The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1893-06-15

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is durable yours Is not at least 1
know Of no remedy at present: Per
haps some good Jenner will discover
something / do not know what;
III may be little grace Of God is
needed.
The 18th century young two
months underTas preceptor and one
conrse-of lectures doctor; his medi-
cal armamentarium unless it con-
tanned that little hypod syringe
would be IN Incomplete sine quo nom
81 hold that this little instrument has
introduced more damnation III the
human body than any other instru-
ment of its size ever invented.
ANIEcIDENT
occurred to me d few years ago. j
was summoned to a patient, d worth
less scamp, who, when | arrived was
ia q profound stupof, evidently .
case Of opium poisoning. In my ex
animation Of the case i ran my hand
ZIP the left arm always examine
the left arm ia this 10Th century,
and found large lump filled with
air. I questioned the family regard
ing it. busting 18th century
physician had gotten to the case
ahead of me because he had the fast
est horse, and left. He had actually
id this 10Th century pumped a large
hxpodernfft syfinga fullo airsgerms
muddy water, and God knows what
else, into the veins Of this man, for
laudanum poisoning. Il was NOR
phia, for 4 afterwards asked the.
doctor about the case / at once.
came to one OF the other Of two con
illusions: The doctor was either
practicing stnilta sanailibus ca,,an
tn; OF he was trying to help the
fellow or his family out MoraI
Always examine the left arm IN Cases
Of supposed opium poisoning in this
10Th 4century;or help the fellow Of
his family out I have noticed this
10Th century fellow must be a hls-
tier to be successful; his time is too
valuable to make good old-fash-
Toned mustard plaster. I doubt his
ability to make one any way; his
time is too valuable to wait for the
medicine to act the old way. In he.
goes, out he goes, but before he has
left he hasvaccinated his patient with
his squirt, gun-that hypodermic
syringe. He has pumped about a
draehm Of germs, dirty water, air
and morphia sine quo mona favor
lite R for this 10Th century fellow;
down the street he goes drives like
hi, and what he lacks ii medical
ability, he makes up in fast driving.
This 10Th century green -eyed mon
ster; you are responsible for a great
dealof innocent suffering, and are
broken stick in alternating what you
have brought about; you are worse
than the one you have SO carelessly
doomed tosthat awful fate. Do not
say anything more about regulars
and secret remedies, Others have
done what you cannot do, reclaimed
what your ignorance has almost
ruined. 3.J 81.
The effects of opium incidentally I
shall leave to the therapeutics; its
pleasures have been descibed by the
eminent DeQuincy it is its pains
that | shah attempt to portray. No
pen or pencil has or ever will do it
justice. 7 3 /,
Opium has a selective action on
the great sympathetic nervous sys,
TEN. This system IN animal life is
to the animal what the wires, batter
les, RELAYS and dynamo Of generators
overwhelmingly The brain posses
sing several relay or plexii, is the
great dynamo or generator of all
thought or currents Of thought, inn
.pressions and messages; hence it is
this, the grandest work Of God which.
suffers; SO true is this that animals
feel in just proportion to the amount
and character Of brain substance
they possess.
The physical brain has little or
no sensation pegse, it. can be irri-
.tated, probed or burned, Or d portion
removed, almost without the knowl-F II
edge Of the patient. There is a
marked and vast difference between
the substance which goes to make
UP the great sympathetic system
and the system ITSELF lis similar
to the soul and the body.
Have you ever thought What is
the sadest scene you ever witnessed?
"A mind gone! If you have never
been brought faceto face with this
fact, visit your nearest insane asy-
lum, spend few hours watching
these poor unfortunates, an indie |
scribable distress, and exhaustion
takes possession Of you; a confused
sympathy; something fathomless.l
How helpless and awe stricken you
feel Z True It's pity, pity, It's It's |
true. God alone can comprehend
It's the mind, the reason, the if11s
agination, the passion, the appreeia.
tion the conscience, the vitality, hi
fact the very soul; all that makes.
life worth living. These are the
jewels that this lurking devil seeks
to destroy Or deyour. These gifts
Of God which have made man: aAl
little lower than the angels of heav- 4
en-, and like some blood thirsty ami
NAL, does it sink its wicked fangs
deep into the throat of its VIC |
tim, drinking nothing but the I