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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THE SECOND MILE tive af richer ana mellower fruit Sphere of His Own <Continued from page 1) Naturalîy there comes ta minda that he did flot want ta have at- questioning as ta what placeso tached ta bis specialized hospital country dactor in a sphere of hiE own In a short interlude of cor- or university staff anyane wha fession and observation, I can poui had flot served at least five years out my heart and soul ta you and in general practice and preferably my story will differ in noa detai in the country. A speciaist is ane from that told by any one of thai wbo bas his patients trained to be- diligent band of servitors. H1e Pc came iii during his office hours sesses a bialogical urge that is tbE A country doctor is likely to be distillate of background, heritagE disturbed at his meals or routed and family. out of his sleep at any trne. It is rare ta find a city bred in- Common Garden Varlety Doctor dividual transfarrned by any arnaunt of training inta a country Finally there is the genus homo dactor. He cames almost without medicus rusticus, or common exception frorn stock that has garden variety country doctor, lived and worked and been bre. who usually has the overlordship an farms or in rural places. In of a wide and far-flung area, who other wards, he belongs, he fits in can efficiently and effectively deal and he understands in others the with any situation that may occur, cbaracteristics and traits that have from a confinement ta an ampu- gone into the making of his 0w] tation. He can becorne at less frame. than a minute's notice an internist, a surgeon, a gynaecologist, a ped- Two Important Factors iatrician, an orthopedician, a Apart fram his education and cardialogist or a patbologist, who his natural aptitude for his pro- assumes responsibility and acts as fession, there are two important judge, jury and executioner and factars that contribute ta his suc- flot toa often the latter. He must cess and bath of themn are warnen. be a psycbologist of the first A man can go a very long way water and psychiatrist of flo mean under the living and dead influ- stature. He knows the patients' ence of a devoted mother but he farnily, dead and alive, Up and goes much farther under th< down for gencrations. In dealing gentie auspices of a capable wife. with unknowing distracted and Napaleon stated that the future worried people he realizes with destiny of a child was the wori the Autocrat of the Breakfast of the mother but a wife has much Table that reply is not aîways ta do with hraadening the mean- equivalent ta an answer and that ing and with the brigbtening of hostile criticisms meeting ta- thato destiny. The mother out- gether are aften equivalent ta lines the rnap but the wife aids praise and the square of fault fmnd- and eases the line of direction. For ing often turns out ta be the same the country physician, the highest thin as n euogy.guarantec of success-success that He follows Osler's advice and meas happiness in doing his job doeshotexpet to muh o the-isthat the distaff side of his deoe io exect oamch of thendfamily be rurally bora and bred. peepaongewham e lies and Added ta this, if his wife bea he keps lage-szedcemeerynurse, he is shielded from many of in which be buries the faults of his the slings and arrows of out- patent. H reembrs uriid. rageous fortune. Her training is observation,-" A worthy man is alepi ieo rul n e notminfulof as inuris".Hetact, initiative, and discretior spends haif his time minding his malke the way smaoth many times own business and the other haîf ady n nrae ec n letting the other fellow's businesarst y ndiht ae pae n aloeneer ttmps t d tespet bywh Hesiod, a Greelk aloe, eve atemps o d th pot. howas reared in a smai impossible and always co-operates with he ievitale 11e îearns village, affered very good advice that there are tbree subjects that tOCuntry doctars "Be especially, careful ta marry a womnan whc touch life s0 intimately that they lives near ta you"1 should neyer be discussed-Love affairs, politics and religion. H1e The Value of Culture has taken to beart what James, a For nearly 125 years my forr servant of God, wrate "Let every bears had an intimate connectian man be swift ta bear, slow to with the land, where they learneci speak, slow to wrath". the lessons of hard work, belp- The Healer and Consoler fulncss, observation, patience, re- No matter where he is or what- ligion and service. When nat en- everhe des, he pact gaged in the round of daily ar pvrhysician fathlly exempngnightlytasks, time was used for the life of the healer and consoler.redn orm ittn.0 a] .men who sbould understand, By virtue of his training, experi- passess wisdom and have know- ence and contacts, he almost ledge, the doctor stands apart. By stands alone for bis thoughts and virtue of his long training and reactions belong ta those wbo are truhbseprech a in awayintlletualy solatcd grasped what we cal-for want ai from the rest of the world. Robert abte odclue h e Lnouis Stevaeso nays bis ttemans cali it "Sittlichkeit", the ine biscipesface tocdraos taFrench name is "Noblesse oblige", the iscplesof ipporats,- and we refer ta "Culture", but it "There are men and classes Of actually means- the thing ta do men that stand above the common -the proper thing ta do-under herd: the soldier, the sailar and any given set of circumstances. the shepherd flot infrcquently; the Every day, at any bour, the artist rarely, rarelier stili the country doctar finds hirnself pro- clergyman; the physician almost jccted into some event that trie] as a rule. H1e is the flawer (such bis culture or accumulated mettie; as At is) of our civilization, and he comes face ta face with afflic- wben that stage of man is done tion, sorraw, pain, problcms thai with, and only ta be marvelled at caîl upon his tact, bis sympathy, in history, he will be tbaught ta bis personality. I have often have sbared as littlc as any in the thougbt that the individual who defects of the pcriod, and most was responsible for the symboliz- notably