The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-02
Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.


From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience 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
alike, there il such a similarity between
them as TO render one which is rich Il valu-
able facts OF benefit TO all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew OF no way of
Judging the future but by the past; aud past
personal experience is of the same nature as
that history which repeats itself.
A representative OF this paper while
~iounging In the lobby OF a prominent New
York hotel. met a 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 10 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 md a
more extensive neld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
~ been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man OF
news had last seen him. Ater some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train of con-
versation and uttered some truths 80 scien-
III and valuable, as To justify their repro
duction in print.
Yes" said the doctor. Il have improved
In health since you last saw me and 1 hope
also In many other ways One thing. how
ever, lhave succeeded In doing, and 1t is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
peciaily. a physician, 10 do and that Ia have
overcome my p~rejudices. 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 TIE stake. Now
l am a physici IN and OF the old school order.
too; but 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
trutn-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain TO be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when 1 knew you in Detroit. / would nave
no sooner thought OF violating the code of
ethics laid down by the profession, or OF pre-
scriblng anything out of the regular order.
than [ would OF a Aputating my hand. Now.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which i 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 1t not. doctor?'
Certainly it is: II is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. 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, l 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 ! am supremeiy indIn-
erent To their laws"
Are the medical fraternity of the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor?'
"Invariably. and 1t is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land TO prescribe any patent medicine what
ever, no matter II 1t is made from an
exact formula. such as physicians
are using every day. You see the code ia
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 foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time OF II; 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, 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 skin of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. / was so badly OF with n compli-
cation Of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared I should nave 10 give up my
practice. For more than n month 1 could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony, and ] was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to go out of
Fthe regular channels and try a: remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
BILE cures II was Erecting; but my prejudice
l did uietly beki in trying the remedy but I
promise you 1 said nothing 10 my brother
Well sir, it was a revelation to me; FOR In ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
did. 1 owe my health fo-dayUand for rs al .hai
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
preiudices faded very rapidly after that / can
assure you. 1 went TO reading extensively
suppose / anaiyzed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
th n E n ! Found .,mn] perfectly Z useless: bslng. com
ing. vast majority Of them ali, however.
/ found made up from prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice; but
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents, and then in very slight Quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stantly. that have more inJuriour matter
ering this said to myself: why should
the medical fraternity be preJudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale and are sold with 4 government
stamp on the wrapper l saw It's manifest
by II no longer. Since that time have pre-.
scribed proprietary remedies neBrly every
day, in my practice, and / have no reason TO
regret having done SO. Why, only q few days
ago l advised a lady Y no was suffering from
q serious female difiiculty and displacement
cured me. l saw her this morning and she
Is nearly well; the pain and are
are all gone and she Is around as usual. We
have no right In the medical fraternity to SIT
back and declare there Is no improvement
or advancement, or that we have n monop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has given
TO There are great changes going
on in every department OF life and there are
great developments in medicine Ms we'll,
Thousands OF people die every year from
supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints. when In reality II is from trichi-
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and It's work is
brown on the kidneys; they become over.
tworked and break down, and SO the poison
gets into the blood Instead OF being thrown
neys and liver is ever troubled with malarint
and II IL the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow TO get Into the blood
that clog the capillaries o: the lungs ant