The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-04-06
THAT RIcH ExPERIENCE.
A Free Press Interview Sustained and IT.
Source Revealed.
fpetroit q -. J

A few months ago an interview with prom
inent and we'll 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 diyulged were of so unusual a nature
as to cause no little commotion 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 at that time sup
pressed at his own request. The seal Of Sc
crecy, however. can now be removed. as the
important and interesting letter which APP
pears below viii abundantly show In order,
however, that the reader may better under
stand this letter, 3 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 doc
tor was prominent surgeon, the reporter re-
marked upon the doctors improved appear
ance, 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 a doctor, to do,
and that is | have overcome my prejudices.
You know there are some people who prefer to
remain in the wrong rather than acknow edge
bigotry of the worst order. Now, I am a ply
stefan, and of the 'old school order, too;
but l have, after years OF experience and OBJ
seryation, come to the conclusion that truth
is the highest of all things, and that If preju-
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 l would Of
amputating my hand. Now, however, pre-
scribe and advise those things which I believe
to be adapted to cure, and which my expert
ence has proven to be such.'
How did you come to get such heritical
ideas as these, doctorgn
s3Oh, 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 badly off many of my pa
| tients, with a complication of troubles, in
| GLIDING dyspepsia, and consequently imper-
feet 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; loss OF
/ appetite; headaches; all these disagreeable
/ symptoms were added to pains which were
| ever, became restored to health in a most
/ surprising manner and In an incredibly short
space of time, and it was this that proved q
| revelation to me. That was the starting
/ point, and my prejudices faded rapidly after
that, can assure you. l went to reading ex
| tensiYely, and Analysing more extensively, ano
| since that time have discovered many things
| of real value to humanity Why, only few
DAYS ago | advised a lady who was suffering
| from a serious female difficulty and d!splace
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 an(
| she is around, as usual. We have no right II
| the medical fraternity to sit back and declare
there is no such thing as improvement or ad
| Yancement, or that we have a monopoly O
| the remedies which nature has given to man
| kind. There are great changes going on II
| every department of life, and there are grea
! developments in medicine well. Thou
! sands of people die every year from supposed
| typhoid fever, rheumatism, or other com
| plants, when in reality it is from trichina
caused by eating poorly cooked and diseased
pork. Thousands of children are dying ever.
year from drOpSy the apparent sequel Z
searlatina when in reality it is from diseased
kidneys which have become weakened by tn
fever they have just had.'
Well, doctor, you have got some new
truths here, certainly, but they sound YER
reasonable to me.''
We'll, whether they are reasonable or not
] I have demonstrated to my own satisfaction
that they are true, and propose to stand b,
them, no matter how much opposition ma
raise by doing so. Any man, be he politician
preacher or physician, who is so considerat
of his poclxct-book or of his own personal end
as to stuItify himself by suppressing the man
fest truth, is unworthy the name of man, an
unworthy the confidence of the public whoT
he serves"
The above are some Of the principal point
| in the interview referred to- Now for the sc
| quel. The following outspoke letter from tn
doctor himself which has just been received
published in full: