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r t. 1 t - t t! i : ! re. Vi'e 1m-i.:,1 A t t.f i..e C'.i-'llnie 1 i:ysu.i!?s Ui'r. Cisaila l.uriLS and i : With Lockjaw Aa la- t rc At recent meeting of the medt- ct. society of th city. Dr. J. B. Alex ander read an extremely interesting XTe-r eji the practice of medicine In lore end Immediately after the war, nhon-ln the wide difference between the treatments then and no,. ' A number of the physicians of the lty have requested that It be published. "'. The paper In fts entirety follows: , s "I am now the oldest living physt- - clan in Mecklenburg county and the only one from this section, living who wss a surgeon In the Confederate States army. I graduated from the Medical College t of South Carolina in Charleston In 18S5. -.Consequently my observation and experience ex- - tcnl tacit more than a half-century and I can say without the fear of successful contradiction, that . it has ; been both large and varied. , TMry years ago this county was - sparsely settled and doctors were few and far between.' i They sometimes had a long distance to travel,! and , seldom had Opportunity to sea a' pa tient ftener than every other dsy. Everyone rode a fine horse, one that toad an easy gait, and that could cover . front six to ten miles an hour. Of course he was expected to carry a email apothecary shop with him and to prepare hie own medicine i. .-; Old Dr. Charles Harris,.' who was a surgeon in the revolutionary wsr, .: and whose reputation both aa a phy ' siclaa and surgeon extended far be- . , yond the limit of the State, was a man of great parts, endowed with line ' common sense, aad possessing an ex ,' cellent medical education in iu -ea-i rlous branches,; particularly in sar-! v gery. ,': He was the - surgeon when ever a cartful operation was called (or.- and was a privileged character, Independent in thought and word. I recall on one occasion he' was sent for from Morganaon. about one hun dred miles distant, to see a kuly whoJ was supposed to have locKjaw. wnen - lie was ushered into the lady's apart ment she was lying In a speechless coad itlon, with her lady friends , in tears waking for the supreme mo ment to. arrive, Dr. Harris took in the situation at a glance, and prepar ed for the work before him. . He wrapped his pocket handkerchief - aroand both of his thumbs and start ed toward her saying": "Now, damn you, don't you Wte me," anl imme diately reduced the dislocated Jaw bone to its proper place, HAD NO PATIENCE WITH QUACKS ' "Once in Charlotte he was accosted , " by an old steam doctor who asked Mm what till -mil was for attending ' him In a recent attack of sickness. - Dr. Harris told him his charge was ISO. v The steam doctor replied: - , That seems mlrfhty high," ' ' "Mighty high for keeping you out . of hell six months." he responded., ' "I Jld not suppose one doctor ever charged another.". f. '-. Dr. Harris answered: J,I never do, tiut damned quacks I make pay every ' time." ' "Doctor Harris was elected to the -, chair of surgery in the University of , Pennsylvania, but he declined toe honor, , preferring to stay and labor ' with his own people who appreciated and loved him. -, "Dr. Joseph McNltt Alexander, who practiced medicine s ten miles north . , west of Charlotte for half a century, graduated from Princeton about,1780 and then from the r University ot Pennsylvania. ;' His practice was very . extensive,; from Charlotte to States viHe, and from, the Catawba river in to Cabarrus eounty. He had stop- ping places at several points where he ould be Intercepted. He was not a surgeon hut gave his whole time to treating diseases. Dr. David It. Dunlap was an edu cated gentleman of the old school; . . an excellent physician who did a large practice for many years. He had . many persons in his oU age to rise p and call him ble,ssed. His last - wife was a daughter of Judge Samuel Lowrie. He was a founder of Meth odism in this part Of North Carolina - tie ceased from Siie labors in ths fall ef'IMS, full of years and honors, t tils life a benediction to the whole community. He was Indeed a good man, and a great fcelp to those who needed assistance to walk in the hlgh . er Hfe,L .