The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-01-30
CLEVELAND TO DOCTORS
His Address Excites Considerable
Merriment.
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

Years Ago.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8O.-The occasion Of
the celebration of the semi centennial of
the New York Academy Of Medicine at
Carnegie Hall last night was made aus
pioious by the presence Of President
Cleveland. The hall was taxed beyond
its capacity by the doctors and their
guests long before the exercises Of the
evening were begun. On the stage and
in the audience were many leading ply
sici0ns from all over the United States.
The feature Of the entertainment Of the
evening was, Of course, the address Of
President Cleveland, which excited con-
siderable merriment and goo& ieelinRr
Other addresses were made by President
Bryant, DIR. samuel S. Purple. Of New
York, and DR.. Lewis A. Sayro.
President Cleveland spoke In part as
follows:
II in passing Through the period in
boyhood when the desirable choice of
future activity seemed to rest between
running away from home to be a sailor
and staying at home to be q doctor, ]
inclbded towards the more quiet and or
G6rly Of the pursuits, this surely furnishes
no basis at this late day for a claim Of re-
%lationship to the medical fraternity.
COMPOSING, therefore, that 1 have no
right to even standing room within the
inner circle of the profession, Ihave boldly
and without the least authority deter
mined to speak to you as a representative
of the vast army Of patients n laymen.
We are obedient and submissive to your
commands-that is, when we are sick
and we sometimes pay your bills even
after a recover to health, which we are
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out your Interference In these circum-
stances, If, whom in perfect health, we ven,
ture to assert ourselves and tell you what
is in our minds, it is not fair to liken us to
a certain parsonage who when sick a saint
should be, though very differently in
clined when well.
eve begin by oo%nceding most heartily,
and without the least reservation, the
learning and skill of those now constitute
ing the medical profession, and the
wonderful advance that has been made
through their untiring labors and inyen-
tions in the alienation Of human suffer-
ings n the saving Of human life. 1t
may be this seems to you an acknowledge
ment so much your due as 60 be hardly
worth making. You should, however,
value it, because 1t is sincerely made by
those who were NOT born yesterday, bus
who hold in lasting and tender
the ministrations of the village doctor of
fifty years CO., and are now the living
monument Of his faithful care. He, too,
alleviated suffering and saved human
life.
eve remember without adherence his
ready lancet, and the scars of his blood
letting found in every household. We
endure with complacenoy the recollection
Of his awful medicine case containing bot
ties, powders and pills, which, whatever
might be thought Of them now, seemed
then to be sufficient for all Emergencies
to say nothing Of tooth pulling tools and
other SILVER breeding Instruments, some
times exposed to view. If he was ignorant
of many of the remedies and appliances
now in use he, in a large measure, supplied
the deficiency by hard headed Judgment,
well observed experience and careful nurs-
ing.
"If we have now arrived at an under
standing you are, / hope, prepared for q
suggestion quite in keeping with the ex-
tremely moderate and reasonable DISPOSE
ton that characterizes the patient and
layman. We have invaded our benighted
contentment and led us out into broad
fields of scientific discovery. We are quite
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strOy the origin of disease and ultimately
usher in the day when the only escape
from the world will be through a PASSAGE
way marked old age exit
I'm some instances Investigation has
performed its part n only effective &C
ton in other quarters is necessary to sup
ply needed remedies. In such cases, Of
course you are absolved from all responi-
bility in your professional character by
exhibiting dangers and warning against
them. Yet ignorant pretenders roam over
the land offering to perform miracles, or
are located in towns and cities, preying
pom the weakness Of the sick and afflicted.
you seek to restrain any approach to
= criminal malpractice, yet newspapers dis
gustingly though covertly advertise the
way to such crimes and startle their read
ers with sensational tales Of death and
misery to which they are directly ac-
cessory. 1 noel not suggest that such
evils are allowed to exist by reason of in
efficiency Of our laws or a laxity in their
execution.
IF the laws are needed to abolish
abuses which your professional investi-
cations have unearthed, our fraternity
should not be strangers to the agencies
which make the laws. Let me remind
you of the application to you case of the
truth embodied in the homely Injunction
If you want a job well done, do it your.
self If members Of your profession were
oftener found in our national and state
Legislative assemblies the ripened results
Of your professional labor would be
brighter and nearer.
N object for personal ambition and
no activity Of professional life should be
permitted to withhold from our govern
ment the 1.-THE of devotion and service due
from its thoughtful, intelligent n edu-
Gated citizens. The reward Of a willing
recognition Of our obligation to watch and
protect our free institutions, and preserve
them from weakness and decay, win surely
come when a just government supported
by the patriotism of a loving people shall
bestow with equal hand upon us and all
our countrymen the blessings Of national
peace, contentment and happiness"
Following the exercises at Carnegie
Hall, the president held a brief reception
at the Academy of Medicine. After a few
minutes Of Handwriting tho president.
accompanied by Colonel Lamont, left for
Washington,
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