The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-10
Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations upona Subject OF Vital
terest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.

| and learning extending over q 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 render one which is rich In valu-
| able facts OF benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew of N way
| Judging the future but by the past: and past
| personal experience Is of the same natuio a.
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper bile
lounging in the lobby OF o prominent New
York hotel, met q gentleman whom he had
known years before In the city OF Detroit,
but whom he had not seen before for q 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 and a
more extensive neld 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 han when the mai 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 since GU last saw me and l hope
also in many other ways. One thing. how
ever, Ihave succeeded In doing. and 1t Is one
9 the hardest things for any one. and es-
pecially. a physician. to do and that Is have
overcome my prejudices. You know there
are some people who prefer 10 remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
fest right. such prejudice leads TO bigotry OF
the worst order. AID Of precisely the same
nature As characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned attn stake. Now
1 am a physici IN and OF the old school order.
too; but 1 have after years OF experience and
observation come TO the conclusion that
truth is the highest OF all things. and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the way OF
trulh-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain TO be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when / knew you in Detroit. / 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.
than { would offs Dputating my hand. Now.
however, 1 prescribe and advise those
things which 1 believe to be adapted TO cure,
and which my experience has proven " be
uch."
..This is rather an unusual way for q ply
slclan to talK, il 1t not, DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is: 1t Is way outside OF our
code of ethics buI l have grown far beyond
the code. 1 have all 1 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, 1 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 indin-
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
yer. no matter II 1T is made from an
exact formula, such rs 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. doctor:'
'oh. they are the result OF my experience
and observation. ! obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, However from having been
cured after all my care and the skill OF my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. / was SO badly off with a compli-
cation OF troubles, including dyspepsia. and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared 1 should have TO give up my
For more than u 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 con quite famous for the remarka-
bic cures 1t was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that However,
l did uIetly beLin trying the remedy but 1
promise you 1 sud nothing 10 my brother
physicians. or even to my family about It.
Well sir, IL was a revelation to me; for In ali
my medical experience meyer saw anything
did. 1 owe my health to-day-and for all /
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me, and my
prejudices faded very rapidly after that l can
assure you. I went TO reading extensively
and analyzing more extensively, and i
suppose l analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them 1 found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF wafer with a little flavor
Ing. A vast majority OF them all, however,
1 found made up nom prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice; but
out OF the entire number l found only two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stantly that have more inJuriour matter
ering this 1 said to myself: why should
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
nv Whnlasala und are gOId with n Uoyarn ant
stamp on the wrapper. l saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved that ! would be bound
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, In my practice, and l have no reason to
regret having done SO. Why. only a few days
ago / advised a lady " no was suffering from
q erious 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 a,e
are all gone and she Is around us usual. We
have no right In the medical fraternity to sit
or advancement, or that we have a monop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
on In every department 81 life and there ear, arg
great developments In medicine as well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
supposed typhoid lever, rheumatism or other
ma, aud the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork A vast majority OF all dis
sases arise from Imperfect perfect ki ane aud liver:
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down. and SO the poison
from t%hesystem. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
and It IL the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the caplllaries Q: the lung and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
dropsy as the sequel to scarletina, when in
reality It is dis eased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had. Here is another strange thing: not
one in ten people who have diseased kidneys
notice any pain In Tho 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
Wei, doctor, you hs.ve got some new