The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29

o..rou. ., Medicine you have all the
Oo''' .,t', g. tho commencement or
Ne Gebt which they Can give you ana
tbcv can give YOU as much prepa-
ration and as full as can %
nrocured elsewhere. 10" 80
yourselves possibly as fully equipped anu .,,I
ready for the fray, Will you parun" -
n suggest that you proDdply VIII nv
-, ,,,eal, nolnt or weak points that
,.o,, bad not been aware OF In your equip
yront come nit In your armour that you
bad not found in your first encounter
with the enemy. IL you 40 hot, j. -
barely posslble that the enemy Will anu
Won will be fortunate II you 90 not haNV
TO withdraw for repairs. 10 lot MS
age. We must know our won POii''0 -
fore we strengthen them. iou are no
,oune, LAWYERS. and cannot expect 10
know II ali. instinctively or by research
or through the recitals OF a moot court
Your art Is not built on pTecedeht %, sua,
tanned oulv bv authorities. IL was pased
upon experience in It's incepuoh' IL "a'
rationa1izod nv experience and iacts
Uttered ana collated end sifted by earn
est. honest and ingenious oDseiVe.a,
have now been moulded INTO ~ Blt"u
scientific structure. AROUND M"leh b@'",.
the hopes and aspirations or dN men i.
all nations, who are iaDoIl"b ~ N'..''-
suffering and 20 expcl disease rom 800
human habitation. WIN 1no 80
binary advantages which you have mad
an vour nreparation Of the practice ot
,.o,,r ,-ofession and the facilities afford
cd Won for the investigation OF problems
in dfsoaeo hitherto dark ana uncer-
tain but upon which new lights nave
fallen from the chemical iabofHtofl Z,
from the lens o. the microscope apu rom
the electric rays. you are expected 10 it'u
the vanguard Of the. brave men VINO 'Is
pressing forward TO aTch TINS sI"uu
structure with the capsione or uhcu@',
lengcd truth You cannot slahd uy ~ ~
watch I'm dleness or with unconcern inc
struggle 90 advance the mbhea1 ana HO''-
est interests OF humanity.
ne not Ike dumb. driven cattle IN the
strife" Lay not aside tonight your
books. your microscope your retort' your
electrical battery. Pursue your studies as
earnestly and as assidously as you nave
nirsued them for three years past.
'Nocturna versate manu-. diurna Neraale.
Then 90 into the great field OF preNeh-iVe
medicine. Contemplate the acnleNeLnenl3
of Jcnner, OF Pasteur or hoch' or LIS
ter. Estimate n YOU can the lnestmaple
results Of those lahoring I'm ESTABLISHING
the causes Of diseases. in uncoveIing tne
nests of Infection. and strangling I'm their
birth tho progeny Of so many mortal llls
TO which flesh is heir
TERRORS 30 LONGER.
Smallpox, once tho direst scoufse thhl
ever cursed humanity. demohshng Whole
communities. binding and initiating
those who failed 10 perish In IT'S ravase5.
yellow fever banished from habitats
whence It sprung forth periodically 30
spread desolatlon and death, and BAN
ishablo always Diphtheria, the dread
eorrotter. whose name Is only called on
bated breath IT households III and be-
gured by innocent and prattiing child-
hood.
Puerperar fever. that subtle serpent
coming into the happy home where ma
ternal law had given pledge OF IRE 20
new being. marital faith and constancy'
and with ruthless, rcmOrse.ess cfue'ly
demanding her own as in It's place.
Hvdrophobia. with its horrible and hope
less visitation.
These visions on have hidden or are
hiding their vicious and nOis0me presence
from tho light OF scientific medicine. Ana
I'm this sorrow stricken earth filed with
pain and charged with human suffering,
there IS doubtless q remedy for every
disease. IL We could only find and apply
it. Nature is kind and loving I'm her
Offices and has reserved in her arcana
many an elixir which would bring back
the rose 10 the check OF the pallid child
Of pain: many n cordial which would
stir anew the nlckering pulse of life
which we have not yet caught co TO your
work. young gentlemen, with lens and
retort and electric ray. and labor with
untlring patience and unlag-ing zeal un-
an YOU have solved the problem Of life
and uncovered the mystery OF death.
Judging from the results OF the labors OF
u. % q la. 10
wears. wonders await YOU In the near
future. We feel as - we could almost
sec over into that glorious land OF which
it IS written There is no sickness there