Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-05

that his life and attributes both men
tai and physical have developed in a
natural way, without interventions Or
special providcnccs; and that the earth
and all that in 1t is, was no more
made for man that it was for the mos
quito.
Yet the book is cheering in its hope.
and gives a man a pleasant outlook
for the future. 1t is quite free from
any tinge of German pessimism which
50 influenced our early writer's Of the
post Revolutionary period.
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1t is a far cry from the day when
certain Britisher asked contemptous-
ly who reads an American book?",
but not so long ago that the average
Europeans attitude toward American
physicians had in ii the same disdain
Both arose from ignorance, but that
did not make the. attitude any the less
annoying.
Now, all except the illiterate for
eigner, II he does not praise, at least
preserves discreet silence.
But a distinguished English physi-
clan has done more than either. The
following is from American Medi-
cine:
ourselves as Others See Us.-The
Lane lectures in San Francisco have
brought number OF promlhent Brit
ishers TO America and have given them
a chance TO get ideas of American in
situations as well as to instruct us.
Last year Sir Michael Foster said some
very pleasant things about us in the
Nineteenth Century, and the Lane lee
turer for this year, Malcolm Morris,
the scholarly editor of the Practitioner,
also speaks faovrably OF some things
he saw here. lie especially mentions
the vigor and enthusiasm OF the stud
ents At the Cooper Medical College
and at the University Of California. in
San Francisco. and states that he found
the same spirit in New York. Phila.
dclpLia and at the Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity in Baltimore. Both teachers
and learners seemed To he animated
with Il spirit OF earnest work, and Wis
yivida OF intellectual striving such as
IL scarcely to he found in our slum-
berous old world. Every one appeared
to be working at the highest pressure
and with ap intensity Of purpose which
made a European observer feel that
Professor Osler's dream that at the end
of this century ardent old world stud
ents may come to the other side as
"O'er brook" seeking inspiration
from great masters, may easily he full
filled He speaks of the excellence
and variety of the postgraduate
courses and believes that even now
such courses can scarcely be equaled
In any European country. The Amer
lean profession feel certain degree
OF pride and satisfaction that our in
stitutions for medical instruction called
forth this praise from our eminent
brother over the water and we feel
sure that IL Is well deserved by the In
stitutlons mentioned. However, we
cannot afford TO rest satisfied. Though
our best institutions are undoubtedly
as good as any in the old world and
many of them better than most of the
best foreign schools, there Is still a
lack Of uniformity in medical educa-
ton in this country, such as cannot be
found in any European country. What
we need at present is some means of
either wedding out the nght-schools
and other struggling medical colleges
having insufficient equipment. or else
some means of compelling these insti-
tutions to provide satisfactory inslruc-
ton aud to raise their standard Should
we obtain this, We may be certain thar
the old world students will he Obliged
10 come to this country for instruction,
Tor nowhere is there such wealth or
better student material to build with"
j. !. i.
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