The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-11
A Rich Experience
What a Prominent and Well
Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
His Revelation. upoaa subject ., Vital

His Revelations Upoaa Subject OF Vital
terest 10 All.
From the Detroit Free Press.
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 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 DO way
| Judging the future but by the past; and past
| personal experience is Of the sams nstuic As
| that history which repeats itself.
representative of this paper lille
~loungins in the lobby OF a prominent New
| York hotel, met a gentleman whom be had
known years before In the city OF Detroit,
| but whom he had not seen before for q 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 or the
wave OF popularity. From Detroit he re-
moved 70 New York where he could md a
more extensive deld for his talents and ex-
perience. Although several years had passed
the doctors physical condition had evident
liz 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 30 scien-
/ tinc 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 l hope
also In many other ways. One thing. how
ever, Ihave succeeded In doing. and 1t is one
Q the hardest thing for any one. and es-
pecially q physician, to do and 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 leaus to bigotry OF
the worst order, and Of precisely the same
nature as characterized the sixteenth century
when people were burned at tie stake. Now
1 am . physici an and OF the old school order,
too; but I have after years OF experience and
observation come 10 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 Tor them-they are
certain TO be crushed sooner or later. Why.
when 1 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.
than ( would off .putating my hand. Now.
however. 1 prescribe and advise those
things which l believe TO be adapted TO cure,
and which M experience has proven to be
SUCH"
'.This is rather an unusual way for q ply
slcian to talK. is 1t not. doctor"
Certainly IL IL. 1t Is way outside OF our
code OF ethics, buI | have grown far be, ond
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
ender me liable TO expulsion from The med
icai fraternity. but 1 am supremeiy indin-
erent to their lava"
Are the medical fraternity Of the country
combined against proprietary medicines.
doctor7r
"Invariably. and II is sufficient ground for
expulsion nom any medical society in the
land to prescribe any patent medicine what
ev yer. no matter II it 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 aud insist
upon their enforcement In order to keep the
younger doctors from obtaining a foothold
and cncroachIng upon the alread, estab
lished practice of the older ones. This IL
largely the reason why young physicians
have such a hard time OF 1t; tney are fet-
tered by tho code. and nave only their per-
sonnl influence to depend upon in securing
practice"
"How did you come to get such hereticaI
ideas as these. DOCTOR"
"Oh, they are the result OF my experience
and observation. l 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 SO badly OF with a compli-
cation OF TROUBLES. including dyspepsia, and
consequently Imperfect kidneys md liver. |
that 1 feared l should have 10 give up my
practice. For more than o 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 q remedy thai
was becoming quite famous for the remnrka- |
bic cures it was eiecting; but my prejudice |
1 did ufetIy BET in trying the remedy but i |
promise you / said nothing TO my protner |
physicians. or even to- my family about it. |
Well SIR, 1t was a revelation to me; Tor In ali |
my medical experience never saw anything
operate so rapidly or SO effectually rs thai |
know. my life also-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 that / can
assure you. I vent to reading extensively
and analyzing more extensively, and /
suppose 4 analy zed all the leading proprie-
tary medicines that are made. Many OF
them found perfectly useless, being conl- (
pounded simply OF wafer with q little flavor
ing. vast majority of them all, however, |
l found made up nom prescriptions used by
physicians in their every day practice; but |
out OF the entire number l found only two |
that contained absolutely harmful iurre- \
dents, and then In very slight Quantities. |
Indeed We are prescribing things con
stantiy, that have more inJuriour matter |
In them THAI they had. After discov
the medical fraternity be prejudiced against |
those prescriptions which they are writing
by wholesale andare sold with q government
stamp on the wrapper. I saw It's manifest
by It no longer. since that time / have pre-
scribed proprietary remedies neurly every
day, inmy practice, and ! have no reason to
ago l advised a lady y no was suffering from |
q erious female difficulty and displacement
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
Is nearly well; the pain and inflammation are
are all gone and she IL around ms usual. We
have NO right In the medical fraternity to ait
back and declare there Ia no improvement
or advancement. or that we have q monop-
oily OF the remedies which nature has given
on In every department. 81 life and therre nre
great Developments In medicine as well.
Thousands OF people die every year from
opposed typhoid lever, rheumatism or other
ma, aud the result of eating poorly cooked
or diseased pork. A vast majority ofali dis
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
thrown on the kidneys; they become over
worked and break down, and 30 the poison
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
neys and liver Is ever troubled With mninria;
and II is the poisonous particles which these