The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-24
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations upona Subject OF Vital


His Revelations Upon a Subject Of Vital
ieresi TO All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience OF any one Of education
and learning extending over q long period o
time must necessarily be valuable. hne
while nc two experiences In TINS worio ar
alike. there Is such q similarity between
them As 10 render one which is rich In vslu'
able facts OF bensnt 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 natuis al
| mat history which repeats itself.
representative OF this paIsa bile
| Iounging Il the lobby Of q prominsnt New
York hotel, met . gentleman whom he had
known years before In the city OF Detroit,
but whom he had not seen before for . num-
Der OF years. When the knight OF the quin
had last seen this gentleman, he was giving
bus entire time and attention TO an extensive
| medical practice, and was on the crest oil the
wave of popularity From Detroit he re-
moved to New YORK where he could md .
more extensive nsld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
Is been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man 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 sinex3 on last saw me and 1 hope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever, Ihavs kucceeded In doing. and It Is one
9 the hardest things tor any one. and es-
pecially a physician. to do and that Isl nave
overcome my p~rejudices. You know there
are some people who prefer 10 remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
fest right. such prejudice leaus 10 bigotry OF
the worst order, and Of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
whom people were burned a the stake. Now
I am q physici an 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 II
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way OF
much the worse Tor them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner Or later. Why.
when 1 knew you in Detroit. I 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.
,han [ would OF q -putating my hand Now.
however. L prescribe and advise those
things which ! belitv e TO be adapted to cure,
and which my experience has proven to be
such"
.srhis is rather an unusual way for . ply
stefan to tails. is 1t not. DOCTOR"
.Certainly 1t Is: 1t is way outside OF our
eode OF ethfcs. bur have grown mar beyond
the code. have all 1 can attend to. and am
a.tarntnad To he 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, when wound
render me liable TO expulsion from tne meo-
fcal fraternity. but L am supremacy ih"in-
erent TO their laws
Are the medical fraternity Dime country
combined against proprietary meoicinss'
DOCTOR"
Invariably, and IL Is sumcient GROUND ior
expulsion from any medical society In the
land to prescribe any patent medicine WHAT
ever. no matter II IL - maas from an
exact formula, such a. physicians
are using every day. You sec the oode Is
established and sustained py oio pnysicians,
like myself who mako the rules n insist
-. .na rforcarnen in order In keen tho
P-"..-- -. ah,.,.,rn c~,,hold
younger DOCTORS from obtaining ioo'noio
and RnCrOAC1lQK nDOu Ln6 HlIGAu1 hlAD
,,shaa nrac,,ca ortha older ones This ia
nsne1
largely the reason why young pnssicians
have such a hard time of 1t; they are fet-
$500 hv tho ooaa ana have only their per-
practice
.uow ala Won come tn get such heretical
s,.S.
Ideas as these. DOCTOR?
~, - nv xnar.n,a
nh,.,naa ~ A., ,daas
mon the subject. however. from having been
n.ad arar ali nv care and thu AKIN of NV
cured sler an ~ eaie ana
ma wby. was 40 badly on with a comp.i-
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consequently Imperfect kidneys and liver,
that 1 feared 1 should ave TO give up my
"-.s ro-mora ,h.n r,or,n T cor,d
not sit down or get up without the most In
tepse asony. and was suffering ali the
While some one advised me 70 20 out Of
"a. bccominr quite famous for the remarka.
bic cures It was enecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However,
/ did uietly besin trying the remedy but l
promise you 1 SAID notnlng 70 my orotner
physicians. or even 70 my inmlly about ~.
my medical experience 1 i never saw anything
operate SO rapialy OF 80 enec.uaiiy Ms tnat
did. 1 ny neaibn eu.oay-ano lot All l
know. my lie a.so-to the remedy known as
SAFE kidney aud Liver cure. That
was the starting point Win me- and my
~preiudices iaded very rapidly alter That 1 can
assure you. 4 went 70 reading extensively
and analyzing more extensiveiy. ana l
suppose ! analy zea al tne lea9ing Proprie.
tary medicines that are made; Many OF
them 1 iounu periectiy useiess, Deing COM
pounded Imply OF water win iitt.e mavor-
ing. va majority OF them au, however,
iound made up nom prescripuons used py
pnysicians IN tnelr every gay psac.ice' Dus