The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-23
ARich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a Subject Of Vital In.
terest 10 All.


eno 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 rendero one which is rich I'm vain
able facts of benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew OF no way of
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 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 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 find a
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
y 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 sclen-
tinc and valuable. as to Justify their repro-
duction In print.
yes said the doctor, Il have improved
IA since You last saw me and 1 hope
also in many other ways. One thing. how
ever have succeeded in doing, and 1t is one
ofthe hardest things for any one, and es-
pecialy.a physician. to do and that is have
overcome my p~rejudiccs. You know there
are some people who prefer to remain ON the
wrong rather. than acknowledge the mani
lest right Such prejudice leads TO blgotry OF
the worst order. and of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at the stake. Now
i am q physici IN and of the old school order.
too; but l have after years OF experience and
observation come to the conclusion tbat
truth is the highest of al things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of
trutli-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when 1 knew you in Detroit, ] would nave
no sooner thought OF violating the code of
ethics laid dow by the profession, or OF pre-
scribing anything out OF the regular order.
than would Of pputating my hand. Now.
however. / prescribe and advise those
things which I believe TO be adapted TO cure.
and which my experience has proven to be
such.'
This Is rather an unusual way for n ply
sician TO talk is 1t not, doctor?v
"certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside of our
code of ethics. bur have grown far beyond
the code l 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, / 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 l am supremeiy indifr-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctor9'
Invariably, and II is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ever, no matter II II 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
younger doctors from obtaining a foothoId
and encroaching upon the alread, estab
lished practice ofthe older ones. This ia
largely the reason why young physicians
have such q hard time of 1t; they are fet-
teredby the code. and nave only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon I'm securing
practice
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
"Oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. / obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however, from having been
cured alter all my care and the skill of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. / was so badly of with n complI-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia. and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that l feared 1 should have to give up my
practice. For more than a month ! could
not sit down or get up without the most In
fanka nrnnv and I xro -
while. some one advised me TO go out OF
the regular channels and try n remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
bic cures 1t was effecting; but my prejudice |
was altogether TOO strong for that. However
l did uietiy bet In trying the remedy but |
promise you 4 SAID nothing 10 my brother
physicians. or even to my family about il.
Well sir, II was a revelation TO me; for in ali
operate SO rapidly or so effectuaily as tbai
did. ! owe my health to-day-and for all
xWnaorwS;e ny s sife sls9m. a .ne remedy known as
was the starting point with me, and my
~preludices faded very rapidly after that / can
and Analysing more extensively. and
suppose 1 analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them l found perfectly useless. being conn
pounded simply OF water with a little flavor.
ing. a vast majority OF them all. however,
l found made up nom prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice: but
Out OF the entire number. / found only two
o1ah hofoiitCly uHII1IuI lnRTt-
dients, and then in very Slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
ering this ! said to myself: why should
In them than they had. After discoy
the medical Paternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale andare sold with a governmen
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
by 1t no longer. Since that time rave pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neuriy every
day. III my practice. and i hava No raacn nm a.,
regret having done so. Why, only a few DAYS
ago ! advised a lady v no was suffering from
IA 'erions female difficulty and displacement
u use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. 1 saw her this morning and she
IL nearly well; the pain and inflammation are
are all gone and she is around as usual, We
have no right in the medical fraternity to sit
bacE and declare there is no Improvement
oily oSthe remedies which nature has given
10 mankind. There are great changes going
great Development In medicine us well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
imposed yphoid fever, rheumatism or other
ma. aud the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority of ali dis
The liver becomes ciogged. and itss Work rSe +
brown on the kidneys; they become over
tworke ed and break down, and SO the poison
rom thesystem. No one with perfect kid.
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malarla;
and 1t is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capillaries % the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands o fchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel 10 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 OF
other ways"
well, doctor, you hsve got some new
truths here. certainly but they sound very
reasonable 10 me-
"Well. whether Iney are reasonable or not,
I have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
that they are true, ane / propose to stand by