The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-23
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
ierest 10 All.

time must necessarily be valuable. ana
while no two experiences in this world are
alike. there Is such q similarity between
them As 70 render one which Is r1oh IN VEIN
able facts OF benefit to ALL Amerioa's sre%,
est orator declared that be knew O no way
Judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experiences IL OF the same natuie -
that history which repeats itself.
representative Of this paper lille
anneinx In the lobby OF q prominent New
YORK holel. met . gentleman whom he had
known ears before in the city OF Detroit,
put whom he had not seen before for a num-
Der Of years. When the knight OF the gull
mad last seen this gentleman. he was giving
MS entire time and attention to an extensive
me dical practice. and was on the crest Of the
wave of popularity. From Detroit he re-
moved 70 New YORK where he could md q
more extensive held 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 aim. Alter some general
Talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
yersation and uttered some truths so scien-
tine and valuable. as TO justify their repro
duction in print
Yes said the doctor. Il have improved
in health since ,ou last saw me and 1 nope
also In many other ways One Thing. now
ever, 1 have succeeded In doing. and itiso one
2 the hardest things for any one. and es-
peciany q physician. 10 do and that ial have
overcome my prejudices. You know there
are some people who prefer TO remain on the
vropg rather than acknowledge the mani
fest right. such prejudice LEAFS to bigotry OF
the worst order, and Of precisely the same
nature As characterized the sixteenth century
When people were burned At tie stake. Now
1 am q physici IN and OF the old school order.
too; but nave after years OF experience and
observation come 10 the conclusion that
truth IL the highest OF al things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand In the way OF
truth-so much the worse Tor em-the are
certain to be crushed sooner OF later. Why.
whenI knew you In Detroit. / would have
no sooner thought OF violating the code Of
ethlcs laid down by the profession. or OF pre-
scribing anything out of the regular order.
Than ( would ola Aputating my hand. Now.
however. 1 prescribe and advise those
things which 1 belle We to be adapted TO cure.
and which my experience has proven u be
such"
This is rather an unusual way for a ply
sician to taik. is it not. DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is: It is way outside OF our
3D. of ethics, bur have grown far beg ond
the code. Ihavs all 1 can attend tosand am
determined TO be honest with my patients
and with mankind, whether my brother
p b ysicians are with me or not Why. l pre-
scribe medicines every day. somo OF them
patent medicines. which would
render me liable to expulsion from the med
icai fraternity. but 1 am supremacy indin-
erent TO their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity OF the country
against proprietary medicines.
doctor?'
Invariably, and II 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 from an
exact formula. such as physicians
are using every day. You see the code is
and sustained by old physicians.
myself, who make the rules and insist
upon their enforcement In order TO keep the
younger doctors from obtaining q foothold
and encroaching upon the already estab
Iished practice OF older ones. This is
the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time of 1t; they are fct-
tered by the code. and have only their per-
sonal influence TO depend upon in securing
..How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these. DOCTOR"
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. i 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 n compli-
cation of troubles. including dyspepsia, and
imperfect kidneys and liver.
1 feared l should have TO give up my
-. ----s. ~...rl
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
some one advised me to go out of
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
BILE cures 1t was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However.
1 did uietly begin trying the remedy but !
promise you / said nothing 10 my protner
or even to my family about 1t.
ell sir. IL was q revelation to mt; for In ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
operate so rapidly or SO effectually MS tuat
did, 1 owe my health ~to-dny-and Tor all /
WARM Wsrn;er Wy SAFE Kidney and T Lively yu neown y al
~preiudices faded very rapidly after that 1 eau
and analyzing more extensively, and i
suppose l analyz ed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made, Many oil
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply Of wa = : with a little flavor
A vast majority o. them ail, however,
physicians in their every day practice; but
out Of the entire number / found only two
that contained absolutely hn, mful ingre-
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stantiy, thai have more inJuriour matter
in them than they had. AMER discov
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
by wholesale andare sold with agovcrnment
on the wrapper. l saw Its manifest
sSan !, an lamar ana res9 S,yca That That would I be bound
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
In my practice, and l have no reason to
ago l advised a lady y no was suffering from
o serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney ind Liver Cure that
cured me. / saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are
are all gone and she Is around Us usual. We
back and declare there Is no Improvement
or advancement, or that we have q Aacnop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has gwen
on In every department OF life and ,nere are
great developments In medicine as well.
Thousancs Of people die every year from
complaints. when In reality 1t Is from trichi-
and the result Of eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys aud liver. I
The liver becomes clogged, and Its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over-
gets into the blood instead of being thrown
rom the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
and 1t is the poisonous particles which these
diseased organs allow to get into tho blood
that clog the capillaries o. the lungs and
sands of children are dying every year from
dropay as the sequel TO scarletina, when In
reality It Is dis essed Kidneys which have
lust had. Here Is another strange thing: not
one In ten people who have diseased kidneys
notice any pain in The vicinity OF the kid. L
neys for these organs lose their nervous sen
sibilities when they become diseased. and
the symptous are shown In hundreds Oh
other ways"
~Weli, doctor, you ht.ve got some new
truths hero, certainly but they sound very
reasonable TO me-
avail. whether tney are reasonable or not.