The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-03


ers. and hattered the conceited Eng
lishmen by trying to make plausible
the prevailing fallacies of the day.
And the law as profession has fail
ed so far to break away from the
bonds
The astronomers taught, in a way.
their science in the city of Benares
long years before Belshazzer, the
Babylonian king, held his drunken
feast. but the modern scientist finds
but little in common with those men
of dark Asia AS medical men we
have been advancing always for the
betterment of humanity-and do you
know that every law which has been
made statutory for the Improvement
of mans health and surroundings
since the day when Cromwell called
for decency and virtue in England
has been formulated by a physician.
Many of these laws have been claim
ed by the legal profession but you
will invariably find that the lawyer
is but g. foster father while the true
parentage is with the medical man.
As man improves mentally and
physically he better understands his
spiritual needs, and thus becomes a
better citizen. a better Christian.
TOR over II years the best men in
the medical profession worked for a
national pure food law. They we Mt
cd a law that would make 1t possible
for the people of the United States
70 have pure, wholesome food, for
with the rank adulterations made by
unscrupulous manufacturers 1t had
been impossible.
The Congressional Records will
show this war was waged and who
made the fight for opposition. The
greedy manufacturers had the money
and they paid II out freely to such
men as j. B. Foraker, ex-judge, eX-
United States senator, and eX-many
other things but an INSCRIPTIONS
william just the same. He was only
one who fought the pure food law.
Many lesser lights of the same pro-
fession were in company with him.
For years our profession worked
for state medical board, so that II
might be possible to weed out the
quack and charletan who like vul-
lures subsst on those who do not
know. And we see the same spec
tacle again as in the pure food law
for money the lawyer and the judge
join hands to destroy its power and
usefulness.
1 had the satisfaction OF sitting In
the house of delegates of the Amer
lean Medical Association two years
ago when that body voted honorary
membership to nine eminent German
scientists. These men of science coma
aidered themselves highly honored to
4 he. nNfagaf
medical organization the world has
ever known. We are proud of the
American Medical Association for il
not only takes money but brains 20
run such an organization. When we
make conditions favorable for good
health in Marion we are reducing our
chances for a large money income,
who can say more, who can say as
much?
The Physicians Future.
DR.. u. o. Richardson entertained the
assembly with very clever parody on
Dante's "Inferno." DIR. Richardson
imagined the abode Of each Of tie
euctors, forty years hence, and de-
seribed their allotted ppnislinents In
a very humorous way. The whole was
somewhat lronical and. personal but
the doctors took the remarks IN the
good natiired way In witch they were
intended.
Rev. Dana o. Weeks responded to
Dr. Richardson's address. lie censur-
ed him for his somewhat gloomy and
morbid mental hallucination, and BAN
tered him upon his ability to procure
l,Lowedge concerning souls. from such
a source. He imagined the future OF
the doctors souls IN the celestial
world, In a distinct contrast to their
fate in the preceding address. Both
81 eakers were roundy applauded by
their hearers
Rev. George NJ. Rourke was called
upon for toast, and responded with
brief talk. He thanked the physicians
fer including the ministers in their in
vitations. He spoke Of the similarity
of the minister's and physicians work,
stating that both administer to tn"
ilig OF their feilowman. In conclusion
hc read "a humorous poem which was
Well adapted 10 the occasion.
Rov. j. +. Currn followed Rev.
Roarke and spoke +" Cow words. His
remarks were spicy and entertaining
with anecdotes of n humorous nature.
Dir. Lowers Address.
Dr. Lower made the closing address
vf the evening. He expressed the
pleasure which he experienced In see
ing the large assembly and interest
cvlnced on their part In the welfare
ot the association. 1--WE must have a
p cper place to treat the H." said he,
end that place must be hospital.
Many people have been olsessed by
a great fear OF "A hospital. in past
years, but that feeling is rapidly pass
ing away. We find that patients Inn
prove more rapidly in a hospital, for
around them is thrown all Of the pro-
tectlve care which an attending nurse
and physician can give, and this IS
conducive to rapid Improvement
The great demand for hospital care
is causing such institutions TO spring
up all over the land The modern hos
pitals is made as cosy and attractive
as any home and has become a place
where patients positively prefer being
III.
DR.. Lower read the preliminary re-
rort of the operative cases In 1911. |
,.,,rqaIfna tho. ifarf that not "a 1aath