emp CAPABLE TRACK AND FIELD OB se (all : ps SHOULD DOGTOR LE? RELATIONS OF DOCTOR TO THOSEUNDER HIS CARE Paper, By Prominent Physician of Phterest to Doctiors and Those 'Who Need Their Services From Time to Time. 1 was Drought cians are, to ~be possible, hut to lie terest absolutel sympathy, tact, and kindng for our telling' the apparently wounding or' dangerous truth, writes Dr. Richard C. Cabot in the Sunday. School Times After practicing medicine seven year on this principle, | gradually becam convinced that no kilf enough to make a success of lying un less he kept in constant practice. | gecasional liar does not always coed even in fooling his patien though he oftdy thinks so. . Medical lies® mean moral sightedness. That the whole situation. A fami with their doctor, the servant nurses to keeputhe sick man ance and buoy him up for a with false hope--perhaps till h But how about the conspirators selves? Some day will be themselves. Whom then can trust? They hdve learned, cach them, that the trusted medical adviser the faithful nurse, the vants, the beloved family, will lie, i the patient's good," and eac judgment is different as of that "good." "Oh, of course, 1 never believe wha doctors say," a girl of twenty said to me once, "I've helped them lie and fix up the letters to, mother too often myself." Lies work-only 86 long as confidence is firm. But every lie undermines confidence as in the' example given. Se-and-so makes it more more difficult to make either truth falsehood effective. Finally, as story of the boy who fried the truth itself powerless Lies have undermined hoth themselves and it. Because governments and war | offices have lied so often in the news| which they see fit to give 'it out :qQ as to avoid alarming the people"--we | see the, pitiable spectacle of the physi cians abotit King Edward of. England stating that he has only mild appen dicitis, no cancer; telling the lute. truth, amd being generally dish lieved by 'the "business world--deceived ofice too often, Fhis-shortsightedness--of the entious liar 'is nowhere more striking ly shown:than in the lies which most doctorgitell as: part of treatment--the lies Jmtown as placebos, or hread pi A placebo 1s a medicine given, when the demanded it man was they devoted ser Just hecomes conse i the . ; 3 Some of the best are shown above. Talcott, Magie, McFayden and Whitely. virtues physiolo (though it think real value ometl is given ng medicine (q yon) tor ust heat Mr by* produci the 1 bowels." ucn game and minutely explain in which the drug is to be and taken just so many minutes a breakfast. | One must go through the forms of prescription-writing elaborate directions, or the wl structure of lies will fall, But where is the harm of all this? Look at the patent medicine indust and find the parual answef--one ot the ill effects of teaching people to be- lieve that most diseases can be cured hy medicine in a -hottle The people sum it all up. They find the total r silt of the doctor's numerous and costl visiis in a row of medicine shelf The medicines cheaj I'l doctor 1s expensive Why n skip the middle-man and get the medi- cine direct? So the medi industry thrives bottles ot are natent patent Babies are.not bor swallow a drug eve t pain. They 1 1a From whom? Ultimately doctors whose 'wise habits handed down throu th grandmothers So the bread-pill tors produces. and. m: medicine nabit amon : fhe patient of his health t d tor of his living. Suppose the docto told the truth, refused to except in the liseases wh from have aunts give dru few r | doctor all the more | ceive him. and spent his in discovering and eradicating the had habits ofSeating, drinking, smoking, loafing and sexual vice, which produce most of the diseases for which doctors are called. People wouldn't think they uld squeeze out the middle-man and sort of advice out of a 1 are really of medi say, "that is all very t suppose people « can be taught not 1 trust their when he does give often doesn't them, and to drug because he so But, if telling the truth makes the worse, would you still tell it?" If. the is really clear and certain, I find that the patient has us- vally suspected .it long before hi friends and nurses have come to the point of discussing the propriety of concealing it from him. = He looks witl pitying smile on their efforts to de- i i If the diagnosis is in doubt, ag ierea often "the case, we can truth- fully tell the patient that, and on with our business ot cure. | have many times friends amazed the calmmess--even relief often- 1 the sufferer learns 'the which they, the healthy bu hearted friends, could scarcely have never known a pasient m worse by legrping the nature of disease Iruth, the habit of truth telling, coming in medicine--coming fast--not yy reason of any preaching or writing, such -as I am doing here, but by the action of the same gigantic beneficent forces which are making for truth the commercial world to-day. These forces are publicity and science. Because Gog is in His world, ause goodness is in the very nature of we fight against reality, against the universe, when we .raise 'our puny voices to lie. It is sin~because it is self-destruction--the effacing of our ywnt last act by our next act, the tempt 16 face north and sduth at once. patient diagnosis 20 seen face PER {BP They are Captain Gamble, Vezin, | ime | Not merely in medicine, but in- the social "world, the business world, this law holds true... 1 have'described its working in my own profession be- canse there jt 'has come home to me most strongly/ but 1 cannot help seeing it everywhere that I have the oppor tunity. to get close to the facts. A house glivaded against itse cannot sand. Sach an edifice every liar tries construct--amd with (one hand he down what with the gther he up--in a murky, dusky light light is growing, and he wil m see his folly and desist. PACIFIC COAST TOURS. 