The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-20
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations upona Subject OF Vital Ia
terest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.

i FROM tine Dttrolt ffce fTcSe.
| The experience OF any one Of education
| and learning extending over q 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 benefit to all. Americas great
| est orator declared that he knew OF nc 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 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 thek 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 10 New York where he could ind q
more extensive field for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had eviden,-
ly been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man OF
news had last seen him. Auer some general
talk, the doctor fell into an easy train of con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
tinc 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 l 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. 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
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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 I have after years of experience and
observation come to the conclusion that
truth is the highest of al things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the way OF
truth-so much the worse for them-they are
certain to- be crushed sooner or later. Why,
when 1 knew you in Detroit. l would have
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.
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which l believe to be adapted to cure.
and which my experience has proven To be
SUCH"
This Is rather an unusual way for a ply
stefan TO talk is IL not, doctor"
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside OF our
o of ethics. bur have grown far beyond
the code. have all 1 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
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but 1 am supremacy indif-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity of the country
combined 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 IL 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,
likemyself, 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.
lished 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 heretical
ideas as these, doctoi?'
"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. / was SO badly or with a compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently Imperfect kidneys and liver,
that 1 feared 1 should have TO give up my
practice. For more than q month l could
not sit down or get up without the most In
tense agony. and 1 was suffering all the
while. some one advised me to go out OF
the regular channels and try a remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
Bile cures It was effecting: but my prejudice
l did uietly begin trying the remedy but l
| promise you / SAID nothing 10 my brother
| Wei sir, II was a revelation to me, for In ali
my medical experience never saw anything
operate 50 rapidly or 50 saectuaiiy as that
know, my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Tha
%preiudices faded very rapidly after that can
assure you. l went to reading extensively
suppose I snaisned ali the leading pro opd !
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them found perfectly useless. being com
Ing. A vast majority OF them all, however,
1 found made up nom prescriptions used BY
out or the entire humber. i fSuhpd only two two
inas containea aDsointeiy nnrmlui ingre-
qIehLsi ano tnen IN very silght quantities.
anueIu W. aIe prescribing tnings con-
ssdn.iy tnAI nave more inJurlour matter
In them tha snia y ihyseh' WY shouid
IL sneli iinln tnSy nho. Aite, ulscov.
Inc medlcaI iraLernity pc preJudiced against
onoss PrescriPLl9ns wnicn tney are writing
Sne.y Iny. sainpiy Decnuse they are put up
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Nv ~ NO foneer' Siincs ia, MouYq De Donna
IL Srapeu propr,etaay remedles neurIy every
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