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The Evening FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EiZERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDHY. Vol. IV No. 270. KINSTON, N. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1002. Price Two Cents THE PATIENT AND DOCTOR Interesting Article on the Rela tions That Ought to Exist Be tween the Medloal Profession and The People by Dr. H. O. Hyatt. We reprint tbe following from the Ral elirh News-Observer of January 28th We had Intended publishing It earlier but could not find space for It. We think It will be interesting, to say the least, most of oar readers: To the Editor: The enclosed article was prepared for publication in a na tional medical journal, but I am send' mar it to you because the present small pox trouble in the State and the interest manifested in tne matter dj tne pumic as well aa the doctors, make it opportune to call public attention to tne unsatis factory relation oi tne doctor to tne pup lie. The lack of unity of interest of pa- tient and doctor is the stumbling-block In the way of scientific progress. In fact all scientific work ought to be and will be done under governmental supervision before much progress can be made. Tne next Hundred years oi prog ress will place the race upon a much hitrher plane than the present, as the present is higher than savagery. The medical profession never has and never can advance any faster than the race at large advances. It Is thoughts and Ideas that move tlie world and it is the duty of those who have them to give them utterance. If tbey are worthless they will be eliminated from considera tion and buried among the vagaries that have been; if along true lines, tbey will gather force and volume until they are accepted as facts Dy tne wnoie race. Yours truly, H. 0. Hyatt THE MEDICAL PBOFESSION AND THE PEO PLE. It was the writer's good fortune to be an office student of one of the former and first president of our State Medical society. Every day contact and the con versations that occurred during tne times when there was little work to do, gave as an insight into the causes and conditions which led to the formation of tbe society. Then, fifty years ago, uned ucated and one-course men were compet ing with the best educated and most skillful men in the profession for public patronage, often getting equally as much and being held in as high esteem socially. This state of affairs was un pleasant to say the least of it. It was thought that the formation of a medical society composed of the best Qualified practitioners, with those not properly qualified excluded, would answer tne purpose oi mutual improvement ana give tbe public an opportunity to differ ntiate Detween tne true doctors ana tne pretenders. Tbe formation of the society partly fulfilled the expectation of its founders. It soon became a badge of honor to belong to the State society Auxiliary county soieties were formed 1 and them was developed a fine esprit de corps. No class of men were held in as ' high esteem as the members of the State Medical society. Their patrons, tender and quacks still flourished, but not to as arrest an extent a formerly. So the State Medical society asked the leglsla tore to establish a State Board of Medi cal Examiners and to enact a law not to allow a doctor who was unlicensed to practice, feeling that the doctors were do ing all they could to advance knowledge and to render tnemseives netter quannea to' relieve disease. This did not Satisfy the profession as It ought to nave done. . Tbe board of medical examiners were more interested In licensing gentlemen than in anything else. The examinations were easy and practical, the applicant's moral character caring more to ao witn his passing the board than his ability to answer questions. This movement, ap proved by the public at large, began to bear fruit. It was along legitimate lines and gave the people an opportunity of fading oat wnat doctors were in accora with professional advancement. Member ship in the State society was accepted as a - public guarantee of honesty and pro fessaonal ability. If the movement had vested here, tbe results at this time wonld be vastly different , from what they are. : '" - ' - Instead of waiting a sufficient length of time to see what would be the ulti mate effect of medical legislation oa the minds of the public at large, (and the pnblkj is the factor to be considered in all movements for betterment) as soon as the members wbo had received their de gree after tbeeivil war got in the ascen dancy, their anrest and their supposed superior qualification as practitioners led them to be mors aggressive, Tbey were load and earnest in promulgating the doctrine that It is the duty of the State to protect its people against Ignor ance. Tbey overlooked the fact that earn Individual composing the great body politic tols that be has certain individual rights that tbe puhlle can not abridge, among them the right to conduct his own business affair as suits him best so long as be doea not conflict with the rights of others. The employment of any doctor he may choose or the taking of any med icine be may choose to take is just as much his