The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27

who smoke it, yet .nauseates everybody
by the viler odor of cubeb cigarettes or
coca cigars, which he smokes on the sly
to cure catarrh, whether he has it or not
on the principle that a bad excuse is not
so bad as none.
He argues with bitter invective against
the opium habit and pities its victims
when he ought to pity himself for he
takes troches and cough lozengers on
his own responsibility, which the, doctor
would prescribe with caution. if at all.
knowing that they contain morphine. CO.
drug. -
The minister is great believer in
ng 3 TOO. II he had his way about 1,
an the druggists would live in the poor,
mouse and every man would raise his
own medicine in an herb garden, Not
t that roots oIo and herbs are at all bad|n
times; but while it's harmless. if NOT
nice, for well man to fool with bone
set tea, for tonic, it's dangerous for a
S S.n,I, man an 10 drink lobelia< tea without
regard to strength or quantity.
Inc minister's wife doesn't believe in
iiIe IN any form; she takes the BIZ
ole literally and believes in the efficacy
OI prayer IN all things. Incidentally she
takes no heed for the morrow hut fha
Lord doesn't make up for her neglect of
ner pialn duty, and doesn't set a bounti
1 1ifd ta6ie SO that the minister wishes his
1
least interview the butcher and hal,ar.
once IN a while.
She is an ardent Christian Scientist; she
says II you're good you won't be i'll: if
you have been very bad, sickness is. the
punishment, graded according to the
Wlckedness, and to cap the climax If
S S;c, ooii IT., inlnk you are sick you are not
Were the nerves are concerned. where
hysterla and the ';bapors'' are the SOLE
cause OF the Ill; but when it comes to the
nRh fl,{D
ter She can't forget it until she bas
aosed It with toothache drops and when
| It comes to distraction and extraction She
| u.s. Us 10 colts9It dentist; no amount of
Cn1Suan Science will pull tooth.
Of course, it is well enough for a man
10 nave MS belief and live for it. and
oie III IT, even II 1t is suicidal, but when
| a mans belief leads others into hod3I,
danger, induces them to depend 11non =
IaIse sense of security or, worse sill to
| rely upon things not only false but harm
! its consequences. ~
| Deacons and their wives with +,,
, cnatm I1 and signs are the most harm
So So tiley 90 harm only in harmless ways
ooIile people follow their example fbev
amuse others and others abusa fbe.,, 10y ss
tnlngS are equalized. Even the descon
anu ms wife when real sick forget all
az aoo ei thelr charms, and go to the doctor,
| @S et1l Lntelllgent people should who re-
StScl thelr comfort and well being
Desplte their eccentricities and oIs+i
aSS ~ opIlllon, there are many ministers
ana deacons who are Conscientious in
! mCdlcal matters, who are true ana S,,,,, ~
| patheuc friends of the conscientious and
properly qualified physician. To ali such
an apology is due for the use of Their
| title in this connection. but even +ba,,
must fealze the truth of the statements
| although the deacon and the minister
! nere1n specified would be hard to fin6.
| YET there are many who have one or
| more of the failings herein DENOTED and
tnese nave all been rolled into one for
5 5ne sake OF example and ascribed to the
deacon or minister because those words
were good for handle to fit the whole
lot OF mankind. Even if the minister
ana the deacons are guileless of these
! shortcomings, there are many in the con-
| gregat1on who sin against their own
4 good The Lord only knows how MANY
people go to church on Sunday, and go
70 70 see g the doctor during the week. Thus
the doctor gets his own at last and often
| with compound interest. for that which
was little thing at first, fostered by
4 f,,i ana Inappropriate, if not harm
iul, remedies becomes. as it were a
vitaIs. 'i-e
And let me say a word about the doc
Ior ices. Ihat is the bette noir that
trightens people away from the physi
can; they say they can't afford to nay his
ices; ihey are so large; but it is better
t 10 can Doctor in time and pay his fee
When physician looks at the practice
OF MS profession as a mere business a
means VI MAKING money, regardless of
any higher motive, it is time that he
took to some other calling; he can make
money faster and with less harm to the
community. The physician must perforce
have the wherewithal for life, he must re-
quest material compensation for his
services, but set aside the needs of daily
life, perhaps a few lesser Iuxuries, the
conscientious physician has nobler and
loftier purpose.
The minister's heart may bleed with
pity to see a soul on the road to de.
struction, and SO the physicians heart
goes out in sympathy and commiseration
for the unfortunate sick and dying, and
he witnesses with sorrow the careless or
willful ways in which people incur the
dangers of disease or neglect nature 5
warnings.
The grosser portion of the public and
that is by far the greater portion, picture
the doctor as a spider in a web waiting
to enmesh victims in his tolls. In that
picture they are right, as to the c1arla-
tan, but as one does not Judge, gold by
dross, so one should not set up the char
latan as the tombstone to test and the
hall mark to stamp the character of the
physician. On the other hand the char
latan's baseness should make the true
physiciays deeds of charity and mercy