The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-12
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physl-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelation. Upona subject Of Vital


terest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience OF any one OF educatiol
and learning extending over . long period
time must necessarily be valuable. an
while NO two experiences in this world ar
alike. there is such q similarity betweel
Them as 70 render one which is rich in vaiu
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 pas
personal experience Is OF the same nature a
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper hill
lounging In the lobby OF g prominent New
York hotel. met a gentleman whom he hae
Known years before In the city OF Detroit
but whom he had not seen before for q mum
Der Of years When the knight OF the gull
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 .
more extensive neld for his talents and ex-
perienoe. Although several years had passed
the DOCTORS physical condition had evident
ly been very mush improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man OF
| news had last seen him. After some genera
| talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
| yersation and uttered some truths SO scien-
| tihc 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
aver, have succeeded In doing. and It Is one
Q the hardest things for any one, and es-
pecially. a physician. to do and Thai 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
when people were burned at the stake. Now
1 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
pref or bigotry stand In the way OF
Irulh-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain TO be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when / knew you in Detroit. 1 would ave
no sooner thought OF violating the code OF
ethics laid down by the profession. or OF pre-
scribing anything out OF the regular order.
han / would Of pputating my hand. Now.
however. 1 prescribe and advise those
things which 1 believe TO be adapted TO cure,
and which my experience has proven to be
such"
.This is rather an unusual way for q ply
sIcian to tails is 1t not, DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside OF our
code of ethics. buI ! have grown far beyond
the code. have all I can attend TO. and am
determined 10 be honest with my patients
aud with mankind. whether my brother
nk.e;cl..a = Nth m mr. mt Whv Il nrp.
scribe medicines every day. some OF them
so-called patent medicines. which would
ender me liable TO expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but l am supremacy indin-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
DOCTOR"
.InvarIabiy. and 1t is suncient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land 10 prescribe any patent medicine what
ev err, no matter II II Is made from an
exact formula, such as physicians
are using every day. You see tho code is
established and sustained by old physicians.
like myself who make ms rules and insist
upon their enforcement In order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaching upon the nlread, estab
iished practice oftne cider ones. This IL
iafkCiy tuc ichroh WY Sohhb
have such q hard time of 1t; 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. DOCTOR"
.oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. 1 obtained my first ideas
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. l was SO badly of with q compli-
| cation of troubles. including dyspepsia. and
| consequently imperfect kidneys ani liver.
that l feared I should lave 10 give up my
| practice. For more han q mont l could
| not sit down or get up without the most In
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
| while. come one advised me TO go out OF
| the regular channels and try o remedy tina.
| bic cures It was sfecting; hut my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However,
1 did uietiy bekin trying the remedy but 1
| promise you 1 SAID nothing TO my brother
| physlcinns. or even to my family about It.
Well sir, IL was u revelation to me; for IN all
my medical experience 1 never saw anything
operate 30 rapidly or SO effectuaily rs tnui
did. 1 owe my health to-day-and for oil l
know: my s life a R,S9nes tne remedy rsYs KNOWN rh as
was the starting point with me, and my
~preiudices faded very rapidly after that can
and ansiyzing more extensiveIy. and !
suppose 1 analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made, Many o.
pounded simply OF water with q little favor-
Ing. A vast majority OF them all, however,
physicians In their every day practice; but
out offhe entire number. l GUN only two
d dhes S1 ana ahen IN n1' very slight Git % %quan inass.
stantly that have more injuriour matte,
Il AsIn. hts 0ntd tn ~ vanIG DhU mhorrl
In sn'n them anus tha sa'0 they se h hsd. A xss d dhSo'9
the medical fraternity be ~prejudiced against
every day. simply because they are put ui
by wholesale andare sold with agovernmenl
stamp on the wrapper; I saw rs manifest
by It no longer. since that time l have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
esy; II h ANY PTasi done So any %h SaS oSi ~ = I fsw day. y
. erious female difioulty and displacement
oured me-. 1 saw her this morning and an,
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation 81,
have no Right in the medical fraternity to ii
back and declare there IL no improvement
or advancement, or hat We have 2 monop
TO mankind. There are great changes goini
on In every department OF life and there ar
great developments In medicine as well
Thousands OF people die every year from
opposed typhoid lever, rheumatism or othe
complaints, when in reality 1t 10 from trichi
ma, aud The result OF eating poorly cooket
or diseased pork A vast majority OF all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys aud liver
The liver becomes ciogged, and Its work 4
Thu on the kidneys they become over
worked and break down. and SO the poisoi
gets into the blood instead Of being throw
rom thesystem. No ono with perfect kid
neys and liver IL ever troubled with malaria
and II 10 the poisonous particles which thes
disessed organs allow to get into the bloos
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs an,
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands ofchildren are dying every year IRON
dropsy rs the sequel TO scarletina, when II
reality 1t Is. diseased kidneys which hav
become weakened by. the fever they hav
Just had. Here Is another strange thing: no