| Show and plain not many years ago the title of doctor was considered justly as ai honor and an evidence of sound education and training the extraordinary fondness in this country for titles of all kinds especially those of doctor professor and colonel or some military equivalent has taken away all the prestige from the name the druggist at the corner is a doctor the chiropodist is a professor and the advertising columns of some newspapers are em blazoned with pictures of these long haired doctors and prof essora to a man who has been a groom the bestowal of doctor medicines no doubt still confers an honor but on the whole the title has become rather a trade mark and a convenient means of unobtrusive advertisement rather than a badge of distinction or evidence of scholarly attainment there seems to be a growing feeling that after all the title of mister ia as noble a one aa a gentleman needs or can desire this is the title that i almost now n distinction among medical men who feel their own strength and rest on their consciousness of being masters of their art the good old title of mister which tome of the beat men in the profession find ample for all social and professional purposed it is certainly infinitely more honorably hono rabla than uny or unwarranted uso of the title of doctor and I 1 see many indications that this view ia shared by the professional and by many who think they have a right by courtesy to something more new york herald |
