Alienist and Neurologist (Volume 13) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1892 Excerpt: ... Flints. Aim for the top even though you may not be able to climb beyond the middle rounds of the ladder of Fame. The best calling in life is that which, after contributing sustenance to the worker, bestows the most good upon mankind. That calling is Medicine. It cares for the body of man and fits its tenant, the soul, for all the duties and demands of life. Mens sana in corpore sano is a maxim handed down to us from the ancient masters. Without disparaging other professions or occupations, it cannot be disputed that the practice and teaching of the medical art is the highest of benefactions. It is the greatest of charities as it is the noblest of human callings. The ministry of love was the life-work of the Divine Master, for though He began His mission as a carpenter and loved to dispute, as a boy, with the philosophers in the temple, He concluded His career as a physician of both body and soul, and went about healing the sick and doing good. He was the Great Physician. The greatest and mightiest word that ever proceeded from the mouth of God or His Apostles was "charity"--the fatherly love of God and the fraternal charity of man. St. Paul pronounced charity the highest of the virtues, and one of the sweetest-minded of the Apostles was Luke, the good physician. The two professions that practice true charity more than all others are those of Medicine and Divinity, and in them the physician and the divine go hand-in-hand. There are no two of the callings of men so closely allied in their work. That true charity which considers in every aspect the welfare of our fellows, brings the doctor of divinity and the doctor of medicine close together. It was the appreciation of the true charity of our noble profession that caused Cicero to regard the physician as nea...