Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-20

GATES are of the highest grale his
surroundings are! refined, broad, pro-
gressive and civilized. He lives both
under the sunshine Of life ami under
the shadow of death; and by day and
by night, he feels the pulse of human
ity, and continually listens to the beat
Ing of the public heart
Practically every doctor in g6pd and
regular standing lis 4 man of ability
and credit to his eommunity.I
No man can OCCUPY a more honor
able, more RESPECTED an:s q niSre !re+
sponsible position than does tie reg
ular doctor. In the actions I'os his
brain, and in tho skill of hisIEhands.
he often holds the control of life. He
is our friend at bar{n, and he remains
with us until we Idle. He is aline5es~
sity, for without. him we cQlhid hot
be properly born, hor could We HroIeT+
ly live. Il
Not one boy in 10000 has the nat
ural abilities to make him fitted for
the medical profession, and the phr1
ent who pushes his. son IN thi9fdirec1
ton. unless the ib4E shows hlarked
characteristics which pointrto this pro-
fession, not only k{opgs the boy, but
the community as: well. /. /
The boy most likely to succeed as al
doctor is one WHO takes life serious
ly, and yet is not morsose; fog success-
full seriousness secs the bright Side of
life as often as it does. the cloudS side.
While it is true that some frivolous
boys have later acquired: great So
briefly of demeanor aid thought, and
have become eminent physicians, vet
the majority of good iplysiciana have
developed from thoughtful and Serious
lads, who early realized that life has
its responsibilities ana that there was
something in it Resiles chance and
pleasure. The embryo physician lis
likely to be a student. almost always
an experimenter, ah early seeker after
truth, a natural reason;er, and ona who
does not readily adept any statement
unless it is backed by, probability.
Such boy loves+1iasure. and III his
crude way is an evoSutionist, aud la.
believer in cause and effect. He feels
the growth OF life, .and becomes falnil-.
lar with its different forms; Physioa-
ogy is his favorite Fstutly, and ha may
even acquire a fair knowledge of
anatomy. He may, faint at the first
sight of blood and; bacbmej un1,arvad
in the presence Off suffering, sd. that
his parents may conclude that because
the boy does not seem to have the
strongest of nerves. therefore he; is
untitled for the rnedital profession.
The physician has nerves. The treat
err the physician, the greater the
amount of feeling he POSSESSES But
he also has the power of nerve con
centration, which allows him to cut
in mercy and to seem nbt toi care
while in action; but no man of fine in
tellect, no man of iconsummate skill,
can idly stand unnaoved beside. the
bed of suffering. Good butchers are
not good doctors, and the man without
tender feeling never made a good sur-
geon. Il {.
The wild boy, the :tAoughsless boy,
the boy who does not pbssess the char
acteristics of manliness, ana who is
not willingly student, will never be-
come more than me'iibcre doctor.
One of the first Indications of abiIa
fly in this direction is the perceptiblA
enjoyment which the boy shows al
the visits of the family physician. ard
the earnestness with which he listens
to all that the doctors says, As. be
grows older, he associates with ,nledl
ical men, and probably! borrows !naed4
zeal books and studiqs; them eaInestl
~. The chances are that he. does nod
display marked money-maki ability,
and probably he thinks more about
becoming a man and useful nleniber;
CT society than of being mere nohey
getter. 1t is the exceTtional, rot the
average boy, who il fit to become a
doctor. tn II
The physician is reasonably sure of
a livelihood, but he must not eknect
to be self-supporting durirgt the first
year, and perhaps rot during his sec-
ond and third years of praegice. His
chances are much bettdr in the eonn-
try than in the city. aniessl he pos
sesses remarkable skill, or has strdns
social influence. a very few phIs;
clans in large citiesien;oy incomes OF
about $4,000 a year,l and psasib,y
theHe are some whose receipts ;e8ceed
this amount. The average physician
IN large cities probably receives from
S1,9e5 10 So,Ooo year. and eombara-
lively few established cts; doctors
have annual incomes pf less than
$500. There are liz lafge citaes hr.ite
NUMBER OIL family IhFsicihn Is who
are not specialists, whothave pradt:ces
worth from $4,000 toi $4,000 q YEAR.
The average annual income oA. It's
physician established I'M some country
center Is from $4,000 10 sS.0ao;l Tie
minimum probably being not ioYei
Si.coo, and the maximum not In ex-
cess of from $4,000 to $1,000, Idorn5ara-
lively few receiving Tdre than The
larger amount Well eitablishad cb,,u.
try Physicians earn from $500 tot ST. 59C
: | a year.