The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-28
DEFENSE OF DOCTORS.
THEY ARE Ever FAITHFUL,
= Noble Class Q: Men.
Uonroe Enquirer.

Honroe Enquirer.
The doctors never forget TO charge
and nine tenths Of them have become
rich of Of the poor people, and cure ol
40 cure, the pay Is all the same and
not only so, some OF them cannot 70 tc
see suffering flesh after night, let them
1--we or die. People seldom send tor a
doctor unless they need him and be
should 90, If possible. our physician.
expect pay and they should have it,
and there ought to be Law enacted
that doctors should be required to at
tend calls at all hours or their license
taken from them and not be allowed to
trltle with dear human life as they Of
ten do"
The foregoing is taken from a cor
respondence to the Stanley Enterprise
Of last week and is portion of an ar
tlcle, some parts OF which are merit0-
rlOus, but for downright '1tommyrot,' p
ignorance and prejudice we will put
that little Jingle Of words against the
world. Did the correspondent weigh
his words? Did he have any idea Of
what he was saying? We don't know
what manner of man he is, but the par
agraph referred to sounds very much
like the rattling talk of one of those
fellows who had rather talk than listen.
though Shakespeare were the speaker
and human nature his theme We say
this advisedly, for had the gentleman
stopped for moment and considered
be would have seen the error of his
statement.
No class of men do more charity
work than do physicians. They under
60 priyatlons, hardships and annoy
ances unknown to those outside the
profession. Where is the physician in
this country who has become rich off
of the poor people? Where is the ply
sician in this section who is rich off OF
anybody? The physician does more
charity work than all other classes com
blned. Often he gets out OF bed on a
cold night and rides for miles to see
patient who he knows is too poor to
pay and from whom he never expects
to receive q cent.
The doctor is blamed with things be
yOnd his or human CONTROL and if the |
patient RECEIVERS oftentimes the friends |
and relatives with long faces and un-
grateful hearts and in mockery of
say HIS recovery was
a wonderful display OF divine power -
but, if the patient dies, those aforesaid |
relatives are mighty quick to say, |
We'll, the doctor might have done bet
ter, It seems to me- And thus I'M
thanked, unpaid, worn out with a hard
life of toll the faithful doctor trudges
home one day and never goes to see an
other patient He stretches his wear
led. prematuely worn out form on his
couch and is never called to drag his
weary frame up and away over rough
roads, through winters cold or sum-
ner's heat, for he makes surrender to
that grim power he has fought so long
and goes down in that obliviOus gloom
where all the PROSTATE ranks OF men
crowd without fellowship.
His administrator finds thousands Of
dollars on his books uncollected and
and not enough OF this
worlds goods left to keep the wolf from
he door of his surviving family.
No, sir YOU are entirely off when
you say that "nine-tenths Of the doc
ors get rich off of the poor people.
The average ply slcian's riches consist
lot ia this worlds goods but are of
leeds of mercy he has done, and they
,hall not be forgotten. The poor, the
atherless, the widow, and the Outcasts
If earth shall rise up and call him
,lessed whom you, IN your ignorance
" your prejudice, condemn as being
,rasping and a robber of the poor.