Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-23

some OF these ohJsr,i, ',,. - 10,
/ t2 snow That necessity EXISTS for ihe
/ organization OF another medical insti-
luton IN the state, and lastly to give
my rea$pns for believing Fort Worth
| location
| II has been urged as an objection
TO the founding OF the medical depart
ment OF this University (as Il douhtless
would have been to the organization
OF amy other school Of msdiclne) chat
we already have too many medical
schools IN these United States; that
the resulting rt airy for patronage
and their use as advertising mediums
Tor the specialists composing their fac
cltes-have a tendency, II not the di-
rect effect. Of lowering and lessening.
the usually required course of study
ana clinical instruction. necessary to
graduation"
These directors seem to forget that
there is class OF medical and / may
say, literary institutions In the land,
organized and perpetuated. solely for
the purposes and considerations above
named. When we apply this objection
10 this class Of medical schools We can
indorse the objection with hearty
amen. one of this class OF Cheap
John" Axe, professedly. educational
institutions. is one too many. With all
of our faults and imperfections this
abuse of the profession can not be
charged to Southern physicians.
1t should be mentioned that this
class Of medical institutions is organ
lied In the main by avarlcious men, to
catch the patronage of certain class
OF aspirants, composed, for the most
part, OF two distinct Municipalities.
one Of which is the Innocent victims OF
aspiring ambitious parents who place
a higher estimate upon the talents OF
their sons than they ought to- nature
not having endowed them with an
over-abundance Of that scarcest Of all
commodities high order Of native In
telleci, or, in other words, good, hard
horse sense
Having but little or no literary at
tainments they can form no just com
ceptlon of what is comprised In the
wide range of a literary and profess
sional education or the amount of labor
necessary to be expended In order 10
obtain IT, nor the necessity of It's ac-
Movement to success, nor its luesti-
mable value when acquired
Very many OF this class OF young
men patronize short term medical
schools. schools run for the money they
gather in and for the reputation tho
: faculty gain through the advertise
ment secured by the dlspertion OF their
patronage. There are Il great many of
this class OF practlclng physicians
scattered over our country. The peo-
pie call them doctors" and they YER
ny believe themselves TO be doctors
Many OF them attend only one course
of cheap lectures. hunt up a location
and when found go before one Of these
legal shams and frauds, | mean these
, You tickle me and IN tickle you" eN-
. aiming board. get fifteen dollar GER
, tiilcate authorizing them TO legally kill
whomsoever they may, and become the
Il. q Il. II.
| this raw material is sadly misappro-
= prated. They have missed their call
: ing, like many Of the lawyers and
preachers Of the day; they aspire to MI
! positions for which neither Inheritance
! nor education or environment have
: qualified them, thereby wastelng much
1 valuable material suitable for the max
[ ing OF artisans, mechanics tradesmen,
I etc, whose occupations are essential
4 to the general welfare Of the century.
Then we have a class of I'M
e prlncipled. sharp-witted frauds, quacks
= and humbugs, who know themselves 10
= be such. They run through few
!. months at one OF these Cheap John
J.. schools, buy a diploma open up an
r office in some little crossroads town,
t make a display Of few second hand
T. books and instruments, have their dl-
e plomas encircled by gaudy frame,
:. and hang II in conspicuous place
3, study to look wise, learn few techni-
. calities such as: "Hyd cum Creta,
i "Pulvis opil ct mentha pyperlta," TO re-
peat in the presence Of their patrons
$, shun consultations with more lntelli-
n gent physicians, decry and Ignore
q medical associations las well they may
II high fellow well met with the men
y call the married women Of their ac'
l. quaintance by their Christian names
e become exceedingly sociable and pain
eos IA
i home wherever they go. Many Of this
/ class of physicians become exceedingly
81 popular in their localities; often, indeed
re installing their local popularity FOL
n professional merit or reputation, whet
/ In fact. they are as Ignorant Of ever
y the elementary or fundamental prlncl
q pies OF sclentific medicine as one OF tn,
p; long-eared tribe, Texas. unfortunately
~ has been used as the dumping grounC
N for these professional ignoramuses, tbs
N offspring of short term medical school!
and legallzed examining boards, which
he are equally disgrace to the state anC
y the medical profession. | would no
~ speak thus of this class OF physician
lN were II not that they are counted II
n the profession as regulars" and ar
+ regarded as an integral part OF the pro
~ fesslon, when in truth they are for
C elgn element.
81, But, MIR. President. dare any one
-, with his annual announcement In thi
~ hand, say that the medical department
~. W. of the Fort Worth University Is a
!, organization gotten up by the medca
p men of this fair city for any sue
%, fraudulent purposes. or as mean
80 of advertising claim to superlu
"a. medical attachments. or surgical ski
=, throughout the boundaries OF thi
~ broad state. For one. sir spurn til
M, thought.
=" / have known some Of these gentle
Il men too long and too Intimately
"a have stood. side by side, shoulde
ne to shoulder. with them, and oiho
,.l grand and noble members OF the PFC
Ne fesslon-as we labored earnestly an
,'5 faithfully, to elevate the standard
~ medical education to higher an
va more advanced plain Of practical an
81. scientific attalnments, 70 harbor sue
a., a thought for a moments
81 sir, humanity has its frailties, II
ta true. but sir. It is also Godlike.
~ Then again, Il has been said "Texs
Gu already has medical department
~ connection with the state unversi!
\, yhv establish another?" or "Wh'
ny need have we for another medici
school In the state?" 1t IL true ms
-, Texas has a medical department
,,, the state university with an amp
W, and competent corps OF teachers,