The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-23

'lAt what was once clever guessing is fast
developing into clever Knowing. 1t is only
Wlthln The last few years that we have bnd
HuiH articles III our mntrria ncdica as an
'"pErin", Cocaine. Antifchriue, and manv
"'h'rN no" rec"g'z2J as valuable thcrapeu-
uc agents. New discoveries are being
pushed &Vcry day and there IAN increasinS
dcniandfor study and investigation amon2
tnG, lndiViduat members OF our profession.
Inc doctor WHO does not keen abrcnst
the times stands but a poor show for adynn
cement and success. We are now LIVING il,
period Of unprecedented scientific (cycl-
"pcmcnt, and intellectual activity. Mcdi-
cine has greatly improved by better instru-
mcnts and methods Of research, better nnd
more accurate observation and more logical
ucuuctlon. In taking retrospect of the
last nitcen years, one cannot fail to be
struck with the extra ordinary strides which
surgery has made during this brief but pro-
Inc peri5dE of: :that morlds history. Much
OF this progress is unqucstionably due to the
foundation which DIR. Mcdowell laid. all
unconsciously when he performed his first
operation for a diseased ovary To that
bold operation are directly due the brilliant
advances which have been made in abdom-
lnal and pelvic surgery during this time.
Crcdlt is due to Prof. Lister for the part he
has played i'll this important work. 1t was
ne VINO first taught surgeons the importance
ana rauc OF thorough cleanliness i'm their
operations and dressings, before his time so
little understood and SO seldom pructiccd.
Sprcialism, too, is entitled to undying
praise.
1t has penetrated with its Instruments
ana methods of Research the innermOst re-
crSScs OF the human holy, and has achicy
ell III c0mpar ttivciy brtcr period tri-
umphS which general surgery could not
have achieved i'll half CENTURY. Opera
tive surgery is rapidly advancing toward
Il hna'ity "f Perfection, and therapeutic
surgery was never in so he thy Il cOndi
ion as i is at the prt sent omcnt. The
time has gone whcn any &c practitioner
can braSl .uf II monopoly O skill in this or
that field of surgery. All ave a hand in
II, although some are greater and wiser
and more competent than others.
In this marvellous revolution now in
progress, it is gratifying to know that
American surgery is fully abreast with the
surgery Of other nations In many in
stances, indeed, it has taken the lead. Il
ShuTld be the desire of every intcllgcn,
man To elevate the standard of medical at
tainmCn among physicians in his neighbour
/ hood, II only for the selfish reason that the
health or life ui ninS If or friends NAV
not be al tn" mercy Of ignorance and
greed. This may h" done hy Legislative
| enactment, and III fact twenty one of the
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his lcr,imatr remedies and uy,.s,ir,inI
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