The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-25

without heaitation or fear. The surrcon
does not even hesitAte to enter the abdo-
men for exploratory purposes. % secure
from danger b his efforts protected By
Aseptics and Antiscptios.
| And bowel perforated By some flying
missile or bullet h soon sought for and
repaired with a. much safety ana with q
much facility - the following OF the
techiQue Of an amputAtion.
What greater boon was ever conferred
upon mankind than that discovered By
DIN. Long and MorEAn2 AnAesuh<olA pro.
duced By ether and chlorofortn.
Under lite innuencc the keen lancinAtino
rain Of the sargeon's knife y unielt. Tho
unfortunate whose limb IL crushed BY the
wrecked train Of cars Il placed upon the
| surgeons operating table and after being
rendered oblivious TO surroundings and
form or ether, he awakec from his dream
to hnd the mangied member amputated
and the stump dressed.
| The woman who for centuries felt that
| God intended her to suffer the throes Of
labor In childbirth. today thanks her Maker
| that He has created 4 physician whose In
born philanthropy has stimulated him to
the Invention Of an agent which Is truly
and indeed woman's friend. rendering ma
! ternfty easy
How many Instruments Of use today are
for the benefit OF suffering humanity
| Who IL II that burns the midnight lamp
till the gray skirts In the eastern horizon
announce the approach Of day, experiment.
Ing toward devising means to shorten the
ills Of mankind?
Who are the vivisectiorists? How much
hardship and patience do they undergo?
How much contumely and unbridled au-
dactty from the tongues and pens OF the
anti vivisectionist do they suffer7 All for
| experimental purposes to humanity's cause,
l Let ~ mi. An
See some good physician called TO see
sick woman. The messenger comes at
night. Outside all is dark except now and
then the road through the woods is lighted
up by the flashing lightning. IT'S cold and
drizzling rain. Five or ten miles he must
travel on horseback, for tits too stormy for
| his buggy.
IIts guide is lost. and they wander some
| time cndeavcring to find the correct road
and are thus delayed, When they arrive
at log cabin "capboard roof and pun
cheon !loor" the most abject conditions
of poverty aud want are visible. The
! physician fnds an invalid husband, long
a cripple from injury In tho war hover
ing over few smoldering Goals OF fire,
/ In u cold corner of the one room hut liz
his wife suffering from acute pneumonia.
/ The doctor prescribes not only medicines,
but ntimuants and nourishment, which
lie pays for himself. for these poor people
! have no money.
| When the physician returns TO his home
II is noon the next day The following
night the familiar hello" Is heard out
in the darkness. The call is for the physi-
clan to go to this same sufferer. Exposure
the previous night has caused the physi-
clan to feel indisrosed, ana IL he could,
he would refuse this summons. but he
can not; she is now his patient. and be
has not the heart to refuse this poor
woman's request Ia come and relieve her
suffering. So he again visits her and con-
tinues 10 do SO. day after day for eight
or ten days, when he hnds that his skill
and remedies are OF no avail. In her last
hour he can only administer TO her some
thing to numb the acuteness of her dying
pain.
This Is one OF the many cases with
which every pbyslcins has met.
Such deeds place the physician among
the most noble OF men.
'Tis my fortune to know n good man
and a splendid physician who In this town
was called to see hayward young girl In
her teens. sho was healthy and strong
when she fell from the protection of friends
and loved ones. The gay, siddy allure
ments Of frivolty fascinated her. She felt
that the hand of death would not touch
her soon, and that she could play and In
dulge in sin with IMMUNITY She was
young and thought she would live for a
away from home she became seriously I'll
and her friend" felt that she needed the
service of a physician. which was obtained
But the skill OF the good doctor did not
check the rapid course OF the disease. II
was not Gods will that she should live.
She elected the fact from her physician
| that ler recovery was doubtful. Before
she became unconscious she realized that
she soon must face eternity. Then she
asked the doctor 10 pray that her Sins
might be forgiven. Aud this physician,
then and there, knelt ana petitioned fer
vent prayer TO Heaven in behalf Of this
unfortunate girl Thus was manifested
the spirit OF the true physician
This Is the vocation which has Christ
like men and women to fill 1t.
Such are the deeds Of men In one of the
| noblest professions under the heavens.
Such are the deeds of men whose names
shall live In the heart and memory OF the
world.
few years ago when the great epidemic
OF yellow fever was depopulatng the clti,s
OF New orleans, Memphis and Grenada
and other towns OF the South. there were
a few from Texas who went to assist those
suffering people. Their names should be
written high on the monument built 10
record the names OF heroes to grow
brighter and brighter throughout time.
The names az those men whom ] remem-
The latter sacrificed his life In the Efforts
he put forth to arrest the Bcourge. The
former, DIR. Swcaringen, is today the Nv
ing hero OF that epidemic, and is nobly
and most efficiently serving Texas in the
capacity OF state health officer.
And last but not least among the long
list of discoveries and Inventions that the
physician has toied TO perfect, we mention
with gIadness the new AMI potent remedy
for the cure OF diphtheria -toxine.
Only few years II has been tried by
those who have established beyond Guss-
tion that IL Is great remedy In lessening
the mortality OF that malady, which is
alike TO the physician and parent the most
dreaded OF all diseases which afniet child
hood.
In the language OF Governor Hastings.
delivered to the American Medical asso-
citation let Us repeat: THE Doctors pres
ence in the sick room is as welcome as the
morning sunshine: his voice Is benedie-
ton his touch an inspiration and his pres
encc an emblem OF security.
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