The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-07

being-of the lowest and the highest
There is a peculiar reason for tnss,
consisting in the fact that no Two
mems diseases or cases ars exacuy
alike. The cause and nature OF every
ones illness uiffers from that OF every
other that has been or may be. This
gives an individuality to practice anu
supplies the basis of the art OF neal
ing. which Is unlike that OF any otner
calling. The great case. the unique
experience. the Illuminating discovery
may Just as well come in the country
town to the unknown family doctor,
as to the most erudite in Il, city
laboratory.
"And. after all, when we view the
ill-success of the vast majority in self
seeking (and not finding), the material
rewards of the conscientious physician
average well with those OF the others
His calling is not unhealthful, in spite
of the fact that he handles infection
and disease. He has, as rule. good
food, warm clothing, roof over nm,
wife and little ones, and position
of trust and honor among his fellow
workmen These things pay no man
for his highest work-and higher work
is not rewarded; and the coveted ex-
cess of food. clothing, roofs, and even
wives, one learns to believe, like all
excesses, brings-well, they do not
bring happiness and well-being."
Jay w. Seaver, NJ. D., of New Haven,
late of Yale university. and president
of the Chautauqua School of Physical
Education, in a letter to the author,
says:
IF l advised young man to study
medicine, 1t would be because 1 found
that he was a man of sympathetic ma
ture, and had a mind that was quick
and resourceful In meeting the emer-
gencies of life, and a body that was
strong and able to bear all the. Z hs-
sible hardships, and that was under
such control that it could be depend
ed on to do the bidding of the mind
in the most exact and easy manner.
HE must possess both mental and
physical accuracy and a fund of pa
tience and optimism that will carry
him through all the experiences of a
physicians life without letting him
drop into pessmism or cynicism, for
the physician must believe in man as
well as in God and have an enthu-
siasm for service.
"If l advised a man not to study
medicine 1t would be because / knew
him to be unhealthy morally, mental
ly or physically. II man has an am
bition to gain wealth or notoriety or
faI
advise him to seek some other avenue
to his goal. The lack of certain nee
essary qualities, such as have been
indicated above, would also lead me to
advise young man not to become a
physician"
John H. Kellogg. M. D., superintend-
ent Battle Creek Sanitarium, editor
Modern Medicine" and Good
Health" president International Med
ical Missionary and Benevolent asso-
citation, International Health associa-
ton and American Medical Mission
ary College, author and lecturer. in a
letter to the author says:
The study of medicine is the study
OF man and of his relations to his en-
vironment 1t is the broadest and
most useful Of all the professions. A
skillful physician can find opportunity
for the employment of his highest skill
in hovel as well as in a palace He
is alike welcomed by the king and by
the peasant
The exactions of the phvsician,s
| calling are more severe than those of
any other profession. The burden of
knowledge to tax his brain. and of
anxieties to weigh upon his heart ex-
ceed those of any other profession
His life must be irregular. He must
constantly unload great masses of
stored facts which have become obso-
lete. and learn new He must he CON
tent to hold all his personal plans for
| pleasure, profit or recreation subject
| to the exigencies of many other lives
as well as of his own, so that his life
must be less regular than that of other
men. He belongs to the social fire do
partment He must often imperil bis
health, even his life. to save the health
and lives of others. He must he CON
tent with short life But all tbeee
disadvantages are inducements TO the
man who desires to live up tn the
highest and noblest ideals"
Longfellow and Lonewortb