The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-07-28

human race called for surgeon and
family physician for many years be
fore they came. The fnt surgeons
who answered this call were minis
tiers of rehgion-namely, the EgyP
tian priests. And what a grand thing
II all the clergymen were also doc
tors, all D.. DIS were NJ DIS, for there
are so many cases where body and
soul need treatment at the same time,
consolation and medicine, theology
and therapeutics. As the hrst sur
geons OF II { world were also ministers
OF religion, may these two professions
always be in full sympathy But I'M
der what Disadvantages the early sur
geons worked, from the fact that the
dissection Of the human body was for
hidden, first by the pagans and then
by the early Christisnsl Apes. being
the brutes most like the human race,
were dissected, but no human body
might be unfolded for physiological
and anatomical exploration. and the
surgeons had to guess what was In
side the temple by looking al the out
side Of IL. II they failed in any surgi-
cal operation, they were persecuted
and driven out of the city. as was
Archagathus because Of his bold but
unsuccessful attempt 10 save q pa
tent.
But the world from the very begin
ming kent Calling for surgeons. and
their first skin is spoken Of in Genesis,
wbere thew emploVed their ART for the
inci.ionso Of ! sacred rite. God making
surcerv The nredecsssor Of baptism.
ana we sac I, sgain in II Kings. where
Aha7iab m. monarcb. stroned on
some crscked lar.icework an the nal
&C. ana n broke and he fell frum the
un,er N the lower floor. and he was
u hrr, ,ha, h. sen, IN the VILLAGE
=, PLron ,or sid and Aescplapius.
IL vrongb, snrb worders Of surgerv
r., be Tss dei6ed and temples were
h,,u. ~, bis vxorsbIn n, Pergamos:
and Fnidaurus and podelirius intro.
5ncsd ior the relief Of the world
nhl.bo,omv and Dsmocsdes cured
III disIoca,ea ankle Of King Darius
- ,La c.nner q, his oueen and
uir,ocra,es m, successful hand ON
frar,urss and introduced amputa-
- ond zoras removed obsfrue-
,,ons and U-eronbilus began dissec-
80 cd Frasistratns removsd tn
nor snd celsius tbs Roman surgeon.
r.movad cataract from The eve and
ussd me snaDish Av. and Heliodorus
ARRESTED disease Of The throat. and Al.
exander of Tralles treated the eye, and
Rhazas c~auterized for the prevention
Of hydrophobia, and Percival Pott
came TO combat diseases of the spine,
and In our VI century we have had,
among others, q Roux and a Larray
In France, an Ashley Cooper and an
Abernethy in Great Britain and q
Valentine Mott and Willard Parker
/ and Samuel D. Gross in America and
q galaxy of living surgeons as bril-
liant as their predecessors. What
} mighty progress in the battling Of dis
ease since the crippled and sick OF
ancient cities were laid along the
streets. that people who had ever been
hurt or disordered in the same way
. might suggest what had better be
lone for the patients, and the priests
Of oldeu time, who were constantly
+ suffering from colds received In walk
i ing barefoot over the temple pave
0 ments, had TO prescribe for them
T. selves, and Fractures were considered
: 50 far beyond all human cure that In
stead Of calling in the surgeon the
people only invoked the gods!
> I notice this Surgeon had a fondness
for chronic diseases. Many a surgeon
when he has had a patient brought 10
=, rim has said. "Wby was not this al.
: tended 10 five wears ago? You bring
u him TO me after all power Of recupera.
ton is gone. You have waited until
there Is a complete contraction Of the
: muscles. and false ligatures are formed
and ossifcation has taken place. II
ought to have been ATTENDED 10 long
ago." But Christ the Surgeon seemed
TO prefer iDveterate ase One was 9
! hemorrhage Of ~ years, and he stopped
It. Another wasa curvature OF IS years
; and He Strengthened II. Another was 9
cripple Of IS years, and be walked oui
10 well. The 1s-year patient was a won
an bent almost double. II you call q
o convention Of all the surgeons of IN,
|, centuries, their combined skill could
y not cure that body so drawn out Of
shape. Perhaps they might stop Il
!, from getting any worse, perhaps theJ
might eontriye braces by which She
might be made more comfortable, bui
II is, humbly speaking. ineurable. Yet
this Divine Surgeon put both Hii
d hands on her, and from that doubled
up posture she began TO rise. aud tb,
empurpled face began to take on I
healthier hue. and the muscles beRsl
0 10 relax their rigidity. and the spins
column began 10 adjust itself. and th
cords Of the neck began 10 be NOR, ,up
o MI, and the ewes that could see onl
the ground before. now looked into III
face of Chris, with gratitude and ri
toward Heaven in transport Straight
After IS weary and ~exbsusting YEAR
straigbtf The noise. the gracefnlnes,
tbe beauty OF healthy womanhood rs
instated. The IS years case was
Is man who lay on a mattress near III
. mineral baths At Jerusalem. Their
T. were FIVE apartments where lame pee
ple we're brought. SO. that they could ge
~ The advantage Of these mineral bath
. The stone basin Of the bath Is stil
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