The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-26
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelation. upoaa suSlsc, OF Vital
terest 10 All.
one p.troll Free Press


and learning extending over u long period of
time must necessarily be valuable. and
| while no two experiences In this world are
alike, there Is such n 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 mo way
judging the future but by the past; and past
| personal experience Is OF the same natui, as
that history which repeats itself.
A representative of this paper lille
~lounging In the lobby OF a prominent Now
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 gum
had last seen this gentleman. he was givinE
his entire time and attention TO an extensive
medical practice. and was ON the crest OF the
wave of popularity. From Detroit he res
moved TO New YORK where he could md n
| more extensive neld for his talents and ex-
| perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had eyident-
~ 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 80 scien-
tinc and valuable. as To Justify their repro
duction In print.
U.s. hAla Us dOttbis 4 hhfU llnlhtNtu
in health since you last saw me and hope
also In many other ways. One thing. how.
ever. Ihave succeeded In doing. and II Ii one
OF the hardest things for any one, and Ca
pecially n physician. TO do and that IN I have
overcome my preJudices. You know there
are some people who prefer 10 remain on the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
fest right. Such prejudice LEAFS 10 bigoiry OF
the worst order. and OF precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at the take. Now
1 am n physici IN and OF the old school order,
too; but l have after years OF experience and
observation come To the conclusion tnat
truth Is the highest OF al things. and that n
prejudics or bigotry stand In the way OF
truth-so much the worse Tor them-ihey are
certain 10 BIO 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 1 would Of nputating my hand. Now,
however. prescribe and advise those
things which l belleve To be adapted to cure,
and which my experience has proven 10 be
such"
''This.ls rather an unusual way for n ply
stefan 10 talk Is II not. DOCTOR"
"Certainiy IL IL. II is way outside of our
code OF ethics. buI have grown far beyond
tho 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 every day, some OF them
so-called patent medicines. which would
ender me liable TO expulsion from the med
icai fraternity. but ! am supremacy indin-
erent To their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor"
"lnvarlably, and II Is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land 10 prescribe any patent medicine what
ey err. no matter II II IL made from an
exact formula. such ss physicians
are using every day. You sec the code Is
established and sustained by old physicians,
like myself. who make the rules aud insist
upon their enforcement In order 10 keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaehiDg upon the alread, estab
Iished practice ofthe older ones. This Is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time OF IL; they are fet-
tered by the code. and have only their per-
sonai influence TO depend upon In securing
practice"
"How did you come To get such herelical
ideas ms these, doctor"
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and obser walton. / obtained my first ideas
upon Me subject, however. from having been
cured after all my care and the skill OF my
| professional brethren had failed To relies e
me. Why. / was 50 badly of with a compll-
| cation OF TROUBLES, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that I feared 1 should have 10 give up ,my
practice. For more than II month / could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering MI the
while. rome one advised rue To 20 out OF
the regular channel and try "A. remedy that
WAS becoming quite famous for the remarkn-
BILE cures II was enecting: but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for thai. However.
/ did uietiy bek In trying the remedy but 1
promise you 4 said nothing 10 my Drotner
physicians.o or even TO my ianiiy about IL.
Well sir, IL was a revelation TO me. for Ia ali
my medical experience / never saw anything
operate 30 rapidly or 30 c~ffecinnlly As Lbnt
did. I owe my health to-dny-and for all /
know. my life also-to the remedy known ia
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me, and my
pretudices faded very mpidly sitter that 1 can
assure you. ! went 10 reading extensively
and Analysing more extensively, and 1
suppose 1 anal, zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that ars made. Many OF
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF waisr with d little ffas0r.
Ing. A vast majority OF them all. however,
physicians In their every day praetiee. b1ii
out 9th entire number I found only two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dients, and then In very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
SANITY thai have more inJuriour matter
ering this X said TO myself why should
In them than they had. After discoy
the medical fraternity be pfeJudiced against
those prescriptions which they are wrtiinL
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale and are SOLD with n government
lamp on the wrapper. ] saw It's manifest
by u no longer. Since that time ] have pre-
seribed proprietary remedies nesriy every
re2Iea haytpR done 90 Why ONLY w !, f sasoh "
ago / advised "A lady y no was suffering from
a erious female diniculty and displacement
10 use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. ] saw her this morning and she
Is nearly well; the pain and Inflammation aae
are all gone and she is around as usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity To sit
back and declare there IL no improvement
or advancement, or thai we have a rnonop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
20 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. yesr from
supposed typhoid fever rheumatism or other
complaints. when in reality IL IL from trtchi-
or ans .se p ss1ai' q y ea,ing po9riy y, s ri ss
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
h liver becomes clogged, and Its work Is
worked and break down., and so the poison
gets INTO the blood instead OF being thrown
neyaan liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
and II is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow 70 get into the blood
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands of children are dying every year from
dropsy a. the sequel 10 scarletiUa, when In
reality II IL 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.
slbllittes when they become diseased, and
the symptoms are shown In hundreds OF
other ways"
well. doctor, you htye got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound very
reasonable To me-