The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-04
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter,
His Revelations UpOna Subject Of Vital
terest 10 All.


them Us 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
Judging me 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 lille
lounging 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 quill
had last seen this gentleman, lie 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 find a
more extensive neld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had EVIDENT
~ been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man OF
news had last seen him. Alter some general
talk, the doctor fell into an easy train of con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
tihc and valuable, as to Justify their repro
duction in print.
YES" said the doctor, i 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
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
pecially.a physician, 10 do and that Is have
overcome my preJudlces. You know there
are some people who prefer to remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the manl-
fest right. such prejudice LEAFS to bigotry OF
the worst order. and Of precisely the same
natures as characterize The sixteenth century
when people were burned at IT, stake. Now
l am IA physici "A and OF III old school order.
too; but | have after years Of experience ana
| nhS4TNutfnn Anaa 10 H.. a.1 - ..-.
truth is the highest ofa.l things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the was OF
truth-so much the worse ,or 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 Ola putating my hand. Now.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which | believe to be pdapted 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 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, pre-.
scribe medicines eyory day, some OF them
so-called patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but l am supremacy indin-
erent to their laws"
"Arethe medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary medicines.
DOCTOR"
Invariably, and 1t is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
I 8. nd -. ragn.II a. $3.50 a=s
ever, no matter If 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
upon 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
have such n 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 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 my care and the skill OF my
'No 'Ahta ~ itllCNt
me. Why. l was SO badly oT with n compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver,
that l feared l should nave TO give up my
practice. For more than a month / 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 out of
the regular channels and try n. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
bic cures 1T was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However,
L did uietiy bek in trying the remedy but /
promise you 1 SAID nothing 10 my protner
physicians. or even to my family about 1t.
Well sir, 1t was q revelation to me; for in ali
my medical experience IA never saw anything
operate so rapidly or so efectually Hs that
did, l owe my health to-day-and for all i
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me, and my
assure you. / went 10 reading extensively
and analyzing more extensively, and
suppose | anaiy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them l found perfectly useless, being com
pounded simply OF wafer with n little flavor.
ing. a vast majority of them all, however,
l found made up nom prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice; but
that contained absolutely hat mful 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
in them than they had. After discov
az htaiSai hatti hlly bc uulCtNl. against |
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day, simply because they are put up
by wholesale andare sold with a government
stamp on the wrapper: l saw ITS manifest
absurdity and resolved that would be bound
by II no longer. Since that time / have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, In my practice, and / have no reason 10
regret having done so. Mhy, only n few days
ago l advised n lady " no was suffering from
IA serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. l saw her this morning and she
ig nelrlN we'll. the patn md I'm inflammation ata |
are all gone and she is around AS usual. W.
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 gwen
to There are great changes going |
on IN every department OF life and there are |
great developments in medicine us well. |
Thousands of people die every year from |
supposed typhoid lever, rheumatism or other |
complaints, when in reality 1t Is from trichi-
ma, aud 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
| gets into the blood Instead OF being thrown
rom thesystem. No one with perfect kid
neysand liver is ever troubled with malaria;
and 1t Is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow 10 get into the blood
that clog the capillaries o: the lungs and
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel to scarletina, when in
| 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 have got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound very
| reasonable to me-
"We.t. whether tney are reasonable or not.
I have demonstrated TO my wi satisfaction
| that they are true, anc I propose to stand by
them, no matter how much opposition 1 may