Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-02
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
UPoN A SUBJECT OF VITvL INTEREST
EXPECTING THE WELFARE OF ALL.

UPON A SUBJECT OF NITvL INTEREs
EXPECTING THE WELFARE OF ALL.
| The following remarkable letter from
one Of the leading and best known scien
ti6c writers of the present day is special
| ly significant, aud should be of unusua
value to all readers who desire to keel
pace with the march of modern discov'
cries and events:
"a general demand for reformation il
one Of the most distinctive characters
tics of the nineteenth century. The com
mon people, as well as the more enlght-
ened and refined, cry out with no uncer.
tain voice to be emancipated from the
slavery Of conservatism and superstition
which has held the masses in gross igno.
rance during large portion Of the world
history, and in the time of the DARK
Ages came near obliterating the last
glimmer of truth. Dogmatic assertions
and blind empiricism are losing caste
among all classes of all countries. Peo-
pie are beginning to think for themselves
and to regard authority much less than
argument. Men and women are NO
longer willing that a few individual
should dictate to them what must be
their sentiments and opinions. They
claim the right to solve for themselves
the great question 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, unmistakable evidence Of reforma-
tory action. People who, a few years
ago, endured suffering the most intense
in the name of duty, now realize the Ut
ter foolishness Of such a 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 today, thought
lessly enduring the irst symptoms Of
some serious malady and without the
slightest realization of what is before
them. They have occasional headaches;
lack of appetite one day and a raven
Gus one the next, or an unaccountable
feeling of WEAKNESS, sometimes accom-
panied by nausea and attribute all these
trou bles to the old idea of "a slight cold
or malaria. II is high time that people
awoke to the knowledge Of the serious
ness of these matters and emancipated
themselves from the professional bigotry
which controls them. When this Is done
and when all classes Of physicians be-
come liberal enough to exclude all dog
mas, save tia, it is their duty to cure
disease as quickly and as safely as posi-
BILE to maintain no other position than
tina, of truth honestly ascertained, and
to endorse and recommend any remedy
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
al am well aware of the censure that
will be me,ed out for me for writing this
letter but feel that | cannot be true 10
my honest convictions unless | extend
a helping hand aud endorse all that |
know to be good. The extended publ.
cations for the past few years, and graph
ic descriptions of different diseases of the
kidneys and liver have awakened the
medical 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 casting about
for remedy to cure them
ut is now over two years since my at
tention was first called 10 the use of a
mos, wonderful preparation in the treat
ment of Brights disease of the kidneys.
Patients had frequently asked me about
the remedy and had heard OF remark
able cures effected by it. but like many
others hesita,ed to recommend its use.
A personal friend of mine had been in
poor health for some time and his appll-
cation for insurance on his life had been
rejected on account Of Bnghts disease.
Chemical aud microscopical examination
OF his urine revealed the presence of large
quantities of albumen and granul tube
casts, which confirmed the correctness Of
the diagnosis. After trying all III, usual
remedies, / directed him to use this pre-
para,ion and was greatly surprised to OBJ
serve desded improvement within a
month. and within four months, no tube
casts could be discovered. At that time
there was present only trace Of slbu-
men. and he felt. as he expressed it.
perfectly WE'LL and all through the in
fuence of Warner Safe Cure, the reme-
dy he used.''
"After this | prescribed this medicine
in full doses for both acute and chronic
nephriti-, Bight's disease aud with the
most satisfactory results. My observa-
tons were neither small in number nor
hastily made. They extended over sew
eral months and embraced large num-
Der of cases which have proved so salts
factory to my mind, that would earn
estly urge upon my professional brethren
the Importance of giving fair and pa
tient trial to Warmers Safe Cure. in Q
large class of ailments where the blood
Is obviously in an unhealthy state, espec-
tally when glandular engagements and
inf .mmstory eruptions exist, indeed 10
many of those forms Of chronic indisposi,
tions in which there is no evidence oforgan-
| ic mischief. but where the general health 10
depleted, the face sallow, the urine col