Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-16

iut now Then am afraid, doctor,
you are not a Christian, and that old
proverb which Christ quoted in his
sermon may be appropriate to YOU:
Physician, heal myself
Another reason why | think the
medical profession ought to ee Chris.
tanS, Is because there are - MANY
trials and annoyanceS in that profes.
sion that need positive Christian So
lace. know You have the gratitude
OF great many good people. and |
know IT must be n grand thing 10 walk
intelligently through the avenues OF
human life. and with anatomic skill
poise yourself on the nerves and fibers
which cross and recross this wonder
full physical system.
l suppose a skilled eve can see more
beauty even in malformation than an
architect can point out in any of his
structures, though il be the very trl-
umph of arch and plinth and abacus.
But how many aunoyances and trials
the medical profession have DIR. Rush
used TO say, in his valeditorv address
10 the students OF the medical college:
Young gentlemen. have two pockets
"a small pocket and big pocket; a
small pocket in which To put your fees
a large pocket in which TO put your an
noyanceS"
In the FIRST place, the physician has
no sabbath. Busy merchants. and
lawyers. and mechanics, can not NJ.
ford TO be sick during the secular
week. and so they nurse themselves
along with lozenges and horehound
candy until Sabbath morning comes.
and then they say, II must have doc
tor And that spoils the Sabbath
morning church service fo- the phy.
s.cian. Besides that, there are "A great
many men who dine but once a week
with their families During the secu-
lar days they take n hasty lunch at
the restaurant, and on the Sabbath
they make up for their six DAYS nb
stinenSe by especial gormandizing.
which before night mikes their
amazed digestive organs cry out for a
doctor aud that spoily The evening
church service for the physician.
Then they are annoyed by peop'e
coming too late. Men wait until the
last fortress Of physical strength is
taken, and death has dug around it
the trench of the grave, and then they
run Tor the doctor. The slight fever
which might have been cured with a
foot bath has become violent typhus.
and the hacking cough killing pncu-
monia- As though a captain should
sink his ship off Amagansett. and then
put ashore in yawl, and then come
TO New York to the marine Office and
want To get his vessel insured Too
late for the ship; too late for the pa
tient.
Then there are many who always
blame the doctor because the peopie
die, forgetting the Divine enactment:
1t Is appointed unto all men once TO
die The father in medicine who an
nounccd the fact that ne had discover
ed the art by which 10 make men IN
this world immortal, himself died at ~
years of age, showing that immortality
was less than half "A century for him.
On, now easy IL Is when people die To
cry out, "Malpra .ticc."
Then the physician must bear with
ali the whims, and the sophistries. and
the receptions, and the stratagcms.
and the Irritations OF the shattered
nerves and the bec.ouded brain OF
women, and more especially OF men.
who never know how gracefully TO loo
sick. and who with their salivated
mouth curse the doctor, giving him his
dues, as they Say-about the only dues
he Will in tHat case collect. The last
bill that is paid is the doctors bill II
seems so incOhcrent for "A restored pa
tient, with ruddy cheeks and 70.
tund form, 10 be bothered with =
bill charging him for old calomcl
and jalap The physicians of this
country do more missionary work with
out charge than all the other profess
sions put together. From the concert
room, from the merry party, from the
comfortable couch on a cold night,
when the thermometer is five degrees
below zero, the doctor must 20 right
away; he always must go right away.
To keep up under this nervous strain.
20 go through this night work. TO bear
all these annoyances, many physicians
have resorted To strong drink and
persisted. Others have appealed to
God FOR sympathy and help, and have
lived. Which were the wise doctors.
Judge We?
Again: The medical profession ought
TO toe Christians because there are pro-
fessional cXigcncics when they need
God. Asa's destruction by nm blessed
physicians was "A warming. There are
awful crises ira every medical practice
when doctor ought TO know how 20
pray. All the hosts OF Ills will some
times hurl themselves ON the weak
points of the physical organism. or with
equal ferocity viii assault the entire
line OF susceptibility 20 suffering The
next dose Of medicine will decide
whether or not the happy home shall
be broken up Shall 10 be this ucdi-
cine or that medicine? God help the
doctor Between the five drops and
the 10 drops may be the question
# life or death Shall DO be-
the five or 10 drope2 Re care
fui how you put that knife through
those delicate portions Of the body.
for II 10 swing out OF the way the
sixth part Of an inch the patient
pcrishcs. L nder such circumstances q
physician needs not SO much cOnsuIta-
tion with men OF his own calling ace
ne needs consultation with that God
who strung the nerves and built she
cells, and SWING the crimson tide
through the arteries. You wonder
why the heart throbs-why 10 seems
% open and shut.
There is mo- wonder about t. It ls
Gods hand. shutting. opening. SHUT
ting, opening ON every heart When
man comes 90 doctor the eye he ought