUS and
GAlrn, hoary with antiquity. ever rev
eren.ly worshiping the old while they
invariably conbafsed innovations
and viewed with cynical skepticism
each new discovery Can such body
be regarded safe 10 trust ones physi-
cal happiness wifhg
Every irregular rsoye in medicine has
been protest against the barbariries
OF the old irrational conglomerate- 1t
must be remembered that every step
taken has been bitterly contested by
nose IN power, but after failing 70
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled to embrace il.
Come, wake up and move on said
the people 10 the old school, accept
the new teaching or we will leave You
to starve, and thus in spite OF their
conservatism they have had to move
on, 10 he sure always away behind the
times, bat still they crawled snaii-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
/ Of the started standard bear
| ers Of progressive thought. Slowly
and rehcslio1sly they had to accept the
discoveries of those whom they de-
noanced as dangerous auacks- Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honorea old school has snf-
fere1 from progressive thought.
Bat fame Is earned, not merely by
things written, but by avduous great
ness of deeds accomplished. Every
as sauIt usnn the inpregnable citadel
| OF true science has added numberiess
recruits 10 It's earse. The ammunition
of ealRH1ny has been exploded The
deadly prsjecfiles hurled have missed
| their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at 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 I'M
perishable sun in the diadem of sci
| cnce, 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.