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

IkrNAsF attfNf. T. 10 lhNHh A"NtNiei
G~t<fHt and 90 the capital
NAfeg and 90 many OF The
NzA ~. -,@ cities medical asso-
, Ee~N83I5lfa Citations are amcm-
OSS bling 10 consult
about the advance
nont OF the interests % their proiea-
sion. feel this discourse 30 appropfi-
ate
In my text "a Kins Aaa with ihe
govt. High llvIlg and no exercise have
yltiated his blood and my text presents
him with his .niamcd and baudagea
feet on an ottoman. In defiance CT
God whom he hated. he sends for GER
tain conlurcrs or quachs. They come
and give him ell sorts Of lotions and
panaceas. They bleed him. They sweat
him. They manipulate him. They Bills
ter him. They poultlco him. they
scarliy him. They drug him. They
cut him. They XIII him. lie was on
~ young man. and had disease
which. though very painful. seldom
proves fatal 20 a young man. and he
ought 20 have got we'll. but he fell n
victim % charlatanry and emplrIcism
"And Asa In the thirty ana ninth year
OF his reign was diseased On his feet
until his disease was exceeding great.
yet In hls disease be sought not 10 the
Lord but 20 the physicians And Asa
slept with his fathem." That %. The
doctors killed him.
Men Of the medical profession we Oft
en- meet IN the acme Of distress. We
shake hands across the cradle Of agon-
lied Infancy. We Join each other IN
an attempt 40 aolaec where the psro2
ysm OF grief dcmandf en- an1dyne ns
well as o prayer We look into each
others sympathetic faces through the
dusk as the night Of death is falling in
the sick room. We DO not have 90
climb over any barrier today IN order 10
greet each other. Tor our professions
are Ia full sympathy. You doctor. are
our FIRST and last earthly friend. You
stand AZ the gates Of NE when we en-
ter this world. aud you stand az the
gates Of death when We 90 out Of q.
In the closing moments Of our earth
~ existence when the hand of the wife
or mother. or sister. or daughter. shall
hold our right hand. Il will give
strength 10 our dying moments 70 we
can feel the tips % your lngers along
the pulse Of our LETT wrist We DO not
meet today. ns on other days. Ia houses
Of distress. but ty the pleasant affairs
Of God. aud ! propose sermon % help
fulnoss and coed cheer a IN the
nursery children sometimes rc-cnact all
the scenes Of the sick room. so today
you play that you are the patient and
that ] am the physician. and take Ey
prescription Just once. u shall Do O
tonic q scdauyc. d.ctctic. q dislnf.ct.
ant. a stimulus. and an anodync az the
same time. "ll there not balm in Gill
Cad3 Is there not a physician there"
In The Arst place. ihiak al the msl-
zeal profession should become Chns.
tians because OF the debt 90 gratltud,
they owe % God for the honor De has
put upon their calling 80 other call
Ing Ia an the world. except q be that
OF the Christian ministry. has received
90 great an honor as yours. ChrIsi
himself was not only preacher. but ply
stefan. surgcoa. aurist ophthalmolo.
gisi. and under his mighty power optic
and auditory nerve thrilled with uFh,
and sound. and catalepsy arose from lti
%. and the club foot was Strengthened
and anchylosls went out Of the s,lncncd
tendons. and the ioaming maniac De-.
came placid as a child. and the street,
o. Jerusalem became aa eNtcmporitod
hospital crowded with convalescent vic.
tins OF casualty and invalilsm 81
ages have woven the garland ior a,
doctors brow. Homer said.
a wise physician. skilled our woual.
70 heal.
i more than armies 20 the public veal
Cicero said, There ls nothing ID
which men 90 approach me gods al.
when they Try 90 give health 10 1,hc,
men" Charles lN made proclamati. Ia
that an The pfoica,lau % Franc,
should Dee put 60 death on 81. nlr,sole
news day. tui made one cXcc9t!an
and that ;he case % Pare. the father OF
Fr,Nch sugoW IN, baulcfclds of IN,
Am,rlcaa revolution welcomed nrs
Mercer aad Warren and Rush. Wler
the FrCuch army was entirely dcma-il
lE,d 90 fear 90 ,ac plague. the lcaJIu.
surgeon o, th4t ARMY lnlocu,atei him
soli vita ltc plague Co show the s,l
dlcu that there was no coaiarlon An b.
ard their courage rose. ana they won.
on % the conflict Gld has hou8fe.
this profession all the way through
Oh. the Advancement FROM the da,i
when HlppocfatcE tried o. cure th,
great Pe.iclos Ul;l holeb0rc aud lax
seed pOg.,.cCs G1su 90 Gar later cen
turtles when Halter announced the th,
CRY % o. p.rat.on. and Harvey the cir
culation ~ tho blooland Ascoi the us.
of tho lvmphatlc vessels. and Jcnur.
balkcd the worst disease that evet
fcourgoJ Europe. aEl sylauham deyel
opCd the rccupordtiye forces OF ih,
physical organism. and cinchona bari
stopped the fhyor.ng agucs OF On,
world. aud Sir Ashley Cooper and Aucr
noihy, and Hoack, and R1moyn. au,
Griscom, and Valentine Mott OF "a,
generation Just passed. houorcd Go,
ami fought back death with their kcor
scalpols
II We who are laymen In mcdlcln,
would understand what the mcdlca
profession has accomplished Cor N,
insane. let Us look into the dungolni
whore the poor creatures used to be In.
generated. Madmen chained naked Il
the wall a kennel OF rotten straw
their only sleeping place. Room un
ventilated and unllghtod The worsl
calamity OF the race punished with o.,
very worst punlshmcnt. And thon com,
and look al the insane nsylums OF Uti