The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10

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when stand on nv head the blood all rushes into my
head, don't It'll" Yes, the doctors say. well, when
stand on my feet WHY don't the blood all rush into
my feet Well the doctors diagnosed tip .Sv.,
rfhpkins. the reason is your feet are not empty"
lLaughter.l
birth. IApplsusel am proud also that my father
was aphyscian that nv grandfather was a3hysician;
that my greatgrandfather was physician; that my
uncle physician; that they all physicians
practcing in the State of Indiana during their lives
and they all members of this Indiana State Ned-
cal Society. lApplause.l And can say, from what
and could live as noble. unselfsh. benevolent and
benihcsnt life as they lived shall count myself SUI
premely fortunate at the last Gentlemen. the medi
cal profession stands alongside of the ministry in the
nobility of its aims in the with ahien il
devotes itself 70 the cause Of humanity. and In the
way II tests men in the supreme qualities of their
As we know that they are in the great majority of
cases in state at least far my observation
goes they deserve areward that cannot be computed
in dollars and cents When persons talk, some do
that the day is coming when we shall need less of the
physician stand mp to say that the day 10 coming
and hastening when we viii need more Of the phys
msnt will take him in TO be the family guide and
consultant and adviser all through. TO teach how
to live in these bodies that God has given US.
That is the first part of the text. Now as to the
second: DR.. wath.n said that the American doctor
ought TO be projected think he ought to be-from
his patients believe that Is the main part of nv
text tnink Trey ought 20 De protected from
tain class of patients who unite medical quackery and
theological abominable Authorizations hermaphro.
dite that is formed of such combination would seem
TO me most detestable. and that need to pray
against. As tho apostle said: Finally. brethren.
pray far Us that we may be delivered from all un-
reasonable men Ministers and doctor: need to be
The faith cure is one illustration deluded sort of
people who mean well. many of them. who base .
great doctrine on one text like pyramid on its
says to pray for the sick and anont with oil be
means We shall only pray for the sick That is alb
surd. for st. James evidently refers to oil it was
used in those days the principal medicine, and
when he says that we to use oil. he means that
with prayer we are also to medicine; when
man asks me. Do you believe in the faith curei say
yes. believe in what has been called the faith and oil
sure. Pills and prayer; that is good doctrine, DR..
Mcleod. believe In prayer and medicine, for medt
cins without prayer is atheism. and prayer without
medicine is superstition. So need to pray to be
delivered for protrction good doctor says from
that class of people; and when pray for protection
We nave 70 % careiui wnen We are around among
certain class of people, it would seem to introduce
political subject. My good ministerial brother
in Washington went into family where he was in
yited and in the evening he conducted family prayer
The next morning the young son. Johnny. said:
"Lookee here. mister. what did you pray for last
nightr' The minister studied moment and the
mother said, Hush Johnny, don't be impudent"
But the minister said. LET him speak out madame;
like to see boy interested in such Matters and then
turning TO the boy he said What your question:
The boy said, II asked what you prayed fori" Il
prayed for guidance and support and protection
That's il, that's it." said the boy. That's it.
Now do you know my dad is free trade. and the mo-
ment he gets onto Your racket will have 70 get
out OF this house mighty quick. Applause andlaugs-
tsr.]
A letter was here read by DR.. wathen. written
forty years ago, following an almost similar ban
quet at Columbus, O., in which the following
prophetic sentences occurred:
CINCINNATI o., May %, 1S47.
returned yesterday from the annual meeting of
the medical convention of Ohio at Columbus. OF the
great utility of such conventions to those who com
poee them. II for others. there can be doubt;
and that when the time shall come that they
erousy attended by the physicians of every State in
the Union, the profession in the United States viii
be found advancing in aspiration and in intelligence
much beyond anything we have yet seen. One hum
dred and twenty physicians of thirty counties of this
State were present The fifth pair of ex-
ercised not less than the seventh and the discussion
of the latter did not send forth single angry or re-
sentful expression. There emulation without
rivalry and wit without wine. DAN DRAKE.
"Dan Drake as he was known to the proses-
sion, was the pioneer not only Of medicine, but
of civilization in the West. The letter wss re-
ceivsd with much feeling, especially by the older
members.
The Symposiarch-Ths following telegram has
just been received from the humorist and states
man. Bill Nye, who was invited to be present on
this occasion. He says:
DR.. Franklin Hays Denison Hotel:
Sorry cannot be there. May you and associates
continue to take life easily, as heretofore
Great applause which commenced as . muir
muir and increased to q roar.
The Symposlarch-The next toast IL 'sThe
Doctors Wife, TO be responded to by DR.. j. Me-
Lean Moulder, Of Kokomo.
DR.. Mouder-There is man upon the face of the
earth that deserves better woman for his wife than
the doctor. and as far as my observation extends,
there is class OF men who are better judges of
womans true loneliness, beauty and personal attrsc-
The doctors wife is truly his helpmeet while they
guide and regulate the love and affections of our
hores, and bsar without murmur our late hours
In an air radiating with kindness they win grow in
our admiration and will like beautiful flowers
to adorn our homes and encourage us IN our work.
Th~v are our protection amid peril our pilot amid
the ms of adversities. When have returned
from difficult case, important surgica, opera
ton that has taxed very best skill and inge-
nuity and a crushing and almost unbearable failure
seemed inevitable noble and tender-hesrted wife
stands erect amid the tempest and cheers as
other being upon the face of the earth do. And
we 90 to our work with renewed hope an inspired
with courage that leads Us to ultimate Why,
then, should our hearts not be turned tn wives
with feelings allied to reverencei
The Symposiarch-'In Medicine-no North
No South
No factionist is he indeed,
Who ministers our pain
Forever in such Office we'd
Elect him to remain.
Responded to by Joseph NJ. Matthews, NJ D.
DIR. Matthews-There is little town in the
State of Kentucky that, during tbs memorable
days of the war, that midland
ground that marked the North and South. In
that town had the happiness TO live, though many
misfortunes overshadowed it. To-day it was in the
possession of the federal troops Another day it
In the possession of the confederate troops; and the
occasion 20 which refer was day that was dark to
u.s. sir, indeed Not day that we love 10 look back
to, but lay that is memorable for incident that
IL very applicable to my toast. Living there was
endeared to the medical profession of Kentucky
doubly dear 20 because related to me
by blood. and, more than that. which is
the tie that binds one doctor to another;
that my brother. Upon . dark and miserable
night when the confederate troops had taken
sion of the town, upon the sesame night the federal
troops had surrounded them, and were lying around
the town expecting in the morning to go to battle In
that midnight this brother of mine knew it to be his
duty to go to the country to afflicted person.
He did not consider the troops sir; he only thought
of his duty. and he mounted his horse and directly
took his course and passed near the pckets. While
he was going through them man lifted his gun and
pointed it at him to shoot; but another soldier
recognized him in the darkness and placing his
that man; he is q doctor" So .'.he doctor" passed
the federal picket line to do his mission of mercy
[Applause.
But few short years since the nestor of American
surgery called across the darkened pillows. Is
there a within the bearing of my voice, within
the hearing of the words that utter belonging the
same profession that he did, looking to him the
father of medicine, that did not nesve sigh at the
death Of that reverend, grand, excellent and noble
man. DR.. Gross. GApplause] All those who attended
the session of the American Medical Association had
the pleasure of witnessing 1t this session at least that
al lines, so far us sectional feeling concerned.
sit down with doctors from the extreme North, from
the extreme South from the extreme West and the
ex treme East; but we ask the question. We
went sir to learn that from the South and the West
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