The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-08-18
THE PROFESSIONS
By DR.. M. A. Majors

And there abideth Medicine, Minis
try, and Law, but the greatest Of these
is Medicine. Here are the three graces
that exercise the Office of pre-eminent
domain and .standardize the very. con-
ditions and circumstances of the life
of humanity. 1t was supposed that ali
of the virtues should be co-existent
and co-equal so that in Medicine the
spirit Of Christ and the great Doctors
Of remotest time should correlate the
forces potentially. In like manner
Justinian should Be manifest, in the
premises Of Law. The righteousness Of
Savanarolla, Luther and Wesley should
emphasize the Christian graces. I'm
fortunately the narrow and perverse
nature Of the little bigots Of this age
is screaming out Of the despair of his
miserable surroundings for mitigating,
and extenuating circumstances, and
consequently the people living now
viii not live to see the day when
either of the professions will properly
fit the skulls Of its noblest representa-
tives.
The poet writes, ITO Be living IS
sublime" It is sublime to be living
in spite of the cheat in Medicine, the
lying in Law, and the hypocrisy in the
ministry. Some doctors avail and re-
gale the rascality Of the devil to expert
ment both by nauseating, and cutting
TO make some fools money when there
never was a need Of dose Of medi-
cine, or the use Of knife. When
doctor makes a mistake the conse-
quence is fearful to contemplate.
When he takes the. blood pressure be-
cause he wants to make five dollars,
when there was no need to take it, he
is thief, and he has stolen FIVE dol
lars from the person who has faith in
him. About a month ago a young
lady came to consult the writer about
a skin disease; she had been to doc
tor Of the race who had told her she
had to go down in the city and con-
suit white specialist who would give
her a Wassermann test. When she
was told that it would cost her fifty
dollars, and that she would have to
undergo sixteen treatments Of 600 it
greatly impressed her with the dignity
of Medicine. After several weeks we
saw the young lady and found that she
had been eating strawberries, her sys-
TEN being saturated with too much
acid ferment, the skin was requisi-
toned by the heat centers to help in
the process Of elimination.
In these awful times the doctor IS
forgotten and the quacix celebrated.
Martin Luther is laughed at and the
wolf in a minister's robe is nearly
worshiped. Webster. Kent and Ed
mond Burke become the merest OBJ
jects Of scorn and pity, while the
snealxish lawyer of this sad epoch
revels IN platitudes of scamp to as
found the court with his wonderful
nerve. Wisdom and knowledge and
learning are never fit for swine.
In these piping times sophistry
sends a taller shaft for the eager gaze
slzyward than bedrock truth. In these
times wrought up to fever pitch with
duplicisy, Misrepresentation, crooked
ness, slxulduggery and the rest Of il.
Shakespeare is pitied for his great
wisdom, and Babe Ruth Is decorated
because he knows nothing. He is a
hero TO the brainIess multitude who
would not understand ! line Of the
great master "a the classics and the
drama.
Fortunately there are a few men