-;.... v....jv - THE AGE OF GREAT DISCOV- i-- 7. ERIES. .... ' To come a lifetime nearer the ( ' present, we And doctors more pientl . taU and more liberally educated. Jn 1 the t treatment of desperate fevers - an! lung affections, however, I can not say that any great strides have een maae. Diphtheria was a new disease in 1880, and was very fatal. . For several years it baffled the skill of most learned physicians, and only - when the great specific antitoxin was secured was the disease shorn of Its . jWfiMgnancy. So with rabies, the , poison of toe mad dog. For many - rars the bite of rabid animal was . a notice that death was emminent, but . the time of incubation was Indefinite. ft might occur la a fortnight, or be delayed for several years, tout it was , certain when the system, -ud appro priated the poison. For the dlscov- - ry how to erevent the develonmont of the disease la the human subject , we are humbly thankful. anJ are . willing to crown Pasteur wita Imper ishable honors, that his name may go down the corridors of time fn tkse giory. , ' "When I entered Che medical arena. xeckienburg county had some of the - most, eminent physicians in ths state, wnoag -woom tne following - names : neia a consDleuou nlsca: - Rotable characters oV the ...-.j ,?'- - ' , FAST. "Dr. P. C Caldwell nmKihiu the largest practlcs of any doctor f Ms day, an J no one since had a finer reputation." He Ulked bat lit tle but never hesitated to express his opinion wnen ne deemed it necessary. Jle was in its truest sense a eentis- -1 man, but no man was quicker to re- snt. an insult When - Dr. Mclllwane ' first came to Charlotte, he was not ruiaea w pruaence and dll not htnA fate to criticise other doctors' mode . ri praaice, even when he was not cquaintea with tae one he was crlt- iciMng. : ; on one occasion he was ex Trpwlng himself 'in most uncompll t-fntary tcns of Dr. Caldwell's ;, treatment ot a rase. ; Dr. Caldwell. "who was present Jet him alone until .e MntahaJ, and then emptied large ouid of tobacco in Ms hand and threw A IlEAL TI OXDERLAXD. i's r-iuth Dakota, with , Its rich llv . ttonnnza farms, wide '.ranges nd naiurm lormanini, js a Vem&tM 'iono. ai Mmna viiy, in the borne . K.1 D. ciarn, a wonderful rsse f -fciji.g na lattiy occurred. He son 1 vr dMth with luns and thrant Iljthsuinipg cougliing spelli oe t ry eve iTilnui," wrltei Mrs. t I Ix-ran giving Dr. King's rrmt medicine tint r,f wtwurfiy rr4 him." f-r riffhk end Ai, throat . I). :. . a . 1 ehh'i; name an J re i t were f y h-tl the -;-:-j,irti:rrs -In praltio'. they were not reUtod ty t iuod. Dr. D. T. Caldwell was tha U at posted man of his O.iy. Kvcry cast Tilth him hal a disunct Individuality, ni required a rt-atment r-f-cullar-to, itself,- He would never find two cases of faver so much alike that he would treat them t.ie same way, ut every case according to the fymptoms. I owed much of my success In treating typhoid fever to the path lased out by him in treating every case accord ing o Us peculiar marks He-V-varriably fed his fever, cases, . none were starved to death. He support-' ed tKfeir strength and when possible Improved .their surroundings. ' , Ho had the patient batted often enough in order to keen- the skin clean. Spir It. turpenUne and nitrate of silver"' TttTJ1 li!Z?Jrt were the most commonly -used reme dies in fevers. Expectant attention and support, of patient were chiefly relied upon. A common expression with Professor Dickson wast 'Young gentleman, never let your patient die. support 5ira, and he will recover Professor Dickson was ev great man and very popular with the students. DR. THOMAS HARRIS AND OTH- v' ",;r a;; ers. ,. r p, , "Dr. Thomas Harris was a partner with, the Caldwell had a, fine repu tation and many calls from a -distance In consultation, and ' was ; t he first doctor In the countv to Dractlca : medicine exclusively In a buggy, - He was a very large and fleshy man. These three did the principal practice within five or ten miles of Charlotte. Later Drs. Fox, Happoldt, Gibbon and Mclllwane held -down the boards, and had more or less reputation before , . . . i was a man of considerable learning; pro-Daoiy one ox ue oest posiea men in the State, who examined into all his cases , with ;: more thaa . ordinary cars. , He was also a surgeon of abil ity, - but he did not ertter the a,rmy where his services ' would have ap peared to advantage. W; "Dr. Robert Gibbon was In active practice from I860 to 180. As Dr. Fox had the lead In surgery, ' Dr. Gibbon did not take the first rank until the war began in 1811. During that period, and for many years after ward, he occupied the chief place as a surgeon. Being ambidexterous,, he and the advantage at the operating table, yet he was conservative in an eminent degree. . The Drs. Gregory held conspicuous places as practi tioners of medicine in the town and county for a number of years from 18SS to 1870. Dr. Isaac Wilson did a large practice twelve miles north west of the town for half a century. He was a part of the county, and was loved by the people for the good that he did . to all, both rich and poor. Dr. Wilson 5ad a reputation that any -doctor .might have been proud of. He finished hU work in 1875. "There are other names equally de serving of praise, but there are other pens who are more familiar with the past history of these doctors, and I leave to them the task of perpetuating their memory. ' WHISKEY AN ANAESTHETIC, "It Is proper that I should