Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
Upon Subject of Vital Interest, Affecting the
Welfare of All.

Upon Subject of Vital Interest, Affecting the
| . Welfare of All.
/ The following remarkable letter from one Of
| the leading and best known scientific writer's
| of the present day is specially significant and
| should be of unusual value TO all readers who
| desire TO keep pace with the march of modern
|. discoveries. and events: ..t. ..t.v
| IA general demand for reformation is one
of the most distinctive characteristics of the
nine eentn century Tie common people, as
| well as the more enlightened and refined cry
out with no uncertain voice TO be emancipted
| from the slavery of conservatism and super
| stition which has held the masses in gross ig
norance during a large portion of the worlds
| history. and in the time of the Dark Ages
| came near obliteratlDg the last glimmer of
! truth. Dogmatlc assertions and blind emplri-
| cism are losing caste among all classes of all
/ countries. People are beginning to think for
| themselves, and to regard authority much les
! than argument. Men and women are longer
| willing that few individuals should dictate to
| them what must be their sentiments and Opin-
ions. They claim the right to solve for them
selves the great questions of the day and de-
| mand that the general good of humanity shall
| be respected. AS the result of this general
! awakening. we see, on every hand, unmistak-
| able evidences Of refOrmatory action. People
| who, few years ago, endured suffering the
| most intense in the name of duty, now realize
the utter foolshness of such o course. Men
| who were under the bondage of bigoted adj
| visers allowed their health TO departs
suffered their constitutions to become
|, undermined and finally died as martyrs
| to a false system of treatment. There
are millions of people filing untimey
| graves who might have lived to green old age
| had their original troubles been taken in time
or properly treated. There are thousands of
people to day, thoughtlessly enduring the first
| symptoms of some serious maady and without
fl,oo Of 4ho
before them. They have occasional head
| aches; lack of appetite one day and a raven
! GUS one the next, or an unaccountable feeling
| of WEAKNESS. som etimes accompanied by nausea
and attribute all these troubles to the old idea
of slight cold or malaria. It is high time
that people awoke to the knowledge of the
seriousness of these matters and emancpated
| themselves from the professional bigOtry which
| controls them. When this is done and when
all classes of physicians become liberal enough
to exclude all dOgmas, save that it Is their duty
to cure disease as quickly and as safely as pos
| sible; to maintain no other position than that
| of truth honestly ascertained and to endorse
| and recommend any Eemedy that has been
| found useful, no matter what its origin, there
| will be no more quarreling among the doctors,
while there will be great rejoicing throughout
! the world" aes I'D.
! II am well aware of the censure that viii be
melted out to me. for writing this letter but l
feel that l cannot be true to my honest cOnVic-
| lions unless / extend a helping hand and en-
dorse all that know to be good. The extend
| ed publications. for the past few years, and
| graphic descriptions of different diseases of
| the kidneys and liver have awakened the medI-
cal profession to the fact that these diseases are
greatly increasing. The treatment OF the doctors
| has been largely experimental and many of
their patients have died while they were cast
| ing about for a remedy to cure them" ...
| at is now over two years since my attention
| fret oil lnd fp In rfo 1Fprf
preparation IN the treatment of Brights
disease of the kidneys. Patients had frequent
| ly asked me about the remedy and had heard
| of remarkable cures Effected by it, but like
many others hesitated to recommend its use
| A personal friend of mine had been in POOR
health for sUme time, and his application for
insurance on his life had been rejected on &C
| count of Bright's disease. Chemical and
microscOpical examinations of his urine re-
vealed the presence of large quantities Of albU-
men and granular tube casts, which cofirmed
| the correctness of the diagnosis. After trying
| all the usual remedies, l directed him to use
/ this preparation and was greatly surprised to
| observe adecided Improvement within month,
| and within four months no tube casts could be
| discovered. At that time there was present
only trace of albumen, and he felt, as he ex-
pressed 1t, perfectly WE'LL and all through the
f! influence of Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy he
| used" ..r
! after this prescribed this medicine in full
! doses in both acute and chronic nephr1tis,
! [Bright's diseased and with the most satisfac-
| tory results Ny observations were neither
| small in number nor hastily made. They ex-
! tended over several months and embraced a
| large mum Der of cases which have proved so
! satisfactory to my mind, that / would earnestly
| urge upon my professional brethren the i'm
! pOrtance of giving fair and patient trial to
| Warmers Safe Cure. In a large class of all
| meDts where the blood Is obviously III an I'M
| healthy state, especially where glandular en-
| gorgements and nfammatory eruptions exist
indeed in many of those forms of chronic in
F., disposition in which there is no evidence of
| organic mischief but where the general health
! is depleted. the face sallow, the urine colOred
| constituting the condition i'll which the patient
| Is said to be bilious, the advantage gained by
| the use of this remedy is remarkable Ia
Bright's disease it seems to act as solvent Of
albumen; to soothe and heal the infiamed
membranes; to wash out the epithelial debris
which blocks up the tubu6 uriniferi. and to
prevent a destructive metamorphosls of It's
sue."
Belonging as do to branch of the pro-
fessIOn that believes that no one school Of medl-
cine knows all the truth regarding the treat
ment of disease, and being independent enough
toselect any remedy that will relieve my pa
tents, without reference to the source from
whence it comes, I am glad to acknowledge
and commend the merits of this remedy thus
frankly. Respectfully yours,
r. A. GUM, M. D.
Dean and Professor of Surgery, United States
Medical College Of New York; editor of Med
zeal Tribune; author of Gums New and
Improved Hand Book of Hygiene and Do
nestle Medicine. ETC., etc.