The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-08
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon Subject Of Vital
ierest to All.
From the Dstroit Fres PrasS
His Revelations upona Subject OF Vital


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 yalu-
able facts OF benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew of no way
Judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience Is of the same nature as
thai history which repeats itself.
A representative Of this paper lille
~lounging 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 10 New YORK where he could ind a
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
perience. 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 maj OF
news had last seen him. Alter some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
tinc 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 l hope
also In many other ways One thing, how
ever. have succeeded in doing, and 1t is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
pecially.a physician. TO do and that is 1 have
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 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 If
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 l 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 [ would ola nputating my hand. Now,
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which l 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 1t is: it is way outside OF our
code ofethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. AVE 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, 1 pre-
scribe medicines every day, some OF them
so-called patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
icai fraternity. but 1 am supremely 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 IL 1t is made from an
exact formula, such as physicians
are using every day. You see the Gods is
established and sustained by old physicians,
like myself. who make the rules and insist
upo their enforcement in order TO keep the
younger doctors from obtaining n foothold
and eneroaching pom the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time OF IT; they are fet-
teredb by the code, and nave only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon In securing
practice"
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
"0h, they are the result of my experience
and observation. / obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however, from having been
cured after all ny care and the skill 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 l feared / should have TO give up my
practice. For more than a month l could
not sit dow or get up without the most In
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to go out of
the regular channels and try n. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
BILE cures 1t was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. However.
/ did uietly beg in trying the remedy bnt I
promise you / SAID nothing TO my protner
physicians. or even to my family about 1t.
Well sir, It was a revelation to me; for In all
my medical experience l never saw anything
operate SO rapidly or SO efectually Ms that
did. 1 owe my health ~to-day-and for all 1
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warner'sS Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Tina
was the starting point with me, and my
~preiudices faded very rapidly after that / can
assure you. / went TO reading extensively
and analysing more extensively, and i
suppose ! analysed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many oil
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded amply OF wafer with a little flavor
ing. a VAST InuJOTlLy OF tnem all, however,
| l found made up from prescriptions used BY
physicians in their every day practice; but
out of the entire number. 1 found oniy two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents, and then in very slight quantities.
Indeed we are prescribing things con
ering this l said to myself: why should
in them than they had. After discov
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 agovernment
sibamp pn s and weaPPefd tina, fn Won as b ma hn !
by 1t no longer. Since that time / have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day.. In my practice, and 1 have no reason to
regret having done SO. Why, only n few days
ago l advised a lady v no was suffering from
n serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. l saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation 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 a 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 as well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints. when in reality 1t is from trichi-
ma, aud the result of eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver
The liver becomes clogged, and It's work is
thIowa on the kidneys; they become over.
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
from thesystem. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver is ever troubled with malaria
and II is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capillaries o: tho lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands o fchildren are dying every year IRON
dropsy US the sequel to scarletina, when In
reality 1t Is dis eased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had. Here Is another strange thing no
one in ten people who have diseased kidney
notice any pain in The vicinity of the hid
neys for these organs lose their nervous sen
sibtlities when they become diseased, ant
the symptoms are shown in hundreds o
other ways
"Well, doctor, you have got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound yery