Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-01
ALBANY HALLS GROVER.
Legislature Holds Joint Session &c
Lionize the Former President.

Albany Jan. 31.-Grover Cleveland
was the lion in Albany yesterday TIL"
republican legislature met in special
joint session in the capitol to do him
honor and to listen to an address In
which he expressed confidence that the
legislature would satisfy in worthy
way the demand of the people for re-
form and set an example to legislators
throughout the land. Addressing the
State Medical Society in the evening,
Mr.. Cleveland made a playful speech
in which he embodied plea for more
closeness in the relation between ply
stefan and patient, or, as he put 1t,
less of the medical trust in mystery.
Mr.. Cleveland alluded to himself as
lawyer who had fallen among doc
tors. but that the steadfastness Of his
Albany friends gave him courage.
another reason why / should be
brave tonight grows out of my con-
seriousness of professional duty
have to discharge Mr.. Cleveland con-
tinued. II appear before this awe
inspiring tribunal holding brief in
behalf of an immense army of COM
rades as we'll as clients.
II claim at the outset that. notwith-
standing our large majority, the medi-
cal section of mankind has, in one way
or another, curtailed the opportunity
of freedom of thought and considerate
hearing to which we are entitled by
the laws of nature and of natures
God. We acknowledge that the world
owes this minority living. With
generous delcacy which reaches sub
Unity, we are on their account not ov-
erobedient to the laws of health and
we sometimes pay their bills.
"In view of these facts 1 do not mis-
take the temper of my clients when
represent that there is growing up
among them a feeling that there ought
to be less mystery and high and
mighty aloofness on the part of their
medical advisers. We have long been
wont to treat with kind of amused
federation the names in pigeon Latin
or Greek given by the doctors to very
common things and to diseases which
already had names both simple and
significant. But all this seems to
have much increased with the discov-
cry Of new remedies and the chase af-
ter new diseases, and the increase has
ADDafenIly
ditional mystery and additional incli-
nations on the part of our doctors to
remind us of their stately superiority
.sWe are now told that germs and
microbes, more or less deadly, count
less in number, of every conceivable
size and shape and given to habits and
tastes adjusted TO every emergency OF
of their existence, not only inhabit the
earth beneath us and the atmosphere
above US, but Turk in every corner and
Granny of our bodies with 1nurderous
intent.
1--WE do not like to think of our doc
tors as yelled prophets or mysterious
shut out from all sick-bed
comrad eship except thru cold profess
sional ministrations and all the time
to our utmost need OF
sympathetic assurances. Nor should
it be considered strange if thousands
among US, influenced by a sentiment
lust now astonishingly prevalent,
should allow themselves to be disturb
ed by the specter of medical trust in
mystery, and, like all who are trust
affrighted, should cry out for greater
publicity between physician and pa
y;