Medicine, My Jealous Mistress...1/18/80....Thomas M Deas MD
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You have camouflaged yourself
Though the Centuries with the Occult.
You have been mysterious,
Shrouded by superstition-
Knowledge of half truths-
Witches and Charlatans-Yet-
You were Exotic!!

Though starved through the Ages
From lack of Ardent Lovers,
You kept your Vigor, your Beauty-Your Intrigue..
Primitive and almost Useless,
You became an almost impotent Seductress-
Yet, you lived to  eventually be nurtured
By such adoring Consorts
As the Greek, Hippocrates,
The Jew, Moses-
The Frenchman, Pasteur-
The Canadian-American, Osler-
And other great men of Science,
Along with thousands of those
Of lesser Stature-such as I...
Who became tantalized by the glimmer of your Light
And the infinite possibilities in your Character.

You had started to bud as a plant
Beginning to bloom-
And TODAY!!!You have achieved the true beauty
Of your Being!
You have relieved much of the suffering
In the World-
Though stymied, at times, by Excesses and Greed
Of the Man you long to heal.

Tomorrow-will you blossom
Into a beautiful Mature Flower,
To bear fruit and the seeds
Of Love and Care??
Or-will you be stifled
By the impersonal Scientific Methods
To TREAT A
NUMBER ????

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Poem by Thomas M. Deas, M.D. <thomasd@sys888.com>

Transcribed by Paul M. Webber on 2 February 2002
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