Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-06
IN THE MAGAZINES

ger said: well, you seem to be good
man. 1 don't want to beat you; want
to beat this blank company. Here's my
card; when you want a job come and
see me and you shall have it." He was
a contractor apparently in a large way
of business, and had not wit enough to
see that man whom he had tried to
cheat for cents would hardly be likely
to trust him for weeks wages.
In an entertaining article in Subur-
ban Life for March, William Vincent
Jones, writing about the home and the
garden of Vice President and Mrs.
Sherman at Utica, N. Y, says: Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman love to watch
things grow. Neither hesitates to WELD
the hoe or spade and backaches do not
count when there are weeds to be ex-
terminated. They delight in giving to
their flowers and to their vegetable gar
den as well, as much personal atten-
ton as their time will permit, and the
benches and seats to be found scat
tered among the trees and shrubs are
for actual use rtaher than for orna-
ment."
What is this idea that has aroused
storm of opposition and approval
from one end of the country to the
ion for March, and then proceeds to
answer it's own question completely and
effectively. The movement, started by
DR.. Worcester in Emmanuel church,
Boston, has spread, until now it en-
braces seventy-five churches. 1t is
brought out plainly in this article that,
while the minds influence over the
body was demonstrated centuries ago,
the Emmanuel movement is an abso-
lt1fn n aTAar fII fc a hi
nation of religion and medicine-the
physician and the minister working
hand in hand to relieve the sufferings
of mankind. Every step of the move
ment has been undertaken under the
auspices of the physician. It's great
value to the church is brought out
clearly. In this March issue, DR.. Will
liam B. Parker says, in part:
Its significance to the church is
hard to overestimate. 1t means turn
ing the minds of men back to the
church for practical help and succor.
To the teacher, the student, the reader,
the thinker, it means having a new
topic added to his interests, a new re-
gion opened to development. 1t is
comparable to the popular discovery of
psychology twenty years ago, when
that became the most interesting sub
ject of reading in the world. 1t means
a subject of great Importance and let
ting in new light upon the working of
our minds. 1t means strengthening
each mans confidence in his ability to
help himself and his fellows. To the
clergyman it has given an effective
argument for the power of the spirit,
the efficacy of prayer and the presence
of God. To the medical profession 1t
has done perhaps the greatest service
in checking, il not curing, the mate
rialism which was so general in it's
ranks"
The family physician of the near
future can be pictured in the mind S
eye making out a work sheet for the
guidance of the surgeons to accom-
pany hypothetical patient to the hos
pital, which might read something like
this:
"Amputate rheumatic right leg and
graft on a new one.
"Cut out kidneys, which are develop
ing Brights disease, and transplant
sound ones, preferably from a healthy
young hog.
Reverse circulation of the blood in
the thyroid gland to produce hyperae-
mia and thus reduce diseased condi-
| ton.
overhaul the intestines and patch
where needed. The rest of him is
hardly good enough to stand the ex-
| pense OF a new set.
overhaul circulatory system, re-
placing unserviceable veins and arter-
| les with new ones. Put in a new heart
| only If absolutely necessary.
"Cut out stomach. 1t is completely
worn out and has a we'll developed can
Ger. Besides, he won't have much use
| for it hereafter, as, 1t will take all his
earnings for a long time to come to
pay his hospital bill
''Cut out left lung. 1t is so far gone
with tuberculosis that it is good for
nothing and only endangers the rest.
Trim off fifty or sixty pounds OF
fat. With reduced stomach and lung
capacity he can't carry so much bal
last.
make all minor repairs needed to
keep him going for ten or twelve years
more"
Nonsense, say you?
Not a bit of it. Perhaps no one man
could stand it to have quite all these
things done to him at one time, but
the surgeons could do their part all
right They know they could, because
they have already performed all these