The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-06
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations vpOna Subject Of Vital
terest 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 benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew of mo way
judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experiences is OF the same natuIu as
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper lille
Longing 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 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 held for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the dector's 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.
"les," 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 IL Is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
peciallyia physician, to do and that is | 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
l am a physici IN and OF the old school order,
too, but l 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 fhem-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when l knew you In Detroit, l 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 I would ofa nputsting 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 n ply
sician TO talk, is 1t not, DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside OF our
code OF ethics. bun l have grown far beyond
the code. 1 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, ! 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 l am supremacy indif-
| erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity of the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor?''
"Invariably, and II is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
eye r, no matter If 1t 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 to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining q foothold
and eneroaching upon The already estab.
lishcd practice ofthe older ones. This is
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. doctoI?'
"Oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. 1 obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however from having been
cured after all my care and the skill OF my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. I was so badly OF with a compli-
cation of troubles including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that / feared 1 should have TO give up my
~.,ta E4r fIat IN month 7 .o-t
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
the regular channels and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
Bile cures 1t was Erecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However.
/ did uIetly begin trying the remedy but |
promise you 1 SAID nothing TO my brother
physicians, or even to my family about it.
Well sir, IL was a revelation to me; for in all
my medical experience never saw anything
operate SO rapidly or SO efectually rs that
did. 1 1--WE my health to-day-and for all 1
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me. and my
prejudices faded very rapidly after that I can
assure you. ! went TO reading extensively
and analysing more extensively, and !
suppose 1 analy Zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many of
them 1 found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF wafer With little flavor-
ing. A vast majority OF them all, however,
l iound MAGE Up rom prescription used by
out of the entire number. / found only two
that contained absolutely harmful lngre-
dents, and then in very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stantly. that have more inJurlour matter
in them than they hnd After discov.
the medical fraternity be preJudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
by wholesale and are sold with d government
stamp on the wrapper: l saw its manifest
by 1t no longer. Since that time l have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neBrly every
day. in my practice, and / have no reason to
regret having done so. Why, only u few days
ago 1 advised a lady v ho was suffering from
a terious 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 IL 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 II Is from trichi-
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF ali dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes logged, and Its work is
WORK ed and break down. and so the poison
gets into the blood instead of being thrown
neys and liver is ever tro1bied with malaria;
and 1t is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel to scarletina, when In
reality 1t is discussed kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had. Here Is 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
the symptoms are shown in hundreds Of
other ways"
'Well. doctor, you hs.ve got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound very
reasonable to me-"
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