Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-03-25
THAT RICH EXPERIENCES.
FREE PRESS INTERVIEW SUSTAINED
AND ITS SOURCE REyEALED.
Detroit Free Pres

clan, formerly resident of Detroit
but now living in New York, appeared
in the columns of this paper. The
statements made bv the doctor and
the factshe divulged were Of SO unusual
nature as to cause no little commotion
among those who read them. and mann
inquiries were raised as to the genu-
ineness of the interview and the validity
of the statements it contained. The
name OF the physician WAS mt that tinlc
suppressed at his own request. The
seal of secrecy, however, can now lie
removed, as the important and inter
esting letter which appears below will
abundant!y show. In order, however
that the reader may better understand
this letter, few extracts are herewith
given.from the interview in question
After an exchange OF courtesies and
4 few "reminiscences about the war, in
which the doctor was prominent
surgeon, the reporter remarked upon
the doctors improved appearance, upon
which he said:
"Yes / have improved in health
since you last saw me, and | hope also
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 doctor, to do
and that is | have overcome my preJu-
dices. You know there are some people
who prefer to remain in the wrong
rather than acknowledge the NANTES
right. Such.prejudice leads to bigotry
of the worst order. Now, | am Il ply
stefan, and of the cold school" order
too; but Ihave, after years of experience
and observation, come 10 the conclu-
sion 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 knew you in Detroit, would
no sooner have thought OF violating
the code of ethics laid down by the
profession, or of prescribing anything
out of the regular order, than | would
of amputating my hand. Now, how
ever, / 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?'
"Oh, they are the result of my ex-
perience and observation. | 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
patients, with complication of trou-
bles, including dyspepsia, and conse-
quently imperfect kidneys and liver,
and | feared / should have to give up
my practice. For months / suffered
untold agonies. Dull, indefinite pains
in various parts of the body; lack of
interest in everything around me; Il
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 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 | cam assure You. |
went to reading extensively, and ana
lying more extensively, and since that
time | have discovered many things
of real value to humanity. Why only
a few days ago | advised lady who
was suffering from serious female
and displacement to use the
same remedy which cured me. | saw
her this morning and she is nearly
we'll; the pain and inflammation are
all gone and she is around as usual.
We have no right in-the medical fra
ternity to- sit back and declare there is
no such thing as improvement or ad-
or thatwe havea 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
as well. Thousands ofpeople
die every year from supposed typhoid
fever, rheumatism or other complaints,
when in fact 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
well, doctor, you have got some
new truths here, certainly, but they
sound very reasonable to me-"
well, whether they are reasonable
or not, have demonstrated to my own
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 physician, who is so con-
siderate OF his pOcketbook or of his
own personal ends as to stultify himself
by suppressing the manifest truth, is
the name of man, and I'M
worthy the confidence of the public
whom he serves"
The above are some of the principal
points in the interview referred to.
Now for the sequel. The following
letter from the doctor him
self which has just been received is
published in full: