The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-19
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a Subject Of Vital Ia
ierest 10 All.

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able facts of benefit 10 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 Ia 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 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 field for his talents and ex-
p~erience. 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 him After some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train of con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
tifc and valuable, as to justify their repro
duction in print.
"Yes." said the doctor, Il have improved
in health since on last saw me and hope
also in many other ways. One thing, how
ever. have succeeded In doing, and IL is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es-
PttiaAAe a puyelClahtt ~ 10 anu lnAl Is Il nave
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 leads 10 bigotry OF
the worst order. akd of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at tAe stake, Now
l am a physici an and of the old school order.
too; but l have after years OF experience and
observation come to the conclusion that
truth Is the highest of al things, and that If
prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of
truth-so much the worse Tor them-they are
certain TO be crushed sooner or later. WHY.
when 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 | would of IA nputating my hand. Now,
however. ! prescribe and advise those
things which / 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 talk, is it not. DOCTOR"
Certainly 1t is; IL is way outside OF our
code of ethics, bur l have grown far beyond
the code. have all l 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 1 am supremacy indin-
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 IN nrascriba "a ~ ..fapf ,,alt,f,. x.t~.
ever, no matter If it is made from an
exact formula. such as physicians
are using every day. You see the rode is
established and sustained by old physicians,
like myself. who make the rules and insist
upon their enforcement in order TO keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, 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 rave only their per-
sonal influence to depend upon in securing
practice
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, DOCTOR
"Oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. / obtained my first Ideas
upon hes subject, however, from having been
cured after all my care and the skin OF my
PC ~ iLittu 10 IclltNt
me. Why. l was so badly of with a compii-
cation OF troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that l feared l should have 10 give up my
practice. For more than a month l 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 famous for the remarka-
BILE cures 1t was efiecting; but my preiudice
was altogether too strong for thai. However,
l did uietly bes In trying the remedy but
promise you / SAID noIning TO my protner
physicians. or even to my family about ii.
Well sir, 1t was a revelation to me; for in ali
my medical experience / never saw anything
operate SO rapidly or SO ~efiectually as that
did, l owe my health to-day-and for All i
know. my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, That
was the starting point with me-, and my
~pre1udices faded very rapidly after that / can
assure you. 1 went 10 reading extensively
and analyzing more extensively, and 1
tary medicines that are made. MANY ar
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
pounded simply OF water with a little fiavor.
ing. A VAST majority OF them all, however.
l found made up from prescriptions used by
physicians in their every day practice; but
that contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dents, and then in very slight quantities..
SANITY that have moro in9ur ines na e9a
ering this l said to myself: why should
In them than they had. After discoy.
those prescriptions which they are within
every day. simply because they are put up
by Wholesale andare sold with 4 government
stamp on the wrapper. l saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved thatI would be bound
by IT no longer. Since that time l have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies negrly every
day, in my practice, and i have no reason to
regret having done so. Why, only a few days
ago l advised q lady v no was suffering from
"a serious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure that
cured me. l saw her this morning and she
is nearly well; the pain and inflammation 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 Improvement
or advancement, or that we have a monop-
oily of the remedies which nature has gwen
to mankind 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 year :. from
imposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
ma, and The result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority OF all dis
eases arise iron imperfect kidneys aud liver.
brown on the Kidneys; they become over
tworkedand break down, and so the poison
| gets into the blood instead of being thrown
rom the system. No one with perfect kid
neys and liver is ever troubled with malaria;
diseased organs allow to get into the blood
that clog the capIllaries o. the lungs and
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
dropsy as the sequel to scarletina, when in
reality 1t is 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 sem
sibilities when they become diseased, and
the symptoms ARE shown in hundreds Of
other ways"
"Well, doctor, you hive got some new
truths here, certainly but they sound very
| reasonable to me-
Nv ell. whether Iney are reasonable or not,
| / have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
that they are true, ane I propose To stand by
no matter how much opposition i may
\ raise by doing so. Any man, be he politi-
| cian,' preacher or physician, who Is 20 con-
| .tIarafa of hts poclr afhncI ~ hie cu,n a