Telegram-herald., 1890-01-19
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Ignorance i aluags opposed % tAe
ass aae nelr VI se4ce. Astronomy
has oee retarded by c, nalura- gai-oso-
ply was held fgr ceutIre- ~ tae graz
of t.ack Superstition
Ile nan uno SAID lle world moved
ail ~ ~ -t.l face %. a per.l thatnenaced
n., f., sa4 after t4e ia upol tbe
loasr otPsl ol the true theory VI the
Fe.0c Is 0f falling bodies, that same
m4a retired ,leuced 4lld overwhelmed
~ tne ieeg= ota uogded mob. WAC even
la t4e lace VI absolutepsoof upheld tie
taise aud denied the evidence q then
own senses
Medicine las suffered m ore aculely
deed. & nl,, 5eeu 80 siuhled "a ignorance
ald bigOtry that nfty years ago could
scarcely have been called sclencc. The
d sc0yery @ anat >thctlc. ard Their useln
ylvlsecu0u opened a period OF progress
which be placei medicine OH "A basis
of true kuowledge. where .t has made
gigantic strides. No science has pro-
x -ed sO rapidly, and tue act Why oil
20 ga
truth, and developing Wlder uelIs.
To-day 70 suffers an EVIL which has
been d 10 great measure removed from
the paths VI Us SISTER sciences. The
average enlightenment n these
BRANCHES is much greater. They axe
taught n our schools. While medicine
being 50 prOfuse, the application OF -
many principles. Is a thing apart and
much too extensive 10 ind place %
any system of education. Consequently
the general ignorance of medicine II
profound and, paradOXlc8l as % seems,
the enlightened, intellectual class are
more active III their opposition, and
more dangerous Oh account OF their
learning IN other directions than the
most llllterate.
The benefits 20 mankind derived
from medicine are greater than those
from steam power or electricity. and
brug higher comfort and happiness.
Without IL Grand Rapids or any other
city, except ~ naturally healthy
locality, could not exist.
Let me cite you an instance n proof
Of tins. which is but one example out
OF thousands. On NagoId-st., TINS city,
are i've families living without the SAM
fa a tr
What is the result o. an open winter,
such Is We have had2 ln those five
families are probably twenty-five per-
sons. At TINS date ten OF these, or two
tittns, are prostrated with typhoid fever,
q disease which Farmer Reynolds de-
clarcs IS not understood. Now we Will
suppose the entire city to be IN the
same unsanitary condition which he
claims. What j. the result? We have,
let Us say, SO, 900 inhabitants, twO-hfths
OF these, or - 900, would have typhoid
fever. Farmer Reynolds says the NOR
tallty from this disease is Is great as 1t
was fifteen years ago. This is not the
case, Is the mortality Is now but per
cent. But let Us take MS rate; at that
time it was from 30 to So per cent. In
less than three weeks, under these
- II
would have Us believe exist
today. 10000 inhabitants would
be dead. Without preventive mcdi-
cine and sanitation, whole cities would
bc wiped out bv smallpox. as has in
deed happened in the past. Three cases
IN Grand Rapids would paralyze busi-
ness and scatter people like rats from
sinking snip.
Tho ...r.rfec cf s,,.Ir.rr,, I,- ,,,,.Io
this disease almost harmless, and has
rendered an epidemic of IL impossible.
Had mankind nothing for which to
thank the noble science but its prcyen-
ton of disease Farmer REYNOLDS has
not language to express the gratitude
me alone owes It. But this IS but one
OF Is many virtues; every branch has
done As much and made as great prog
ress. All this, too, IN the face of lgnOr-
ant opposition and division from the
very people who are receiving its bene-
fits. Ny advice TO Farmer REYNOLDS is
Is follows: Before you attempt TO say
anything about medicine, do as YOU did
with astrOnomy-read up the subject.
You viii find as fine q science in It's
standard works As you do IN Mitchell
stellar World or the works of Keplcr.
Attt'it II NilIii tt dl-s anu hNoNif
you It viii 40 quite rs we'll to copy, If
You WISH % make an article. Do not
take the solt-laudirg quack as q repre-
sentative, he must know even less than
YOU DO. for ho does not attempt 10 teach
the public. Or else he knows enough
more to comprehend ms own ignorance.
for it Is peculiar fact that. IN mcdi-
cue, tine less one knows about IL the
ba'tor able De considers himself 20 in
~truct others and TO take their lives IN
hs lands.