The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-09
Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon Subject Of Vital In
terest 10 All.

and learning extending over a long period O
time must necessarily be valuable. anC
while no two experiences in this world ar,
alike. there Is such q similarity between
them as to render one which Is rich in valu'
able facts OF beneft TO all. Americas great,
est orator declared that he knew Of no way o
Judging the future hut by the past; and pas
personal experience is of the same nature a.
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper while
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 10 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 lind 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. Auer some general
talk, the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
tihc 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 1 hope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever, Ihave succeeded in doing. and II is one
of the hardest things for any one. and es-
pecially a physician, to do and that Is l 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 10 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 III order,
too; but have after years of experience and
observation come to the conclusion that
truth is the highest of IL things, and that II
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 / 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 regularyDrder.
than | would Of a 1 putating my hand. Now,
however. I prescribe and advise those
things which | belle We 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 II not. doctor"
Certainly 1t is: It is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, bur | have grown far beyond
the code. have all ! 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, I 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 i am supremacy inniff-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctore.'
"InvarIably, and IL is suficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ev err, no matter II 1t is mad 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 a foothold
and encroaching upon the already estab.
lished 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
allow did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, doctore'
"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 II my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. l was SO badly of with a compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared 1 should have to give up my
practice. For more than & month 1 could
not sit dow or get up without the most in
tense agony. and l 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 efecting; 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 1t.
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me; for in all
my medical experience 1 never saw anything
S Sida Z ow 70 m paPiSSt cyslt E1 so.d enecsSaiiy fo as al tha !
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
preiudices faded very rapidly after that / can
assure you. i vent TO reading extensively
suppose / snaiszed ali the ieadine pro opd !
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them / ound perfectly useless, being COM
Ing. vast majority Of them ali, however,
I found made up nom prescriptions used by
paye of aae e m Ine num exsry qs 9Sup pa5ae onfs t 6na
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dients, and then In very slight quantities.
stantly. that have. more inJuriour matter
ering this said to myself: why should
IL s msaica ih lssse. snSy BE- as Sie,u As,ss s s!sfSy.
those prescriptions. which they are writing
every day. simply because they are put up
absufdity and resoivedthatT would be hound
scribed proprietary remedies nepriy every
day. in my practice, and I have no reason to
regret having done SO. Why. only a few days
a serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
is nearly well; the pain and Inflammation are
are al gone and she ts around as usual. We
nave NO right in the medical fraternity to sit
oily OF the remedies which nature has given
on in every department p"rln ene q off liz S Smd eser Eo, arg
great developments in medicine as well.
rnonsands or people die ever, year from
complaints. when in reality 1t is from trichi:
ma. aud the result OF eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
Tne liver becomes clogged, and Its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
gets Into the blood Instead OF being thrown
from the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver IL ever troubled with malaria;
and u ID the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get lnto the blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Ti'or
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel TO scarletinn, when In
reality II Is diseased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had. Here ls another strange thing: not
one In ten people who nave diseased kidneys
notice any pain In the vicinity OF the kid
neys for those organs lose their nervous sen
slbilities when they become diseased, and
the symptoms ARE shown In hundreds oil
other ways"