The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-23

Some Good Words for the Members OF
.,gc Medical Profession.
The following article, written by
DR.. Jas. II. Carlisle was published IN
the Spartanburg Herald last week
while the State Medical Society was IN
session in that city:
The paths of pain are thine. Holor'h
with patience. trust and hope.
The suffering of Sin-sick earth
Shall gi;e thee ample scope.
Beside the unveiled mysteries
OF life and death. to stand.
With guarded lips. and reyerent eyes.
And pllce of heart and hand.
-A''>' (Whittier.)
More than half a century ago one of
the lending physicians OF boston
died. Walter Charming, NJ. d. HIS
friend. Rev. James Freeman Clarke
nreadhed a sermon, which be began
With a fine sketch of good physician.
Our city is honored today by the
orespnce of many representatives OF
This nooie profession from al parts o1
+ITe state. Readers Of The Herald
nav he interested in the appro-
nria+e @ tribute. 1t may help them
TO a st:ll higher estimate OF those On
Glow UJ we call in orr moments or
anxiety, or pain.
"A good physician has haro tiie .i,e
:. u,orv ways. His work is on the
shady side of life. by the bed OF SICK
ness ard pain-sickness which ne o1teh
cannot cure: pain, which ne IS some
tin,es unable to alleviate. lie mas
oraat:. responsibilities, invalving great
onxieties. The life, health: happiness
Of others depsnd mach in his WISDOM, S,
attention, promprpess. hdellty. MosV
Of ns 70 our days word and then go
home to rest. or to amuse ourselves:
70 70 turn to private studies, or so into
! nieasant society. The work OF tne
phvsician never ends. He can never
; rest without the possibility OF beng
i.nddenly summoned back to bis ouUles.
jSs he is not actually called, he is
a3,zavs in expectation of being cailed'
anS cs1at interferes with perfect resi-
He iss sentinel who cannot sleep On
his nos His work continues, through
NIGHT AID day, through storm ana
shine, thzokgh heat and coId' VhrougLl
! e,n1o Nor anG vinter. Other men may
take their vacation, but wherever lie
npes, the lightning message 1olloms W:
sSter and asks, "Where are you:
At home, he is the slave OF the oool M
bell (or telephoneN abroad, OF Vae
telegraph.
Yet. with all thislabQs care, aux
ietv a ohysician;s life has sHspy COM
nensations, compensations sc greal
J that when a person is able: to tutht lls
! duties Alright it is one Of the haplle@L
~ all professions. The good physician
has fhe consciousness Of usefulness, II
his work. The family physician
Etndies the constitutions of the mem
| b,rs Of a household: he is able 70 ao'
We ~ them in regard to diet. air, ez'
ercise work and recreation. lie lore.
sres Danger before it comes: ana snow W.
them how to avoid it. II pre7enOatl't
is better than cure, modern Meoica
science, which tends that way, IS GER
rainlv hetter than that Of ourifatherS
Pnt when the inevitable disease ar
riyes, then the nse of the pnySlelal
appears in alleviation of pain, IN :Gak
ing charge OF the case, and SO ssile'
ina the anxieties of the patient ,an(
his friends. When we have 'coohoee
our beloved ones to the care .oi VH'
!, wise and faithful physician we nave ave .
A.ss.nse of rcposing tr':st. II an oIsS ~
7atse abolished, / do not think III
Ine,eL and use of d physician could O o
cor SLY diminished perhaps it Eoul(
~ he: 5res1sased. all tnis is compensation
! ior hs4s;l and anxiety, but more still
! is the ats. zion which gathers arouh(
him. Tic Apostle has 1nolcate'
this reward y, the profession in OF
sticking episAss Luke, Inc netoss' .:s's'
| ph;7sician.': lie Goes not say: VI, VI,
wise. "the leasaoc = the ceieoraIeu IS,S
| musician. but ::'thf beloved, 1n'
eocd physician becQraes friend u
Tnanv homes As bis; Re advances
there grows around hin e neighDor
hood filled with friends. ~Se IS I'M
friend Of old and Young, for ~ nee(
his care, and depend on his ng1nsel
Ue becomes intimately acQuasa1e'
with the interior Of life of many Ia e
lies. but you will notice that a:physlcS'
is very seldom a gossip He no lno! :!
thinks Of Speaking abroad OF "ha0
confided to Elm than il he were
farher-ccnfessor. as, indeed. ne otts, '
5s And he. who is able to inspire COZ
/ 6dence in another, helps the oou
a through the mind, as daily eApefaenc
? Teaches. We all feel the trhtn =
| what Walter Scott says:
!, ,..I have lain on the sick mans peo: 3eoa,,.
i Watching for hours Tor the '7ee"
| Az I deemed that his presence alol!e
L Had power to bid my pains begone:
l. I have listed his words OF con1loE
u
| given,
As il to Oracles of Heaven.
III have counted his steps from H.
chamber door. ,,.
l. and blsssed them When they "eI
heard no more
Our visiting friends VIII and her
!Itraditions Of good physicians W.T.
( rss,om our CITY was blessed in othe
I o5ears. And they will be welcomed b
! 4yUhers. worJhily representing de Ply
.tession today.
i Dx. Ramsay says Of Lionel Chaleoer:
HIM. ID. who died in Charleston: - -
|: HE sas the first writer VINO Ie1aAe
I;.of the soil, climate, weather ana Ststss
Tally Of Ghe diseases OF South Carollaia-
His naee was honorablX pefpeOnave
among lis in the person OF IL olrecc u
| I,