The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-29
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelations Upon a Subject OF Vital
ieresi io All.
His revelations Upon a Subject Of Vital

terest 10 All.

From the Detroit Free Press
The experience of any 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 OF no way
judging the future but by the past; and past
personal experience is OF the snme natui, as
that history which repeats Itself.
A representative of this paper lille
~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 the knight OF the quill
had last seen this gentleman, he was giving
h,s 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-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had EVIDENT
ly been very much improved. Tor ne was
| looking much better than when the man OF
news had last seen him. Alter 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 , GU last SAN me and / nope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever. Ihave succeeded in doing. and IT is one
Of the hardest things Tor any one, and es-
pecially. a physician, 10 do AMI that ISL 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 leafs to bigotry of
the worst order, and of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned att 9 stake. Now
l am a physici IN and of the old school order,
too; but l b ave after years OF experience and
observation come 10 the conclusion hat
truth is the highest of al things, and that II
prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of
truLh-so much the worse for them-thcy are
certain to be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when ! knew you in Detroit. | 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.
h [ would ola nputating my hand. Now.
however. / 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
siclan to talk is II not. doctor"
Certainly 1t is: 1t is way outside of our
code of ethics, bur l nave 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. I 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 l nm supremely indin-
erent to their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity ofthe country
combined against proprietary medicines,
doctor?''
"Invariabiy, and il is sufficient ground for
expulsion from any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ev yer, no matter II 1t Is made from au
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 n foothold
and encroaching upon the alread, estab=
lished practice ofthe older ones. This is
largely the reason why young physicians
have such n 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 rs these, DOCTOR"
"Oh,t they arc the result OF my experience
and observation. l obtained my first idens
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 a compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver,
that 1 feared 1 should have 10 give up my.
practice. For more than n month / could
not sit down or get up without the most in
tense agony. and J was suffering all the
while. come ono advised me To go out of
the regular channels and try n. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
bic cures II was effecting; but my prejudice
was altogether too strong for that. However,
/ did uietiy bci in trying the remedy but /
promise you 4 ssid notnIng 10 my protner
physicians. or even TO my family about 1t.
Well sir, IL was II revelation to me; for In ali
my medical experience never saw anything
did. 1 owe my health to-day-and for all |
know, my life also-to the remedy known us
was the starting point with me, and my
prejudices iaded very rapidly after that 1 can
assure you. i went to reading extensively
suppose 1 nnaly zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
pounded simply OF wafer with d little iiavor.
ing. A vast majority OF them all, however,
l found made up rom prescriptions used by
physicians in their every day practice; but
out of the entire number / found only two
that contained absolutely liza mful 1ngre-
dents, und then in very slight quantities..
Indeed we are prescribing things con
stsntly that have more injuriour matter
ering this l said to myself: why should
In them than they had. After discov
the medical fraternity be prejudlced against
those prescriptions which they are writing
every day. simply because they are put up
by wholesale and are sold with n government
stamp on the wrapper. l saw It's manifest
absurdity and resolved that / would be bound
by 1t no longer. Since that time l have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neBrly every
day, in my practice, and / have no reason to
regret having done so. Why, only n few days
ago 1 advised n lady " ho was suffering from
a terious 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 us usual. We
have no right in the medical fraternity to sit
back and declare there is no Improvement
or Advancement, or that we have IA monop-
oily of the remedies which nature has given
TO There are great changes going
great developments In medicine as well.
Thousands of people die every year from
supposed typhoid fever rheumatism or other
complaints, when In reality IL Is from trichl-
ma, aud the result OF eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast 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
from the system. No one with perfect kid
I - aya md lIyar Ia aver trpuhlal With malaria.