The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-24
A Rich Experience,
ne
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations upona Subject OF Vital Ia
terest to All.
From the Detroit Free Press.

ana learning extending over q long period Of
time must necessarily be valuable. and
while no two experiences In his world are
alike. there is such q 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 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 the lobby OF a prominent New
York hotel. met a gentleman whom he had
known yeans before In the city OF Detroit,
but whom he had not seen before for q num-
Der OF years When the knight of the quin
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 nnd a
more extensive field 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 him. After some general
talk, the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
tinc and valuable. ms TO justify their repro
duction in print.
Eyes," said the doctor, Il nave improved
In health since you last saw me and 1 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-
peciaIiyIa 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 bigotry Of
the worst order. and OF precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at the stake. Now
/ am a physici IN and OF the old school order,
too; but 1 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 for them-they are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why,
when / knew you in Detroit, 1 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 l would Of a nputating my hand. Now,
however. l prescribe and advise those
things which 1 believe to be adapted to cure,
and which my experience has proven to be
SUCH"
This is rather an unusual way for a ply
sician to talk is IL not, doctor?'
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside OF our
code Of ethics. bur have grown far beyond
the 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
render me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but 1 am supremely indif-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines.
DOCTOR"
"Invariably, and II is suhicient 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,
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 already estab.
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such o hard time OF II; 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, DOCTOR"
ohs thcy q fcSuit OF NY 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 OF with a compli-
cation OF troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that 1 feared l should have to give up my
practice. For more than q month 1 could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony, and ] was suffering all he
while. some one advised me to 20 out of
the regular channels and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
D Wes e aIlag ~ %as te eas sirnnS put my prejudice
1 did uietly bes In trying the remedy but I
promise you l said nothing 10 my brother
Well sir, It was a revelation TO me; for in ali
my medical experience l never saw anything
did, 1 owe my health to-dayOand for US al .6ai !
know. my life also-to the remedy known al
warner'ssafe Kidney aud Liver Cure. Thai
~preludices faded very rapidly aftar thai I caSS
assure you. 1 went to reading extensively
suppose l analysed all the leading proprie.
tary medicines that are made. Many o.
them ! Found perfectly useless. being, COM
l found made up nom prescriptions used BY
out o. THE entire humber. l ps fSuhnd ia onfy t ST,
that contained absolutely harmful fngre.
f fnaeea an = .hs are n pr yscy Slight ,S Span'isiss.
ering this I said to myself: why should
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
Sys who Sss; iSs% and are ss soia With saSs Ss oTs RSs @R
sSsalsaisy s and sss sRRssi tina. wv I Would ais 5 %d Sonnd
.cribed proprietary remedies neuriy Every
day. In my practice, and I have no reason 70
ago i advised a isdy'w no va suifsrins rom
e. s ess sh,a is snm. S diif,onlty u, and displscemsnt
is nearly well; the palm and mst aie
are all gone and she IL around a. usual. We
back and declare there 10 no Improvement
or advancement, or that we a q monop-
ply Of the remsdies which nature has given
on in every department Of life and there are
great developments In medicine as we'll.
imposed typhoid iever, rSeumassism MOI or otSer
complaints, when In reality 1t Is from trfchi-
ne; s ana ne result q eating poorly cooked
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
Inc liver becomes clogged, and It's work Is
worked and break down, and 80 SsG the poison
gets Into the blood instead OF being thrown
nsya s sns i iivsf e ey so t Gos w.sh r{ Perez, % Z 1ia:
ana u u the poisonous particles these
d fhss rso ofgans allow 70 get Into the blood
cause tubercles and consumption. Thou
sands ofchildren are dying every year from
reality II IT, diseased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
Just had Here Is another strange thing: not
notice any pain in The vicinity OF the kid
neya ior these organs lose their nervous sen.
aibilities when. they become diseased, and
the symptoms ARE shown In hundreds oil
.@yss .N.Haf ...- fH #LH ML.
well, doctor, You hsye got some new
reasonable 10 me-
swell, whether they are reasonable or not,
i havod demonstrated TO my own satisfaction
1 that thew are truo onQ II nrnnoao In atund nv