The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-17
TnAT RICH EXPERIENCE.
A Free Press Interview Sustained and its
Source Rexea1ed.
Detroit Free Press.l

tDeTfOft free Efess.l
A few months ago an interview with a
prominent and well known physician, for
merly 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 divulged were~of
so unusual a nature as to cause no little
connection among those who read them,
and many inquiries were raised as to the
genuineness of the interview and the valid
ity of the statements it contained. The
name of the physician was at /. that time
suppressed at his own request The
seal of secrecy, however, can now be
removed, as the important and interesting
letter which appears below will abundantly
show. In order, however, that the reader
may better understand this letter, a few
extracts are herewith given from the inter
view in question.
After an exchange of courtesies and a
few "reminiscences about the war, in which
the doctor was a prominent surgeon, the
reporter remarked upon the doctors i'm
proved appearance, upon which he said:
Yes, 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
Il OOCtOr, 10 10, anu tHdI Is nave OScFCOH
my prejudices. You know there-ar some
people who prefer tC remain in the wrong
rather than acknowledge the manifest right
Such prejudicelead to bigotry of the worst
order. Now, l am physician, and of the
'told school, order, too; but / have, after
years of experience and observation, come
to the conclusion that truth is the highest
of all things, and that if prejudice or bigot-
ry stand in the way of truth, SO much the
worse for them-they are certain to be
crushed sooner or later. Why, when l
knew you in Detroit, / would no sooner
have thought of violating the code of ethics
laid down by the profession, or of prescrib
ing anything out of the regular order, than
of amputating my hand. Now, however,
prescribe and advise those things which
believe to be adapted to cure, and which
my experience has proven to be such.
How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, doctor?'
''They~are the result of my experience
and obervation. I obtained my first idea
upon the subject, though, from having been
cured after all my cure and the skill of my
professional brethren had failed to relieve
me. Why, / was as badly off as many of
my patients, wife acomplication of troubles,
including dyspepsia, and consequently i'm
perfect kidneys and liver, and | feared
should have to give up my practice. For
months l suffered untold agonies Dull,
indefinite pains in various parts of the
body; lack of interest in everything
around me. a loss of appetite; headaches;
all these disagreeable symptoms were added
to pains which were both acute and con-
slant Sick as | was. however, | became
restored to health in a most surprising man
ner and in an incredibly short space of
time, and it was this that proved d Tevela-
ton to me. That was the starting point,
and my prejudices faded rapidly after that
time l can assure VI. went to reading
and analyzing more extensively
and since that time have discovered many
things of real value to humanity. Why.
only few days ago / advised a lady who
was suffering from serious female diff
Guilty and displacement 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
or that we have a monopoly
of the remedies which nature has given to
mankind. There are great changes going
on in every department of life, and there
are great developments in medicine as we'll
thousands OF people ole every year from
typhoid fever, rheumatism or
other complaints, 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 it is from diseased kidneys which
have become weakened by the fever they
have just had
We'll doctor, you have got some new
truths here, certainly, but they sound very
reasonable to me y
"WeI, whether they are reasonable or
not,I have demonstrated TO my own salts
faction that they are true, and | propose
to stand by them, no matter how much
may raise by doing SO. Any
MANI be he politician, preacher or physician,
who is so considerate of his pocketbook
Or of his own personal ends as to stultify
himself by suppressing the manifest truth,
is unworthy the name of man, and I'M
worthy the confidence of the public whom
he serves"
The above are some Of the principle
points in the interview referred to. Now
for the sequel The following outspoke
letter from the doctor himself which has
just been received is published in full:
Editor Detroit Free Press:
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