The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-27
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
Mis- Revelations Upona Subject OF Vital
terest to All.
the Detroit Free Press.

FrOln the DclfOlt rIoo EIess-
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 IL such q 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 ONO way
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 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 e2-
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-
lDC anu IA M W laElllI LhtlI TtpID-
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. Ihave succeeded in doing. and 1t is one
OF the hardest things for any one. and es-
pecially. a physician, to do and that isl 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 schoo 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 II
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way of
truIh-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain 10 be crushed sooner or later. Why,
when / knew you in Detroit. / would nave
no sooner thought or violating the code of
ethics laid down by the profession. or OF pre-
scribing anything out of the regular order,
than 1 would OFFS pputating my hand. Now.
however. / prescribe and advise those
thing which / 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 It not. doctorf'
Certainly 1t ia: It Is way outside OF our
code of ethics, bur l nave grown far beyond
the code. have all 1 can attend 10, and am
determined to be honest with my patients
and with mankind, whether my brother
physicians are with me or not. Why, j pre-.
scribe medicines every day. some of them
so-called patent medicines. which would
ender me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but 1 am Supremacy indif-
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 II 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 aud insist
upon their enforcement In order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining 4 foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab,
llshed 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 hereticnl
ideas as these, doctor?"N
"Oh they are the result of my experience
and obser walton. l obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however, from having been
cured after all m y care and the skill OF my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. / was SO badly of with a compli-
cation OF TROUBLES. including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that l feared 1 should have 10 give up my
practice. For more than n month / could
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 it was effecting: but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. However
l did uIetly begin trying the remedy but i
promise you 1 said nothing 10 my brother
Well sir, IL WINS n revelation to me; for In all
my medical experience l never saw anything
S SId, I owe se m rap'h health n TO so-d snecsnaiiy for as al thaf
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney aud Liver Cure. That
prejudices faded very rapidly after that / eau
assure you. / went to reading extensively
and ansiyzihg more extensively, and ]
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them 1 iound perfectly useless, being com
pouadCo III " WhtCI 4 lIllc HAVOC
Ing. vast majority OF them all, however,
i found made up from prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice; but
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents, and then in very slight quantities..
stantly that have more injuriour matter
ering this ! said to MYSELF why should
in them than they had. After discov
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writint,
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale and are sold with n government
stamp on the wrapper. l saw ITS manifest
absurdity and resolved thatI would be bound
by It no longer. Since that time l have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, In my practice, and l have no reason to
regret having done SO. Why, only n few days
ago / advised n lady v ho was suffering from
a 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 AT
are NIL gone and she is around as usual. We
haye no right in the medical fraternity 10 sit
back and declare there is no Improvement
or advancement. or that we have a monop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
to There are great changes going
on in every department OF life and there are
great developments In medicine ms well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
opposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality 1T is from trichi-
ma, and the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority of all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down, and so the poison
gets into the blood instead of being thrown
nom the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
| and IL is the poisonous particles which these
| that clog the capillaries o: the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands OF children are dying every year from
| dropsy as the sequel TO scarletina, when In
reality 1t is diseased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
lust 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 oil
other ways"