The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-03
RICH EXPERIENCE,
What a Prominent and WE'LL Known
New York Physician Told a
Reporter.
His Revelations up,u a Subject sf Vital H.
tsrPSt 10 all.

His Revelations uplu a Subject Gf Vital H.
j tsrPst 10 all.
detroit Free PTthSl
The experience OF any one OF education and
learning extending over a long period ottime
must necessarily be valuable, and while no
two experiences 10 this world are alike, there
is such u similarity between them is to render
one which Is rich In valuable facts Of benefit to
all. Americas greatest orator declared that
h, knew OF no way Of judging the future but
by the past; and past personal experience Ii
OF the same nature as that history which re-
peGu lueli.
A representative Of this paper while louug.
Ing In the lobby OF Appointment New York
hotel, met q gentleman whom he had known
years before in the city OF Detroit, but
whom he had not seen before for q number Of
years, When The knight OF the quill had last
seen this gentleman, he was giving his entire
time and attention to m extensive medical
practice, and was on the crest Of the wave OF
popularity. From Detroit he removed to
New York whero he could find more ex.
tensiye field for his talents and experience.
Although several years had passed, the doc
tors physical condition had evidently much
improved, Ior he was looking much better
than when the man Of the news had last seen
him. After ome gsnerAl talk, the doctor fell
into an easy tram Of conversation and uttered
some tlulbs so scientific and valuable, as TO
Justify their reproduction in print,
Eyes" said the doctor, ~ have improved
In health lince you last saw me and l 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 especi.
ally q doctor, TO do and that Is | have over.
come my prejudices, You know there are
some people who prefer to remain In the
wrong rather than acknowledge the manifest
right, such prejudice leads 10 bisotTy Of the
worst order, and OF precisely the same nature
as characterized the sixteenth century when
people were burned at the stake. Now l am
q physician aud OF the old school order, too,
but ! have, after years of experience aud OBJ
EGrvatlon, ONE 10 the conclusion that truth
Is the highest OF all things, and that II pre-
jldice or bigotry stand In the way OF truth,
80 much the worse for them-they are certain
10 be crushed soon'r or later. Why, when |
knew you In Detroit / would have nc sooner
thought OF violating the code Of ethics laid
down BY the profession, or Of prescribing any.
thing out OF the regular order, than | would
Of amputating my hand. Now, however, |
prescribe and advise those things which | be.
lleys to be adapted to cure, and which my ex.
p~eriPnce has proven to be such"
This 10 rathtran unusual way for o physi.
clan TO talk, Is 1t not, dootor2
Certainly 1t Ia. II Is way outside Of our
code Of ethics, but ! have grown far beyond
The code, ] have all | can attend 10, and am
determined TO behonest with my patients and
mankind, whether my brother physicians are
with me or not. Why, | prescribe medicines
every day, some OF them s~o.called patent
medicines, which would render me liable To
expulsion from the medical fraternity, but |
am supremely Indifferent to their laws"
"Are the medical fraternity Of the country
combined against proprietary medicines, doc.
tor ?"
"InyAriAbly, and II is sufficient ground for
eI pulslon 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 IS physicians are using every
day. You see the code Is established and sus-
tanned by old physicians like myself, who
make the rules and insist upon their enforce.
meut In order ~ keep tile younger doctors
from obtaining a fOotnold and sncrOaching
upon the already established practice OF the
older ones This Is largely the reason why
young physicians have such a hard time OF II;
they are fettered by the code, and have only
their personal influence 10 Gcpsnd upon In Sc.
curing practice"
GLOW did you come 10 get such heretlcal
ideas as these, dOctOr2"
"Oh, they are the result Of my experience
and observation. | obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, however, from having
been cured after oil my care and The skill Of
my professional brethren had failed TO relieve
me-. Why, | was SO badly or with 4 Compli.
consequently imp; rIect kidneys and liver,
that / feared should have 10 give up my
practice. For more than u mouth I could not
st down or get up without the most intense
agony, and was suffering all the while. Some
one advised me to 90 out ofthe regular chan.
nels and try O remedy that was becoming
quite famous for the remarkable cures It was
efFectiug: but my prejudice was altogether
too strong for that However, did quietly
begin trying the remedy, but | promise you
| said nothing 10 my brother physicians, or
even to my family about 1t, Well, 81, It was
A revelation to me; for In oil my medical ex.
I, rlense | never saw anything operate no
fapidly or 20 elIectually as that did. l owe
nv health to-day; and for all know, my life
also-to the remedy known as Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. That was the startling
DOint with me, aud my prejndlces faded very
rapidiy alter that | caU assure you. went to
reading extensively and anslyEIngmote exten.
slyely Land | supp ge analy zsd all the lead.
Ing pfopti tary medicines that are mode.
Many o lhsm ! found perfectly useless, being
a~ay6rinp A vast mslorlty of them all, how.
aver, Hound made up Of prescriptions used
bv nhvs,e!Sns in their every day Practice; but
al 4 ri lie entita number 1 found only two
tLSt contained absolutely harmful ingredients
and then in very slight quantitlrE. Indeed
wS ara nreScribins thing constantly that have
moTo deleietiOls matter In than they had.
Altar discovering this, | 'Aid TO myself: why
Stnuid Inc medical Paternity be prOiudiced
against thosa preSc. options which they are
SsSiiinp every day, simply beCauie they are
mt i'm by wholesale and are sOld with a gov
eminent stamp on / o wrapper. I RAW its
m~auifest abSiflity and resolved that ! would
h" hniipd bv II no LONGER. since that time I
have pres.fitei proprietary remedies nearly
svSrv day, IL my practice. Bnh have no
rsSs6n to regret having done 90. Why. only
Ia law daJs ago | advised q lady who was sulIer.
InS rom a Serious iem.le difficulty and dis.
ia, enient 10 use this lme Bale Kidney and
liver Cure which cured ine. saw her this
mnfuine and she IL nearly well; the pain and
Inflammation are all gone and she Is around As
nsuSi. We have no right in tbs medical fra.
Iistnjiy 10 cit back and declare there Is no such
lining a. improvement or advancement
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