East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-28

The remedies suggested seem based
on the notion that senator's and con-
greamen may be regarded a. more
enlightened. more reliable and more
patriotic than the president Il il a
notion not In accord with the facts
The president. be be a republican or
a democrat is usually the best friend
the people have lie is generally a
man Of broad vision. really anxious 10
serve the country. Congress on the
other hand is often dominated b.
forces Of which the country knows but
little. Strong presidential influence
upon congress Is good thing. not a
Tad thing.
Why worry about Capitalization Of
power al Washington There must
le leadership. Why not have Il in the
nations capital? The complaint In
the past has been that there has not
been enough government from Wash
ington and too much government from
NeE York II there are drawbacks
about centralized power az Washing
ton there are still more serious OBJ
jections 70 centralized power in Wall
street. II we are 10 be governed By an
oligarchy let II be an oligarchy made
Up Of representatives OF the people
who are responsible 10 the public.
Down with the old time invisible gov
eminent and dictation by the bureau
cracy maintained by big business.
Senator Bourne is worrying because
the dog Is beginning 70 wag his tail
Instead Of letting the tail wag the dog
The thirty first day Of this month
viii be the four hundredth anniyeT-
sary Of the
The Man Who birth Of man
Discovered the Heart. whose name
has been almost
lost in oblivion though he served man
kind remarkably well. He was An
dreas Vesalius and he has been called
the Christopher Columbus OF human
anatomy He was a native OF Burs-
sells. Belgium and studied in the uni
yersity OF Louyain. only recently de-
stroyed By the Germans.
Until the day OF vesalius there was
little accurate information upon the
subject Of anatomy. Dissection had
been practised in a measure but gross
errors existed with reference to the
and functions OF the various
parts Of the human body. Practically /
nothing was known Of the subject OF /
circulation or OF the functions Of the
heart Vesallus located the position
u the heart IN the chest, studied It's
and reasoned out the
,auses Of the hearts contraction and
'elaxation. He learned OF the exist
nee OF arterial and venous blood.
ave the world clearer description
4 the brain and was the first man 10
tudy accurately the anatomy OF the
eeth and the phenomena Of the first
nd second dentitlon. He worked al
most a revolution in the science OF
natomy and his influence in behalf
I useful knowledge was inestimable.
Like Columbus and most others ,
yho broke away from the old tradi- :
ons. Vesalius was punished for his
reatness He served as an instructor
! three different universities in Italy
nd France, one Of them Padua. His !
'ouble arose when he was called TO
pain by Charles V. He was in IA
Or there for a time but was con- n
antly under a fire OF criticism by
he skeptlcs OF the old school. At
he time the prejudice aroused against
I'm was SO great he escaped only by
romising TO make a pilgrimage to {
ie Holy Land. He made the pilgrim
age but upon his return his ship was :
recked in the Ionlan sea and he was
,st ashore on the island OF zante {
e died there Immediately afterwards J
ID had It not been for the liberallty
a goldsmith who betrayed his fu- :,
syal expenses his body would have 4
zen left 10 be deyoured by beasts Of
'ey I
The Belgian scientists are Justly =
oud Of Vesallus though his name Is 9
most unknown to the world at large j
ID were II not for the war they
Duld undoubtedly do something
Drthy of his memory.
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