The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-26
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A RICH EXPERIENCE.
What q Prominent and Well
Known New York PhySi-
clan Told a Reporter.
d tro4t Free Frees.

a long period of time must neces-
sarilv he valnable. and while 40 two
experiences in this world are alike.
there is such 4 similarity between them
as to render one which Is rich 10 valu
able facts Of benefit 20 all. America :
creates. orator declared that he knew
Of no way Of judging the futur. hu'
by the past and past personal expo
rience is Of the same nature As that OF
history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper while
lounging in the lobby of prominent
New York hotel. met a gentleman
whom he hai known years before IN
the city OF Detroit. but whom he had
not seen before for a number OF years.
When the knight of the quill had last
seen this gentleman. he was giving
his entire time and attention to an eX-
tensive medical practice, and was on
the crest OF the wave o. popularity.
From Detroit he removed 10 New York
where he could find q more extensive
field for his talents and experience.
Although several years had passed,
the doctors physical condition had ev-
identity very muck improved. for be
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 conversation
and uttered seine truths so scientific
and valuable. as to JUSTIFY their pro-
duction in print.
yes /" said the doctor. Il have
improved in health since you last Saw
me and | hope al o in many other ways.
One thing however, | have succeeded
in DONG, and it is one OF the hardest
things for any one, and especially 2
doctor, to do and that IS | have over
come my pr, julices. You know there
are some people who prefer 10 remain
in the wrong rather than acknowledge
the manifest right. Such prejudice
leads to bigotry of the worst order,
and of precisely the same nature as char
acterized the sixteenth century whcn
people were burned at the take. NO"
am a physician and Of the old school
order. too; but | have, after years OF
experience and observation, come to
the conclusion that truth is the highest
of all things, and that If 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. |
would have no sooner thought of VIC
lating the code of ethics laid down by
the profession, or of prescribing any
thing out of the regular order, than |
would of amputating my hand. Now,
however, | prescribe and advise those
things which | believe to be adapted
to cure, and which my experience
has proven to be SUCH
This is rather an unusual way for
a physician to talk, is it not doctorY'
.'Certainly it is. 1t is way outside
of our code of ethics, but have grown
far beyond the code. | rave all | can
attend to, and am determined to be
honest with my patients and mankind,
whether my brother physicians are
with me or pot. Why. | prescribe
medicines every day, some Of them SO
called patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the
medical fraternity, but am supremacy
Indifferent to their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity Of the
country combined against proprietary
medicines, doctor?'
"Invariablv, and it is sufficient
ground for expulsion from II medi
cal socity in the land to prescribe any
patent medicine whatever, nc matter
if 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 my
self, who make the rules and insist up
on their enforcement in order to keel
the Younger doctors from obtaining 1
foothold and enroaching upon the al
ready established practice of the Older
ones. This is largely the reason why
young pin; %siciaIS have such a hare
time oft they are fettered by the code
and have only their personal infuenc,
to depend upon in securing practice.
Glow did you come to get sucf
heretical ideas as these, doctor?'
"Oh, they are the result Of my *
p~erience and observation. | obtained
my first ideas upon the subject, how
ever. from having been cured after al
my care and the skill of my profession
al brethren had failed to relieve me
Why, was 50 badly off with a CON
~plicauon of troubles, including dvs
pepsa, and consequently imperfec'
kidneys ard liver, that | feared
should have to give up my practice
FOR more than month [ could not ii,
down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and | was suffering al
the while. Some one advised me tC
90 out Of the regular channels and Try
a remedy that WAY becoming quite Ia
mons for the rem .rkahlc cures it wa:
efecting; but my prejudice was alto
oether too strong for tnat. However
did quietly be-!: trying the remedy
but | promise you | said nothing to my
brother physicians. or even to my fam
ily about it. Well. sir, it was a reve.
latiop to me; Tor in all my medical x
p%erience | never saw anything operate
81 rapidly or 50 etfectulily as that did
owe my health to day and for all
know, my life a'so-to the remedy
known as Warmers Safe Kidney anc
Liver Cure. That was the starting
point with me. and my prejudices fadeG
very rapidly after that ! can assure You
went to reading extensively and an
alyzing more extensively, and supp"s'
analysed al The leading proprietar,
medicines that are made. Many .
them found perfectly useless, BEN:
: compounded simply of water with
little favoring. A vast Minority o
!. them all, however, | found made up 0
prescriptions used by physicians II
their every day practice; but out o
the entire number [ found only tive
that contained absolutely harmful in
gradients and then in very slight guam
t,t;.C Indeed we are DrescrIbin,