The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-01
A Rich Experience.
What a Prominent and Well
3 Known New York Physi-
clan Told a Reporter.
Mis- Revelations Upoaa Subject Of Vital Ia
tsresi 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
aiike, there Is such a similarity between
them as TO render one which is rich in vaIu-
able facts of benefit to All. Americas great
est orator declared hat 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
ioungfng 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 mum.
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 10 New York where he col md "A
more extensive neld 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. Aner some general
talk. the doctor fell into an easy train OF con-
versation and uttered some truths so scien-
the and valuable. Ms TO justify their repro
duction In print.
"fes," said the doctor, Il have improved
In health since you last saw me and / hope
also In many other ways. One thing how
ever. Ihave succeeded In doing, and IL is one
OF the hardest things for any one, and es.
pecially q pbysician, 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 eight Such prejudice leads to bigetry OF
the worst order. and OF precisely the same
nature as characterized the Isl sixteenth century
when people were burned at the stake. Now
1 am a physici IN and of the old school order
too. but l have after years OF experience and
observation come To the conclusion that
truth IL the highest OF al things and that IL
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. / 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 "A bputating my hand, Now.
however. / prescribe and advise those
things which l belle We TO be adapted 10 cure.
and which my experience has proven Ia be
SUCH"
This 10 rather an unusual way for q phy-
sician to talk. Is II 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. / pre.
scribe medicines every day, some OF them
so-called patent medicines, which would
randar me liahla in axnnlarns. fxon. h -
icai fraternity. but ! am supremely indif-
erent to their lava"
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 to prescribe any patent medicine what
ever. no matter II 1t is made from an
exact formula, such rs 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
aud encroachng 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 ave only their per-
sonai 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 the subject, however. from having been
cured after all my care and the skill OF my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why. i was SO badly of with a compli-
cation of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
that I feared I should have TO give up nv
practice. For more than a month I could
not sit down or get up without the most In
tense agony. and ] was suffering all the
while. Some one advised me to 90 out OF
the regular and try a. remedy that
was becoming quite famous for the remarka-
Sle , c slsas ~ was te ene ssrnnS but my prejudice
1 did uietiy bef In trying the remedy but I
promise you 1 said nothing To my brother
Well sir, It was a revelation to me; for in ali
my medicale experience never saw anything
S S!s r Z ow SO m rapiS Sss,t Or SO stIectuaily as thai
know. my life also-to the remedy known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, That
preiudices faded very rapidly after that I c ~
assure you. l went 10 reading extensively
and anaiyzing more extensively, and 1
tary medicines that are made. Many Of
them l found perfectly useless, being COM
Ing. A vast majority OF them ali. bowever
found made up from prescriptions used by
pnysicians in their every day practice; but
that. contained absolutely harmful ingre-
dients, and then in very. slight quantities..
stantly that have more inJurlour matter
r them than they had. A xss d ihSS's
those prescriptions which they are WILLING
every day. simply because they are put up
s,aw wno ae abs xna are sold with q government
absurdity and resolved that l would be bound
by Il no longer. Since that time / ave pre-
scribed proprietary remedies negrly every
day, In my practice, and I have no reason 10
regret having done SO. Why. only q few days
a serious female difficulty and ENCOURAGEMENT
to use this same Kidney and Liver Cure thai
cured me. saw her this morning and she
are all one and she is around as usual. We
have no light in the medical fraternity to ali
back and declare there Is no Improvement
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
Som ana 1Ss wnsn In af reality sa,iSv It is from trishi;
eases arise from imperfect kidneys and liver.
brown on the kidneys; they become over
tworked and break down, and so the poison
gets into the blood instead OF being thrown
nom the system. No one with perfect kid,
neys and liver Is ever troubled with malaria;
and tits 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 from
dropsy as the sequel to scarletina, when in
reality It Is diseased kidneys which have
become weakened by the fever they have
just had. Here IL another strange thing: moi