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THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY. .
Upon n Subject of Vital Interest, Els
feeling the Welfare OF ALI


feeling the welfare OF All
The following remarkable letter from ono
OF the leading and best known sclentlhc
writers Of the present day is specially slgilli,,
cant, and should be Of unusual value 10 all
readers who desire TO keep pace with tho
march Of modern discoveries and events
"a general demand for reformation Is one
OF the most distinctive characteristics OF the
nineteenth century. The common people, as
well as the more enlightened and refined, cry
out with no uncertain voice TO be emanclpa-
tod from the slavery OF conservatism and su-
perstition which has held the masses in gross
ignorance during large portion OF the
worlds history, and in the time OF the Dark
Ages came near obliterating the last glim-
mer Of truth. Dogmatic assertions and
blind empiricism are losing caste among
all classes OF all countries. People
are beginning TO think for them
selves, and TO regard authority much less
than argument. Men and women are no
longer willing that few individuals should
dictate 10 them what must be their senti-
ments and opinions. They claim the right 10
solve for themselves the great questions of
the day, and demand that the general good
OF humanity shall be respected. AS the re-
suit of this general awakening we see, on
every hand, unmistakable evidences OF refor-
mat0ry action. People who, a few years
ago, endured suffering the most intense In
the name Of duty, now realize the utter fool
ishnes, Of such q course. Men who were
under the bondage Of bigoted advisers allowed
their health TO depart; suffered their
constitutions to become undermined
and finally died as martyrs TO false system
of treatment. There are millions OF people
filling untimely 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 thoughtIessly
enduring the first symptoms OF some serious
malady and without tho slightest realization
of the danger that Is before them. They
hive occasional headaches; lack Of appetite
ono day and ravenous one the next, Or
an unaccountable feeling Of WEAKNESS,
sometimes accompanied by nausea, and
attribute all these troubles 10 the old
idea Of a slight cold or malaria 1t Is high
time that people awoke to knowledge of the
seriousness Of these matters aud emancipated
themselves from the professional bigOtry
which controls them. When this Is done and
when ali classes Of physicians become LIBERAL
enough to exclude all dogmas, save that It is
their duty 10 cure disease as quickly, and as
safely as possible; TO maintain no other posi-
tion than that Of truth honestly ascer aimed,
and to indorse and recommend any remedy
| that has been found useful, no matter what
| its ORIGIN there will he no more quarreling
among the doctors, while there will DO great
| rejoicing throughout the world"
III am well aware Of the censure that will
| be melted out TO me for writing this letter,
| but feel that | cannot be true TO my honest
| convictions unless i extend helping hand
and indorse all that know to be good. The
] extended publications for the past few years
| and graphic descriptions of different disease
/ ,,lI haya axKn1ynuaI L..
| medical profession 10 the fact that these dis
eases are greatly increasing. The Treatment
of the doctors has been largely experimental
and many Of their patients have died Will
they were casting about for remedy 10 cur
them"
at is now over two years since my atten
ton was first called to the use of a most won
derful preparation in the treatment o
Brights disease OF the kidneys. Patients ha
frequently asked me about the remedy, an
had heard Of remarkable cures effected b.
it, but like many others hesitated to recon
mend its use. A personal friend Of mine ha
been in poor health for some time, and hi
application for insurance on his life ha
been rejected on account Of Bright
disease. Chemical and microscopical G,
animation Of his urine revealed Ii
presence of largo quantities If albumen an
granular tube casts which confirmed Il
correctness Of the diagnosis. After tryin
all the usual remedies, directed him TO u,
this preparation and was greatly surprise
to observe decided Improvement within
month, and within four months no tut
casts could be discovered. At that time thei
was present only trace Of albumen, and
felt, as he expressed it, perfectly WELL al
all through the influence Of Warmers Sa
! Cure, the remedy hc used"
AFTER this / prescribed this medicine
full doses in both a ute aud chronic nephr
It's, (Bright's di,easeD and with the most sati
; ia tory results. My observations were neith
small in number nor hastily made They e
' tended over several months aud embraced
\ large number of cases which have proved
satisfactory to my mind, that would ca
, nestly urge upon my professional brethrC
the Importance Of giving fair and patio
trial to Warmers Safe Cure. In large ella
, of ailments where the blood is obviously
an unhealthy state, especially where glunl
o lar engagements and inilammato
= cruptions exist, indeed in many of tho
II forms of chronic inlisposition in which the
Is no evidence of organic IN Schief, but whc
, the general hoali Ii is depleted, the face sallo
5 the urine colored, constituting the cOniiti,
! in which the patient is said ODE bilious, L
advantage gained by the use Of this RENE,
II is remarkable, In Bright's disease it seer
= TO act as II solvent Of albumen; to soothc al
1 heal tho iniilmcd membranes; to wa h o
g the cpithelial debris which blocks up tho tu
:, uli urinifcri, ami to prevent n desti uctl
y, metamorphosis of tissue.n
u Belonging rs do 10 q branch of the III
p fcssion that believes that no one school
e. medicine knows all the truth regarding I
, treatment of disease, and being indcp,ndr
/, enough to select any remedy that will relic
~ my patients, without reference 10 the sour
from whence it comes, am gla 10 acknov
1 edge and commend the merits of this rene,
. thus frankly.
/ Respectfully yours
. II. A. GUM, NJ. d.
Dean and Professor Of Surgery, United stat
] Medical College of New York. editor
Y Medical Tribune, Author of Gums n,
b and Improved Hand Book of Hygiene III
$ Domestic Medicine, etc., etc.