The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-15
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
Ms Revelations upona Subject OF Vital :
terest to All.
Mis- Revelations upona Subject OF Vital
From the Detroit Free Press.

time must necessarily be valuable. and
while no two experiences In this world are
alike. there is such a similarity between
them rs 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 experiences is Of the same nature as
that history which repeats itself.
A representative OF this paper while
l~ounging In the lobby Of a prominent New
York hotel, met q gentleman whom he bad
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 md a
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
p~erience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
~ been very much improved. for Ia was
looking much better than when the man of
news had last seen him. Auer some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
unc and valuable. as 10 Justify their repro
duction In print.
-fes." said the doctor, Il have improved
in health since GU last saw me and hope
also In many other ways One thing, how
ever. / have succeeded In doing, and IL is 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 as characterized the sixteenth century
WlQfs manila Uara burma "A al il .snx ~
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 thai
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-fhey are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why
when I knew you in Detroit. l would nave
no sooner thought OF violating the code of
ethics laid down by the profession, or OF pre-
scrfbing anything out OF the regular order.
than { would off nputating my hand. Nov.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which I believe to be adapted to cure.
and which my experience has proven to be
such"
.Thi is rather an unusual wny for a ply
sician to talk. is II not, DOCTOR"
Certainly It Is: II is way outside of our
code ofethics. bur nave grown far beyond
the code. have sill 1 can attend 10, and am
determined 10 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-cailed patent medicines, which would
render me liable 10 expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but / am supremely Indin.
erent TO their avs"
Are the medical fraternity OF The country
combined against proprietary medicines,
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 II 1t Is made nom 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 q foothold
and enoroaching upon the alread, estab.
lished practice ofthe Older ones. This IN
largely the reason why young physicians
have such n hard time of IL; they are fet-
teredby the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon In securing
practice"
How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR"
oh. they fethe result OF my experience
~ 4 All ILL., uThl lucas
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. I was so badly of with a compli.
cation of TROUBLES. including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that / feared / should have TO give up my
practice. For more than "A month | could
not sit down or get up without. the most in
tense agony, and ] was suffering NIL The
while. Some one advised me to 90 ont nj
the regular channels and try a, remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarh".
BILE cures II was e~ffecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. Howeyer
1 did uietly bekin trying the remedy but
promise you l SAID nothing 10 my prot,er
physicians. or even to my family about IL.
my medical experience 1 never saw anything.
operate S,s : ESQ SO RAJ rapidly Ssy,; Or 80 siiectaaiiy ms that
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Thai
was the starting point with me, and my
assure you. went TO reading extensiyeiy
and analyzing more extensively, and !
suppose msd ! Snalyzed all the Leading proprie;
them l found perfectly useless, being com-
pounded imply OF water with u little flavor
l found made up nom prescriptions used by
physicians in their every day practice; but
that contained absolutely harmful ingre.
dents, and then In very slight Quantities.
s sndesa tS Ms h aas pI %.aa things con
II them thai. j they ,s hsd, A xes d ahiSS,a
those prescriptions which they are whiting
every day. simply because they are put up
stamp on the wrapper. i saw It's maniiest
sbsurdity and resolved that l would be bound
by II no longer. Since that time 1 have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, In my practice, and l have no reason 10
regret having done so. Why. only a few days
n serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
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
or advancement. or that we have a 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
complaints. when In reality II is from trichi-
ma, and the result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
The liver becomes cloggcd, and Its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
| gets Into the blood instead OF being thrown
| from the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver is ever troubled with malaria;
and II Is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that oiog the capiilaries o: the lungs and
l Gauss tuDeIClcb 'unu COnbumptlOu. IDOu-
sands OF children are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel TO scarletina, when In
reality It Is diseased 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 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 Of
| other ways"
"Well, doctor, you hlve got some new
truths here. certainly but they oun very
/ reasonable to me-"
well, whether tney are reasonable or not.
I have demonstmied to nv own hailafactIon