The morning call., 1891-09-06
AN age OF SPECIALISTS.
The Family Physician May Soon Become a q
Thing Of the Past.

Nobody can have failed to notice the ten
dency to specialize which has developed
during the last decade. The doctor makes
a careful study of one part of the body.
The servant assumes charge of one depart
ment of the household and absolutely re-
fuses to have anything whatever to do with
the rest Of the menage. The mechanic
decides upon what part of the business he
will spend his energies, and the most urgent
need of extra hands in another department
does not induce him to offer his assistance.
although he may be acquainted with that
branch of the trade as we'll as his own spe-
cialty.
at the dTessmaker's one woman tries on
the skirt. Grapes and arranges it, finishes
and leaves the room before Qong before) the
corsage-ftter appears. But you, of course,
have noticed that although the second
madame fits and refitS all the rest Of the
bodice, yet she does not touch the sleeves.
This Important task is for still another, so
that there are three filters to be waited for
instead of one, as formerly. Naturally the
gown that ia produced by these specialists Is
a work of art as compared with that worn
by our grandmOthers, but there Is an end
less amount of time lost by this specializing
which We could hardly say makes the woman
Of to-day more attractive than those whom
our grandfathers courted.
In olden days carpenter could build a
house, but in these days, alas all that is
changed. Every man who has been through
the ordeal OF building or repairing house
knows what 1t means to have the foreman
answer to his question as to why everything
is standing still by the statement the "the
man who should bring the doors is i'll to-day,
and so nothing could proceed" Yes, the
door specialist is ill, and so the floor special
ist and the window specialist can do moth
ing. All this happens because the factories
where wood is worked find it so advantageous
to turn out but one article.
OF course we do not fail to realize the fact
that our drawing would look immacu-
late instead of just simply clean if we could
afford to keep parlor maid, for does not
Mary declare that sit Is shurly not the via
trusses place to be tixin' the parlor." 1t Is
the same wi tn the cook, who says that she
was not hired to pare vegetables, but to
cook, and that scullery maid is an absolute
necessity. And just as soon as Sunday IS
safely passed she is ready with her usual
complaint that she lis not used to cooking
and washing both," although nurse alwaya.
arranges the luncheon on Monday and Tues
day. Long ago, when one maid with little
assistance could do all the homework, man
could afford to marry. but in these disas-
trous days of specializing he, too, must
specialize and be nothing but bachelor"
1t will not be many years before family
physician will be thing OF the past Your
boy will be some day brought home with a
broken arm. You will think Immediately of
the surgeon who lives but a few blocks
away. He is hurriedly summoned. As he
enters the room he will look at the patient
and exclaim, "Oh, it is the arm that is
broken. | could not think OF having any
thing to do with that. | am a leg special
ist You must send for DR.. Brown. he
sets arms" It will be some comfort while
you sit waiting patiently e? Tor DR.. Brown
to know that an arm specialist Is going TO
mend your boys broken arm. Some COM
fort, yes, but mighty cold comfort
All the trouble and complication that has
arisen from our specializing will, there is no
doubt, straighten itself. The system of
| entirely understood. 1t will probably be
perfected and made thoroughly useful
and important factor of our civilization.
| but we may say almost with certainty that
| specializing exists to-day to as great an eX-
| tent as il ever Yill.-Brnoklyn Eagle.