The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-08
couRAen IN sunenRY.
Why Experienced Practitioners Are
Cool While Performing.

New York Herald
An old surgeon, engaged for the momen,
In dissecting a cold roast quail. and max
ing. Il must be confessed only an indIffer4
eut Job OF f. had been listening Incident
ally to the conversation OF his table COM
panlons who were discussing the calmness
and nerve displayed by the average prac-
udoner du~sng snigiuaA operations Both
lagreed that the pose and eoolness shown
by surgeons at such times was extraordin-
AIRY ana hard TO understand.
] Now, friends, II you will permit mo-
I interrupted the surgeon at this point II
I would IKE % tell you that there Is Moth
ms you call H. OF the surgeon under such
circumstanoes II the most natural thing
J ~ the world II Is not a display OF calm
ness which has been put on Tor the occa-
sion. or an exhibition or courage Summon
7 ca up Tor an unusual emergency but sins
I ply the normal demeanor OF a practical
has 20 do and how he is going 70 do IL.
the trouble wtln nl4lns people who
| marvel at what they call q surgeons COUP
9se is that they fail utterly 10 Comprehend
the conditions under which he performs
his work. They iuagine that lie IS exper-
imenting, or that ne doesn't know his
ground or that he will cut something that
he ought not 70 cut. Nothing could be
further from the facts No movement 10
more aeegfrse foreinowiedge OF its results
I'm the average operation in surgery
There Is no such thing as gueaswprk
about H. The opera tor knows he is per-
FORMING an operation whlcE Is based upon
an exact science. He follows rules which
appaly, 70 az eases, and is secure in the
ouead certain effects In given instances
viii do so IN all others.
Why, then, should there be any ueed
IN his work for extraordinary courage.
There are cases of course. so critical or SO
unusual In character as to excite even the
caluest and most self-contlined operator
ana when tneEe under fFea tha
surgeons powers Of Relf-control are FREE
quently taxed TO their utmost limit NJ
the man who, in such u case, can WELD
the snife without visible tremor when
life itself depends upon the accuracy und
qelicacy Of his touch, we must aware
the praisc due to real heroes. But In the
average case, say OF amputation or OF
skull fracture involving cranisl opera
TONS tile surgeon neither needs nor pos
sesses more than the courage Of an intel !
ligent, sincere man who knows his duty |
and has learned how to perform it. His |
technical knowledge Of anatomy and his |
methcdlcal habit Of work accustom hin |
to Conditions which alarm and excite uon- |
professional minds. and be goes about his |
task with a certain quiet vigorous, as
movements which the observer is quit I
likely 10 mistake for marvellous cpur /
casion, II i courage OF a certain sort
i confess the COURAGE OF absolute oonn 4
denee in the lnfaiiiSiiity Of the science Ii,
Chemistry supplies US every day with I
new substances. winch are formed FOR INC
most part by reactions between acids and
phennis. This Is the case with maluklne,
q salaeyllc compound derived from phene-
tlfline and Obtained BY bringing phene-
tiaine 10 bear on salicyllc aldehyd Ia the 4
rpeaeare Of neitaiH amount 81 water
Ai3lakine takes the form Of small. fine
needles light yellow In color inaoluble
Ia water or ~ cold alcohol, bat moderately
soluble In alcohol whom warmed This
substance nlcits ut temperature OF %
degrees cenllRrnde
Malayine has been given In doses OF half
4 SramIne on ggamme IN a certain num-
Der Of cases Of artieular rheumatism
and the desired thernpc0tical erect WA
Outlined N every instance. the action Of
ne remedy being ready ana certain.
out, ALTERING therein from antipyrine
ana antifehrlnu, maiakine only lowers
2 high Temperature slowly and gradually
for the reason fhat II is decomposed BIZ /
he gastric Juice Thus after a dose al
me gramme, u Is said that lowering Of !
oinnernturc Of OF degrees to t.5 degrees l
axes place ln an hour and half or two
loufs and q maintained for length OF i
NE var, yaJylng fron1 fc,it 70 glx nours.
al thing Il %sa be prefernnle 10 fenn q
for cases IA which Il is NOT
lecessary 70 obtain a rapid decrease IN :
'ae teynpcra tufe. u can also be used tvlfh =
z N4ntaHe ~ chrpne cases OF neuralgia y
experimentation having shown thaf fhs 4
rolongea use Of the remedy mas no ia. Il
esirahie reauits.
Ihe remedy o. which 7 have inst hear =
peaking mas only recently been M Il
r0uured into the demein N sherapeutfrs q
, .,,, ania reason .. have rot yea hnu Nh &c
5ell FOR the readers Of the Iiernid 70 await =
nrihfr publications on the subject bef8re n
rNing on themselves the treatment M
henfnatism by malaklne. !,