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Show JZS JZf JcS IS Artistic Temperament ByCeor3eHarvcy. HI MediCUie. OMEBODY has recently raised tho question ns to whether tho old-style doctor, with his queer, curt, stern manner, has really r disappeared, or Is merely superseded by n spirit ot the samo . typo who has learned to bo politic nmong thoso ot his patients I from whom he mny expect a good consideration for his services. Without golug too deeply into particularities, it seems to us J that tho ethics of tho profession havo not merely Improved, but I havo been actually regenerated. Tho artistic temperament can J belong to a man of genius, but this Is exceptionally tho case, nnd nowhero moro so than In tho medical profession. Of true geniuses In uiedlclno thero havo been not n few, and by no means havo all of theso attained tho distinction and received the honor of n Harvey or n Jenncr, however worthy; but, like great men everywhere, every-where, they were chnactcrlzed by that unobtruslvcncss, that altruism, that lack of pretense, which demands no pralso nnd has need of none. Such, by their modesty nnd sympathy for the weaknesses of mankind, havo made tho world a moro habitable place and havo set nloft noble ideals for future generations. False geniuses, llko false prophets In general, have over been plentiful nmong doctors, but It Is needless, to say that the profession, ns a whole, has deciled them and refused them recognition. Of such nre tho obstreperous nnd pretentious quncks who demand for themselves undeserved encomiums, nnd In matters Involving standards of taste aro absolutely incompetent. "Art for nrt's sako" forms no part of their creed, whllo selfishness nnd uvnrlco produco tho Inevltablo result viz., n perfect.lack of sympathy for tho foibles or Immunity and that disobedience to every ninudato of conscience which only tho absolutely abso-lutely bigoted and unscrupulous can show. Tho eccentric may bo defined us nn Individual of nverngo ability who derives de-rives Jils chief Inspiration from his own self-glory. Conscnuentlv. lm on- tlrely a belt-ccutred person whoso lovo of tlfo conspicuous Is manifest In long, shaggy hair nnd English trousers of tho greatest possible width nnd most impossible pattern. Whether thero bo such who piactlco tho hcnllng art or not v.o do not know, but, In any case, tho delusion ns to his greatness Is harmless enough, and so easily diagnosticated ns to be unworthy ot serious attention. Tho Old School seldom produced the scholnr, and nlmost never produced tho refined gentlemnn, nnd ln this lies Its chief distinction from thnt of to-day. Its.dlschples wero bt usque, sometimes boorleb, nnd often abrupt to the point of Insult, yet beneath It nil-lay tho kindly spirit nnd tho generosity begot by a life spent In tho toivlco of mankind. Somo of us enn remember tho country doctor of long ngo who, summoned nt midnight to u severo enso ot pneu-mori- let us sny, would ride a dozen miles through mud nnd slush, upbraid his patient most unceremoniously, and tVon proceed to glvo tho minutest dl-rtcllons dl-rtcllons to tho nttendnnts, with a parting word to "send for nn ngaln If ho gets worse." But times havo changed. Tho New School demands tho best-men best-men liberally educated 111 our universities, who enn combine absolute firmness with unequivocal politeness. Tho polished gentleman Is coming Into the ranks, nnd thero is less occasion for tho nrtistlc temperament In medicine to-dny than ever before. Tho entire question Is ono of encouragement In Idiosyncrasy and of lguorauco la matters of taste.-llnrpcr'a Weekly, |