The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-19
.ARich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon. Subject. ., Vital


terest to All.
From the Detroit Free Press
The experienoe of any one OF education
and learning extending over q long period Of
time must necessarily be valuable. and
while NO two experiences in this world are
altke. there is such q similarity between
them As 70 render one which Is rich in valu-
abls facts Of benefit to all. Americas great
ast orator declared that he knew OF nc way
Judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience Is OF the same nntuie -
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper lille
loungfng in the lobby Of q PROMINENT New
York hotel, met q gentleman whom he haa
known years before IN the city OF Detroit.
but whom he had not seen before Tor a num-
Der Of years When thek knight OF the gum
had last seen this gentleman. he was giving
hts entire time and attention to an extensive
medical practice. and was on the crest OF the
wave OF popularity. From Detroit ne re-
moved TO New YorK where he could md .
more extensive geld for his talents and ex-
| ,erience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physlcal condition had evident
Is been very much improved. for he was
| looKing much better than when the man OF
| news had last seen him. Atter some general
| talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
| versation and uttered some truths 30 soien-
| the and valuable, as to justify their repro
duction In print
.-Yes." said the doctor. Il have improved
in health since , on last saw me and 1 nope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever. have succeeded in doing. and It Is one
Q the hardest things for any one. ana es-
| pecialiy . physician. to do and that rs nave
| overcome my prejudices. You know there
are some people who prefer to remain on the
| wrong rather thar acknowledge the mani
| fest right. such prejudice ieaas 10 bigotry OF
| the worst order. AID Of precisely the same
| nature as characterized the sixteenth century
| when people were burned at tue stake. Now
1 am q physici IN and OF the old school order,
| too: but nave 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 Tor them-they are
| certain to be crushed sooner OF later. Why,
| when i knew you in Detroit. 1 would nave
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 [ would Of u .putating my hand. Now.
however. 1 prescribe and ADVISE those
things which I belle We to be adapted to cure.
and which my experience has proven to be
such"
This is rather an unusual way for q ply
| stefan TO tails. is It not. DOCTOR"
.Certainly IL is: 1t is way outside OF our
code of ethics, bur | have grown far beyond
the code. 1 4 have all 1 can aL.eud to. and am
| determined to be honest with my patients
and with mankind, whether my brother
| physicians are with me or not Why, I pre-.
scribe medicines every day. some OF them
so-called patent medicines, which would
ender me liable TO expulsion from The mod
ical fraternity. but l AN supremacy indiff-
erent to their avs"
"Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctor?''
"Invariably, and II is sufficient ground for
expulsion nom any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
| ever, no matter II 1t is made from au
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
young err doctors from obtaining q foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab
lshed practice of the older ones. This IL
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time of 1t; they are fet-
tered by the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon In securing
practice
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, doctors"
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. / obtained my first Ideas
upon the subject, however, from having boon
cured after all my care and the skill OF my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. l was SO badly OF with n compli-
cation of troubles, Including dyspepsia, and
consequently Imperfect kidneys and liver.
that I feared 1 should have to give up my
practice. For moro than q month 1 could
not sit Town or get up without the most In
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. some one advised me to 60 out OF
the regular channels and try q remedy that
bic cures II was enecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that However,
promise you / SAID nothing 10 my protner
physicians. or even to my family about 1t.
NV NV m.dicsl e1perience / never saw anyth,nR
did. 1 owe my health to-day-and for all /
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me, and my
p%rs1rei SoS isqe we xery 10 aaP Pe,.G,n aa.e s. aaas ! can
aud anaiyzing more extensively. and /
suppose 1 anaiy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them 1 found perfectly useless, being COM
| pounded imply OF water with q little fiayor-
/ iound made up nom prescriptions used b.;
physicians in their every day practice; but
out OF the entire number. found only two
dients, and then In very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
| ering this / said to myself: why should
in them THAI they had. After discov
the medical FRAT. nifty be ~preludiced against
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale andare sold with Rgovernment
absurdity and resolved thatT would be bound
by It no longer. since that time 1 have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neuriy every
| day, IN my practice, and / have no reason TO
regret having done SO. Why, only a few days
ago / advised y lady y no was suffering from
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. Isaw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation a,e
have no right in the medical fraternity to sit
back and declare there Ia no Improvement
oily OF the remedies which nature has given
to mankind. There are great changes going
on IN every de%psrsmsnr Of m Iifs and there ear are
Thousands or people die every. year from
supposed typhoid FEVER. rheumatism or other
complaints, when In reality II 10 from trichi-
na, aud the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
b liver becomes ciogged, and its work is
thf own on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down, and so the poison
gets into the brood instead of being thrown
nom the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver 10 ever troubled with malaria;
and It IL the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow 10 get into the blood
thai clog the capillaries o. the lung. and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands OF children ure dying every yenr from
dropsy rs tho sequel to scarletina, when in