Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-29
HOW TO USE A DOCTOR
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In my last article, | promised ia mon
ton many leaders" who are bringing
their entire institutions 10 conform with
"The New Era In Medicine" as outlined
by the writer. ! even went so far as to
say: III il safe TO predict that our own
state University win fall into line, In
keeping with tho demands of the goth
century civilization" Yes, I cay again
our own state University viii fall into
| line. or course, l refer to the Medical
Department OF the Nebraska state TINT
versity, since can find no evidence that
the other departments OF this institution
arc not holding up their end OF the
banner OF truth, light ana liberty,
other names for science. The founda-
ton laid In Lincoln Is the Wis tergo
| to tho Medical Department, and With the
application OF a small amount OF stimu-
LUIS from the outside, the results will he
accomplished without the slightest ioa
of doubt,
In the elements composing this great
institution. there Is such a thing rs In
nate psychophysical potcntiality. energy
which is ever ready for expression. In
whatever form life may be found express
| ing itself, we have a reacting substance
roady to be aroused by suitable stlmu-
llus The Psychologists, the physicists
and the biologists tell us that this stimu-
LUIS may be an electric shock. a chemical
substance, the action OF light. change
of temperature, decrease or increase
OF water. or a mechanical impact All
OF these are included In tho last named
! term, a mechanical impact, including
those external factors. suoh 40 these
printed words, that Influence the activi-
ties of the central nervous system
through contact with tho special senses.
tho reactlng cell, organism, nervous
mechanism. individual or institution, CIV
ing the same response 90 them all.
| The stimulus behaves as kind OF re-
leasing agency. liberating what IL pent
up in the reacting substance, be II an
| ion, atom, or cell, or an aggregation
of bodies composing tho individual or
ganIsm or institution which Is set into
action by the process In any case, the
thing is, as Il were. compressed, ready to
explode The potential energy Is In
waiting, ready TO become kinetic. Once
the trigger is pulled, or the releasing
agency sets going some condition neces-
sary 20 the process Of action. the further
work is accomplished by the power In
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| cess. nslisve me, reader, the Medical
Department OF the University Of the
state OF Nebraska, IL going TO fan into
nne, true to psychological. physiological
physical or physioo-ohenioai law.
As astonishing as this statement may
appear to you, am in position TO
evoke the hidden potencies lying DOR
mant In those concerned in this institu-
! ton, more surely than can tine Dean. or
the Board OF Regents, or the "a team"
combined, and the entire citizenship OF
the state OF Nebraska win back me up
in the procedure, because they will read
| lily see that am aiding in conserving
the welfare Of the unit, OF the special
lied units, and Of the laresr professional
ana social organisations, - well.
Indeed, Il means something TO be .
citizen OF the state OF Nebraska when
you are ''right," all OF the powers of\ths
municipal, state ana national machinery
OF government are here to sustain you.
Thug life 10 . privilege, ana work =
source OF happiness.
IL Is the conclusion OF contemporary
psychologists that each human being Is
what he Is because OF his Individual ex-
periences since birth, and that when born
he IL the specific embodiment OF all or
ganlzed experience whatsoever that en-
tiers into the direct line OF his human and
prehuman ancestry. A single CELL the
fertilised human ovum, thus comprises
the raw material OF all the higher phases
Of human character, Of what will later
manifest itself as intellect. and also OF
what will express itself an will. The
preventative and effective elements OF
the organism thus co-exist in the fer
tilIEed ovlm in their integral unity. be
these physical or psychic attributes,
whether we regard man as mind, soul,
matter on life.
| Life may be- and seems TO me 10 be, the
effect OF energy which may call matter
into being for the purpose OF expressing
or declaring its own presence and power,
and. therefore. when the immediate pur-
pose has been fulfilled. matter may again
vanish into nothingness, 80 far ~ hui
man Personality IL concerned.
The nature factor is the powerful deter
minant 10 the individual life, and the Inn
pingement OF environment evokes the in
dividual reaction OF the psycho-physical
personalities OF the organism Cor indiytd-
ual), forcing it's peculiar adaptation to
the environment in accordance with the
law OF the survival of the fittest. The
"fittsst" is that cell, organism indi-
vidual or institution which win best
conserve the welfare, life, stability,
health, sanity ana happiness Of the en-
tire social or professional organisation
We are dealing with biological problem.
Nothing is nearer the truth than the
statement that an environment that
would prove the humiliation OF oneItype
OF organism for another would furnish
only wholesome and delightful exercise.
A thing. or cell. or person, or insti-
tuition. or department OF an institution,
IL known by what II does and by what II
Is capable of having done to Il. II lie
action that counts. Tho energy OF a
given body In the amount OF transferable
motion stored up In that body. and II ID
measured by It's capacity OF producing
psychic, mental. intellectual, mechanical.
or physical work. The worth OF an In.
dividual, or Of . steam engine, or Of 9
motor plant, or Of an institution is meas
ursd by the benefits contributed By Il
TO the city, state, or nation and IL ssti
mated by the sum total OF his or itl