The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-27
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
his Revelations Upona Subject OF Vital In
tsrest to Ali.



and learning extending over a long period %
! time must necessarily be valuable. and
while no two experiences In this world are
alike. there is such . similarity between
| them as to render one which is rich in valu-
| able facts OF benent to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew of no way OF
judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience is OF the same nature rs
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper while
lounging In the lobby of a prominent New
York hotel. met q gentleman whom he had
known years before in the city OF Detroit,
but whom he had not seen before for a num-
Der OF years When the knight Of the quill
had last seen this gentleman. he was giving
his entire time and attention to an extensive
medical practice, and was on the crest OF the
wave of popularity. From Detroit he re-
moved to New York where he could nnd a
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
p~erience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
ly been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man of
news had last seen aim. Amer some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
tihc and valuable. as to justify their repro
duction in print
lScS nAio Il 0octoAs lave lIupf0Ncu
in health since you last saw me and 1 hope
also in many other way One thing. how
ever. Ihave succeeded In doing. and 1t is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
peciallyIa physician. TO do and that Is 1 nave
overcome my prejudices. You know there
are some people who prefer to remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
fest right. Such prejudice leads to bigotry OF
the worst order. and of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at the stake. Now
1 am q physicis an and OF the old school order.
too; but 1 have after years of experience and
observation come TO the conclusion that
truth is the highest OF AL things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way of
truth-so much the worse for them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when 1 knew you In Detroit. 1 would have
no sooner thought of violating the code OF
ethics laid down by the profession, or of pre-
scribing anything out OF the regular order,
than I would OF q nputating my hand. Now.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which 1 believe to be adapted To cure, |
and which my experience has proven to be
such"
This is rather an unusual way for a ply
stefan to talk, Is It not. DOCTOR"
Certainly It is: It Is way outside of our
code of ethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. l have all l can attend to. and am
determined TO be honest with my patients
and with mankind. whether my brother
physicians are with me or not. Why. / pre-
scribe medicines every day, some OF them
so-called patent medicines. which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but l am supremacy indin.
erent to their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity Of the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
DOCTOR"
"Invarlably. and 1t is sufficient ground for
expulsion nom any medical society In the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ev er. no matter II 1t IL made from an
exact formula. such as physicians
are using every day. You see the code Is
established and sustained by old physicians,
like myself. who make the rules and insist
upon their enforcement in order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothoid
and encroaching upon the already estab:
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time of IT.; they are fet-
tered by the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon in securing
practice"
allow did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. / obtained my first ideas
upon the subject. however. from having been
cured after all my care and the skill of my
professional brethren had failed 70 relieve
me. Why was so badly on with q compli-
cation OF troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared I should have TO give up my
practice. For more than q month / could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering ali the
while. Some one advised me to go out of
the regular channels and try a: remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarha-
was altogether too strong for that. Howeysr
promise you 1 said nothing 10 my brother
physicians. or even to my family about it.
sir, II wa. q revelation TO me; nor in ali
did. / owe my health ~so-day@and for ss All snai
warmers safe Kidney Kidney and md EIsiW VsT Su neoE Tb a.
was the starting point with me. and my
prsiudi Zee. faded very rapidly amer that ! can
suppose ! analysed ali the leading proprie.
them 4 found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF wafer with . little flavor.
i found made up nom prescriptions nSweS ~
out OF the entre number 1 found only two
dients, and then in very slight quantities,
Indeed We are prescribing things con
ering this I said to myself: why should
IN them b they had. Amer discov.
those @s satcS 6 6sionn Ebi be b%psfSs! sy s1s s Hg,,,ns
by Wholesale andare sold With sgovernmenRR
aSsufSdity an: and reso I | that i / Would uis be Souna
by Il no longer. since that time I have pre-
sSrioe ed propristary remedies nesrly every
ago / advised q lady no was suffering rom
TO use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. saw her this morning and she
are ali gone and she Is around as usual We We
have NO right in the medical fraternity to sit
back and declare there 10 no Improvement
oily or the remedies which nature haa Stven
70 mankind. There are great changes going
great developments In medicine as Weii.
sappcssd typhoid issver.rseu% sss sse OF otSen
ma, and the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority Of all dis
The liver becomes ciogged, and its work is
thrown on the kldneys; they become over
worked and bFsss down, and % Tie poison
nom the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver y ever troubled with malaria;
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercies and consumption. Thou
droPey a. the sequel TO scarletina, when in
reality 1t 10 diseased kidneys which have
just had. Here In another strange thing: not
one In ten people who have diseased kidneys
notice n pain In the vicinity OF the kid
neyn Tor these organs lose their nervous sem
siblities when they become diseased, and
the symptoms are shown in hundreds Of
other waya."
swell, doctor, you hsve got some new
truths here. certainly but they sound very
reasonable 70 me-
swsli, whether .ney are r~ea.onaale or not.