The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
ADDRESS
DR.. JOHN L. WARING,
CITATION OF PRINCE GEORGES S
COUNTY, NOVEMBER
DIST, 1899.

GENTLEMEN OF THE AssoCIATIoN:-
\ few remarks made by our President
to the effect that physicians should at
least have "a conversational knowledge
of the Bible" have induced me to
string together some little knowledge
culled by casual reading and research,
bearing upon ply sicians and our pro-
fession, with a sketch of the "noblest
Roman of them all
To those who have been in the prac-
tice for many years is known particu-
larly the personal bardships and the
innumerable woes which 5efall man.
kind. We know that great labor is
created for all men, and heavy yoke
is upon the children of Adam, from the
day of their coming out of their motE-
ers womb until the day of their burial
into the mother of ALL "From him
that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto
him that is humblcd in earth and ashes"
From him that wcarcth purple, and
beareth the crown, even to him who is
covered with rough linen: wrath, envy,
trouble, unquietness, and the fear Of
death, continual anger and strife," and
out of these largely grow those mala-
dies with which we have to contend
The first mention of physician is
in the fiftieth chapter of Genesis, the
second verse, and reads as follows,
And he (Joseph) commanded his ser
wants, the physicians to embalm his
father" We are also told in the
twenty sixth verse of the same chapter
that Joseph died at the age of one hun
dred and ten and was embalmed and
i'nt in coffin in Egypt, and it seems
that ply ysicians and undertakers are
necessary companions. The Egyptian
physicians were said also to be BARRIERS,
whence comes no doubt a traditional
custom of cropping and shaving the
hair in meningitis and headaches. For
q very fine description OF ltprosy l re-
fer you to the thirteenth chapter of
Leviticus. The medicines principally
used were balms, plasters, poultices,
mineral baths, charms, amulets, etc.
We find in Jeremiah, chapter eighth,
twenty second verse, ''is there no balm
in Gilead? or is there no physician
there?" AS 4 reference to Anatomy
the patient Job says in the tenth
chapter, eleventh verse, "Thou hast
clothed me with skin and flesh, thou
hast put me together with homes and
sinews." Fruits were used for healing,
as when Isaias says to his servant,
fourth Kings, twentieth chapter, sew
enth verse: Bring me a lump of figs.
And when they had brought it, and
laid it upon his boil, he was healed" :"
There are many other references to the
art of healing in the Old Testament,
and the student will be richly rewarded
in searching for them. The most dis
tinct reference to physicians, their du-
ties, and the duties of their patients is
found in the thirty eighth chapter of
Ecclesiastrs, commencing at the first
verse and ending with the fifteenth
verse, and reads as follows:
Honor the physician for the need thou
hast of him; for the Most High hath
created him.
For all healing is from God: The
skill of the physician shall lift up his head:
and in the sight of great men he shall be
praised.
The Most High hath created medicines
out of the earth; and a wise man will not
abhcr them
Was not bitter water made sweet with
wood?
The virtue of these things is come to the
knowledge of men: and the Most High
hath given knowledge to men, that he may
be honored in his wonders.
By these he shall cure, and shall allay
their pains: and Of these the apothecary
shall make sweet confections, and shall
make up ointments of health: and of his
| works there shall be no end.
My son in thy sickness neglect not thy
self n s
Give peace to the physician. For the
| Lord created him: and let him not depart
from thee, for his works are necessary.
For there is a time when thou must fall
into their hancs: and they shall beseech
the Lord that he would prosper what they
give for case ahd rem ly. i
He that snneth in the light of his Maker,
shall fall into the hands of the physician.
The greatest ofail physicians, speak
iny in Il temporal sense, holds Il promi-
nent place in the New Testament. |
refer to st. Lake, spoken of in the
fourth chapter of ST. Paul's cpistle to
I the Colossians rs Luke, the physician,
most dear Y beloved" and in the second
| Corinthians rs one "whosc praise is in
the gospel through all the churches. "
His birthplace was Antioch, educated
| in Alexandria in Egypt. and was ac-
cording to history an excellent painter.
He was converted to Christianity by
! St. Paul and was afterwards his fellow
laborcr. He is regarded as ''the his
torian of the New Testament, though
not an eyewitness of our Lords life. "
The Acts of the Apostles were written
by him. He gives in his narrative the
fullest history of our Lords life. HIS
name signifies "born at daylight" lie
is supposed to have died at an advanced
age, and suffered 4 martyrs death.