Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-06

marks TO cast any dIscreutt On INC view
of the learned author Of this work. he
may not. indeed, be able to prove tnem,
but then II Is not clear that any one
else is able TO disprove them. ana 20 ne
Is entitled to all the immunities OF pos
session. He himself takes issue WIN
other theorists, which Is very reassurins,
FOR when microbial and toxical scientists
fall out common mortals eat and drink
md breathe freer In fact, the learned
author. driven possibly by stress OF cir
cumstances. seeing that In spite OF the
constant making OF poison In the bony
the intended victim Is not poisoned. mas
himself suggested a mode OF escape. lie
thinks we are saved mainly by our hvers'
which wayiay and confisca'e and ami
hilate the deadly concoctions.
Professor Bouchard speaks OF the high
place which Is I'm these times assigned to
the study Of the origin OF disease. II
seems, indeed. very certain that more
attention is now being bestowed upon
the science than upon the art or medi-
cine. Most Of this study Is. however, In
the line OF some theory or other. a
theory Is very FASCINATING thing 10
chase around. for It can be played with
forever. whereas a fact is finality and
loses it's attractiveness when 1t Is once
caught. In continental Europe this pleas
ing pursuit is INDUCED In most assidu-
ously but far less In our more practical
land. Hence. IL is that the phlosophic
invalid who seeks to know the fundamen-
tai basis OF his malady can be grained
with an explanation, not perhaps, de-
monstrably true, but at any rate highly
scientific. by applying TO physician VINO
has studied in the beer-gardens OF Berlin
or the variety shows of Paris. while the
matter-of-fact sufferer. who is satisfied
simply to get well, will do better by con-
sulting a physician who has been ecu
Gated in the schools or thlS country
where the student Is more likely TO learn
how TO cure diseases than TO hddIe-ladule
over their barbarous Greek ana LaU'n
Technology.
This book Is the work OF distinguished
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While these views are in many respects
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gators. vet they have been widely ac-
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