speak of the tools or implements which these worthy Joctors ot the early years were called on to work with in reliev ing suffering and treating diseases. Previous to 1 8 4 5 no anesthetic had been discovered to dull the excruciat ing pain that accompanies the use -of the knife. The surgeon was not nec essarily an unfeeling wretch . wlxo could perform a tedious and painful operation, while the patient was tied hard and fast, lest by his unrestrain ed movements he should hinder the surgeon, or do himself irreparable in Jury anl yet I confess it would and did produce a kind of callous feeling in those who were often called fo operate with no anaesthetic says corn whiskey which was used, as they said Ho make the patient stand lt better.' The old-fashion Moxa passed away with the hot iron and might well be classed with the implements of tor ture that belong to the barbarous. ' "When these worthies I have nam ed were In practice they gave the ex tract of barks for malarial diseases and, on women and children, they placed a fcark jacket which was made toy taking a piece of plain soft Undsey cloth, dusting it well with powdered barks every other day. Before the discovery of the alchalold quinine, a common case of chills and fever we treatal with a good-sixed doss of blue mass and calomel to be followed with a tea of a decoction of bone set, which was more commonly called 'grow round This treatment was effective but was exceedingly villain ous to drink. Anothes treatment much In vogue about that time was to premise almost every disease witn a vomit and that consisted of a tea cup ot warm water with a small por tion of tartar emetic dissolved in it. With this treatment if the patient didn't die, tie always fot, well. In 184$, sulphate of oulnine sold at $8 per ounce and was only given to refined people an J , to valuable slaves. It was weighed out - witn great care. a iooi doctor determin ed to try the. poisonous effect- or the new alchalold and locked nlmsetl and wife in a room to try the experi ment He took 800 grains and gave his wife 400 grains to be repeated next morning. Fortunately (or his wife, he died Defore daylight. Chlo roform was introduced by Simpson, of Edinburgh in 1848, and has been considered one of the greatest pleas ing, that has been conferred upon humanity. In the hospitals of our large cities, and trie temporary hos pitals of the battle fields, ft appears impossible to get along without .the antiseptic, - .... WHISBLET THEN Cl'tLOROFOIliL "A little mora than forty years ago we always gave a stiff dose of whis key and then proceeded to chloroform the patient,- In all my experience in battle-field bopsttals I never saw any cad effects from the .j&ae of chloro form, Chloral hydrate was brought into use about thirty-five years ago and I feel sure I was tha first to use it. - Dr. v. Bcarr was my druraist He had it in drachm bottles and sold It at 11 per I, I bought Jons oi tie and offered to vide with two of my mend. They said; 'No. try it on your own cases and If It does not kill them, we may try tVj, With It 3 accomplished great good and in few cases 1 stved life. It is the finest and best rublfactent to be had. The fever thernfbmeter end the hypoder mic needles were Introduced ' since the war between the States, snd have oeen or incalculable service, ' Like some other things, however. they have been- put to tils uses, but the good outweighs the tad. ! "I have not mentioned the thous ni and on things the chemists con tributed to the physician's arotenta Hum in ths last half-century, so that they wers tietttr equipped to contend with diseases, i than their brethren were fifty years age, but all honor is due those noble men -who wert Je for,., sndjblaaiej a way Jar a tal re generation to work l y, Ktn . easf-s that bav befn i,r,d for two! toottean ytr, ; vow ihs " . i t. vi tdriifii; tfffit J;i" of trie '-! on, It really seems th;it th" ervoas Jeasta mat nuve rreyt-d r.ron the human race for thousands of yp-irs should be made to give away, tut we are t'.iankful for what has been done in the past and have bright hopes for the future." The President And the South." , Don Marquis, in Uncle Remus' Mag ; azlne. ' . - -': . ; .; ,-' Four years ago President Roosevelt was not a very popular roan in tie South; -but to-day there are few Southerners more popular in this part of the woru than Is this Kew xorker. Little thlng-s show. - : George Broad hurst's play, The Man of the Hour," has been touring the : South,' and It lPresldent's cornoratlon- policies. In several Southern cities ths audiences broke out In spontaneous three-min ute demonstration of the delivery of tnat line; demonstration ot a son usually reserved until the band plays ''Dixie." And probably SO per cent of those who applauded would get a little nettled at you if you called them anything but Democrats. GOOD ? COUGH MEDICINE ' . FOR CHILDREN. . The season for coughs and colds Is now t hand and too mucn care cannot b uisd to protect the children. A child is tiuch more likely to contract dlnhthttrla. or scarlet rever wnen ne nas a cold. The quicker you cure his cold the less the risk.