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"Well," said Cassidy, "tis too none av us kin iver he as good as ple think we sh'u'd be." "replied Casey, "but tis con solin' to think that none av us kin ever be : s bad 'as some people think we are." hank you," she said, as he finally gave her his seat; "the car bumps so it's almost impossible to stand on your feet." "That was because 1 kept pullin' "om out of your way to land on 'my pet corn a couple o' times." had Women over forty years of age who cannot St. Regis Lumbago Cure, It is sometimes difficult to resist the devil and keep on geod terms. with those who serve him. FORMER oe AFTER DOCTORS FAILED. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured a Severe Case of Anaemia. Anaemia--poor watery blood--is the cause of most of the misery, which afflicts mankind. The housewiie es- pecially: falls an easy prey to il. The long hours and elose' confiiément ne- ccssary im performing her household duties sap her strength. She hécomes run down and often suffers extreme misery. Dr. William#" Pink Pills are the housewife's friend. - They make new blood--lote of it--and' 'pure Hlood Baniglics all women's ailments. Mrs, E.« St. Germain, wifégei a well-known farmer of St. John des Chaillons. Que., found new strength through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 'She says: "A year ago | was extramely weak. | could not attend to my work. 1 sul- frred from dizzy spells; my head achod, my blood was poor: 1 had 'a bad cough and the doetors feared | was going in- to. consumption. 1 followed * their weatment for some time but without relief. gave it up in despair. advised to try Dr. Williams' Pills so procured six hoxes, they were all gone 1 felt relief, headaches and dizziness became frequent and I felt a litilo stronger, I continued the pills for a couple ol months at the end of which time 1 had gainod in weight; tho pains had lefL me, my appetite was good and | felt as strong and well as ever 1 did. 1 cannot say too much in fawor of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for 1 certainly Pink Before The less séenery of) Pull informa- | tion may be obtained by addressing E. sleep or rest well at | night, should take one teaspoonful of | oweimy. good health to ghem."' | +The woman in the howe, the man | in the pifice, the hoy or girl in the [ school "will always find gafiond in Dr. Williams Pink Pills, These pills | actually: make new, rich, 'red blood | and good blood hanishes ' rheamatism, | gwneral debility, kidney troubles and | those aches and pains caused. by over- | work or ower-study; good blood builds ap the tired unstrung nesves and | makes pale thin 'cheeks rosy and healthy. The pills are sold at - 50 | cent a box or six boxes for $2.50 hy Lall medicine dealers: or by mail from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Prock- { ville, Ont. | Did Not Help. | Chicago News. { Blecker--What's the matter, old man? | You look like an illustration of a hard- | luck story. Meeker-~Domestic troubles. scrap. with my wife this morning. Bleeker--Oh. don't Tet a Tittle thing | like 'that worry you. 'A. thunderstorm clears the atmosphere you know. Meeker--VYes, but that doesn't help a man who has been struck: byslightning. Had The. Tomb of orden A. (relra? + For the first time photographs been secured of the cenotaphs above the tombs of the biblical patriarchs ins the harem at Hebron, Palestine, "sive of Machpelah," purchased cording to the narrative, by Abr to be a family sepulchre forever. harem, or inclosure, is held in hi veneration by the Moslems, and hi to has been secluded carefully from profanation by visitors from western countries. A notable exception made in_the case of Edward VII, w was permitred to enter the "precinct wheh he visited Palestine as a young man. The cave lies und ders' church, in which cenotaph have been erected The churel built' in ithe twelfth century was ¢ the Crusa- | 3 natives! Their by the {1 to be erected ire supposed above the graves of Abraham, | Jacob, and and Le: silk hangings criptions in d Rebecca i with red with ir 3 gold, and have cloths hung as canopies above them. Manuscript copies of the Koran are placed' around them. The coverings of the women's cenotaphs are red, those of the men green, the sacred color of Islam. {he ¢ave which are known to exist are opened, and could be h by breaking up the flags of h would be never 1d only regardie custodiar | ] ef i i i ! ! | The only entrances tol} ion by the Moslem i ot 7; far - 7 » A Clearly Indicated Bént. London Argonaut. The class 'in very 'elementary them- istry. was having onc of its early ses- sions. The matter of sedtwater dame up. "Peter," said the teacher, "can you tell me whay is it that makes the water of the sea so sal:y?" "Salt," said Peters. i "Next!" said the teacher. "What. is it 'makes the water of the sea so salty?" "The salty quality of the Sea-water.," answered "Next," "is due to the ad- mixtute of a sufficient quantity of chloride of odium to impart to the aqueons fluid with which it commingles a saline flavor, which is readily recog- nized by the organs. of taste!" "Right," said the teacher. "Go up one! And let me advise you, my son, to study. law when you' leave sghool." I grew discouraged and fnaliyy) I was strongly Tn. & a A 1f it's new it's here. SRE UIE a ------ OF SUTHERLAND'S Popularity is an expression of satisfaction and the Sutherland Shoes would not be so generally popular if they did not give saty isfaction, Swede Pumps, Ribbon Ties, in the new London Smoke Shade and in Golden Brown, "the celebrated Queen Quality make," at ii4, are very popular. 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