The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-25
Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
Ms Revelations vpons Subject OF vital :
ierest to All.
Mis- Revelations Upon. Subject OF vital
From The Detroit Free Press.


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 natuIu ss
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper nile
lounging in the lobby of a prominent New
York hotel. met = 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 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 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-
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 / hope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever. Ihave succeeded In doing, and it is one
OF the hardest things tor any one, and es-
pecially.a physician. TO do and that Is I 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
/ 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
Luth-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when 1 knew you in Detroit. 1 would nave
no sooner thought OF violating the code Of
ethics laid down by the profession, or or pre-
scribing anything out of the regular order.
than 1 would offs bputating my hand. Now.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things. which i believe TO be nd apt 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 1t is; 1t Is way outside OF our
code Of ethics. buI1 l have grown far beyond
the code. have all 1 can attend to, and am
determined to be honest with my patients
and with mankind. whether my brother
- a WAthm LII OF not. why. Il Dre-
scribe medicines every day, some OF them
so-cailed patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
icai fraternity. but 1 am Supremacy indid-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity of country
combined against proprietary medicines.
d~octor?r
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 nm
exact formula, such as physioians
are using every day. You see the code In
established and sustained by old physicians.
ike myself. who make the rules and insist
upon their enforcemtn mt In order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and eneroaching upon the already estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This ia
largely the reason why young pbysicians
have such a hard time of It,; they are fet-
tered by the code. and have only their mar
sonal Influence to depend upon in secpr,na
practice.n
How did you come to get such here,ical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
"Oh, they are the result of my experienee
and observation. / obtained nv first ideas
upon the subject. however, from having been
cured after all my care and the skill OF nv
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. I was so badly OF with n commit
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia ana
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver
that l feared I should have to give up nv
practice. For more than a month / couId
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to 90 nm. nj,
the regular n and try a. ren1etv shot
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
Die cures !, was edecting; but my prejudice
did uietly bekin trying the remedy but
promise you 1 SAID nothing 10 my protner
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me. Tor IN al;
my msaical experience l never saw anything
S SpIda I ow se m paPi Sss,f Or 80 siiectuaiiy az thai
know. my life also-to the remedy known as
warmers Safe Kidney aud Liver Cure. maj
~prejudices faded very rapidly after thai + cayy
assure you. 1 went 10 reading extensiveiv
anu anaiyzing more extensively, and I
suppose analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. MANY Of
snem I found perfectly useless, being com
Ing. vast majority OF them all. howeyer
l found made up from prescriptions used by
out OF the entire number. i found onIy tso
tnat contained absolutely harmful ingre-
d dnda and then In very slight quantities.
SANITY that have more injuriour matter
ering his said to myself: why should
thnd tlcy nhu. After diRCOy.
the medical fraternity be preiudiced aoains,
those prescriptions which they are wri:in".
every day, simply because they are put up
py Wnoiesaie and are sold with q government
stamp on the wrapper. 1 saw It's maniiest
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
by u no longer. Since that time / have nre.
scribed proprietary remedies nearly every
day, In my practice, and 1 lave no reason 10
regret haying done so. Why, only a few days
ago 1 ADVISED a lady v ho was suffering nom
a serious female difficulty and displacement
70 use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
nnTad ms A Nr hnr thta
Is nearly well; the pain and inflammation aie
are all gone and she Is around us usual. We
nave no right In the medical fraternity to sit
or Advancement. or that we have a mouop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
on In every department OF life and there are
great developments In medicine as well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
imposed typhoid fever, heumatism or other
complaints, when in reality IL is from trIcbi.
ma, and the result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork A vas, majority OF ali dis
eases arse from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and It's work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
gets into the blood instead or being thrown
from the system. No one with perfect Kid
neys and liver y ever troubled with malaria;
ana Ills the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get Into the blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the seque to scnrletina, when in
reality ~ II. diseased Kidneys which hive
become weakened by the fever they have
just had. Hero 10 another strange thing not
one In ten people who have diseased kidneys
notice any pain in The Vicinity OF the Kid.
neys for these organs lose their nervous sen.
sibilities when they become diseased, and
other ways"
well. doctor, you hsve got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound very
reasonable TO me-
WELL. whether tney are reasonable or not.
/ have demonstrated TO my own satisfaction
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