The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-05
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a Subject OF Vital
teresi 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
His Revelations Upon a Subject OF Vital

them as to render one which is rich in valu-
able facts OF benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that be knew of no way
judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experiences is of the same nature as
hat history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper hile
l~ounging in the lobby of a prominent New
York hotel, met n 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 10 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 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 hope
also in many other ways. One thing how.
ever. have succeeded In doing, and 1t is one
- aAbb " my III alu tk-
peciallyla physician, TO do and that is i 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 the stake. Now
L am a physici IN and OF the old school order.
too; but l have after years OF experience and
observation come TO the conclusion that
ruth Is the highest OF al things, and that il
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 l 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 nputating my hand. Now.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which 1 / believe to be nd apted to cure.
and which my experience has proven to be
SUCH"
This Is rather an unusual way for a ply
sician TO talk, Is It not, DOCTOR"
Certainly It is: IT is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. 1 have all l can attend to, and am
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
rende me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but 1 AIN supremacy indif-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity ofthe 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
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
their enforcement in order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and eneroaching upon the already estab,
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
such a hard time of 1t; they are fet-
tered by the code, and have only their per-
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
"oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. l obtained my first Ideas
upon the subject, however, from having been
cured after all m y care and the skill of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. 1 was SO badly of with a compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
imperfect kidneys and liver,
that 1 feared 1 should have 10 give up my
For more than n month ] could
sit down or get up without the most in
agony and ] was suffering all the
while. some one advised me to go out of
the regular channels and try a, remedy that
becoming quite famous for the remarka-
bic cures 1t was Erecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that However,
did uietly beg In trying the remedy but /
promise you / SAID nothing TO my brother
physicians. or even to my family about 1t.
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me; for in ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
operate so rapidly, or SO efiectually AS that
did, 1 W my health ~to-day-and for all l
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the startling point with me, and my
prelndices iaded very rapidly after that can
and analyzing more extensively, and 7
suppose l ANAL zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them 1 found perfectly useless, being con-
pounded simply OF water with n little flavor
ing. A vast majority OF them ali, oweve
l found made up rom prescriptions used by
physicians in their every day practice; but
out of the entire lumber 1 found onIy two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents, and then In very slight quantities.
Indeed we are prescribing things con-
SIAnLly tnAL nave more 1nJurlOur matter
ering this | said to myself: why should
in them than they had. After discov
the medical fraternity be preJudlced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day, simply because they are put up
by wholesale andare sold with II government
absurpdity and resolved that I Would be- bound
by 1t no longer. Since Thai time l ave pre-
scribed proprietary remedies nevrly every
regret having done SO. Why, only a few days
ago / advised a lady " hO was suffering from
a :erions 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 are
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 tina we have a monop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
to 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
supposed typhoid lever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality II is from trichi-
ma, and the result OF eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and its work Is
worked and break down, and so the poison
gets INTO the blood instead of being thrown
from the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver Is ever troubled with maiaria;
and 1t Is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands OF children are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel TO scarletina, when In
reality 1t is diseased kidneys which nave
become weakened by the fever they have
lust had. Here Is another strange thing: not
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 oil
other ways"
"Well, doctor, you htve got some new
truths here, certainly but hey sound very
reasonable to me-"
"W ell. whether Iney are reasonable or not,
/ have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
that they are true, ane 1 propose to stand by
them no matter how much opposition 1 may
raise by doing SO. Any man, be he politi-
clan, preacher or physician, who Is so con-