St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-22
THAT RICH EXPERIENCE.
A Free Press Interview Sustained and It's
Source Revealed.
Detroit Free Press.)

A few months ago an interview with prom
1nent and well known physician, formerly a
resident of Detroit but now living in New
York, appeared in the columns of this paper.
The statements made BY the doctor and the
facts he diyulgcd were of so unusual nature
as to cause no little comInotion among those
who read them, and many inquiries were raised
as to the genuineness OF the interview and the
validity of the statements it contained The
name OF the physician was at that time sup
pressed at his own request The seal of Sc
crccy, however, can now lie removed, as the
important AMI Interesting letter which ap-
pears below Will abuntantIy show. In order,
10" ever. that the reader may better under
sand THIS le. ter, lew extracts are herewith
g. en- f.O.n the interview III question.
After an exchange Of c4lrtesies and a few
"reminiscences about the war, in which the doc
Lor was prominent surgeon, the rcporte r re-
marked upon the doctors improved appear
ance, upon which he said:
Eyes, l have improved in health since you
last saw me, and hope also in many other
ways. One thing, however have succeeded
in doing, and it is one OF the hardest things
for any one, and especially a doctor, to do,
and that is l have overcome my prejudces.
You know there are some people who prefer to
remain in the wrong rather than acknowledge
the manifest right. Such prejudice leads to
sican, and of the odd school order, too;
but have, after years of experience and OBJ
servation, come to the conclusion that truth
is the highest OF all things, and that if preiu-
dice 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 no sooner have
thought of violating the code of ethics laid
down by the profession, or of prescribing any
thing cut of the regular order, than would of
amputating my hand. Now, however, | pre-
scribe and advise those things which | believe
to be adapted to cure and which my expert
ence has proven to be such.''
Chow did you cone to get such heritical
ideas as these, dOctOr?'
"Oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. l obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, though, from having been
cured after all my care and the skill Of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve me.
Why, was as badly off many of my pa
tcnts, with a complication of troubles, in
Guiding dyspepsia, and consequently impcr-
feet kidneys and liver, and l feared l should
have to give up my practice. For months |
suffered untold agones. Dull, Indefinite
pains in various parts of the body; a lack of
interest in everything around me; loss Of
appetite; headaches: al these disagreeable
symptoms were added to pains which were
both acute and constant Sick as I was, how
ever, | became restored to health in a most
surprising manner and in an incredibly short
space of time, and it was this that proved a
revelation to me. That was the starting
point, and my prejudices faded rapidly after
that, can assure you. | went to reading ex-
tensively, and analyZing more extensively, and
since that time have discovered many things
of real value to humanity. Why, only few
days ago l advised lady who was suffering
from serious female difficulty aud displace-
ment to use the same remedy which cured me.
/ saw her this morning and she is nearly well; ;
the pain and Inflammation are all gone and
she is around as usual. We have no right in
the medical fraternity to sit back and declare
there is no such thing as improvement or ad-
vancement, or that we have monopoly Of
the remedies which nature has given to man
kind. There are great changes going on in
every department of life, and there are great
developments in medicine as well. Thou
sands of people die every year from supposed
typhoid fever, rheumatism, or other COM
plaints when in reality it is from. trichina,
caused by eating poorly cooked and diseased
pork. Thousands of children are dying every
year from dropsy as the apparent sequel to
scarlatina, when in reality 1t is from diseased
kidneys which have become weakened by the
fever they have Just had"
"Wel, doctor, YOU have got some new
truths here, certainly, but they sound very
reasonable to me-"
"Well, whether they are reasonable or not,
l have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
that they are true, and propose to stand by
them, no matter how much opposition l may
raise by doing So Any man. be he politician,
preacher or physician, who is so cOnsiderate
of his pockct-boo or Of his own personal ends
as to stultify himself by suppressng the man
fest truth, is unworthy the name of man, and
unworthy the confidence of the public whom
he serves"
The above are some of the principal points
IN the interview referred to. Now for the Sc
quel. The following outspoke letter from the
doctor himself which has just been received is
published in full: