Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-05
THAT RICH EXPERIENCE,
FREQ Press Interview Sustained and Its
Source Revealed.
Detroit Free Press


Source Revealed.
Detroit Free Press.
few months ago an interview with
prominent and well known physician, for
merly a resident of Detroit, but now living in
New York, appe AIRED in the columns of this
paper. The statements made by the doctor
and the facts he divulged were of so unusuala
nature as to cause no little commotion among
those who read them, and many inquiries were
raised rs to the genuineness OF the interview
and the validity 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 APP
pears below will abundantly show. In order,
however. that The reader may better under
stand this letter, few extracts are herewith
given from the interview in question.
After an exchange of courtesies and a few
"reminiscences about the war, in which the
doctor was prominent surgeon, the reporter
remarked upon the doctors improved appear
ance, upon which he said:
eyes, have improved in health since you
last saw me, and hope also in many other
ways. One thing, however, l have succeeded
In doing, and it is one of tue hardest things
for any one, and especially doctor to do, and
that Is have overcome my prejudices. You
AhOV ttiCiC diT oOulC pCOpiC WIZ PiClCl " IC-
man IN the wrong rather than acknowledge
the manifest right. Such prejudice leads to
bigOtry of the worst order. Now, am a ply
stefan, and OF the 'old school, order, too; but
l have, after years of experience and obserya-
ton, come to the conclusion that truth is the
| highest of all things, and that if 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
I knew you in Detroit, wonld no sooner
have thought of violating the code of
| ethics laid down by the profession, or of pre-
| scribing anything out o. the regular order,
| than | would of amputating my hans. Now,
however, prescribe and advise those things
which l believe to be adapted to cure, and
which my experle nee has proven to be SUCH"
"How did you come to get such heretical
ideas as these, doctor?'
| ooh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. I 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 as many of my pa
| tienIs, with complication of troubles, in
Guiding dyspepsia, and consequently imperfect
kidneys and liver, and feared I should have
to give up my practice. For months I suf-
| fered untold agonies. Dull, indefinite pains
in various parts of the body; lack
OF interest in everything around me;
loss Of appetite; headaches; all
| these disagreeable symptoms were added
to pains which were both acute and constant.
| Sick rs l was, however, became restored to
health in 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 l can assure you. went to read
! ing extensively, and Analysing more extern
sively, and since that time I have discovered
many things of real value to humanity. Why
| only few days ago l advised lady who was
| suffering from a serious female difficulty and
displacement, to use the same remedy which
cured me l 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 snch thing as improvement
or advancement, or that we have 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 well. Thousands
! Of people die every year from supposed ty-
| phOid fever, rheumatism Or other complaints,
when in reality it is from trlchina, caused by
eating poorly cooked and diseased pork
| Thousands of children are dying every year
| from dropsy as the apparent sequel to scarla-
| tina, when in reality it is from diseased kid
| LCJo HlCn ldFC UCCOluc WcAAcneO ny Jue
| fever they have just had.''
| well, doctor, you have got some new
truths here, certainly, but they sound very
| reasonable to me-"
"WeI, whether they are reasonable or not,
| 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 pocketbook or of his own personal ends
as to stulify himself by suppressing the mani
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 outspoken letter from
the doctor himself which has just been re-
ceived is published in full:
Editor Detroit Free Press:
Some time ago reporter of your paper had
an interview with me which he SAID he would
like to publish. I consented on condition that
you would not mention my name until gave
you permission. have now ACCOMPLISHED the
purpose L had in mind, and wish to say to you
(Which you can publish or not as you see fit)
that had debated for a long time whether I
would shake off some of the professional
letters which bouNd me with Others for years,
and tell the truth or not When looked
back and thought of the tortures, like those
described by Dante in his trip to the Internal
regions, which endured from dyspepsia, and
recalled how much / would have given at that
time for the relief which 1 nave
since obtained, I determined that I
would take the step so long med
itated, and thereby discharge a duty to my
fellow men. II l could thereby save one poor
| mortal one night of the terrible suffering I
endured, would be fully satisfied, be the other
consequences what they might.
My dispeptic condition was produced by q
torpid liver, which did not, as q consequence,
remove the bile from the blood. This pro-
duced arrangement Of the stomach, infamma-
ton of its coats, dyspepsia, constipation,
| headache, depression of spirits, yellow com
plexion, fat-covered eyes, ehills and fever; in
short, l was miserable to the last degree.
appealed in vain to my books, to my skill and
| to my fellow physicians. The mystery Of my
ill-health grew deeper. I Travelled everywhtr re
exhausted all authorized expedients-but to
no purpose!
When in this frame of mind, desperately in
need of help, but expecting none, one of my
unprofessional friends called my attention to
some unusual cures wrought by a prominent
remedy and urged me to try it. emphatl-
cally declined. But eecretly and with the firm
determination that would never let anybody
know what had done, began its use. 1t was
only an experiment, you know, but for that
matter all medical treatment is experimental.
Well tn make long and surDrisinp story