Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-24
DOCTORS
BANQUET J
WAPELLo COUNTY MEDICAL So
GETTY HOLDS ANNUAL SOCIAL
EVEN. AT BALLlNGALL
TRIBUTE TO THE MAN
BEHIND THE KNIFE

DLHlND I'LL hNlE II
City Solicitor M. C. Gilmore and Dr.. G.
Frank Lydston Of Chicago Deliver
Post Prandial speeches-sixty-one
Plates Laid.
One Of the most brilliant of the So
clal events of the winter season was
the annual banquet of the Wapello
county Medical society given last even
ing IN the dining room Of the Ballingall
hotel. The excellent menu and the
flashing wit of the post prandial re-
marks made it an event of even great
er magnitude than these yearly gather
ings of the medical profession Of the
county are wont to be.
To the Man Behind the Knife" was
the following eulogy delivered last ev-
ening by the author, DR.. G.. Frank
Lydston of Chicago:
I've heard pile Nv jawin'
An guess I've read enuff,
Bout bugs an ar-tl-saptics
An ali that kind o. stuff:
An I've jest about concluded,
From all the talk an strife,
That the cure Is mostly settled
By the man behind the knife.
Take hand that's ever ready,
Tho the skin is somewhat rough,
With a nerve that's good and steady,
An a conscience not too tough;
Then a Teller needn't worry
Bout losin' limb er life;
He can trust EN- both completely
| With the man behind the knife.
He may be great purfessor,
| Who does nothin' but purfess.
Err good old fashioned doctor,
What Erags an poses less;
The game Is safe fer playin';
Though the tables stakes is life,
If yer justified in trustin'
| The man behind the knife.
When you've got appendicitis.
With McBurney's tender spot,
Err troubled with yer liver,
With its langwidge polyglot,
Thar's little time fer foolin',
Err fer argument er strife;
Yer only hope fer safety
i Is the man behind the knife
i AS it WIZ in Santiago,
When we asked how it WIZ done,
/ Came mighty shout in answer,
:" Twuz the man behind the gun!"
So in our operatin' and savin' human
life;
i nv = FAotL
But the man behind the knife.
So offer this suggestion,
Ter the wranglers, high and low,
Who do so little cuttin'
I But take it out in blow:
Jest quit yer fool discussin',
/ On the ways Wv savin' life
T. HI with ink an microbes;
It's The man behind the knife.
DR.. D. A. LaForce, vice president o.
the society presided at the opening o.
the banquet. The invocation was de
livered by Rev. Father : ". Hoppman
rector of ST. Marys Catholic church
DR.. LaForce then named DR.. A. O. Will
liams as the POSTMASTER for the even
ing.
The program of toasts opened wheI
Toastmaster Williams called upon Cit.
Solicitor M. G. Gilmore for the first ad
dress Of the evening.
Mr. Gilnore's address was of thu
7 after ainner nature. His topic, or rath
err his two topics, were ''The Doctor
and Truth" He said: .'The law i
an exact science and were addressing
body of lawyers would have to picl
my words and phrases with care. How
' ever, it is not necessary for me to d.
t this when addressing your honorable
: body, as medicine Is not All exac
t science. know this from listening t
the various learned men of your pre-
fession testify as medical expert VII
nesses in law cases in the local courts
Given the same state of facts, you ar
almost certain to differ in your COZ
illusions.
3 Three Kinds Of Liars.
Y II understand that there are tire
: degrees Of liars. There is the commo
J or garden liar, the lay witness and tn
5 medical expert. But then the medics
experts while they do not Away
agree, give their testimony SO clearl
: and in such language as to be easil
understood by the most simple min
that l like to have them as witnesses
The speaker then read short stel
ographic report of the testimony of
certain medical expert, in which thi
remarkable clarity of expression wa
well illustrated. In contrast he rea
''the rule in Shelley's case" to sho
the clarity of expression as used b
the legal profession.
After stating that he had at first a
tempted to say word for the const
tuition of the United States and for til
various institutions of the government
, all of which now seem to be in sue
evil repute, he mad been deferred fro
/. this because of the large scope of tt
field, he turned his attention for m
y ment to municipal matters.
( Need More Sewers.
Speaking seriously for the momel
he said: There is one thing that O
tumwa does need and that is a mo-
adequate system of sanitary and stor
water sewers. The West End sew
and completion of the Blake's Brant