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


times the barrister comes before us
and divides us, one against the other,
in this we should be more than eau
tious and not permit the advocate to
cause confusion in our ranks and
abash us I'm our time honored ethics.
If we attend our medical meetings
promptly, pay our dues. make an eff
fort to form acquaintance with our
membership. we learn to know each
others real worth, and assure you
as well, respect and regard for our
rights and wrongs, certainly would
not commit wrong against any doc
tor nor vet against any person what
soever, even though the legal pro-
fession claim that we are only some-
what uniquely ethical, a term of their
own invention, and after all, only
applicable to the Noble profession of
law. we might as well say that at
least some few of them are educated,
'only in spots"
Divinity.
The Domino! no matter to what
branch of the Christian church he
may belong, stands close to the peo-
pie and our profession, directing their
religious life, teaching Christian cul
ture ever aiming to instruct I'm higher
ideals of morals and elevation OF the
soul. The medical profession is
proud of their friendship. and aid
in the upward trend Of our people
we appreciate the clergy's help and
counsel. When thrown between two
swift currents-right and wrong, self
and God-the clergy stand by us and
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divine upllft
Law.
Law has n strong hold on the peo-
pie possibly even stronger than the
church, for without law no contract
Is valid. no property can be conveyed,
no guilty man punished, no innocent
man absolved from imputed crime,
am therefore rejoiced to know that
we are, as a rule law-abiding valuable
citizens, we hold the law and the law
yers In the highest esteem and re-
spect. but should insist that they re.
ciprocate, the part so often over
looked. Il has been said that the
lawyers and the doctors live in two
different worlds, the lawyer lives and
has his being in the Jungle world on
property and deals with the pecuniary
man, mostly the beastly man, he
moves in a world of Yankee cum
ningness, where ambush, decoy and
stiffness, all that complex physical
conduct that goes with the world of
gain and greed. to that world Of
beings inclined to probable lawless-
ness they administer. We belong to
the Jungle world OF the physical and
mental man, the doctor is by virtue
of his high ethical custom, but too
frequently impelled to administer
gratuitously I'm the battle of Life, the
real lawyer ought to help make 1t a
little easier for his professional friend
Ethics In law and medicine are as yes
sombre and seem doleful, but as said
before, we love the lawyer, and grow
chesty when we hope FOR better fu-
ture. Listen to criticism from 4
lawyer which may be quite apropos,
Maurice Maeterllnck, known the
world over as an advocate and Bellies
lettres, Lterati Of first quality who,
deplorlng the previous years he spent
over the law, which ne characterizes
as The Valnest of the Sciences
whom family tradition ordained, as
Oldest son, to become an advocate,
he did his duty but evidently Will
never forgive himself for VI, claims If
he had been permitted his own way,
he would have studied medicine.
which he is convinced to be the
most beautiful key which gives ac-
cess to the great realities of life"
Historically.
From the time of Hhppocrates until
the eighteenth century. medicine con-
cerned itself chiefly with results 1t
knew sickness and death, but con-
cerning the causative agencies was In
the mist of uncertainty. The Saracens
preserved much concerning the science
of medicine as understood by the
Hippocratic school, during the Dark
Ages, European Medical History re-
cords naught excepting that the heal
ing art was in the hands Of the
priests. With the earliest dawn
of Renaissance medicine be-
came again learned profession.
Harvey's rediscovery and correct for
mutation of the circulation of the
blood, the obstetric forceps, micro
scope, Schleiden and Schwan's dis
covery OF the CELL ligature, anaes-
thesia, cocaine, etc, came in rapid
succession, down TO our own time OF
the latest discovery of Salvarsan or
900" thus ever blessing suffering
humanity, ameliorating suffering and
distress, and staying the devastating
hand Of plague, cholera, tuberculosis.
smallpox, suppressed yellow fever
the disease carrier mosquito, elimi-
mated malaria, up-to-date medicine
as found on the doctors shelves have
remedies for everything but foolish
ness. 1t should, however, not be for
gotten by our profession that 5000
years ago, much of what is con-
sldered new now, was even then
being taught and preached much as
In our day, and had 1t not been for
the burning of the Alexandrian IL
brary, we would probably have been
compelled TO await the Renaissance
for an awakening in medicine, nor
yet in literature.
For 5000 years the records or the
sciences have been carefully guarded
and preserved by a few of the worlds
wise men, found in every age, but
war. kept them from being used
Political issues. religious wars and
strife, turned the hand of time back |
wards until the dawn Of light in |
our time. From the earliest begin
ming of medicine, physicians were +