New-York tribune., 1905-07-13
PRESIDENT TO DOCTORS.
TELLS OF PANAMA WORK.
Predicts Success IN Building Canal-
Praise for General Wood.
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BY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNE
oyster Bay. July 12.-President Roosevelt de-
nvered notable address before the associated
physicians Of Long Island this afternoon. He
discussed the relations physicians sustain with
the people OF The communities IN which they
live and the work Of the medical experts in con-
nection with the building II the Panama Canal,
declaring that despite an difficulties on the
istErnus and ia the United States the cana
would be a success. He referred 10 the achieve
rnents Of the sanitary engineers who cleaned the
cities Of Cuba for the first time in 400 years ana
closed by paying tribute to General Leonard
Wood. whose career as military officer, he SAID
was 7outed by some critics because he once hau
been a doctor.
The President rode down from Sagamore Hill
wearing his broad brimmed straw hat and ms
white hannes. To address the doctors. 800 strois,
II The High School Building. II was about S;1V
o'clock when his team turned from the cove
Road I'd Anstey-st. and II was rather fortunate
thar he was little rardy, for The physicians were
late in reaching town The train bringing them
20 Oyster Bay fell behind a stalled circus
train somewhere up the road SO II was nearly
3 o'clock when they reached the village Only
by making perspiring sprint up the hih 10 the
schoolhouse were they able TO reach the han and
md their seats before the President arrived
While Secretary Loeb and the Secret Service
men were waiting for the President in front Of
ne school building. q roughly dressed man.
who said he was coal passer out Of work at
tempted 10 go into the hall with the physicians
When stopped by James Sloan a Secret Service
man he showed hght Sloan. VINO is something
of a boxer. planted two three blows on the
strangers face, and the man departed, vOWing
thar he would return and get even" The
President was introduced 10 the officers Of the
physicians association on the lawn IN front Of
F-a F,.aE --a DSfT g.
tae building he was presented 10 the assemblage
oy Dr- X. B Savage, OF Islip the president of
The association. he spoke follows
1I-. President. Members of the Association.
Friends and Neighbors- I needed no invitation
10 come befCfe YOU to-day AL I needed was
permission A. soon as 1 learned that this as
salaton was 10 meet "a cur NlL-ase Ieli lIltil
must take advantage Of the opportunity 10 say
word a. greeting 70 You in person.
OF course il Is almost needless 10 say that
there Is not and cannot be any other lay pro-
fession the members Of which occupy such
dual position. each side OF which is of such i'm
rorrauce. for the doctor has on the one hand 10
be- the most thoroughly educated man in applied
science THAT there is in The country and. on the
other hand. as every layman knows. and doubt
Jess many laynlar IN the circle OF acqualnl-
auce of each Of you would gladly testify. the
doctor gradually becomes the closest friend 10
more clrerent people than would be possible IN
arv other profession. The feeling that man
has toward the one human being whom he
-u-rs either in time Of sickness for himself or.
what Is far more important. in the time Of sick
ness Of those closest and dearest 70 him, cannot
but be of peculiar kind. He cannot but have
q feeling for him such as he has for no other
man The doctor must. therefore, 70 the great
est degree develop both sides of his nature, de-
velop his nature along the TWO sides Of his
cutles, although II the case OF any Othef man
you would call him q mighty good citizen II ne
developed only on one side The scientific man
who n really first class scientific man mas a
claim upon the gratitude Of all the country The
man who is a FIRST class neighbOr and IS always
caIIe5 In in tine Of trouble bv mis- neighbor has
F1ru he
doctor has both claims. Yet. in addition 10 fill
ing both Of these functions ne may Ill many
other functions. he may have served in the
Civn War, ne may nave rendered tne greatest
possible service 10 the community along dozen
different lines.
SANITARY WORK N PANAMA
Take. for instance. just what is being done
IN Of the great works OF tnls country al
the present tiTne-digging the Panama CaIlal;
That IS work that Only a Dig nalo-L 1oui.
undertake or that a big nation could GO. ana
Il IS a work for al mankind And the coI4dl-
riOn precedent upon success ~ LnaJ NoIA -
having the proper type Of medical work as
PRELIMINARY That Is the first condition upon
tae meeting Of which much depends our success
tl solving the engineering and administrative
rlr8Blelns of The work itself. j am happy TO say
than the work is being admirably done. and /
am particularly glad u have TINS chance OF
Vow and then some alarmist report viii come
from Panama Just couple Of weeks ago
there seemed 10 Be a succession OF people COM
some tale or other 10 tell. You VIII always
md IL any battle. even if IL is victorious
battle that iu the rear YOU meet a mum Der OF
gentle Who are glad that they are not at
he f.GuI. who. i they have UntCTTulaJ Jeiy got
-he front. have come away. ana who
Justify fneir absence from the front by telling
tales Of ioH everything has gone wrong there
N1V. the people who Zee from Panama VIII
carry 40 here just such stories as the people
who Zee from the forefront Of e battle carry u
tl- rear with than The people 20 whom TINS
country owes. and VIII owe. much are those
who stay down there and DO not talk but 90
tteIr a1rA. and Do II well
Now. Of course III dOilg a great work IKE
rnar il The tropics. in a region which. until this
government took hold OF IL. was accounted 70
boz a region exceptionally unhealthy, are
going 10 have trouble have some yellow fever,
haze q good deal of Hnalarial fever. and suffer
more from rhe latter than from the yellow
fever although we viii hear nothing ike the
ta-k ABOUT lt We wiz have every now and then
troubles regards hygiene. just as We viii
have trouble iu rne engineering problems just
as occasiOEallv VIII have trouble IN the
aeI-lrsrI srive work Whenever one Of those
troubles comes there viii be = large number
oi eXceLerr H.t Lin1id men who VIII al once
Aa@ Waat awfU calamity IL is. and express
,ae deepest s0rroW and concern and be rather
1ietneo ra The beiief thar the whole thing IS
-s-lUr-. IL VII not Be- failure. II viii be a
success and 81 wil be success because NE
eAtfi treat every little check. NOT a reason
lfH 9anl1ling The Qrk but as 2 reason for
e-leFIg and aetteriug our plans so as 10 make
I impossible thar that particular check shall