The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-03-13
DIFFERENT DOCTORS
Physicians of the Radical ana,
tical Schools. -
Thar Methods I'm the Treatn.u, -,
Gases. and PersonaI Iss.arI,,.. ihst
Thor Patients-Phy-IciaD ,..''d ''d
in Thcmsefve-

H-aH L. = 'Astt = anu lf|
paths Discussion as % tAcir rasB,..
merits t. quite as much on. ri
nowadays IS "A heated arguucr,, t'-E
claims Of Calvanism and Arl,i-i-., Z.
People hold their me ciical fai.A -.'-
present day, through no excg.i.a,,, +.
reasoning faculty, hut bv .a.,- +.
Hradcduc-s, as tue old theolaYa-,. ~.
EoGt go hold tho.r dogu.a,. ...I ....,'
tcs-alu toward patrons OF t.agr,
school. whatever il be. q e1r..,.,,....
pared with which tue ''0dt.r, 49,.
icum' Is IS brothcrly love. 'rt,
schools 10 which reference IS r.....
mad" arc not recognized iu tho .-.r
dia, nor among the profession. 1,...
'2ir- an the same, and the I.r.r-.
separates them b. drawn c.e..r
sharpiF across all the old medical ...
ann --patIics."
There arc all sorts @. goa- aa....
JAc-c r"o classes Of tho med .... f...
writes Arthur +. Bostwfck .H ,.,s.
York Saturday Review. vs.. ..,..
them the Eccondiuc and the T..-
iI" Mystic and the Frank: The GRAND.
and tho Simple: or the rcaa.-
choose new designation 90 srf,r...
s,lf The physician Of the f,--
school or class bears the same -.r.,...
TO his patients that an oracle o. a,d Fl.
II iIs -uPpliants. His uttcranres Il.
pcsi',yr-oftcn rnono-yllabic. Hl,p.--
nor leads YOU - conclude al once ,t..
Ir knows absolutely what all, -.
at "a glance, or ~ lCas. hv .
aid of few skillfully dir.
questions. His bearing is comrra-.'
high and mighty; II be descend. .
familiarity IL IS only TOO ovilap, =
those about him that he IS conse.5r..,
the vastncssos such descent. Sa-s,
the most Ski IfuI and ablo rsr..-f--.
IN the yariOgs branches Of the profession
are numbered in tlis class. and j.. i,-,.
TO be denied that the effect of tfs..
bearing UPON certain kind og patton,
is beneficial Some people like - bav.
authority exercised over them: rHey
like 70 feel that they arc in the hand.
of one greater than they, Who hold.
over them tho wand Of life OF dean
and by a twist of il can kin or cure
They do not want TO know what .a-g
arc taking. If they are to.l acrt,
about their ailments they wish !. 20 De-
done III tho most learned language 90,
siblc; the more Latin the better Pa.
tients Of this class are largely Of o..
gcntlcr sex, but plenty OF the s0-calss
sterncr sex are 10 be found in its ranks
The other school Of medicine urknga-
edges, 10 start with, that a p. ysIclan ,
rarely certain In his diagnosis; tla. 4e
must usually experiment a little q.
first. He tells his patient At tAc Oltsc.
all he knows Of the case, outlines tie
prospective treatment. with ali its pos.
sibilities Of change, AID, in short. takes
the patient into his confidence Hs
manner is free from grandeur. autLgri,g
or mysticism, and his language is COZ
loquial and simple.
1t Is disgrace % the human race
but we shall bc forced to admit it-tha,
for probably tho majority " Paticus
this kind or treatment, carried 20 is
logical end, VIII not do at all
Only Ian OF the greatest good
sense, combined with high educs
tion and liberal culture, can prot.
by the extreme variety Of this treat
ment; ana even such a one, under
the pressure of physical pain, may re-
vert 70 Tie condition Of The majority.
IN practice most physicians VI this
school, much az many OF them would
like 10 be consistent and logical, are
forced 70 adopt halfway course, lean
ing more or less toward the mysticism
and grandiloquence Of the opposite
party. 4 slillful practitioner viii often
vary his manner and methods according
10 his patient, thus achieving the best
results.
Therefore, in practice, there is 6
pretty even graduation from the extrc1s
mystical to the extreme radical pay.
sician, even some Of the former admit
ting the theoretical correctness Of tue
radical views, but maintaining that
they are not practical. II must be d.
mittcd, however, that most OF the uys-
tics appear, outwardIy al least, - have
complete confidence in themselves, and
10 believe fully in the preternatura.
powers they seem 70 claim. Nhate7e;
they may confess 70 themselves il tie
secret recesses Of their professions.
closets, the public never hears them
acknowledge even tho possibility o.
their making a mistake. II the disease
does not yield TO their blandishmeuts-
whether sllopathic, homeopathic, &C.
lcctic or herbalistic-so much the worse
for the disease. Let IL be anathema Tor
existing when il ought not 10 exist. i
the treatment be altered, there Is 10 &C.
acknowledgement that a new theory OF the
ailment is 10 DO tested; the patient IS
led 70 infer that the change OF medicine
is part Of plan formed within the deep
recesses Of the mystic's brain ~ the on.