Evening journal., 1892-04-15
Mr.. BAYARD ON SURGERY.
He Speaks in baltimore to Over Two
Hundred Doctors Of Medicine.

The Vaiedictor1 Ao0hens bniNoheu ~
ne Ex-s -secrstary of stato-The Advance
OF tho Profession Of Medicine and
Surgery.
The commencement exercises Of the
medical department Of the University of
Maryland was held in the Academy Of
Music, Baltimore, all day yesterday.
''The most interesting event of the day,
saws the Baltimore Sun, "was the vale
dictory address which was delivered by
ex-Secretary Of State Thomas F. Bayard
of Delaware, TO the graduating class OF
the College of Physicians aud Surgeons.
Mr.. Bayard was introduced TO the /
audience by Mayor Latrobe and, in the |
course of his address, he said:
81 am induced as a member OF one Of
the confidential professions to address /
myself to you as physicians. the other
confidential class. propose we shall get |
ont of the realm of trade into the realm |
of professional duty. Duty which is born |
of opportunity and can only be measured |
by its opportunity to advance the profes. |
sion of medicine and surgery beyond the |
confines of mere technical pursuit, and
place it In the highest level Of public
usefulness and dignity.
LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE.
81 am conscious OF my presumption in
attempting even to illustrate the I'M
wisdom and evil consequences Of opposing
toe entrance Of a new light in the practice
of medicine and surgery, yet the lessons
of experience are so valuable and so
plainly taught by the complete revolu-
tlon and sweeping changes which have
taken place In the last half century in
medicine and surgery that | cannot avoid
a short reference to some OF them. They
4 ..k.
is needed.
"In his lecture on the Border Lines Of
Medical Science, delivered thirty-one
years ago by DR.. oliver Wendell Homes,
we find him rejoicing over our improved
hygiene and sim plifisd treatment, instead
of violating the instincts OF the sick
studying those instinctsY How he de-
nounoes that system OF slow poisoning
called medical ADMINISTRATION and cites
approvingly Dr. Tulley's assertion that
the lancet is weapon that slsys an
nually more than the sword, and DR..
Gallup's declaration that opium In its
preparations has done seven times the
injury that It has rendered benefit
He puts In a note an extract from Dr.
James Johnson's Practical Treatise on
the Liver the advice to persons not all
ing to take tive grains Of blue pill with
one or two of aloes, twice a week with
half pint Of decoction of ssrsaparilla,
every day for period, 70 preserve health
and prolong life. 1t may be pardonable
in an innocent layman to inquire what
DR.. johnson would have prescri oed for
disease II this was his method OF cOntinu-
ing health. Robert Smithey relates that
in his primitive physlc' John Wesley pre-
scribed quicksilver, to be taken by the
ounce to the amount Of one. two or three
pounds. till the desired effect was pro
dueed,' from which it might be inferred
that the desired effect was to weigh
down the patient in his bed
AN INCIDENT IN EUROPE.
"In the fall Of 1917 the eyes Of all
Europe we're turned to the Princess Char
lotte Of England. The people were living
old king and and "Rf6-r al nRltRase bigd ibarffhess
regent, sfterward George w. The hopes
Of good men rested upon the dawn Of a
day when the Princess Charlotte should
present the country an heir to the throne
Tbs stock exchange was affected by
rumors, and it was calculated that
princess would only raise the
lands p per cent. whilst a
the prince would send them up at least
per cent The course Of medical and
surgical treatment to which this unhappy
lady was subjected seems almost incredi-
BILE. The custom prevailed Of lowering
the organic strength Of the mother by
blesding, aperients and low diet, and this
treatment was pursued for months The
unhappy mother brsathed her last FIVE
hours after the birth Of son, who. II
ho had survived, would have become
sovereign Of Great Britain. The chief
physician, Sir Richard Croft, fed from
life by suicide on the following day.
SCIENCE OF TO-DAY.
1.-THE two branches of the art of pre-
vention and cure have merged and ex-
panded their functions The lawmaker.
influenced by the professors Of medicine,
has brought the aid Of sanitary legislation
to enlarge the benefcent area of scien.
ti6c discovery. The results Of the
publication Of air. water and earth have
checked and batfledIdiseases.that hereto
fore have scourged mankind In
crowded cities The protective influences
and principle of vaccination, the dis
covery of specific bacteria in a great
variety Of diseases promises immunity
from suffering in some Of its most fright
ful forms-eyen hydrophobia. How i'm.
portant Is the part assigned in this great
drama Of human affairs to the cognate
usefulness Of the optician and chemist
ELIMINATION OF WAR.
"What surprise some student OF
chemistry now unknown to fame may pre-
pare to revolutionize modern warfare is
not known, but it is guessed and even as
serted that there are grounds for the be-
lief that the great clash Of armies. In
expectation Of which millions of armed
men are now straining in the leash will
be decided by some new, silent, smokeless
and destructive agency, whore power will
be Irresistible and therefore admitted a.
conclusive. Fervently let us hope thai
bloody Arbltraments may be rendered
useless by the acceptance Of logical re-
suits, and, to use the ianguge of Genera
Sheridan, that by the progress in tn,
discovery Of destructives war will
eliminate itself, and peaceabls arbitrs
tion will rule the world With such I
retrospect, better estimate OF the re
sponsibiltties and influence Of the medi
cal profession and its cognate branches
Of science can be formed and its true i'm
portance and dignity can be estimated.
HR MUST KNOW THE SECRETS
''The secrets Of the mind as well as OF
the body must be disclosed to the physi-
clan. To effect a cure the true cause
must be revealed and trusted TO tbs
honorable custody Of the doctor Under
such circumstances the physician learns