Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-25

W De, dlIeT all, the pest ClGllen.
A. w. Lee.
DR.. Sampson mentioned the fact that
the doctor does but little advertising,
owing to the ethics of his profession.
He said, however, that the physi-
clan and the editor are as a rule the
best of friends, the editor realizing
that the physician was an impossible
ity in the advertising line. and the
physician realizing that it is equally
impossible to convince the editor that
he is doing wrong in advertising pat
ent medicines. AS a representative of
the press, and as one fully fitted to
talk upon the relative positions of the
physician and the editor, he introduce
ed A. w. Lee, editor of the Courier.
Mr.. Lees subject, as it appeared on
the program, was as follows:
e =" and he said in
the beginning that in news
paper parlance, this took the
place of something that is not suitable
to be seen in print. Whether this was
or was not reflection upon the prob
able tenor of his speech, he was I'M
able to say, but left the judgment of
that matter to his hearers. He spoke
on the relation of the doctor and the
newspaper, and especially of the trials
of the physician, and finished with an
eloquent tribute to the doctor, his con-
slant friendship and the admirable
way in which he helps his patients to
bear the greatest of physical ills. He
said the doctor is not infallible, but
that his entire life and energy is given
to the performance of his duty in
guarding against that truly infallible
enemy, Death, and finally, when death
does come, of his tender Offices in help
ing the ones who are left to bear the
shock as best they can of losing a
loved and loving one.
After Mr.. Lees toast, Miss McKin-
stry again favored the assemblage
with a piana solo, rendering in very
admirable manner La Lisonjera," by
c. Chaminade.
DR.. A. e. Craig
DR.. A. E. Craig, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city. was asked to respond to the toast
"Ye Doctor of Ye Olden Tyne" He
mentioned the differences between the
doctor of the past and the physician of
| the present. He said that old timers
were not specialists but were expected
| to- know how to cure all the ills flesh
lis heir to- and added that they did it
nearly all the time by the means OF
bleeding He told of the untiring la
bors of the old physician, his almost
1 endless rides through the country on
visits of mercy, and the readiness with
which he answered every call. This
lied to remarks on the advance of the
4 profession, but the fact was plainly
ievident that, although the doctor has
advanced in learning and ability, and
Ehas found almost countless new dis
eases, he is no more benefactor OF
mankind now than was the doctor of
the olden time, since the latter gave
his whole life for the benefit of hui
manity, which is all any one can do.
Or. "A. o. Williams.
DR.. A. O. Williams of this city, had
the toast. "Ye Preacher OF Ye Olden
Tyne" and he, told an interesting
story of the old time country church,
built of logs and presided over by the
old time minister He told how every
one in the community attended church
and listened to the utterances of the
minister, a devout man of God, who
was credited with much learning, and
who was undoubtedly sincere Chris
tain, showing it by the fact that he left
his eastern home of comparative
1plenty to live among the people of the
half settled country, endure privation
and all the Inconvenience of such q
life simply to let the people of the
country know the benefits of Chris
tianity and Christian life. He eulo
gized the preacher of the olden time
placing him in the same class with DR.
Craig's doctor of the same period,
class to be revered and respected.
DR.. r. e. Sampson.
DR.. Bayard F. Holmes, of Chicago
who was present at the convention
was to have responded to the toast
Chicago Feeds the World, not Only
for the Physical Man but for the Men
tai, as Well" but owing to the fac
that he had to leave the city before
the hour of the banquet, DR.. Sampson
took the time he would have occupied
to respond to DIR. Brockman's wei
coming speech and express the thanks
to the people of this city for the ex
cellent treatment accorded the visit
ors by the doctors and public of OF
tumWa.
DR.. D. w. Finlayson.
DIR. u. w. FlnlaySOn, OIL les MOlnes
made short talk on the advance o
the medical profession in the pas
twenty or thirty years, and the benefi
this advance has been to the people a
; large. He said that few years ago
comparatively, there was nothing
known of bacteria and but little know
of the spreading of malignant dis
: cases.. He spoke of the progress il
this line and the benefit of this pre-
gress to humanity.
Affair Closes.
: This was the last speech Of the even
} ing, and the pleasant affair closed wit
r declaration by DR.. Wahrer that OF
5 tumwa, her doctors and her people a
l a whole, and the Des Moines Vale
Medical association, are "all right.
r This was seconded by the whole az
! semblage, and the thirtieth annua
: convention of the association was q
: an end.
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