The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-08
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a Subject Of Vital Ia
terest TO All.

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lime 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 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
iounging 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 qulll
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 nnd 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-
yersation and uttered some truths so scien-
the and valuable. as to justify their repro
duction In print.
"fes." said the doctor. Il nave Improved
In health since you last saw me and / hope
also In many other ways One thing, how
ever. Ihave succeeded In doing, and il In one
OF 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 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 ms oh a raef arlz al tl.a -.
when people were burned at tie stake. Now
l am a physlci an and of the old school order
too, but ! have after years OF experience ana
observation come 10 The conclusion tbnt
Truth is the highest OF al things, and Thai IL
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way of
truth-so much the worse Tor 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 OF a rputating my hand. Now.
however. 1 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 IL not, DOCTOR"
"Certainly IL ~; 1t is way outside OF our
code OF ethics. bur nave grown far beyond
the code. l have all l can attend to, anu am
determined to be honest with my patients
and with mankind, whether my brother
physicians are with me or not. Why, I pre-
scribe medicines every day, some OF them
so-calied patent medicines, which would
render me liable 10 expulsion from the med
icai fraternity. but l am supremeiy inaif-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary Incidence.
DOCTOR" :
Invariably, and IL Is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land TO prescribe any patent medicine what
ever, no matter IL 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 aud insist
upon their enforcement in order TO keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This ia
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time OF IL; they are fet-
teredby the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon in securing
How did you come to get such heretica,
ideas as these. d~octor?''
"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 my care and the skin of nv
professional brethren had failed TO relieve
me. Why. l 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 I'm my
For more than a month l could
not sit down or get up without the most In-
tense agony, and j was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to go ont Of
the regular channels and try a. remedy TINT
becoming quite famons for the remarka-
Bile cures IT was efiecting: but my prejudice
was altogether 100 strong for that However,
did uietly begin trying the remedy bnt
promise you 1 SAID nothing 10 my protner
or even to my family about II.
ell sir, IL was a revelation to me; for in ali
my medical experiences 1 never saw anything
operate SO rapidly or SO effectuaily rs thai
did owe ny health t~o-day-and for an i
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. THAT
was the starting point with me, and my
prejudices fnded very rapidly after that / can
assure you. 1 vent TO reading extensiyriy
and anaiyzing more extensively. aud /
suppose l & naly zed all the leading proprie-
tary medic1nes That are made, MANY of
them 1 found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF wafer with a little fiayor-
l found made up nom prescriptions nsed nv,
physicians in their every day practice. b1yy
out OF the entire lumber l found only two
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 haternity be prejudiced against
every day. simply because they are put MP
by Wholesale andare sold with 4 goyernn,ent
absurdity and resolved that f" won as b mr bnnnd
by II no longer. Since that time 1 have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
regret having done SO. Why, only a few DAYS
ago l advised q lady " ho was suffering from
Q serions female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. i saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and fiamatlon are
are all gone and she is around as usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity 10 sft
back 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 MS well.
Thousands of people die every year from
supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality IL il from trichI-
ma. aud the result of eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes logged, and Its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
gets Into the blood instead or being thrown
from the system. No one with perfect kid.
aud liver is ever troubled with malaria;
and IL Is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the c%apIllaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands o. children are dying every year from
dropsy rs the sequel to scarletlDa, when in
reality II is diseased kidneys which nave
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had. Here is another strange thing: not
one in ten people who nave diseased kidneys
notice any pain in the vicinity of the kid
news for these OrQan8 lose their narynna Qan,
sibilities when they become diseased, and
the symptoms ARE shown In hundreds OF
other ways"
swell, doctor, you hfve got some new
truths here. certainly but they sound very
reasonable TO me-"
"Well, whether tney are reasonable or not,
i have demonstrated TO my own satisfaction
that they're true, ane / propose to stand by
them. no matter how much opposition 1 may