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THE HBAT;RR. (Continued from page two.) heart bleeds for them." The gentle man who made this assertion the said that the question arose, "Wha shall be done?'" They cannot di cuss the question of fees in thei meetings. What is true of that com munity is largely true everywhei true not only of doctors, but of a professions, preeminently true o teachers, clergymen and editors, bu also true of ,many lawyers. Peopl have - been misied, who think tha physicians get rich practicing medi cine. The great majority of physi gians die poor. Dr. McCormack saii that when he was discussing thi phase of the subject in another city a prominent citizen gave testimon: to its truth and declared that no only 'did tbJ physicians not mak money, but spent their own in help ing others. When asked if any on ,had solved the problem, one replied "'Yes. We started the school, bu found that one-half could not kee] up because of the expense attendin it. We called the laymien to mee with us and explained that situatior A banker rose and said, 'Not a yea passes that some one in my famil; does not need the attention of a phy sician, and here you tell me that hal of the doctors are, not able to 'equi) themselves. I suggest a mass meet ing.' The meeting was held. It wa found that it would not be. advisabl to inerease fees, bit that some meth od should be devised for prompt col lections. It was suggested that ; collector for the county should b appointed, with an office, devotin, .all his time to iris duties, employin; assistants if necessary, to take th -accounts of all the:physicians of th . ,county while they were small an get the people to settle them. Th system has now' been in o'peratio: successfully for three years." The time has come foi a fran] diseussion of these things.. This i -one of the great perils to our coun try.' I am appealing not for nif self or for my brethren, but for th people--my plea is for better pa for elegymen, for teachers, and fo better 'support for our physicians not for their sakes but for thre gooi of those whom they serve. We are asking the people to hael) ns also in another .matter, that the; beip us break up unnecessary nigh practice. There must be some of i but, nauch of it is crnelly nieed'e 'he doctor* needs rest. Suppose h is half alseep from o erwork. lIe *2im 'hiave"'all the rest that he ca: 'possibly get, and is efficiency will b increased. *Abother -plea we mak that the people eooperate with th physicians in minimizing their .Sur L-day calls. They need as well as a othrers their Sunday's rest and op ~portunity to go to church and wor ,~ship G6d. I dio not know that it is seeessir: to discuss tg.ese matters in this coun ty. I have not consuited your phy 'sicians, but if these questions ara important there ^, should be mori gatherings of the people for coopera -tion and educational work~. In my state, the first meeting wa: held with the bar association. The: should be such meetings between doe tors and lawyers thalt the latter ma; learn ~ mthing of the self sacrifice of phy. ians, and for consideratioi of best tods of enforcing laws ii existen nd the enactment of oth ers the~ needed. Then should be meetings be tween t ysicians and druggists Abases ye grown up in tihe drug trad&<Ahat are detrimental- to the highesn welfare of the 'people. Some times dkug sitore becomes little more than a disguised saloon. There are drug stores in which from 'one-thir< to one-half of the stock is made n] of drugs 'gueh as Hostetter's Bit ters, Wine ;of Cardui, Vino,1, Swam] Root, P.eriina, etc., with their larg< percentages of 'alcohol. The Unitei States 'covernmnent has for'bidden the ssl1e of Hostetter's Bitters on th' dian reservaations. Then there ari he so-called cough remedies, witi eir morphine, that destroys th< er of the disgestive organs; the ache cures, of which bromo-selt is the worst, paralysing tha rt's adtion and -eausing death; "baby-soothers,'' drugged wit] cotics; the catarrh cures (I wil say that all contain cocaine, bul that I have seen analyzed do.) Il m'times charged t'hat the j'physi oppose the sale of such drug se .their use destroys the doe. business. If the doctors we-< and consulting their own fin interes-ts they would offer n< ion to their sale, for 'the lar sales of deleterious drugs e business there is for thi IlNow does all tig.