The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-12
A Rich 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.


terest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience of any one of education
and learning extending over a long period Of
time must necessarily be valuable. and
while no two experiences in this world are
alike, there Ia 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 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
loungtng in the lobby OF a prominent New
York hotel, met a gentleman whom he had
Known years be fore In the city OF Detroit.
but whom he had not seen before for a num-
Der Of years. When the knight OF the qull
had last seen this gentleman. he was giving
his entire time and attention 10 an ext ensl
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
ly been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man oil
news had last seen him Afler some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train of SON
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
tin 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 / hope
also In many other ways. One thing, how
ever. ! have succeeded In doing, and ii is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
peciailyia physician, TO do and tina Is 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 TO bigotry OF
the worst order. and of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at I'll e stake, Now
l 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 al things. and thai II
prejudice or bigotry stand la the way of
truth-so much the worse for them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when l 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 regular order,
than [ would of a nputating 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 ply
sician to talk is 1t not, doctor?'
Certainly IL In: It is way outside OF our
code Of ethics. bur l have grown far beyond
the code. / have all I can attend to. and am
determined To be honest with my patients
and with mankind, whether my brother
are with me or not. Why, / pre-.
III H.
patent medicines, which would
render 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
no matter IL 1t 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 aud insist
their enforcement in order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthes older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
nave such a hard time OF it; they are fet-
tered by the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon in securing
How did you come to get such hereticai
ideas as these, doctei?'
''oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. l obtained my first Ideas
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 l feared / should have 10 give nm INV
For more than q month 1 could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony, and ] vas 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 II was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. 6owevsr
did uietiy begin trying the remedy but
physicians. or even to my family about IL
Well sir, II was a revelation TO me; for In ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
operate so rapidly or SO efiectually as thai
did. 1 owe my health ~to-day-and for ali i
know. my life also-t the remedy Known as
was the starting point with me, and my
p~rejudices faded very rapidly after that / can
assure you: 4 went TO reading extensively
and analyzfng more extensively. and 1
suppose 1 analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them I found perfectly useless. being com-
Ing. a vast majority of them all, however,
/ found made up nom prescriptions used by
out OF the entire number l found only two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dienls, and then In very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stantly that have more inJuriour matter
ering this ! said to myself: why should
In them than they had. Ater discoy
ne ,hs medical fraternity be preJndiced against
every day, simply because they are put up
by wholesale and are sold with agovernmant
absurdity and resolved that 1" wou III b ml banna
by II no longer. Since that time / AVE pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neuriy every
regret having done SO. Why, only a Few DAYS
ago l advised a lady rho was suffering from
a serious female difficulty and displacement
cured me. saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and aie
are all gone and she is around as usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity to sit
back and declare there is no Improvement
or advancement. or that we have n monop-
oily Of the remedies which nature has given
on in every department Of life and there are
great developments In medicine as well.
Thousands OF people die every year !. from
opposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when In reality 1t is from trichi;
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
I ahToM wne on Se the &id9 n,SSsed abe snd be iss work oxer rs
work red and break down. and so the poison
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
rom esystem. No one with perfect kid.
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
and It is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get Into the blood
that clog the capillaries os the lungs and
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