THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 7, 1899.
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it. When Copernicus and Galileo A. E. G ammage , President,
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FACULTY
they demonstrated—to their own
E D IT H T E N L E Y C L A R K E , M. D.,
W M . F. TA IT, M. D., D ean ,
Professor
of G eneral and E x p erim e n tal
entire satisfaction—the folly of all Professor of In s titu te s of M edicine an d
Physiology.
Surgery.
rationalistic attempts to explain
W. E . W IN S K E L . M. D .,
W M . W . COOK, A. M ., M. D.
what revelation only could make Professor of Science of M edicine, T h e ra ­ P rofessor of G eneral and D escriptive
A natom y and Surgical E m ergencies.
peutics and M ateria M edica.
clear. When Darwin explained
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R. V. W A G N ER , M. D.,
C H A R L E S E. BO W ER S, M. D.,
the origin of species through varia­ Professor
Professor of E lectro -T h erap eu tics.
of P ractical and C linical M ed­
icine.
tion and natural selection, the pre­
E D W A R D D. W A H L , M . D „
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of P hysics, C h em istry , U r in ­
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tensions of biology were completely
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and Toxicology.
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System , and G eneral Pathology and
H O W A R D TAYLOR SM IT H , D, D. S.,
L e c tu re r on nervous Diseases.
Professor of D ental Surgery.
critics (they thought and said so)
H O M E R O. BATES, M. D.,
W . E . W IN S K E L , M. D .,
by the extremely simple device of Professor
of M edical an d Surgical G y n ­
D em o n strato r of A natom y.
aecology.
the “deadly parallel column.” Was
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not Cuvier a great anatomist, and
Professor of O perative and C linical S u r­
AN LON FR A N K ,
had
he
ever
taught
this
nonsense
gery an d Surgical D iagnosis.
On th e follow ing and
D em o n strato r of Surgical In stru m e n ts
JO S E P H H . G R E E R , M. D „
about the mutability of species?
k in d red S u b jects:
an d O rthopedical A ppliances.
Professor of M edical and Surgical G en-
Was not Agassiz the most learned ito -U rin a rv Diseases and D erm atology.
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S e lf C o n tro l
to say about Darwinian vagaries? Professor of M edical Ju risp ru d e n c e an d
A p p aratu s.
In sa n ity .
Had
he
not
proved,
over
and
over
S e if R e s p e c t
FR A N K S. L E W IS ,
H . W . S C A IF E , M. A., M. D.
In s tru c to r in L atin .
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