-affeci aver? A visit to the in inebriate asylums will de monstrate the fact thal seventy-five - f per cent of their inmates have been brought to their present condition by the use of such drugs. But even this is not the worst thing about some drug stores. I believe in the same standard of morals for men as r for women, that the boy should be as pure as the girl, the husband as the w;ife. The "black plague" is as great a curse as is the "white pla gue." Seventy4ave per cent of such cases are not treated by reputable e physicians, but by cleths, sometimes t boy clerks, in drug stores, treated and joked about. They are not cur ed. Seventy-five per cent of the sur i1 operations Tor women are the direct result of such conditions. The doctors and druggists should confer. Then there should be conferences t between doctors and the clergymen. e' The ministers of the country can do _ much to help and will gladly do it e when well informed. I am one of the doctors who doeg not believe in t the use of alcohol as medicine. The y clergymen c nahelp to break up the advertising of dope cures in religious t papers. i. [qhen there should be above all r meetings for consultation, education y and cooperation between the doctors and the women. Make our homes f what they should be. Our women y are -most conerned about these things, for it is they who are chiefly s imposed upon by this nostrum busi e ness. - Then there should be meetings of the doctors and the teachers' asso a ciations, to consider questions of e drainage, ventilation, water supply &e.,'where' with stereopticon slides ? the germs of dyptheria, consumption e and other diseases may be shown. e The. health officer should go out to the' schools of the county and show a these pictures in every school house. 1 If we can reach the boys and girls in the schools, we: will soon have a r generation of intelligent voters. In s my -state, we meet with the labor organizations and, the farmers' in stitutes. e The one great doctrine that we 9 preach and teach is this that most r sickness can be prevented; that the 1 househoid plagues, typhoid' fever, Sdiphtheria and other .'erm diseases can be prevented. This means a great reyolutioi in Smedicine.' Such a re'Volutioni has t tiken place in the practice of law. tOnce lawyei-s were employe<" for liti gation, 'now. they are' employed to keep people. out: of the courts. Doc-' ttors shouM', be employed- to advise how t,o keep people from gatting sick.. I hofe 'that this will be one of many mneetiis to be held in this community, for 'it means much to the Speople to ed'operate with the medi cal profession, in bringing to pass the great eh'ange that will bless the homes of all. I want, to say a. wor<d about what Sthe individual dobtor ought to be4 He ought to be the cleanest man, physically and morally' in the comn Imunity. He ought to be a brave mor-. Sal leader. The "doctor'' is a teach er- He ought to be the teacher of the boys and' girls.. He must teach s the boy that the boy >should be as a pure as the girl. I would have the - doctor gb oiut as the instructor of I our young men. It is not an easy 3 work, 'but nothing important is easy 1 of accomnplishment. Let 'the doctor 1 himself lbe a clean man, let him seek - and win the confidence of the young people and teaeh t'hem the essential - naad oif purity of life and' he will ac .complish hi.s greatest mission. ? Dr. Joshua D. Hering spoke of the Sstruggle of the .medical profession - 'to prevent preventible disease and a congratulated the large audience a present 'on its plivilege of hearing I the leture of Dr. McCormaek, which > not only interested, -but impressed - all. - Prof. S. Simpson, county superin Stendent, spoke of his interesit in the great subject, and of his knowledge Sof it from an educational view point, Sand said that boards of education Shad had it under consideration in some of sits phases, that text books on the subject of hveiene had been need in the sehools. He relat - d several instances showing the dif ficul'ty in securing inteflig'ent co operation' on the part of the parents 1of the pupils. SJudge William H. Thomas said that the physicians would find the lawyers repAdy to cooperate -with them in this great work. He w& strong ly inmpressed by the suggestion that the interest of the women be enlist - d. and said. "If once the home be established, the city, the county, the state, the nation will take care of itself. Enlist the interest of the mothers. and there is no dhestion of the fruitage of bles'sing thact will be produced for our country.'' Hon. B. F. Crouse after speakingj .onf the address in omplimentaryv words, said that the subject present ed should arouse the interest of ev ery good citizen; that those who had heard ought- not to go away and forget, that they should more than feel interested, that all should help in the good work, and expressed the belief that the men elected from Car roll county to th legislature would be ready to enact such laws as the people of the county may want. Prof. W. R. McDaniel concluded the evening's exercises with a word of thanks to the Medical Associa tio- and to Dr. McCormack. YOUR B. THE NEWBtRRY Capital $50,000 - - No.Matter How Small, The Newberry will give it careful att applies to the men and JAS. McINTOSH, President. Having decided general mercani will, beginning offer our entir Goods, Notions, Hats, &C, At C All goods and f by January l st i or in bulk, or as These goods rr that date. Corn The S. S. ' Some special I bacCo by ti WAN Our friends to know to our stock TENNEY' T enney' s Cream Cal late Almonds, Korr I. nuts, Chocolate Crea Chocolate, Peanut ' lows, Zettes, also Ma For anything in Candy, etc., CALI Broa ddus Herald and 1 The Magic No. 3. Number three is a wonderful mas cot for Geo. H. 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