The household physician : a twentieth century medica a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine and most approved methods of treatment / by a corps of eminent specialists, practising physicians and surgeons, Herbert E. Buffum [and others].

Date:
1905
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Credit: The household physician : a twentieth century medica a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine and most approved methods of treatment / by a corps of eminent specialists, practising physicians and surgeons, Herbert E. Buffum [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the chemical reaction between its components and the acids, alkalies, etc., found in the alimentary tube and elsewhere. As the science of medicine advances, and becomes liberal and ec- lectic in its character, gathering from all systems the best attested facts — medical practitioners, who would meet the wants of the age, must be men of progress. The light of to-morrow, with them, must modify and improve the light of to-day. They must knock every hour for admission into some new apartment of nature. Need of Liberality. —That medical progress may be real, physicians must be free from bigotry. They must have no narrow prejudices against any man, or class of men; but be ready to exam- ine candidly any new thought or new remedy brought to their notice, from whatever source it may come. Conservative Leaders. — There are no influences which hold so steady a check upon medical progress as the conservative leaders in many of our medical associations. These men have strong faith in caste, and in the right of the few to govern the many. In the low places of society, they look for nothing but ignorance and pov- erty. These are the men who regard knowledge as a contraband article. They object very strongly to the enlightenment of all classes in Anatomy, Hygiene, and Medicine. This prejudice should be elim- inated. The True Physician. — How different the character of the true man and physician. He is genial in his disposition. He has no dis- likes and antipathies, and hates no men except tyrants. He accepts knowledge, though it come from the humblest source; believing there is no experience but will repay a study of it, and no husbandman’s ploughshare but turns up a soil worth analyzing. He belongs ex- clusively to no party, and can be approached easily by respectable men of every stamp. What is now Wanted. — The foregoing remarks indicate one great leading want, in order that medical knowledge may increase. It is liberality in the true and full sense. We want true men in high places, who will let their light shine everywhere.