The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-29
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upona Subject OF Vital :
teresi to All.
Etc., ha n.,.as,
His Revelation. Upona Subject OF Vital
From the Detroit Free Press.

able facts of benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew of no way
Judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience is of the same natuIv As
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper hfle
Iounging in the lobby of a 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 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 ind a
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the DOCTORS physical condition had evident
~ been very much improved. for III 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 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 you last saw me and 1 hope
also in many other ways. One thing, how
ever. Ihaye succeeded In doing, and It is one
OF the hardest things for any one. and es-
peciallyla physician, to do and that Is / nave
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 the stake. Now
l am a physici IN 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 al 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 1 knew you in Detroit, / 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 ofa 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 10 be
SUCH"
This Is rather an unusual way for q phy-
siclan to talk is 1t not, DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside OF our
code ofethics. bur l 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, 1 pre-.
scribe medicines every day, some of them
so-cailed patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but l am Supremacy india-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctor:r
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 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 and insist
upon their enforcemtn Mt In order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothoId
and encroaching upon the alread, esfab,
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have 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
practice"
How did you come to get such hereticaI
ideas as these, doctoI?'
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. 1 obtained my first ideas |
upon the subject, however, from having been |
cured after ali my care and the skill of 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 feared l should have 10 give up my
practice. For more than q 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 ont of
the regular channels and try a, remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
pie cures II was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. However
l did uietly begin trying the remedy but |
promise you 1 said nothing 10 my brother
physicians, or even to my family about IL.
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me; for in ali
my medical experience Il never saw anything
did. 1 owe my health to-dayNand for ali iii /
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
prejudices faded very rapidly after that 1 can
assure you. 1 went TO reading extensively
suppose l analysed ali the leading pronrie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them ound perfectly useless, being com-
pounded simply OF water with a little flavor
Ing. vast majority OF them all. however.
1 found made up from prescriptions used by
out OF the entire number. 1 found on,y two W.,
That contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dients, 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
~ tiittu tlcy u AIt9T dtRrnv.
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day. simply because they are put up
Dy wholesale and are sold with q government
stamp on the wrapper. l saw its manifest
absurdity and resolved that would be bound
by It no longer. Since that time I have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly avery
DAY, In my practice, and / have no reason to
regret having done so. Why, only a few days
ago l advised a lady " no was suffering from
aterious female difficulty and displacement
70 use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and m are
are all gone and she is around AS usual. We
have no right In the medical fraternity to sit
Dack and declare there Is no Improvement
or advancement, or that we have "a monop-
Oily OF the remedies which nature has given
TO mankind. There are great changes going
on In every department of life and there are
great developments in medicine as well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
suppose typhoid lever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality 1t Is from trichi-
ma, and the result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority of all dis
eases arise from Imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and Its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down, and so the poison
nom the system. No one with perfect kid.
neysand liver is ever troubled with malaria;
ana ~ II s anea po,s aIIow ~ pa ri ;eso when me h hhese
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
dropsy a. the sequel to scarletina. when in
reality II Is diseased kidneys which have
become eaken 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 the vicinity OF the kid
neys for these organs lose their nervous sem
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 to me-
"Weil, whether they are reasonable or not.
l have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
thast ney are true. ane ! ropos 70 stand by