sacred privilege as Is the selec tion of his food and clothing. His in dividual lite, health and welfare is in his own hands and any restrictions, reason able or otherwise, meet with his natural resentment. Imbued with tbe doctrine of the State's right to protect the lives of citisens, our self appointed apostles of progress, anxious to reform something through the State examining board, raised the standard of requirement for the obtainance of license to practice so htrh that they have compelled the col leges to raise their standards and greatly lengthen their terms oi stuay. iney also push procured through a pliable legis lature1 enactments making It a misde meanor to practice without license. The esteem, confidence and respect of the people, Instead of being) increased has been greatly lessened. Restrictive legis lation to the ee of the public looks like class legislation and in spite of all fine sentiments we may use to disguise It, it Is class legislation. The Intent is for the benefit of the public, but it is for the benefit of tbe profession as well. It is a universal experience that all laws that do not meet public approval become nugatory because there Is no sen timent behind them to enforce them. Every doctor who ever made himself prominent in the enforcement of a medi cal law has found that he has made a fool of himself. Tbe dear public he was so anxious to serve fees in his action jealous spite and quietly laugh at him. An Important lesson the profession needs to learn Is when the poblic wants laws tbev will enact them. It is every one's privilege, right and duty tyexpress opin Ions on any and all topics that concern the public welfare. He can and ought to help educate, being assured that If bis teachings are along right lines they will ultimately be accepted and acted on. It is as silly to force legislation before the public is ready to receive it, as It is to null apples before they are ripe. Tbe natural feeling of distrust which all people feel towards doctors and other professional men has always Deen inten slfled by restrictive legislation. It was as great toward the doctors before as it ouitht to have been. They are angels of mercy while the patient Is suff-ring but when the bill comes to be paid, it is quite another thing, the individual has nothing tangible to show for tils dollars. A sen timent of honesty and a fear of future need, impel him to settle and remain on good terms with a person on whom he Is liable at any time to De dependent, uma distrust will always exist as long as the relief of human suffering is made a com merclal transaction, as long as men practice medicine for a living and collect their own lees irom tne individual sur fer r. An Important element which the pro- iession seems to entirely uvttriooK u"o blind I v seeking to better themselves Is tbe natural tendency of the sick to get well. We think it is a safe assertion to make that the percentage of recoveries following the most'sclentiflc and approv ed methods especially of acute and infec tious diseases is not ten per cnt. greater than would naturally follow uo treat ment at all. In other words, ninety pr cent of recoveries would occur in the' practice of the most Ignorant, compared with the hundred per cent, in the hands of the skillful. This ninety per cent, scat tered throughunt a community and sys tematically bragged about easily ap pears ureater than a hundred not dis cussed. . Thus, even if people are natur ally disposed to carry their patronage to the best men, they are often debarred from doing so by their own inability to distinguish between real and supposed success. Tbe natural tendency to re cover and the role played by suggestion In tbe cure of fancied aliments affords tbe Ignorant and vainglorious pretender who has learned tbe art of getting his pa tients talked about an almost impregna ble bulwark behind which to fight the skilled professional. If even a large per cent of sick people died who did not have doctors, the profession would have bet ter fighting ground to stand on, but tbey don't die. Tbe ever recurring question or "wnat shall we do?" still confronts us. The tra ditions of our profession say that the greatest and grandest duty of man is tbe amelioration of suffering and bettering tbe condition of humanity. Are we do ing our best? If not, why not? Sad ex perience has taught us that 1 legislation avails nothing unless it meets the appro val of the majority ot tne people. To meet that aproval, there must be a uni fying of interest. The doctors Interest and the patient's should bs one and the same. These Interests can never be uni fied as long as there Is a question of fees between them. - It may be a piece of pro fessional erotism on our part, bnt we consider that the adjustment of the re lations between the medical profession and the people upon a proper and whole some basis, would be tbe grandest step svsr taken in civilisation and wonld be fraight with tbe greatest benefits that ever accrued to the race. It Is well worthy of onr most serious consideration. -The high ethical plane upon which the follow srs of the healing art profess to stand, certainly ought to canes thenf to hail with pleasure any readjustment