The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-09
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upona Subject of Vital In
terest 10 All.

His Revelations Upon Subject of Vital In
terest to All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The experience of any one of education
and learning extending over a long period Of
time 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 beneft 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
lounging in h 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, 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 deld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
W At 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 or con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
the 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 / nope
also in many other ways. One thing, how
ever. Ihave succeeded in doing, and it is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
peciallyta 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 bigetry 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 an 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 IL
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way of
truth-so much the worse for them-tbey are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when knew you In Detroit. 1 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 nputating my hand. Now.
PAtttiiD IA uQklkt InOSt
things which 1 belle We to be adapted TO cure.
and which my experience has proven Ia be
such."
This is rather an unusual way for a ply
sician to talk is IL not, DOCTOR,
Certainly IL Is: IL is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. have all I 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, I pre-.
scribe medicines every day, some of them
so-called patent medicines, which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but / am supremeIy indif-
erent To their laws"
Are the medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor9'
Invariably. and 1t is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society In the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ever, no matter II 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 10 keep the
youneer doctors from obtaining a foothold
and e~ncroaching upon the alread, estab.
hshed practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a 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 bereticai
ideas as these. DOCTOR"
"Oh. they arc 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
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. I was so badly or with a compll-
cation OF TROUBLES. including dyspepsia. and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared I should have to give up my
practice. Fol more than Il month 1 could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to go out of
the regular channels and try a remedy that
was becoming quite lannon's for the remarka-
bic cures II was efecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However.
promise you 1 SAID nothing 10 my protner
Physicians. or even to my family about IL.
Well SIT, II was a revelation 10 me; for in ali
did I owe ny health to-dayNand for rs ali MA" 1
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Thai a.
was the starting point with me, and nv
p=reiudi ices faded very rapidly aiter that / can
and analyzing more extensively, and 1
suppose analysed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many of
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF water with q little flavor
ing. vast majority OF them all, however.
1 found made up rom prescriptions used by
physicians In their every day practice: but
out OF the entire number i found only two
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dients, and then In very slight quantities.
indeed we are prescribing things con
erfng this l said to myself: why should
In them than they had. AMER discoy.
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day. simply because they are nut up
by wholesale and are sold with q government
stamp on the wrapper. l saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
by II no longer. Since that time 1 nave pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neuriy every
day. in my practice, and / nave no reason 10
regret having done SO. Why, only a few days
a serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. saw her this morning and she
Is nearly well; the pain and iamat are
are all gone and she is around as usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity TO Sit
back and declare there Is no PROVEN
or advancement. or that we have a 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 fever rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality It is from trichi-
ma, and the result OF eating poorly cooked