The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-11
PHYSICIAN ASSAHS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Or. NIichaux Also Ridiculcs
Homeopathy and Osteopatl1y,
Which He Calls '.Isns."
PATENT MEDICINES SCORED
Calls on Young Doctors to Pub
lish Their Discoveries
to World.

Following the history. OF medicine
and its development III an unbroken
line from period before the Christian
era, through the dark ages TO the pres
ent time, Or. Jacob MichauN taking as
his theme. Medicine and its Isms," III
an address at the University College OF
Medicine, last night, flayed sects and
religious opposed to the orthodox
practice of the profession.
Medical Science.
In explaining the ground upon which
he stood DR.. MichauN said that he was
showing the history OF medicine as op-
posed to the 'isins' of so-called ned
fcine
He pictured the struggles of the an
Gent doctors in their efforts tc. reach
the light, and showed that despite the
fact that some of their prescriptions
We're the essence of folly they We're
backed by an underlying foundation
of reason. Even the practice of pre-
though ridiculous, had a sounder
foundation than certain, of the prac-
tices of some enlightened people of
today.
Medical science OF to-day is so
broad and so comprehensive that there
is no room for sects and isms," DIR.
aIichauN concluded.
The Three "Isms."
Proceeding along this line he went
on to show that one grain OF calomel or
quinine. when homeonathically stirred
and pounded would be sufficient to last
all the city of Richmond one hundred
years. lie confessed with n laugh that
he was not enough of a mathematician
To figure the matter out to a fine point.
but dismissed the subject by saying
that il homeopathy is correct, then one
should have no faith in chemistry or
physics.
Concerning osteopathy, the so-called
science, he could see no reason why 1t
should be placed apart from the simple
practice of massage which has been In
vogue for time immemorial and which
the speaker said is much more effectual
at the gentle hands of trained nurse
than when received from profess
Sional. These WORTHLESS as he called
them are often too Jealous in their
practice and do their victims more
harm Than. good ..in short. 1t Is sim
pie practice .,falleI ~ science for the
purpose of stXtracting the almighty
dollar,
Reaching Christian Science, the third
and last of what he called the 'islns'
the speaker smiled first and then pro-
sarcasm of both of which he is a mas
ter.
Far be ii from me-" he declared, ito
say that the founder of the sect was
ing. Christian old lady. She clings
With tenacity to parts of the Holy
Scriptures, while other parts she de-
wre h as a fass the ean ne s Te }ast
that there is such thing as pain, no
one WHO has been visited with tooth
ache or a disordered stomach can de-
ny. be he a Christian Scientist or only
an ordinary mortal"
Cites Il Cnse.
On one occasion, DIR Michuux said,
he Was called in on a case of kidney
collie, which all know is a most dis
tressinS and sometimes dangerous ma
lady. AS lie was in the act of using
such applications as are considered
familiar and efficacious in the general
practice of medicine. the patients sis
ter objected, saying that she was Il
Christian Scientist. and that the wo-
man suffered no pain. Taking her seat
At the bedside of the sufferer she re-
peated slowly in Il cavernous voice the
following words:
My child, there Is no such thing as
pain; you have no pain; this side Is
.ooling YOU"
This was reiterated slowly about 100
times, and each time the sentence was
finished. the poor woman yelled at the
.op other lungs. Finally the 'heretie''
and in short time. the woman was
'lceping The sleep that only relieved
sufferers experience,
Christian Science" DR.. Michaux
concluded. rs blasphemy, ignorance
lnd superstition, mixed and boiled
Town"
Patent Medicines.
The address was brought to an end
sy nn admonition 10 the prospective
doctors and trained nurses To publish
% the world for the good az The pro-
.ession anything which III the course
iiscoVcr, DIR, MiehauN reminded then
that The profession spiIrns ana de-
1olinces those who protect their ideas
~ patents, He especlailY dwelt upon