Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-03-14
SCIENTISTS VS.. MEDIcs.

Dlll DelOi6 bilt mlSSOuTl Legislature.
For the same reason that puts a com
petent engineer, and not a lunatlc, in
the cab Of locomotive, as it rusheS
on with its train load of human beings
For the same reason that requires a
man to be competent who desires tC
take charge Of the delicate machinery
Of a great factory. For the same rea.
son that we desire educated men and
women, and not idiots, to give instruc.
ti0n in our schools. For the same rea-
son that demands a skilled chemist,
and not an ignoramus, in laboratory
where a critical ananlysis is to be
made. For the same reason that the
commercial interest Of community
demand skilled and honest ones.
Because it puts premium on
brains, honesty, skill and ON Truth.
Because it sets seal of condemna.
tion on ignorance, on pretenders, on
those who live by lying and deception,
on those who trade on the credulity
of the people, under the cloak Of
magnetism or religion, in order to en-
ridh themselves.
Because the science of medicine has
caused pestilence to vanish as the
morning mist; has said to epidemic
''stay thy hand;" has reduced the
mortality of diphtheria one-half; has
mitigated the horrors of the battle.
field seventy-five per cent; has by
antiseptic surgery saved annually
thousands Of lives; has by preventa-
tive medicine allayed the horrors of
disease and added years to life.
Because the pulse beat Of civiliza-
tion is recorded in the advancement
of medical science. 1t is the father OF
all natural sciences. 1t has not only
caused man to study his own material
body, but the entity that runs this
machine. 1t has stimulated the study
of space until men can touch the
stellar worlds. 1t has unfolded the
records Of ages recorded in the rocks.
1t has opened to view the infnitesi-
NAL world Of life under the micro
scope. 1t has disarmed and slain the
invisible assassin in cesSpool and
sewer, and also in prose and verse
medical science has produced the
great poet and anatomist, Oliver
Wendell Holmes; the English scien-
tist, Thomas Henry Huxley; the Ger
man scientist, Ernest Haeckel; the
great astronomer, John Frederick
HerSchel; the great Helmholtz; the
immortal naturalist, Charles Robert
Darwin; the English scientist, John
W. Draper; the eminent alienist, Hen
ry Mandsley; that peer Of scientists,
Louis AgaSsiz; the great chemist,
Bache; the naturalist, Professor Jos.
LeConte; the noted American poet,
J. G. Holland; the ,discoverers, David
Livingstone and Sir Joseph Lister.
How do these with many others and
their contributions to the worlds
scientific knowledge and happiness
compare with the sacriligious drivel-
ing of an Eddy? Are the worlds
great benefactors and humanitarians
to be considered for moment with a
mountebank? Is the scientific wis
dom of centuries, the resultant inves-
legations and experiences to be set
aside by the incoherent mouthing of a
charlatan under the garb Of religion;
l favor this measure, because med.
ical science has enriched the world
with its best knowledge and discovery,
while Christian Science has added alb.
solutely nothing and would place a
pail over the human mind. Because
medical science bows in humble
acknowledgement before the great
1 AN in its efforts to unravel the
mysteries of the organic world, while
Christian Science would impiously
exalt itself equal with God and stife
investigation of the laws Of Nature.
favor the Hall bill because medical
science is a healing art, is an active
living truth, while Christian Science
as healing art, is an active living lie
EThe chief opponents to this meas
ure are those who cannot pass an ex
animation on the structure of the
human body. The known laws Of
health are the scientific treatment Of
disease. For the same reason the
ignorant and unskilled should oppose
all avenues and vacations Of life that
require skilled labor.
These opponents have manifested
themselves under three heads, the
Magnetic Healer, the Christian Sci
ence Healer, the Advertising Charla
tan, or Quack.
The principal difference betweer
the first and second is the claim o.
religious power by the latter. On
heals by the power of magnetism, th'
other by the power of Christ; botl
claim remarkable cures by laying OIL
of hands or silent demonstration, nea
or far. The one believes in mate
rial body and material cash, th'
other believes in an immaterial body
but material cash. One cures pain
disease by a magnetic touch, th'
other cures by brushing it away a
raporings or mortal mind. One !
prominently material in all things