Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-24

| othefWlSe sound like the sweet strains
| OF Il distant orchestra will never
| p@aSe tne ear or touch the heart.
This is verified in Shakespeare'.;
FAMILY. His daughter Susannah died
at "a; his brother Richard at So.
Edmond, another brother, at ~: and
three grandchildren by his daughter
judith, at 20 Their harps however.
seem to'have had no strings at all.
Nevertheless, may not the dreaded
tuberculosis germ which emaciatas
bringing the hectic flush and weaken
ing night swcats, gradually dilfcrenti
ate body from soul, until the mind
gets deeper insight. n lofticr strain
a tlnSe of the Divine?
Speaking of brilliant writer's. T hayo
observed that physicians, refusing TO he
"holiy absorbed by their practice. have
easily gained in every century rich
'a''icIs IN Literature as well as in Sci
chce and in the field of Investigation
lalhe calls Sir John Moundeville of the
fourteenth century 1.-The oldest prose
writer, and John Arbuthnot of the sew
entecnth. in his History of John Bull"
created the august parsonage which
from that day to this, has filled the
world and tho comic papers with his
exploits. What school boy can fail t.,
recall Doctors Sn'' llct and Oliver Gold
smith, Doctors !. tugo Park and David
Livingstone, ar ,hr two BroWus-Sir
Thomas and &c 80 John? Il would
rather be tie ATT = rf 'Icab and his
Friends said mes. ethan to
serve as physician a.. :L- Queen" OF
the later day ccl.'lt,i,a Dr. Charles
James Lever, Sir .trtN.'" Conan Dovle.
and our own DR.. S :. n Mitchell are
household Names
But the literary physician to whom
the profession is lust now devoting
unusual attention, if one may judge by
recent expressions of eminent medical
r'cn, is DR.. Lake, better known as st
Luke, the Apostle. Professor Harnack
says that he seems to have embraced
christianity in order to use it's now
methods of healing, and above all to
become an cffectuaI physician of the
soul. However this may be, the marve-
lous skill, the sublime simplicity, and
the true dramatic touch with which he
presents the transccndant scenes that
came into his life, Indicate that the
Christ spirit influenced and guided him.
which gave his written lines the beauty
that is the form of Righteousness. No
tice the eighth verse of the second chap
ter of his gospel: "And there were in
the same country shepherds abiding in
the field, keeping watch over their
llocks by night" This is not the work
of an apprentice hand. for the opening
stStnza Of Gray's immortal "Elcgy' is
not more perfect. Nor is one surprised
that it is quickly followed by the scene,
SO cX1IiSitcly uniting the abode of men
with the invisible spirit-world beyond.
His herald angel. prociaiming good It'd
ings of great joy, captured the gifted
Handel. and suddenly there was with
the angel, a multitud" of the heavenly
host pIaiSing God. and saying. Glory t"
God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men" Is if any Won
der that the vision of the inspired ply
stefan should become Il theme for the
inspired composers great oratorio, The
McsSiah?
And vet from the standpoint of the
profession, st. Luke. marvellous as he
WAS us Il writer, seems to stand on a
higher pinnacle as Il physician, since he
Possessed the one Characteristic that
alone gloriiCS Il doctor Because of 81.
ratll's intirm health, Lake accompanied
him from CacSar"a to Rome, where, at
ter several years sojourn ana second
trial, the great Apostle was condemned
to death. In his dire extremity, while
awaiting execution, Paul wrote To Tim
othy "Only Luke is with ne" G. Tim.
l. p M others had furSakcn him, but
the faithful physician, St"adfaSt, SYM
pathctic. true to the h%he st ideal Of
professional ethics, had remained To
comfort him.
While il is true that all ply @'cians
cannot be I.ukcs any more t n all
LAWYERS can be Wcbstcrs. ca one
can be something more than Il mere
,ractitioncr The professions man
who narrows his life simply I" q mon
cvmakirg practice unint"r tod in
civic reforms. in the uplift of i'Nly hui
n,anity. or in the bcttcrmcnt ~ village
or city life becomes a Scroog' as much
as thc cras,ins. covctous old hunk in
Dickens Christmas Carol There are
countless scores of Scr0ogcs in the
country. but | hope no young man
within tho sound of my voice Will be
come one. -.
No
become members Of local or State
health boards. I trust some may also
be honorcd with appointments in the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service of the United States. 1t Is a
highly trained and efficient body Oh
liygicnists and medical mon. a sort OF
filing squadron on sentative uelthcc.
When yellow fever broke out IN New
Orleans. these men worked quietly and
inconspicuously with local volunteers.
mapping out the campaign when ria
the city of the scourge. Two years ago
when the bubonic plague beset san
Francisco they restored confidence the
official report of their work, recently
r,blisiled disclosing marVeious ila1
fence. drastic measures, ana results
i, g..,Iyes that dazzle the Imagination
sc much AZ the. disturb the stomach
: ~icr ono rainstoGn1 which flushed me
savers 100000 dead rats iloated IN the
.Isy. Todsy this corps may be in Sc