The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-03-21

NEW DOCTORS TURNED LOOSE ON THE
COUNTRY.

NEW DOCTORS TURNED LOOSE ON TIKI
CeUHTRY.
Bill Arp Has Something to Say About
Them-He Comes to Atlanta to
See His Son Graduate.
Over 200 new doctors turned loose
upon the country 200 from Atlanta
alone and u big lot from Augusta be.
sides. 4 / went downlon Monday to see
our boy graduate. His mother went
ftoo, for she believes lie is a natural
born doctor and a cure anybody OF
anything whether he has got it or not.
When he comes home she will get sick
Just for him to have a patient. Old
Uncle Sam was complaining, and she
told him to wait until her doctor came.
She has confidence in his technical
words, all mixed up with Latin and
Greek and other foreign languages.
And then, there is his diploma that is
III Latin, and it was presented by Col
onel Hammond in a Latin speech. /
suppose this dead language is used as
a symbol of the doctors work Col
onel Hammond spoke in a grave tone
of voice. He said that the prophet
jeremiah exclaimed, lis there no balm
IN Gilead-is there no physician
there y If he had lived in our day and
witnessed the Gene before us he would
not have asked that question concern
ing Atlanta. Here are elghty-six Just
made from II college. And he ad-
yised them all to emulate st. Luke
whom Paul called the beloved rhysi-
sian. Colonel Hammond knows a
power OF scripture but lie dident mem
ton King Asa, "Who was diseased in
his feet and his disease was exceeding
great, yet he sought not the Lord but
sought physicians and he slept with
his fathers" Nor did he mention that
certain woman which had an issue of
blood for twelve years, and had suffer-
ed many things of many physicians
and had spent all that she had and
was nothing better, but rather grew
wOrse." Colonel Hammond is an 10
timlst and looks on the bright side
and encouraged the young doctors.
He looked atthe beautiful bouquets
that were sent upon the stage, and
said: "Young gentlemen, these flowers
are very beautiful and very a%ppropri-
ate for the occasion, but they are be-
fore you. Let your zeal, your study.
skill SO lnspite your professional
life that you can look back and see
flowers behind you. Flowers of pra;se
and confidence from your patients and
your patrons"
he then presented the doctors with
their sheepskins and called each n
oy his Latin name, and some of them
so peculiar and UNIQUE they
brought down the house, for John was
Johannes, and William was Gulislmus.
and Ralph was Radulphus. 1t re-
minded me of a lawsuit in a Justices
court that happened a long time ago
Mark Blandford, who recently
rlsigned from the bench of the supreme
court, was devilish young lawyer.
. doctor sued a 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 he dis
charged him. The doctor swore to
his account and Mark called for his IL
cense, or his diploma, and made the
point that no doctor had a right to
without one, and he read the
|aw to the squire. And so the old
squire told the doctor he would have
% show his sheepskin. He said he
lad one at home, and asked for leave
20 go after it. 1t was six miles to /
own, and he rode in IL hurry, and re-
.urned all in a sweat of perspiration.
With an air of triumph he handed it
'vtr to Mark and said, Now, what
you got to say 2" Mark u%nrolled
{ and saw 1t was in Latin. The doc
or's nam was John Williamson Head,
out the Latin made itJohannes Guliel-
nus, illus, Caput. That was enough
Mark. He made the point that it
vas not a diploma, but was an old
and grant that was issued in old colo
y times to a man by the name of Ca
ut. he said he had read about the
laputs n II of their ancestors
whose name was John Sebastian Capnt
discovered America and this land grant
vas a bounty from the king of Spain.
ne doctor raved furiously but Mark
tuck to 1T that there was no mention
the document of John William
iead-tlat it was issued to one 10
annes Gilielmus, fiius, Caput-a very
lfferent person., and then he asked
doctor to please to read the thing
D the court. Of course the doctor
ouldent do it and he lost his case.
he old squire said that he dident
now whether 1t was a land grant or q