The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-01
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a sublse, OF vital
terest 10 All.


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 ii valu-
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 mature as
that 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 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 maj 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.
Aess saAu me uoctors Il nave improved
In health since you last saw me and l 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-
pecially.a physician. 10 do and that is have
overcome my p~reJudices. You know there
are some people who prefer to remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
Test 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 conclus ion TINT
truth is the highest of al things. and that IL
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, l 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. 1 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 unusua way for a ply
sician to talk, is Il not, doctor?n
Certainly 1t Is; 1t is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, bur 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
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
icai fraternity. but 1 am supremacy indif-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity Of the country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctor?r
Invariably. and /. is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land TO prescribe any patent medicine what
ever, no matter II it 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
youneer doctors from obtaining a foothold
and enoroaching upon the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This Ia
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, doctor?"
"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 NV
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. l was SO badly Off with n compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver,
that l feared l should have TO give up my
nFaatiaa For fLn,.
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 hannelsa and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remark
bic cures IL was enecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. Goweyar
/ did uletly begin trying the remedy but [
promise you l said nothing TO my protner
physicians. or even to my family about IL.
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me; FOR in ali
my medical experience 1 never saw awning
did, 1 owe my health to-day~and for ali /
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
warmers safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
prejudices faded very rapidly after that 1 can
assure you. l went TO reading extensively
and Analysing more extensively. and !
suppose / analy zed ali the leading ~nronrie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them l iound perfectly useless, being com
ing. A vast majority OF them ali. however.
l found made up from prescriptions used by
out of the entire number. i found oniy two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents and Their in very slight quantities.
stlntly 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
stamp on the wrapper. l saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved that l would be bound
by ~ no Longer. since that time l have pre-
scrlbed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, in my practice, and l have no reason To
regret having done SO. Why, only a few days
ago 1 advised a lady v no was suffering from
a serions female difficulty and displacement
TO use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me- 1 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 10 sit
back ana declare there Is no Improvement
or advancement, or that we have a monop-
oily of the remedies which nature has gwen
70 mankind. 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
ma, and the result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority of all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and its work is
thrown on the kidneys they become over
worked and break down, and so the poison
gets Into the blood instead of being thrown
rom thesystem. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
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 II Is diseased kidneys which have
Just had. Here is mother 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 haye got some NOW