The American Physician Volume 28 (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. 1902 Excerpt: ...but what is an address to be, anyway--a mere hypocritical hurrah for We, Us, & Co.? We admired his directness in getting at the paramount facts. He saw the opportunity to tell the truth as he saw it, and accepted it. It is the height of nonsense to expect a specialist to come down to the level of the homeopathy of Hahnemann's time, with its spirit-like force and its infinitesimals. A specialist is a materialist per se. We do not agree with Dr. Wood in all that he said in his address, but the right to criticise continues one of our inalienable rights as editor and as an American citizen. Dr. Wood was above the small hypocrisy of quoting the Law in every other line to show what a good homeopath he is. We can honor a man for standing by his colors, though those colors may be an eyesore to us. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. R. WOOD'S Presidential Address was a scholarly and finished effort. He reviewed the problem before the school to-day, handled it in a cool, dispassionate manner, and carried his points in every instance. It had one fault--a most grievous one--in that, though being the chief event of the evening, --it was left to the last, when the general public, not the medical public per se, was sated with eloquence, tired with music, and the hour had grown late. It should have been given the first place. It reminded us very much of some of the official notices which had been sent out during the year, in which Dr. Wood's name as President seemed to have been added as an after-thought, and hurriedly squeezed in with a groove-director. Some criticism was indulged in by a few people, who with the usual perspicacity of an audience when they listen to a long address, picked out here and there a few words or a line or a paragraph, and criticised the whole by that o..