The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-25
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.


MS Revelations upona Subject Of Vital In
ieFest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience OF any one of education
and learning extending over a long period OF
time must necessarily be valuable. and
while no two experiences in this world are
alike. there Is such a similarity between
them as TO render one which is rich in valu-
able facts of beneht 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 as
that history which repeats Itself.
| A representative of this paper while
ionngtng 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
mis- 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 find a
more extensive field 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. After some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
tine 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, Ihave succeeded in doing, and 1t is one
Oh hardest things for any one, and es-
I nloiuIr n rlx~.G~f--
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 bIgetry q,
the worst order. and of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at the stake. Now
l am a physici an and OF the old school order.
100 but have after years OF experience and
observation come TO the conclusion that
ruin Is the highest of al things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the wnv nj
truth-so much the worse for them-tbev 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-
scriDing anything out OF The regular order
n would of a rputating my hand. Now.
however. 1 prescribe and advise those
things which l believe to be pdapted to cure.
and which my experience has proven 10 be
such.r
This Is rather an unusual way for n pby-
sician To talk is it not, doctor?''
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside of our
code of ethics. bur l have grown far beyond
the code. l have all / 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. I pre.
scribe medicines every day, some of them
so-calied patent medicines, which would
render me liable TO expulsion from The med.
icai fraternity. but / am supremacy ipdia-
erent to their avs"
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 il is 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 10 keen the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab
nshed practice ofthe older ones. This IL
largely the reason why young physicians
nave such n hard time OF IL; they are fet-
tered by the code. and ave 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. 1 obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however, from having bcen
cured after all my care and the skill of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. l was SO badly on with a compli-
cation OF troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that l reared l should have TO give up my
practice. For more than a month 1 couId
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony, and ] was suffering all the
while. some one advised me to go ont M
the regular channel and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite amoas for the remarka a.
BILE cures IL was efrecting; but nv preIuaioa
was altogether too strong for thai Gowexar
I uio uietiy neeln Trying the remedy but [
promise you / said nothing 10 my protner
physicians. or even to my nmily about n
ell sir, II was q revelation TO me; for In ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
operate so rapidly or SO effectuailv an ihaf
did, l owe my health ~to-day-and for an /
xnow. my ne also-to the remedy known as
was the starting point with me, and my
preiudice faded very rapidly after thar I can
~ you. a Woh W reading extensively
and analyzing more extensively. and /
p analy zed all the leading proprie.
tary medicines that are made. MANY OF
them l found perfectly useless, being com
pounded simply oil water with a little flavor.
ing. A vast majority of them ali, however
found made up from prescriptions used by
out of the entire number / found onIy two
that contained absolutely harmfnI ingre.
dients, and then in very slight quantities.
indeed we are prescribing things con
sLantiy that have more inJuriour matter
N them than they had. Aner discov'
those prescriptions which they are writinc
every dry, simply because they are NM M
by wholesale and are sold with a government
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
by u no longer. since that time i have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neerly every
day, IN my practice, and / have no reason 10
regret having done so. Why, only n few DAYS
ago ! advised a lady " ho was suffering from
a serions femaled difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. l saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation az
are all gone and she is around as usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity To sij
back and declare there is no Improvement
or advancement. or that we have a monop-
Oily OF the remedies which nature has given
TO There are great changes coins
on in every department OF life and there art
great developments In medicine as well
Thousands of people die every year from
supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or othel
complaints. when in reality,it Is from trichi
ma, and The result OF eating poorly cooke e
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
cases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver
The liver becomes clogged, and Its work n
brown on the kidneys; they become over
tworkeda and break down, and so the poisol
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
from thesystem. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver is ever troubled with malaria
and 1t Is the poisonous particles which thes,
diseased organs allow TO get into the Lioo.