Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-01

nearly 80 students in attendance.
Many OF last years class will
not put in an appearance UNI
til next week, when tho real work of the
term begins the physicians in attendance
Thursday were: Drs. J. H. Jackson of
Barre, A. b. Bisbee Of Montpelier, j. N.
ienne of st. Adams, and A. =. Grinnell j.
H. Linslcy, j. II. Woodward, G. c. Briggs,
H. c. Tinkham, p. T. insolvency and c. s.
Bovnton of this city. with Hons. Daniel
Roberts. W. l.. Burnap and Henry Ballard.
Up to yesterday 120 students had matricu
lated. This beats the record for the opening
day of any term by % or %. President
Buckham introduced Hon Daniel Roberts
of this city. who delivered the customary
opening address as follows:
MR.. RoBERTs' ADDRESS
Gentlemen of the Medical Glass; am in
vited here to take the place of better man
in word of address to this gathering of
students of the Medical Department of the
University. In a literal sense. ! find myself
speaking to those who are quito above me
DE profuudis clamO-irom the depths tof
this we'll | cry out to you ON the upper
seats. Well. it is at the bottom of a well
that truth is said to lie. and if truth can
ever be truthluly said to lie. the bottom of
w
do her lying in
There is no reason connected with my ac-
uuaintancc with the subjects of YOUR study
or my uursuits i'm life why | should hive
lcen called to address Won. for know al
most NOTHING OF doctors stuff cycent
To take il rs prescribrd hv one
OF the regular faculty. trusting to a
guardian providence To override the minis
1ratiou for GOOD. Vet. can .peal; as one
personally indebted to the profession. for i;
was good doctor acro,, the way that helped
me to en.crl. into the conscious life of this
every day working world and vino after
ward. in my carly hoyhoo,i to nv then Great
rage and disgust. put in place the COM
muted FRAGMENTS Of Il broken thigh bone
what NAV be better known to Won a, the left
femuI-which kindly nature well knit to-
retlcr and restored TO soundness; and il viii
be some kindly doctor. most likely. that will
be- called ON at the last 20 help me out Of
this life seclindun artuu. But this is no
peculiar experiences it is the experience OF
al 1t is the physician who. at birth and
through ell the sicknes,oy and physical ills
and accidents of life and at the
last going out Of life. /, sought
for help and srlccor and healing. for the
alienation of pain ana the building up of
life. So universal i, human suffering and
SO helpless the patient toministel. to his own
relief or healing that there is no race or
tribe - low in the scale of being as not TO
have at least its witch doctor. IFS medicine
man and its charms. lamentations and sorcer-
ie- to scare away the devils of disease. or
il, Dotions to quiet them. How broad and
ricl. then. is the opportunity of the physi-
clan of thiSagc of enlightenment and civilian
ton. if he have duly qualified himself for
his work. TO do the greatest GOOD in life to
his fellow men: an opportunity which is. it.
self a most pressing invitation and makes
of il ? high duty OF all men the nhysician
needs TO be and is the most trusted With
the life of his patient are often entrusted
all the secrets of the patients and of his
family life. What manner of man ought
he then to be who. with such opportunity
for good and chance for evil. or mistake.
shall dare to assume the medical profession
To say that as man and gentleman he should
he the soul of honor. of great discretion of
speech. with CAPACITY of reticence and the
kceDiur of secrets is but TO utter n nrimol
truth Of the profession.
OF all the professions called learned there
is none which rcuuires for its Uses n broad
er, if 50 broad. or 80 minute a KNOWLEDGE of
the facts of life, of science in general and
in particular. and n truc philosophic instinct
of induction deduction and ANALYSIS. To
know the human frame So fearfullv and
wonderfully made. TO know it in all its
minurcst parts. the functions of each part
and how thcy must all cooperate and com.
bine. SO as to produce tho state of pprfert
health. and then to know what disease
is what function of whnt orran of the
system j, at fault and wherein at fault the
cause ard whore located. and then to know
what remedy bv mode of living or ueJi
cine or surgery can chance disease into
health. thi, i, indeed n treat attainment
hic labor. hoe opus est Nav the pbvsician
must be a psychologist as well and acquaiut
himself So far as is possible. with the mys-
terious connection between the sririti,,I and
the material man and the iuterncting inAu-
ences of the one upou the other so that he
may minister to a mind diseased. as well as
to a coure,trl liver With such knowledpo
he NAV find the mind-cure. ON occasion. or
byunctism and the u,ps,npric franco ia no
founded in a sound philosophy and 10 nrove
efficient remedial apents
And this which Won cnll DIAGNOSIS X os