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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5th., 1919
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PRAISE FOR THE WORTHY
Since the very dawn of human knowledge, poets and scribes have ex
tolled the merits of every conceivable thing under the sun, the name of
which could be blended into a rhyme. Throughout all the ages of Which man
possesses definite knowledge, writers have painted in vivid colors the virtues
and vices of saints and bawds and everything in between. Bvca the devil,
himself, is an attractive figure which lias always appealed greatly to the
dsiciples of the quill. Any improvement or development which has tended
to improve the condition of the race, elevate human thought, or lessen'the
difficulties of existence, has been the object of laudation. Statesmen, scien
tist's, ecclesiast’s. painter's, sculpotor's. poet's, and writer's and a host of others
"hose abilities or activities have made them conspicuous In the progress of
human affairs, have at all times been the recipients of unstinted euloglum.
The literary craftsmen have strained the syntax of nearly every language under
the sun sounding praises of professional soldiers, whose only function was the
destruction of human life, whenever an occasion could be found, in UiOfel
latter days of effete modernity, capitalists, engineers, blacksmiths, baseball!
players and prize fighters are the subjects of reams and columns of praise
for their deeds and prowess. The desire to praise appears to be more or less
instinctive to humanity.
It is noticeable, however, that among all the thousand and one articles
;iml poems one peruses during the course of a year—or of a lifetime, for that
matter—very few can be found in praise of that greatest of all human bene
factors—the physician. It is true that one occasionally finds amorijl the vasf
- mass <>f sense and nonsense emanating from the disciples of the quill, a poem
« r article devoted to praising the doctor. But th4y are usually very brief and
seldom depict the physician In fiis true relationship to the rest of the race.
Every captain cf industry who acquires a fabulous fortune by the sweat of
someone: rise's brow, gets a million times more praise and notoriety than the
I h.vslcian who saves a thousand lives a year.
Every windbag politician who, providentially or otherwise, hits upon
!' Popular theme in a way to make the masses believe that he considers the
welfare of the "deer peepul" the first object of his existence, is the recipient
of more laudation in a week than the greatest physician receives in a life
time. a
For some reason difficult to fathom, people generally speaking, do nefc
seem to appreciate the physician or realize his true value to hdmdfllty; it
bast not until sickness has laid them prostrate and he alone stands botweeb
i:,om and the grim specter of death. In the ordinary course of life, few per
sons ever give a moments thought to the subject of what value die physician
may represent to the community in which he resides. Many, indeed. Iook^
upon the physician in the same light as they view the lawyer—as more or
less in the nature of a necessary evil, which must be condoned because they|
cannot be abolished in the present state of mundane things. ~|
Yet, withal, who is it that docs more for humanity than the quiet]
disciple of Aesculapius? Day or night, in wind or rain, storm or calm; araid
f.ro and flood and pestilence, he is at all times ready to respond to‘the call
rf human distress. Wherever physical affliction seizes upon the sons of men,]
and leaves them in that utter loneliness of persons which marks every gredt
crisis of human existence, It is usually the physician who Is the'greatest com4-!
farter and alleviator. And at the supreme crisis of life, when ddath reaches
out his grisly hand to draw the human spirit into the shadows of 'eternity,
it is usually the physician who forms the single bond which binds the soul to
earth. At the threshold of existence, his Is the hand which leads nS' Into thtf
life and light and beauty of finite being and when we reach the faiths* exit,
lie is with us when we hike our last tottering step over the threshold Which
onens toward eternity. ?: i .
Yet, how few really appreciate his services. How many people of
Xome, for instance, appreciate the services of those who watAed Over this
afflicted during the recent epidemic and grant them the rewar* Ot>’drafttilde
which Is their due? How many of those who perhaps owe tbefr’pf’tdsht ex
istence to the ministrations of Dr. Burton and Dr. Kettleson really realise
what they represented to the community during that great crlsld Iff out com
munal life. It is true that most of us are ready to give lip pr>ltt,>fti thefr
devoted heroism and tholr services without price. |>ut bow many'really fee! Ih
the depths of their being that heartfelt gratitude to which the^ are'Justly
entitled. During the height of the e pidemic, with several hunMtl prostrate*
beings looking to them for succor, they displayed a devotion to’ dstr knd air
niter disregard of self for which no amount of money could'be Adequate com
pensation. Day and night during the weeks in'Wbich the balk Of the pepu-j
hitlon were struggling with pain and burning fever, the tyo physicians, with
complete disregard for personal comfort or safety, spent all but the four or
five hours of the day devoted to rest, to an endless round of ministrations,
wholly without compensation beyond the knowledge of duty well done and
the modicum gf gratitude which might be bestowed by grateful patients.
As an act of self sacrifice, the action of Dr. Kettleson in voluntarily
leaving the comfortable status of a private citizen to resume the long discarded
duties and trials of a physician, deserves the utmost reward of praise and
gratitude.
In our own humble opinion, the services of .these men were such as to
warrant a public testimonial of appreciation. Not that any form of testi
monial we could give would be an adequate rewa.d, but that It is our bounden
duty to show that we possess a proper sense of gratitude and appreciation of
tiiudr efforts to assist the community when It was stricken down, and helpless
in the clutch of a dread disease. Thelr’a has been a service In the cause of
humanity akin to that mentioned by the poet Dunham, In one of his Alaskan
rhymes—"a service so high priced that they’ll not collect their w'ages, till
they hand their time to Christ.’’
And it is not only here but everywhere in the civilized world that
physicians are performing, or are ready to perform in case of need, slinlliar
and equal services in the interest of human welfare. As assistants and bene
factors of humanity, there is not the equal of the physician to be found In .all
the multitude of those .we hall in terms of praise by reason of their services
to their fellow men.
Then why does humanity not grant to them, something of the modicum
of praise which is given to the poet nnd author, the statesman and scientist?
why do not the laureled bards invoke their muse in praise of the physician ?
why don’t the essayists who tout the virtues of the money prince’s, devote
a portion of their time to paying tribute to the devotion and heroism and self
sacrifice of those who tend humanity’s ills? Is the great mass of humanity
so dull and unappreciative that it Is willing to praise to the skies the soldier
who devotes himself solely to deeds of slaughter and destruction and grant
only grudging commendation to those who do the most for them In their most
serious hours of trial? Camouflaging politicians and petty officials are praised
dally by the pulpit and press, but none seem to care to herald the heroism
and self denying devotion to duty displayed by the average doctor every day In
the year.
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