The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
PHYSICIANANDPATIENT
AFFISITEs WHICH AFFECT THE
HISTORY or NATIONS.
Gladstone and Andrew Cisrk-fho Grand
Old Mans Political Dominance May
suffer by the Doctors Death.

which would astonish us greatly if We
had the power OF knowing how events
have run If he had lived longer and so
might be able to compare that dream OF
developments with what now is and here
after is to be the sequence Of incidents
I'm the United Kingdom.
It is not because the posts Of power.
eminence and honor which he has left
vacant in the medical world Of the empire
cannot be filed. for they can, perhaps
with men Of equal genius in the science
or Esculapius. OF equal integrity and
learning In a noble profession; Great
Britain lacks not brains and men Of char
acter owning them, in medicine or any
other high calling. II is not because he
has written authorltatively on "Tubercu-
lar Sputum" CT "Forbroid Phithisis," for
! these things remain, and there are others
10 add latter information and the results
| OF more recent investigation. 1t is not
because he was a canny Scotchman, for
| are there not more Scotchmen, and canny?
| IL IS not because he was a great polite
| ian, but the physician Of a great politi-
| clan; for little time had he from ailments
Of the human body to spend on correction
Of disease Of the body politic-if one may
4 hiDliE l'tdu OWlAl OF dilNIUuS memory ht
stealing an idea OF him.
If We consider how dethroned Bismarck
has been kept alive enough % plague his
boy Kaiser and his white-mustached sue
cessOr by the skill and assduity Of Dr.
Schweninger; il we recall that Queen Vic
tOria'S daughter Victoria might never
| have borne the title Of Empress II Sir
Morell Mackenzie had not stemmed the
ebbins Of great mans life and made
possible brief reign Of less than a hun
dred days which handed down 10 the ages
the name Of Frederick the Noble; If we
remember that General Grants one legacy
or a brave life 10 his family would never
nave had the finishing strokes Of his pen
II the hand that held II had not been
held up, Ike the right hand Of Moses bv
Aaron, by Dr. Shrady. DR.. Douglas and
other able physicians; II we bear in mind
mat many men upon whom age and the
feeblenesses Of age have laid the perilous
burden OF receptiveness for death-inviting
diseases have been armored with resist
ance and avoidance by the shrewd science
and the careful art Of doctors. we may
be able TO realize that the striking down
IN battle Of defense against fatal failure
OF vitality of the man, as Or. Sandys
said Of him at Cambridge, "Quen idcirco
praecertim MachaOna nOminaverim. quod
saecuii ncstri oratorum cum Nestore iuso
totiens consociatus erat," is so great a
loss TO the Birth Motor with whom he
was so Intimately associated that Mr.
Gladstone's life. the Liberal party. the
whole course Of statecraft and conduct
OF the suffrage in the British Isles. may
be directly affected by his dissolution and
the pages Of history bear stamp other
than might have impressed upon them if
his continued watchfulness had been
vouchsafed the Prime Minister Of Eng
land
Sir Andrew Clark was a companionable
man, who offended some who had met
nm by a certain uncomprOmising readi- !
ness IN reFartee, but who offended none |
who knew him By anything which de-
stroyed the genial and wholesome tone |
OF his character Businesslike and posi- |
tive when occasion required. ne was affl- /
Die and courteous TO a degree when cir !
cumstances permitted debating Clad /
stone in his profession, a personal Glad |
stone in his social relations
The resemblance Of the two men was /
more than superficial, and this. / take il. /
had not little to do with the unfaIlng |
success Of the physicians treatment Of /
his ilustrlous patient. Dr. Clark was /
only siXty-seven and a few odd days when
he died, being seventeen years the Junior
prolongng for some years past older |
men than Gladstone have been active I'm
the public eye, and he has only a little
more than six years the better of Bis
marck; but IL is perfectly well known
that his capacity for continued effort IS
due, secondarily, 10 the loving vigilance
OF his wife, and, primarily, 10 the know
ledge. insight and skin of his late physi-
clan. How these men came 10 be such
close friends. and how one came to under
stand the other 50 thOrOushly and be
so Thoroughly obeyed by him, are one OF
the my steries Of psychological affinity |
which are so simple and apparent as to
be laughably Ineligible I'm their visible
but still puzzle those who
seek their ground plan and incentive. Two
Scotchmen, scholarly sharp, laborious. /
fond OF public life and the COM
radeship of their kind born into life amid
similar surroundings and viewing life |
from similar view points. unlike maybe.
In much, but like in more. 10 Us difficult
TO conceive Of any other sort of man. or
almost any other man. having. as a
physician, so good an understanding OF
the great statesnan's physical faillnes
and possibilities, and so acute and ready |
a comprehension of an that might be
needed 70 help the central vitality through |
md over the vicisstudes OF changing |
health, increasing age and accidents.
There Is no question that the hOmeiv |
straightforwarI hor 70 nature OF Sir
iorell Mackenzie could. by THIS same
.fiinity. appreciate and diagnose even the
urface ailments OF the noble Frederick |
ar better than any of the German meii-
al men. even the best OF them could |
nd that the irritation Of the British doe.
or was called forth radically by the
ignorance OF the native practitioners al
'otsdam-not ignorance scientifically but &
that special ignorance which circum-
cribes and shuts down upon brains stor- q
d. crowed with facts and theories and
printed loeic. which brains. confident in
heir weil-equpped dullness. make their
'ossessors vain and self-laudatorv and
OF ADLER but less learned
nen which latter. Notwithstanding are
worth more 10 the world and are the 5
material u which poets and inventors
nd dlscoverors are made. q
Il is this ability including "a sympathe-
c soul. a red-blooded, heart. a quick
a feminine intuition welded ,
D masculine grasp and act that makes s
our fine diamosucian and your trust
ofthy prescriber and your agreeable
ian.
But the sensitive alliance Of patient and {
MUSICIAN, aside from all considerations "
heart and learning, is eXempl.ded most 4
amarEably in these days I'm Che mutual 4
understanding Of Prince Bismarck and | 1
". SchWeninger. 7 DO not wish 10 be un- .
supplementary 70 either Of these gentle | >
zen, but their cynical similarity Is too 4
'ident and dramatic TO be unrecognized
r passed by.
The personal history Of Count Herbert