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York City said recently that during the forty years he 

 had been in business 275 inventions had been made in 

 his factories. Of that number only six had been made 

 by men who were thoroughly acquainted with the busi- 

 ness. The others were brought about by young men 

 working upon small salaries and by apprentices. The 

 man with the thorough knowledge of the work had 

 gone on doing it as his teachers had done. The appren- 

 tice, the young man who knew nothing compared with 

 others, searched for an easier and better way, and thus 

 reached success. Until then he was called a ^^green- 

 horn." From that moment, in the estimation of others 

 and in history, he became a master. 



There have been fewer strides taken in the field of 

 medicine, probably, than in any other branch of science. 

 The man who dared to disclose a new theory was cowed 

 into silence by other physicians. Years ago, when Har- 

 vey dared to announce that the blood circulated through 

 the whole body, he was set upon by a mob. Like Gali- 

 leo, he remained firm. ^^ It does circulate, for all that," 

 was what he said to those who cursed him. 



Why did the physicians of Harvey's time denounce 

 him for proving that the blood circulated through the 

 whole body ? Simply because that discovery showed 

 that they were ignoramuses and had never known how 

 to care for life. If Harvey had discovered a new use for 

 pilocarpine, or a new anaesthetic, or even an antidote for 

 some poison, instead of being persecuted he would have 

 been congratulated by the medical profession of his 

 day. They could stand a slight advancement, but to 

 have it proven to them that they had, through gross ig- 

 norance, treated their patients in such a manner that 

 life was impossible, was too much. 



What Harvey did in his time has since been outdone 

 by another man. He dared go further than physi- 

 cians and medical scientists dreamed of going. Alone 

 he dared advance a new theory, a new system, and fight 

 the abuse and oppression which met him from those 

 who ought to have been the ones to welcome it most. 



