Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-10

error seems 10 need most immediate
attention, ,--first. because II has such
vast number Of slcknssses 70 which
Il lays claims; and second. because
the history OF material means for
tho alleyistion Of these troubles
shows them 10 have been almost q
complete failure. Isay almost com.
plete failure. because the latest REM
edy and the latest method. the ones
that have replaced last years remedy
and last years method. have not az
yet been proven useless: but the his.
tory Of the past hundreds Of years
will repeat itself. and next years
material means will replace what
will then be this years failures.
Some years ago a new and sup
posedly wonderful remedy was ad-
vocsted for the treatment OF pneu.
monia. and the medical journals
were full Of the records Of the almost
instantaneous cures which had come
about through It's use. An a prac.
tising physician | prescribed this
remedy at the Arst opportunity that
presented itself. but with no result.
have since come 10 SEQ that tho
remedy worked Just so iong ~ Il had
some enthusiastic optinists believ-
Ing in It's efficiency. but failed to
work as soon az Il became generally
used BY u generally pessinistic pro-
fession: u profession grown pessi-
mistic through ItA continual history
OF drug failure. This drug. In spite
Of the marvellous cures accredited
to Il for several years. has long since
gone the way OF dismal failure OF
those that proceeded Il.
Another famous remedy that dme
into almost immediate prominence
within the last year or two. and
which has been lauded as an absolute
specific for certain disorders. Ia now
being condemned by some OF It's for
mer supporters AZ doing no good
and much damage. Il has been re-
markable both for the claims made
for its efficiency and the charges
made for Its administration. II was
a brilliant success so lonk as people
believed In Its efficacy. but II is now
fast becoming q dull failure.
Surgical and other material forms
OF treatment are In this same process
OF change. II has only been n very
few years since soaring Of parts Of
the body with a red-hot iron was
advocated az good treatment. though
we would condemn this now az bar
barous. and the day In not far dis
tant. when the Wholesale removal
Of the tonsils and the injection OF
tho many kinds OF animal serums
will be considered quite as barbar
ous: for Just 90 long an we cling to
materiality. today's apparent success
will be tomorrow's failure.
Vaccination has remained In a po-
sition Of supposed efIicacy for a long.
er period than anything OF which |
know. We can most OF US remember
when TO be able to show u good scar
meant a lifetime OF protection But
the years Of its supposed usefulness
are constantly shortening. until now
II is maintained that II only protects
for few years, with an ever-increas-
Ing coierie within the ranks OF the
medical profession maintaining that
u does not protect nj all.
Again and again In toxic conditions
and In immunity from contagion, the
Christian Scientist Ia proving tha,
spiritual understanding gives the pro.
lection OF which Jesus spoke when
he said OF those who believe. III they
drink any deadly thing. Il shall NOT
hurt them"
Medical and surgical methods are
changing with such rapidlty that
among the profession the idea oi
yearly examinations has at tlmes
leen agitated. the thought being tina,
II II could be shown that a physician
was not conversant with the yer,
latest method. he shonld not be al.
lowed to practice. though this Il
admitting that what was good prac
tlce few years ago ID not good prac
tice today.
i ! am not crltlcizing the doctor, -
he does the best he can with the pool
weapons which have been given him
II am sympathlzing with him, be
cause Just when he thinks he has Il
he finds he has not.
In practicing medicine soon foun,
that there was q certain mental eie
ment In every case, and as II wa,
obvious that this element could no
be reached by any material means
began to try to estimate lust hoy