Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-16
THAT RICH EXPERIENCE.
A Free Press Interview Sustained
and Its source Revealed.
Detroit Free Press,

and Its SOu~re Revealed.
Detroit Free Press.
a few months ago an interview with a
prominent and well known physician, for
merly resident of Detroit. but now liv-
ing liz New York, appeared in the col
umns of this paper. The statements
made by the doctor and the facts he d.
vulRed were Of so unusual nature as to
cause no little commotion among those
who read them, and many inqairies were
raised as TO the genuiness of the inter
view and the validity of the statements it
contained. The name of the physician
was at that time suppressed at his own re-
quest. The seal OF secrecy, however, can
now be removed, NJ the important and in
terestlng letter which appears below will
abundantly show. In order, however,
that the reader may better understand
TINS letter, few extracts are herewith
given from the interview in question.
Alter an exchange of courtesies and a
lew "reminiscences about the war, in which
the doctor was prominent surgeon, the
reporter remarked upon the doctors I'M
proved appearance, upon which he said;
es, l nave improved in health since
you last saw me, and | hope also in many
other ways. Oae thing, however, | have
succeeded in doing, and it is one Of the
hardest things for any one, and especially
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 to
bigotry of the worst order Now, am
physician, and of tho "old 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 bigotry 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 violat-
ing the code OF ethics laid down by the
profession, or of prescribing anything out
of the regular order, than | would of
amputatiDg my hand Now, however, /
prescribe and advise those things which
believe to be adapted to cure, and
which my experience has proven to be
UGH"
How did you come to get such hereto
al ideas as these, doctor?'
'Oh, they are the result of my expert
ence and observation. | obtained my first
iN0do UPON tHt SuhIttl, tHOuku, ITOul nav
ing been cured after all Lay care and the
skill of my professional brethren had fail
ed to relieve me Why, | was as badly of
as many of my patients with complica-
ton of troubles, including dyspepsia, and
consequently imperfect kidneys and liver.
and / feared should have TO give up my
practice. For months l suffered untold
agonies. Dull, indefinite pains in various
80, rtu ,Nf hn no. H.. l,n aC ,rxn
everything around me; loss of appetite;
headaches; all these disagreeable symp-
toms were added to pains which were both
acute and constant. Sick as / was, how.
ever, l became restored TO health in a
most surprising manner and in an incred-
IDLY short space of time, and it was this
that proved revelation to me. That was
Inc starting point, and my pre- iudices
faded rapidly after that | can assure you.
l went to reading extensively, and ana
lying more extensively, and since that
time | have discovered many things of
real value to humanity. Why, only few
days ago / advised lady who was suffer
ing from serious female difficulty and
displacement to use the same remedy
which cured me. saw her this morni og
and she is nearly well the pain and in
flammation are all gone and she is around
as usual. We have no right in the med
ical fraternity to sit back and declare
there is no such 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 a.
well, Thousands of people die every year
from supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism,
or other complaints, when in reality it is
trichina, caused by eating poorly cooked
and diseased pork. Thousands of chill
dren are dying every year from dropsy as
the apparent sequel to scarlatna, when in
reality it is from diseased kidneys which
have become weakened by the fever they
have just had"
Well, doctor, you have got some new
truths here, certainly. but they sound
very reasonable to me-"
We'll, whether they are reasonable or
not, have demonstrated to my own salts
faction that they are true, and / propose
to stand by them, no matter how much
opposition | may raise by doing So Any
man, be he politician. preacher or physi-
clan, who is so considerate of his pocket
book or of his own personal ends as to
stultify himself by suppressing the mani
fest truth, is unworthy the name Of man,
and unworthy the confidence of the pub.
lie whom he serves"
The above are some of the principal
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;