exhibited the virtues Of ation of St. Luke, whom you will the race." recaîl is the patron saint of phys- Stevenson had a varied experi- icians had great insight. St. Luke ence with physicians and the most is pictured as a winged ax. In the of them were in the class medicus average mind the man of med- rusticus and it is probable that icine is suppased ta have the when he penned. these Unes, he strength of an ox and the celerity had in mind the heavy responsi- of an eagle. Great expectations bilities of the country doctor. Be- are laid at the door of the medico ing a common garden variety 0f and sometimes he cannot live up country doctar bis habitat is clos- to them and as a means of escape er ta the soil and the climate in he takes ta dope or drink or bath, which he lives fosters the cultiva- he becomes mixed up in politics, tion of qualities that are produc- he tries ta be a gentleman farm- We Test Eyes and Rit Glasses SATISFACTION ASSURED Treat Your Seed Grain wlth CASTILE SOAP CERESAN lb. 1.10 Ilb. Bar ..... 19e 5 Ibs. 4.40 Large Cake... 10e LARVEX Proteets against MOTHS for 1 year . 16-oz. 83e - 32-oz. 1.29 L O T' Moth Killer ---- lb . 39e EM ULS ION Moth Balîs ------2 lbs. 25ce Dichloricide --------53e A Better Way Garment Bags ---- 35c-55c teotake Moth Blockettes -..lOc-25c CdLiver 0OU nu Centaine ýZ- Vitamine A and D SPRING TONICS 590t and 980~ Jron & Veast Tabs ----- 69c- Syr. 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The coun- try dactor looks upon many a sun- set and sunrise, the stars shine dawn upon him as be makes bis loncly rounds, a blizzard means nothing ta him, ramn or sleet or sun stop nat bis weary trip, lie secs the grain push its way through tac soul, bis eycs catch the burgeaning of the trees and he notices ail the signs that herald the change of weather. H1e spends much time alane. Like the pros- pectar on the bill, like the sai.lor on tac sea, like the farmo.r in the plaughed field, be finds tin.c ta think and farma a philasaphy of if e. A Phllosophy of Lîfe This philosopby is simple in that it deals with the essentials of existence, it touches men and women and cbildren, their tbougbts, which the doctor reads as an open book, their growth whicb is 0f a peculiar and pleasant intercst, their prablerns which he joys in salving, with the grcatest Englishman in history he cries- "110w beauteous mankind is! 0 brave new world, that bas sucb people in it", and many times dur- ing bis active day he can sing witb Julia Ward Howe "My eyes have scen the coming of the glory of the Lard". The loy of Service 0f ail men he calculates profit in the lcast material of terms. !-le crases the symbals of dollars and cents and writes inta the space of accaunts paid and unpaid-ser- vice, satisfaction, profit, affection and understanding. Profit means. accarding ta the root of the wurd i -ta carry farward, advanccînc'nt or improvernent; it means the au. cessian of good from labour or exertian, acquisition of anythingi valuable, carpareal, intellectual,1 temporay or spiritual. The writeri of Ecclesiasticus jotted down "There is profit ta thcm that sec the sun". It is writtcn samcwhcrc that thec battie is not ta tac strang nor thei race ta swift but be wbo wins a1 battIe or a race must be strangi and swift. The world is not run1 by smart or clever men but by thase cndowcd with patience,1 staying power, camman sense andi judgmcnt. The country doctor1 persanifies the picture of St. Luke1 -he is litcrally a winged ox-he wins battles and races because be is strang and swift. H1e bas -strength and swiftness because of bis understanding of the intang- ibles and the imponderables. H1e bas unseen attributes and powers, that anc is unable ta measure, weigb or buy; be draws upan sources of morale that are bidden and secret and accrue fromn the well-springs of bis persanality. H1e develops a sense of rcsponsibility and scif-reliance that guides hlm througbout a line of action and ta results that smack of the magic and supernatural. He Senses by Instinct After ycars of experience, the country doctor senses by instinct rather than by cold and scicntifîc knawledge the early signs of dis- case, feels the agany, the pain, the writbings of the buman soul and it is wcll-nigh impassible ta bide frorn bis pcnetrating eye or to indulge in statements that evade the truth. Parents are constrained ta pour out brokcn-hcarted tales about crring dauightcrs and way- ward sans, wives and husbands canfidc their dômcstic difficuities, youth and aid age came with their prablcms. Somehow bis innate skill and understanding suggcsts a solution. H1e walks in rnodest places but bis influence is wide- sprcad. Wherc he cannat beal or re- lieve be tries ta bring comfort and consolation. But througli it ail the flame of faith burns brightly in the beart of every country doctor. Along the Second Mile And so, as anc travels bopefully along the second mile that bas no end, the country doctor walks and talks witb a claud of witnesses, living and dead, wba encampass bim about ta keep stcady the torch that they have given him. At bis elbaw is that great hast of men who have crossed the river wbere tbey rest from their labours. It was my privilege to have for thirty years many 'of thcm as teacher, fricnd and counselr-alI cansecratcd souls who sent me ta the country with a sang upan my lips. Ta themn and ta thase whase words of advice I stili hear, I ex- press my gratitude. 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As in the ancient torch-race, which seemed to Lucretius to be the symbal of ail life, we press for- word torch in hand along the course. Soon from behind cornes the runner who will outpace us. Ail aur skill lies in giving into his hands the living torch, bright and unflickeriflg, as we ourselves disappear in the darkness." It used ta be supposed that a cataract was a film over the out- side of the eyeball. It is now knawn that it is a depasit of pig- ments in the crystalline lens of the inner eyeball. Rubber instead of gold willW pbably be the principal product transpred over the new highway framn the Marcapata gold mines to Cpzco, Peru. -1