The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-20


OF COW; aud grave men expressed It
as their opinion that all Of tho dis
eases OF the brute creation would be
trargplanted into the human family;
and they gave instances where. they
said. actually horns had come out on
the forehoads OF innocent persona. and
people had begun 10 chew the cudl But
Or. Jenner. the hero o. medicine. wen.
on fighting fog vaccination until u las
been estimated that that one doctor IN
nifty years. has saved moro lives man
on the battles OF any one century de-
stroyod.
Passing along the streets Of EdIn-
hurgh a iow weeks after the death Of
Sir James Y simpaoa. saw the pho
tograph OF the doctor In all the windows
Of The shops aad stores. and well might
that photograph be put IN every win-
dow. for be- FIRST used chloroform as an
anaesthoilc agent. In other days they
tried 90 dun human pain By the hash
Cosh OF the Arabs and the mEdrepore
Of the Roman and the Greek; but Il
was left 20 DR.. James simpson 20 IN
troduce chloroiorm as an anaestheiic.
Alas for the wrlthing subjects Of sur
gerry IN other centuries. Blessed be
God for the wet sponge or vial Ia the
hand Of the operating surgeon In the
clinical department OF the medical COLI
logc. or Ia the sick room Of the domes-
nc circle. or on the battle Geld amid
Thousands Of amputations Napoleon
after a battle rode along the line aud
saw under a tree standing In the snow.
LGrroy the surgeon operating upon the
wounded Napoleon passed on, and
twcn,y-iour hours afterward came
along the same place, and be saw the
same surgeon operating Ia the same
place. and be- had not left H. Alas Tor
the batileneld6 without chloroiorm.
But now the soldier boy takes a few
breaths from the sponge and forge;s all
tie panFs % the gunshot fracture. and
while the surgeons OF the Geld hospital
are standing around him. be lies there
dreaming u home. and mother, and
heaven. 40 more parents standing
around a suffering child. struggling 10
ge, away from the sharp instrument
but mild slumbcr instead Of excrucia-
ton. and the child wakes up and says
Father. what's the maiierG What's
the doctor here today for" Oh. blessed
be- God Tor James \. simpson and the
heaven descending mercies OF ehloro-
form.
The medical profession steps into the
court room. and after conflicting wit
neues have le't everything IN a FOG. by
chemical analyses shows the guilt o.
innocence OF the prisoner, as by maih-
enatle demonstration. thus adding ho-
orr TO medical jurisprudence.
Il seems 20 me that the most beauu-
ful hcnel.ct.on % the medical pro-
fesrlon has been dropped upon the
. poor SO excuse now Cor any ones not
/ having sclcaufc attendance. pispCn-
sarles ana lnhrmaries everywhere uu-
/ der The control of the best doctors
some % them poorly PAID. some Of
them no, paid AZ all A haii-siarved
woman comes Ca, from the low tene-
men: house into the dispousary. and
ulwraps the rags from her babe. q
I bundle oi ulcers. and rhcum. and pus-
tlies. and over that little sufferer
I bends tie accumulated wisdom u the
j tres. from Esculp.ls Gown 20 last
/ weeks autopsy. On one dispcnsary. 10
/ ono year. one hunirei and df,y thous.
and prescr.ptoas were issued Why "a
/ show you what God has allowed This
/ rrofsssion 90 doe D. % Co stir up your
I vanityg On. no. The day has gone by
/ for pomrous doctors. with clnsplcuoul
/ roia.htaicd cints and powdered Wigs
which were the accomplishments 90 the
days when ihc barber used 20 carry
I through the streets o. London Or
I nrockelsby's Wig. O. the admiration
ard ave % TIE people. saying. MAX,
vayl here comes pr. Bro,kellby's wig
No. I announce thCte things not only
90 increase the appreciation % laymet
in regard 90 the work % physicians
but 20 stir 10 the hearts % men Of "a,
medical profession a feeling o. graft
tude 90 Cod that they have been al
loaed 20 pui their hand 20 such a mag
nlfccnt work. and that they have beer
called into such illUs,r.ous company
Have you nCycr felt a spirit Of graft
tuic for this opportunity 10 you no
| fegl ihankful now Then I am afraid
doctor. you are no, a Christian. an,
that the old proyerb which Chris
quoted .n hls sermon may be appro
pirate 30 you: Physician. heal thy
SELF"
There are many who always hlam'
/ The decor because the people die. for
/ r,itiag The Divine enactment II, q
/ appointed uato an men once 70 die
I The father ln medicine who announces
/ the fac, that he had discovered ,A'
rrt Iv which IN unfa mon la thI