The herald., 1893-06-10

Lawrence N. Wheeler of Monrovia, CAL,
and Ralph Williams of Memphis, Tenn.
1t is very seldom that the Los Angeles
theater has ever contained such be-
wildering number OF pretty faces or such
o quantity Of beautiful flowers. AL the
friends OF the graduates were there, and
his sisters and his cousins and his aunts,
and as all of them brought some kind of
a floral offering for their own particular
favorite, it WAS not long before the front
OF the stage was carpeted with blossoms
OF every variety and tint. ~
After a tasteful selection by Meines'
orchestra the curtain rose on the grad
uating claes, who were grouped upon
the stage with J. P. Widney. A. M, M.
D.; w. ., Wade, M. D.; DR.. Granville
MacGowan and Mrs. DR.. Pemberton. to-
gether with other members of the Uni
versity faculty.
Secretary w. s. Wade then introduced
Rev. r. Hutchins, who opened the pro-
ceedinge with short prayer, invoking
the blessing of God upon the institution
and the youthful graduates.
Prof. Norman Bridge of the Rush Med
ical college, Chicago, then delivered the
first address of the evening. Prof.
Bridge is an exceptionally fine elocu-
ZIONIST, and his mastery and interesting
address was thoroughly appreciated by
his hearers.
The speaker began by remsrking on
the interesting character OF the meeting.
1t was interesting to all present. he said.
Interesting to the doctors especially. bat
above all interesting to young men and
women who were there for the purpose
of haf -, IT,
marked an epoch in life, O starting point
from which all future failures and sue
cesses would be dated.
1T is also interesting" continued the
speaker, ''to consider the different opin-
ions which are formed about classes of
this description. There Is their own
opinion Of themselves, and we can all
imagine what that is, and we can con-
gratulate such delightful people on hav-
ing such delightful opinions; the opin-
ion of the public is also important, but
probably the most important OF all is
the OPINION of their own profession. The
public, as rule, look on young doctors
as dangerous people. They say: 'Oh,
he is 80 young; he surely cam
not know much This is certainly
true; they do not know much
but they know very great deal more
than any of the people who have never
studied the profession of medicine. In
nine cases out of ten cases may be
placed In their hands with the certainty
of beneficial results" f
Professor Bridge then gave some prsc-
tical advice. 1t was not advisable, he
remarked, to work too much from a
business standpoint: great many
looked too much at the money part of
it; this was all very we'll to q certain
extent, but true healer ought to be
actuated by desire to help his fellow
men, and should also work for the
sake of sciel CO; wealth would folio W
rs legitimate result of such O
course. 1t should be remembered that
no profession required the constant use
of common sense 80 much as the profess
sion of medicine. Patients should not
be treated by rote, but by the exercise
Of common sense. The mere giving of
drugs would never insure recovery from
sickness. Nine out of ten patients re-
cover, If nothing is done for them. Some
people insist on being prescribed for
who would recover sooner were they let
alone. He would advise the class be-
fore him to remember that one Of the
most useful prescriptions known
was ''placebo;" something that
would satisfy the craving of
the patient for prescriptions, but
need not necessarily act upon them in
any shape or form. But this should not