of con- ditlan that would enable the profession individually and collectively to render (COITHL Si) 01 TSXBB PASS.) GENERAL NEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed into Brief Paragraphs. The suit by the State of Texas against the St. Louts Southwestern railroad has been comprornibed, the company paying 110,000. The Corn Produce company with a capital of 80,000,(00 is incorporated in New Jersey, with object of manufactur ing tbe products of corn. A special train bearing 245 members of the Cook county Democracy lefi Chicago Thursday for Charleston, S. C. where they will be guests of the exposition of ficials. Several other southern cities will be visited. It is given out in Washington that it Is now definitely known that the amount of tariff President Roosevelt wants for Cuba is atwenty-seven percent, reduction tbe exact amount, as figured by experts, that the Cubans need to meet foreliru competition. Official data shows that 614 house. not including the government bul;dius, were destroyed by the recent earthouake shocks at Chilpanciogo, Mexico. The people continue panicstricken and fear additional shocks. Many are leaving homes there to establish themselves in other towns and cities. A siwclal from Buffalo, N. Y.. ears: City Treasurer Gerts was arretted Thurs day morninir. charged with nonappropri ating $27,0(0 of the city's funds. He was removed from office IVcember last for misconduct. TheofhVer, during the investigation of the charge, admitted misappropriating $50,000. j Wednesday night at Qlean Jean, a! mining town in West V a. to the house of T. Williams, a colored herb doctor, called him to the door and shot him to death. Moee Allen, colored, was found a short distance away shot through the stomach. He died Thurs day afternoon. In a post mortem state ment he said he was passing along the road and was struck by a stray bullet. Williams was recent arrived from Ten nessee and Ignorant negroes believed him to be a conjurer. The coastwise schooner CharleaJNoble Simmons, from Norfolk Februarv2 for Fall River, coal laden, was towed into port at New York by the steamer Indian Captian Green was disabled and all of the csew were frost bitten. On Monday tne gaie assumed hurricane force and carried away the fore and main booms. Falling wreckage struck Captain Green on tne head and he remained unconsci ous until noon today. The mate and crew were all prostrated by the Intense cold and had hands and feet frost bitten The steward was the only one on board able lor duty. - Just a tbe grand jury came to order in Hew York Thursday to investigate the ' , -Mines for the recent tunnel dynamite horror, there occurred in almost tbe same spot as before, another explosion of dy namite. I he explosion fatally Injured one roan and seriously hurt a score of others. Every window in tbe Grand Union hotel was shattered and the guests received asevere shaking up. Une of the clerks ,was Injured by belns thrown heavily against tbe wall. Another pe culiar coincidence of Thursday's disaster Is that the explosion occurred at precisely the same time of day as did the other in which so many were killed. m w i om crown, a negro nnoer arrest on tbe charge -of having assaulted Ml-s Emma Powell at Nicholasville, Ky., was hanged in the court house yawl Thursday nyamoD. bany ihursday a mob sur rounded the jail where Brown was con fined and demanded tne prisoner. The mob was finally placated by the state ment from the officers that the prisoner would be taken oerom Miss Powell for Identification. The officers were permit ted to take the prisoner to the young woman's home where she at once identi fied him. On the way back to tbe jail the mob suddenly closed In and secured tbe prisoner. Hurrying him to the court houteyardbe was soon dangling from the limb of a tree. Miss Powell Is 16 years of age and was on her way home from school when the negro sprang out from the roadside and seized ner. She reached home finally in a naxed condi tion and officers later captured tne ne gro. mtmi Her Pet Pis. yoonf woman In London took a pig in Infancy and brought it op. as she says, "Uke a Christian.' Complaint was mads to the authorities the other day, and the sanitary officers who went to Investigate found tbe pig In bed be ,tween two whits sheets, with its bead en a pillow and Its body covered with a whits lace counterpane. ' OseMlaaULet. ' . It makes no difference whether you were one minute or one hour late,' ff yoa missed tbe train,- Better get there on time. Colds lead to coughs, coughs to pneumonia and consumption; .therefore, ft Is all important to check a cold bp fore It reaches the lungs. Perry Davis' Pahv klTrwiIl positively break a cold inside ef twenty-four hours. There Is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis. STATE NEWS. Interesting North Oaroilua lms In Condensed Form. The schooner Orlando V. stranded on Diamond Shoals, Wooten, has been floated. Durham last year manufactured 23, 894.200 pounds of tobacco, an increase of 4.657,570 pounds over the previous year. Our penitentiary authorities have made a contract with an Atlanta firm to put a number of convicts to work mak fng overalls. Burglars entered the residence of Mr S. H. Buchanan, of .lonesboro, Thuredav night, opened a private safe and secured a considerable amount of money. The State will issue a book in regsrd to its resources to be distributed at the Charleston exposition. Tbe preparation of It will begin next week. 1 he agricul tural department will issue It. f ifty counties have sent in report" as to their needs of State aid for tbe public s-hools. Twelve want no aid, and the other thirty-eight want $49,500. Car teret, the last to report, needs $1,206. The Spanith trophy given from the Cristobal Colon, destroyed at Santiago, was Friday put in place in the Hall of History In the State museum. The other trophy givtn from Manila will be removed to a place beside it The active campaign against liquor which the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, formed at Raleigh will wage war to begin at once. It is tbe firet temper ance movement on a large scale In this State In several years. There has In the past ten years been a very considerable diminution in the number of saloons In ' the State. i Wilkesboro Chronicle: Dr. Tvre York. the original and only, was here last week shaking hands and cheering us all with his jokes. He was here to answor the solicitor's charge that be bad been giving pills without license the 31st of May be fore the laws were out. The doctor, however, was not Incarcerated, and will continue giving pills when his people are in need of them. Wilkesboro Chronicle: The mystery as to now old man Uussell got bold of that piece of Iron with which he got out of jail Is very reasonably explained by Dr. York. A few days previous to the escape Russell's friends brought him a large sweet bread cake, and the doctor says there is not the least doubt but that the iron was cooked In tbe cake as "flavor ing." The sheriff will have to watch out for these donated ginger cakes. Raleigh Cor. Newbern Journal: Dep uty Collector Wood and posne mad- a raid In Nash and Franklincounties Thurs day and captured two large illicit distil leries. The price of corn has been so high that the moousblners are now using molasses, exclusively. More than 1,000 gallons of molasses "beer" was fonnd at one ot the Illicit distilleries captured. The last captures make eight In a radius of ten miles from Spring Hope, Nash county, since last November. News has been received from Morgan ton that Judge Council has decided that In a case where a pensioner died after the pension had been mailed to bira but be fore be had received it the State board could not recall the check. The State board of pensions had held that a pen sion Is for the indigent soldier alone, and that In case of his death it could be col lected by no one else, but must be re turned to the State treasury. An ap peal from Judge Council's decision will be made to tbe superior court, tbe State penson board desiring to have the mat ter settled for all time. The case of T. 8. Rogers, charged with criminally assaulting Miss Harris in Uranville county, has created much in terestln that county during the last week, especially so since it was said that Kogera was going to surrender and stand trial. The attorney for the defendant had a large number ot witnesses sum moned, among whom were many young ladies. Tbe solicitor was asked by the attorneys for Rogers if the State was ready for trial and when answered in the affirmative It was .intimated that the trial would be had. But Rogers did not surrender and the case was continued. Something That Will Good. 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DON'T GET MAD at your wife just because you did not rest well last night. Was there a lump in the mattress or did the spring eagg? If so you should call and see Qulnn Jt Miller, dealers in Furniture and House Furnishings, and they will make sleepimr a comfort. Just think, a White Enameled Brass Trimmed Bed with Woven Wire Springs and Mattresses for 750 cents. WE HAVE NO GRIT In our Corn Meal, because our latest im proved process separates it from the meal. 'Phone 49 or 118, aod your order will receive prompt attention and tree delivery. Sold In small or large quanti ties. Our specialty is grinding of corn and oats while you wait, also buy any amount you may have and pav liberally. NEUSE MILLING CO. We Have Seed Oats. YOU MAY HAVE a place to eat and a place to sleep, but how about the clothes you are oftes judged I) j? 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Letter Heads 500 for $1.75, 1,000 for $3.09. Note Heads 500 for $1.35, 1,000 for $2.25. Fine Old Hampshire Bond pink Note Heads 500 for $1.65, 1,000 for $2.65. Fine blue or pink Bill Heads, 7x8 incbee, 500 Wor $1.40, 1.000 for $2.40. Statements, elegant Quality boad papers In blue,, pink, lemon or salmon, 500 for $1.50, 1,000 for $2.60. The Fan Puss Job Printing Deseit- msnt has on hand a lot ot about SO.ttO cheap Note Heads it wishes to dispose of quick to mak room tor mors desirable goods. Tbey are cream colored, are strong but not good quality. . It ear customer can nss the entire lot we wtfl sell them printed and padded for only TS cents per 1,000. In 1,000 lots for M per 1,000, In 6,000 lots for 85 cents psr 1,000. ? ' - " - ."- ; '
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