the evolution of modern medicine(现代医药的演变)-第61章
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generations before tuberculosis is placed at last; with leprosy and typhus;
among the vanquished diseases。 Education; organization; cooperation
these are the weapons of our warfare。 Into details I need not enter。 The
work done by the National Association under the strong guidance of its
secretary; Mr。 Farrand; the pioneer studies of Trudeau and the optimism
which he has brought into the campaign; the splendid demonstration by
the New York Board of Health of what organization can do; have helped
immensely in this world…wide conflict。
SOME years ago; in an address at Edinburgh; I spoke of the triple
gospel which man has publishedof his soul; of his goods; of his body。
This third gospel; the gospel of his body; which brings man into relation
with nature; has been a true evangelion; the glad tidings of the final
conquest of nature by which man has redeemed thousands of his fellow
men from sickness and from death。
If; in the memorable phrase of the Greek philosopher; Prodicus; 〃That
which benefits human life is God;〃 we may see in this new gospel a link
betwixt us and the crowning race of those who eye to eye shall look on
knowledge; and in whose hand nature shall be an open bookan approach
to the glorious day of which Shelley sings so gloriously:
Happiness And Science dawn though late upon the earth; Peace
cheers the mind; health renovates the frame; Disease and pleasure cease to
mingle here; Reason and passion cease to combat there; Whilst mind
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unfettered o'er the earth extends Its all…subduing energies; and wields The
sceptre of a vast dominion there。
(Daemon of the World; Pt。 II。)
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