The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
BILL ARP
Has Something to Say About the Two
Hundred New Doctors Who are Turned
Loose on the Country.

Loose Oh the Country.
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Over 200 new doctors turned loose
upon the corntry-200 from Atlanta
alone and big lot from Augusta be-
sides. I went down on Monday to
see ou, boy graduate. His mother
went, too, for she believes he is a
natural born doctor and can cure any
body of anything whether he has got
it or not. When be comes home she
will get sick just for him to have a
patient. Old Uncle Sam was COM
planning, and she told him to wait
until the doctor came. She has con-
fdence in his technical words, all
mixed up with Latin and Greek and
other foreign languages. And then,
there is his diploma, this is in Latin,
it was presented by Col Hammond
in a Latin speech. suppose this
dead language is used as a symbol
OF the doctors work. Col. Hammond
spoke in a grave tone Of voice. He
said that the prophet jeremiah ex-
claimed, us there no balm Of Gillead
is there no physician there?" If
he had lived in our day and witness
ed the scene before US, he would not
have asked that question concerning
Atlanta. Here are eighty-six just
made from one college. And he ad-
vised them all to emulate St. Luke
whom Paul called the beloved physi-
clan. Colonel Hammond knows a
power of Scripture, but he did not
mention King Asa, ''who was diseas-
ed in his feet and his disease was ex-
ceeding great, yet he sought not the
Lord but sought physicians and be
slept with his fathers" Nor did he
mention that certain woman that
had an issue of blood for twelve years,
and had suffered many things Of
many physicians and had spent all
that she had and was nothing better"
but rather grew worse. Col. Ham
mond is an optimist and looks on the
bright side and encouraged the young
doctors. He looked at the beautiful
bouquets that We're sent upon the
stage, and said: Young gentlemen,
these flowers are very beautiful and
very appropriate for the occasion, but
they are before you. Let Your zeal,
your study, your skill, so inspire
your professional life that you can
look back aud see the flowers behind
you. Flowers of praise and conf
dence from your patients ard your
patrons"
He then presented the doctors with
their sheepskins and called each one
by his Latin name, and some of them
were SO peculiar and unique they
brought down the house, for John
was Johannes, and William was Gu
lelmus, and Ralph Radulphus. 1t
reminded me of a lawsuit in justices 5
court that happened a long time ago
when Mark Blanford who recently re.
signed from the bench OF the Supreme
court, was deviGsh young lawyer.
A doctor sued man for his medical
bill of SIS, and the man employed
Mark to fight the case, for he said the
doctor was no account and had dis
ehHged him. The doctor swore to
his account and Mark called for his
license or his diploma, and made the
point that no doctor had the right to
practice without one, and he read the
law to the squire. And so the old
squire told the doctor he would have
to show his sheepskin. He said he
had one at home and asked for leave
to 60 after it. 1t was six miles to
town and he rode in hurry, and re-
turned all in a sweat of perspiration.
With an air of triumph he handed it
over to Mark, and said: 'sNow what
have you got to say" Mark unroll-
ed it and saw it was Latin. The
doctors name was John Williamson
Head. but the Latin made it Johannes
Gulielmus, ilus, Caput. That was
enough for Mark. He made the
point that it was not diploma, but
was an old land grant that was issued
in old colony times to man by the
name of Caput He said he had read
about the Caputs, and one of their
ancestors, whose name was John Sc
Dustin Caput, discovered America,
and this land giant was bounty
from the king of Spain. The doctor
raved furiously, but Mark stuck to it
that there was no mention il the doc
ument of John William Head-that
it was issued to one Johannes Guliel-
Amus, 6lius, Caput-a very different
person, and then he asked the doctor
70 please read the thing to the court.
Of course the doctor couldn't do it,
and he lost his case. The old squire
@said he didn't know whether it was a
land grant or a diploma Or patent
for some machine, and if the doctor
couldn't read it he wasn't ftten to use
it. And so I think those eishty-six
doctors had better get Colonel Ham
mond to TRANSLATE their diplomas,
and then learn the English By heart.
Professor Lane gave the large audi
ence rare treat-a combination of
wit and wisdom, that only Charley
Lane can make up He rested his
manuscript on an hour-glass about
four feet high, and all his serious,
scholarly thoughts were there, but
ever and anon he stepped to the front
and illustrated his wisdom with hu-
morous anecdotes that kept his hear
ers' eyes open, and their mouths, too.
He was hard down upon patent med
idines, and told how Yacob Straus
oot mn o noSfrnm an8 hired fellow