- Chamberlain's Cough" Remedy - Is the sole reliance of. many mothers, and fnw of those who have tried it are will- ins: to us soy otrer. Mrs. r. F. Starch er, of Ripley, w. vs.. says, "I have novrr unu iiuuiiui viu never used anything other then Cham in(J lt naJ ,iWays given good satis- racuon." tms rerneay - contains no opium or other narcotle and may be glv- en aa confidently to a child ss to an. "ON THS SQUAKE." - HUYLER'S CANDY Best in the world. Give ' us your orders TO- 'DAY. Don't; wait till the last minute to , get your Christmas Huy- ler's; you may no get what you want.. R. li. JORDAN & CO TbOBS) f. ;1' WB NEs'EB CLOSE," NURSES'! REGISTER STOCKS AND BONDS Bought or Sold. , Special ' attention given to common and preferred stocks of North Carolina corpora tions Also State, Municipal and Industrial Bonds. Our office id located at the most central point In the State and. quick communlca- T per cent, or more, free on taxes, can be obtained from first-class stocks which we can offer. ' " Trust Department, : SOUTH ERN LIFE A ' t THUST CO, Greensboro, N. C . Capital and. Surplus, 1350,000. E. P. Wharton, President A. M. 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Cash. ; LET'S FIOUEE A LITTLB , Soma ask you to loan your money at 4 per cent Now. lefs see what you get ' Deduct 3 1-6 per cent for taxes, and you've got I M per-cent' left Others tell you to put it in first mortgages at C per cent. Well, . that pounds good, but . let's see what yon get out of this: Deduct that arae i 1-4 per cent for taxes, and you have S 5-6 per cent left Now, , try tha Mutual b. I Association. Tour 'money, llf shares are carried to maturity, "wllleara yon nearly l-a peV cent, and net at Uhat, mind you, taxes paid. Howdo the 4 and 'pej,oent gross compare with I l-J net? -T - ( But you argue, I don't return my notes and cash: and bank certificate and, conaequenay, escape taxes. ; That's past, my good friend, and next June the assessors are Just as sure of your hide If you fall to return your solvent credits as death U one day to overtake you. And even If -; you did escape taxes, the B, 4 L. s ' better? proposition. -c New series ' ; opens January 1st c''J,, - v . 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PAID Oil SAVHIG3 - : - : AND T1IIE DEPOSITS.V ; ; Offlcera: Geo. K. TVIIson, President Jno. B. Ross, Vice President ' - W..C WUkinson, Cashier. . -, ,. . NEW INTEREST QUARTER ' JANUART 1st '-will be ,th$ beginning ef NEW INTEREST ; QUARTER.' - DEPOSTTS made from now . till " JANUART SUt will ",' draw interest from JANUART 1st ", . Begin the New Tear by starting a .SAVINGS ACCOUNT. DE- posits ; received from One Dollar np. , - ; Our Time gertiflcatea bear Interest 'from date. , . . Southern Loan :& Savings Bahh The Charlotte CHARLOTTE. N. C ; Tha chief eoneera of ths effloers and directors of this bank Is . the welfare of Its depositors and the security of their deposits. Tha Ch'artotte National , Bank was founded by men of means, ln- tegrity and successful business ezserlence, and Its enviable record v has glvea.lt a reputation for solidity ' that ' extends fat beyond 1 Mecklenburg county aad North Carolina, If you want absolute , safety. It habere- . We solicit your business. ' D. D, HEATH, President ; JNa 1L SCOTT. Vice President .. W. IL IwrfTT, Cashier. ' . : ; ; ' Charlotte Capital.; r Savings Department" pays 4 per cent, compounded, ' 'January 'First Begins New Quarter 1 Begin J. XL LnTlX President 1 ' UtL HA ' :v FOR S908 "We .invite consultation or correspondence from ' Firms, Individuals ' or Corporations who contein plate making changes or additions 'to their banking-connections.-: ' THE AMERICAN' TRUST. COM PAW. SOUTHERN HILL.--STOCKG SubVct we offer. VvjO v 100 Btt 175 I'M Hid 1-J W 1-J l"f 10 Chsdwick preferred, lo-SO Hoskins prenrrco ift-tA Tllirtilnnit Park treffrrd . 'i.lulitw :5-50 Henrietta a. Irop'-n'u ii-.ark .......................... lfK'O Cora l-4 (i.bBon l'.-:-" Lancater tnforrd ......... 10 Wt'HiriKtrm preferred VI-V) inprch V, Athf-rton e C O JL i. . .. .1 Vice I . r. A. lv.;::. W or opemng new " f National Dank Tsuot Go. ; $125,000.00 ' Quarter; . , C. IL PAT1ERSON, Vie Pros, GOOD, Cashier.' ( V . , SuMect to supply Trs want !C-ro ITofiklns common. Highland Tark. , Ji)-60 IsncsBtor. - ' :, : 10-3-1 Chsdwick. t m-w txiray common. , 0-: Turapau. y,.S0 Cabarrus. ' " M-2) I.annett. . . . Chiouola. , ' 10 Wliamxlon. 1-V31 Ilmrtsville. V-'.f War t-hosls, !) ) l-n)i(ett. . C C3 , ! i
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