Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-03-30
THAT RICH EXPERIENCE.
a rree Press Interview Sustained and
Its Source Revealed.
Detroit Free prese

(Detroit Free Press.)
a lew months ago an interview with a
prominent and well known physician
living in New York, appeared in che n col.
unnS Oh this paper. The statements made
by Inc doctor and the facts he diynIgeJ
were on SO unusual nature as to cause No
Ittle commof1on among those who read
u tne IN, anu many inquiries were raised as
the validity of the statements il contained.
Inc name OF the physician was at that
time suppressed a. his own request The
seal OF secrecy, however, can now bs re-
moved, as the important and interesting
letter which appears below will abund,
reader may better understand this letter ;
few extracts are herewith given from the
interview in question.
AlCer an exchange of courtesies and a
rev "reminiscences about tn war. in which
the DOCTOR was prominent mgeen, the
reporter remarked upon the doctors i'm
proved appearance, upon which he said:
Yes, L have improved ia health since
you last saw me, and hope also i'm many
DINER 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 over
some people who prefer TO remain in the
wrong rather than acknowledge the mani
fest ilght. Such Irejudce leads to bigotry
or the worst order. Now, [ am a phy-
siclan, and of the "Old school" order, too
but nave. after years of expe rience and
observation. come to the conclusion that
truth Is the highest of all things, ana that
II 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, L would
no sooner have thought of violating the
code of ethics laid down by the profession.
or or prescribing anything out of the regu-
lar order, than L would of amputatipg nv
hand. Now, however, prescribe and adj
wise 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, do tor ?"
"Oh, they are the result of my experience
and observation. L obtained my first ideas
upon the subject, though, from having
been cared after all my care and the skill
OF my professional brethren had failed to
relieve me. Why, was as badly off SIS
many of my patients, with complication
OF troubles, including dyspepsia, and con-
Sc quently Imperfect kidneys and liver, and
L feared should have to give up my prac-
tice. For months suffered untold agonies.
Dull, indefinite pains in various parts
of the body; a lack of interest in every-
thing around me; loss of appetite: head
aches ;all these disagreeable sy mptoms were
added to pains which were both acute and
constant. Sick as l was, however, 1 be-
came restored to health in a most surpris-
ing manner and in an incredibly short
space OF time, and it was this that proved
revelation to me. That was the starting
point, and my prejudiceS faded rapidly
after that L can assure you. / went to
reading extensively, and analyzing more
extensively, and since that time 1 have
discovered many things of real value to
humanity: Why only a few days ago l
advised a lady who was suffering from a
serious female difficulty 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 advancement, or
that we have monopoly of the remedies
which nature has given to mankind.
Chere are great changes going on in every
department Of life, and there are great
developments in medicine as well. Thou
sands of people die every year from sup
posed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other
complaints, when in reality it is from
trlch1na, caused by eating poorly cooked
and diseased pork. Thousands of children
are dying every year from dropsy as the
apparent sequal to scarlatine, 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-"
swell, whether they are reasonable or
not, have demonstrated to my satisf &C.
stand by them, no matter how much oppn-
sltiOn may raise by doing so. Any man, be
be politician, preacher or physician, who is
so considerate of his pOcketbOOk or of his
own personal ends as 10 stultify himself
by suppreSsing the manifest truth, is un-
worthy 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 sequel. The following outSpoken
letter from the doctor himself which has
just been received is published in full:
Editor Detroit Free Press:
Some time ago reporter OF your paper
had on interview with me which he said
he would like to publish. 1 consented on
condition that you would not mention my
name until l gave you permission. have
nsw accomplished the purpose / had in
can publish or not as you see fit) that /
had debated for long time whether
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 fortunes,
like those described by Dante in his trip
to the Internal re. ions, which endured
from dyspepsia, and recalled how much
would have given at that time for the re-
lief which I have since obtained, deter
mined that would take the step so long
and thereby dis charge a duty
to my fellow men. If could thereby save
one poor mortal one night of the terrible
suffering endured, would be fully salts
fed, be the other consequences what they
might.
My dyspeptic condition was produced
by torpid liver, which did not, as a con-
sequence, remove the bile from the blood
This produced arrangement of the stomach,
Inflammation of its coats, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, headache, depression of spirits,
yellow complexion, fat-covered eyes. chills
and fever; in short, was miserable to the
last degree. 1 appealed in vain to my
books, to my skill and to my fellow ply
sicians. The mystery of my ill-health
grew deeper. 1 travelled everywhere-ex-
hausted all authorized expedients-but to
no purpose!
When in this frame of mind, desperately