The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-14

reventing disease will ultimately
cave you without patients. But all
lonor to that character of manhood
which finds it's highest expression in
service to it's fellow man. And indeed
he charity and humanity of the
worthy physician is his browning vir-
tue. There's never a path over the
rugged hills and through the shadowy
Wales, which the steps of charity have
beaten out. where the footprints of
the worthy doctors are not found;
there's never a hovel, which blameless
penury has builded. too modest for his
regal heart: there's never a patient
whom sin or squalor or ignorance or
misfortune has brought SO low or
made so loathssome that he does not
feel the touch of his warm hand and
come within the grace Of his big
hearted practical sympathics. The
shining pathway of his healing stretch
es back through the vanishing cen
urios and finds its most respondent
Story in the earthly life Of Him who
aoshed within His person the highest
attributes to which mortal man may
aspire and who was Himself the only
ideal and blemishless physician.-the
Crystal Christ.
Your splendid association stimulates
all of these admirable virtues of the
worthy doctor and gives them an i'm
petus which single-handed effort could
never supply. We certainly hope that
your continued efforts will bring to
pass better laws and more liberal
appropriations for the furtherance of
the health and happiness of the peo-
pie. Your recommendations along
these lines may be relied upon as be
ing the best obtainabfe because you
come in daily contact with the people
in every walk and condition of life
and testify of your own personal
knowledge" as we lawyers would say,
as to their needs. Now that so much
attention and money are being Law
ished upon the "cattle tick" the boil
weevil, army worm and other pests
inimical to our property interests, it
| looks like the human family, Gods
most precious handiwork might come
in for a small share of the legislators
affections, in order that man from his
cradle may be kept in the paths lead
/ ing to the highest type of physical,
mental and spiritual manhood and be
| permitted to fulfill his mission upon
earth. And we are glad that we have
a Southern Medical Association. Not
in the ugly sectional sense if there be
any such grated sense There are
many men North Of us as good as we
are. But they are no better; and
there is no reason why there should
not be a Southern Medical Associa
. ton. Aside from the fact that sucf
IN association may with more eas'
and efficiency deal with the problem
a., and diseases peculiar to our section
there is n pardonable element Of sell
respect and Southern patriotism t
sustain it. Until an individual get
his fun consent to have confidence i
and respect for himself he need nc
: deserve the confidence and respect {
his fellows. The South has ever ca
T ried proud and Independent heat
There has never been a time in tn
:. history of this great nation when ST
- stood in need of imported intellec
- though she welcomes all good men
: make their homes here. She hi
- maintained her intellectual superiori
or equality upon every forum. Al
j., Southern honor and Southern chiv;
- ry, like Southern beauty makes raj
:, ant every page of her wonderful h
-, tory. And so it is but natural that h
:. proud offspring in the medical fl
:, ternity should, in their own mann'
=. join in blazing out the way and ms
ing clear the path over which t
healed of the earth shall pass.
n. But if do not soon find a period
Ia may take q post moTtem examinati
no to determine whether I am giving y
al a prog or diagnosis, and either wol
an doubtless prove fatal if followed
N the usual treatment in such cas-
re made and provided.
OIL I.owevcr. It would never do for
TO 10 go back to the Commercial G.
he whence I came and by virtue OF whit
fat I am permitted the distinguish
g. nlen sure of addressing you, withou
h. few words from them of more T
I'd sonaI nature. It's members were
culiarly anxious to have you gen