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

fAoAA bAe DSAAolt IAeass
The experience OF nny 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 benefit to all. Americas great
est orator declared that he knew ofno way
Judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience Is OF the same natuIv as
that history which repeats Itself.
A representative of this paper lille
iounging in the lobby of a prominent New
York hotel, met a gentleman whom no had
known ears before in the city of Detroit.
but whom he had not seen before for a num-
Der OF years When the knight OF the gum
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 ind a
more extensive neld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
ly been very much improved. for he was
looking much better than when the man OF
news had Inst seen him. Alter some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths SO scien-
- ~ 0aA hAtAA AtBlO~
duction In print.
"Yes.'' said the doctor, Il have improved
In health since on last saw me and 1 hope
also In many other ways. One thing, how
ever. Ihayo succeeded in doing, and 1t is one
OF the hardest things for any one. and es-
pecially a physician, to do and that Is l 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
1 am a physici IN and OF the old school order,
too; but / have after years OF experience and
observation come To the conclusion that
truth is the highest OF al things, and thar 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 l knew you in Detroit. / would AVE
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 ola nputating my hand. Now,
however. I prescribe and advise those
things which believe TO be adapted TO cure,
and which my experience has proven 10 be
such."
"This.is rather an unusual way for Apply
sician TO talk, Is II not, DOCTOR"
Certainly II Is. 1t is way outside of our
code of ethics. bur l 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
ender me liable to expulsion from the med
ical fraternity. but 1 am supremacy indih-
erent to their laws"
Are the medical fraternity OF the country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor?".
Invariably. and IL 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 au
exact formula, such MS 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 TO keep tho
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 q 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 como TO get such heretlcal
ideas asthese, doctoi?ft
'oh. they are the result OF my experience
and observation. / 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 80 badly OF with n compll-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
sI -
that l feared I should have to give up my
practice. For more than a month / could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. some one advised ms To go out OF
the regular channels and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the renarka-
bic cures 1t was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However.
l did uietiy bel in trying the remedy but 1
promise you 1 SAID nothing 10 my protner
physicians. or even to my nmiiy about IL.
Neil sir, IL was n revelation TO me; for In ali
my medical experience 1 never saw anything
operate 30 rapidly or so eiiectually as tnai
did. l owe my health to-day and Tor all /
know. my life nlso-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. That
was the starting point with me, and my
prejudices faded very rapidly after tina can
and analyzing more extensively, aud j
suppose 1 analy zed all the leading proprie-
thry medicines that are made. Many Of
them 1 found perfectly useless. being com
pounded simply OF wafer with "A little fiasor-
ing. A vast majority oil them all, however,
/ found made up from prescriptions used by
pnysicians In their every day practice; but
out OF the entire number. ! found oniy two
that contained absolutely ha mfuI lngre-
dents, and then in very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stuntIy that have more inIuriour matter
ering this l said to MYSELF: why should
in them than they had. After discov
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against
those prescriptions which they arc writing
every day. simply because they are put up
by Wholesale and are sold with a government
stamp on the wrapper. / saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, In my practice. and l have no reason 10
regret having done so. Why, only a few days
ago / advised a lady ~ bo was Suffering from
a erlous female difficulty and displacement
70 use TINS same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
Is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are
are all gone and she is around a. usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity TO lit
back and declare there IL no Improvement
or advancement, or that we have IA 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 US we'll.
Thousands OF people die every year from
suppose typhoid lever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality IL is from triehi-
ma, and the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork A yast majority OF all dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
The liver becomes clogged, and its work is
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down., and so the poison
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
nom thesystem. No one with perfect kid
neysend liver is ever troubled with malaria;
and 1t is the poisonous particles which these
| 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 IRON
| dropsy ne the sequel TO scarletinn, when In
| reality IT IL. diseased kidneys which have
become veal en9d by the fever they have
| Just had. Here is another strange thing: moi
| one In ten people who have diseased kidneys
notice anypain in The vicinity OF the kid.
| neys for these organs lose their nervous sen
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-