River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-04
THE nffGHEs1r AUTHORITY.
Upon a Subject OF Vital Interest, Eff
f4ctfng the Welfare OF All

The following remarkable letter from
one ofthe leading and best known scien-
tific writer's OF the present day is special
ly significant, and should be of unusual
value to all readers who desire to keep
pace with the march of modern discoy-
cries and events:
"A general demand for information is
one of the most distinctive Characters
tics ofthe nineteenth century. The COM
mon people, as well as the more en-
lightened and refined, cry out with no
uncertain voice to be emancipated from
the slavery of conservatism and super
stition which has held the masses in
gross ignora ce during a large por-
ton of the worlds history, and il the
time of the Dark Ages came
near o6literating the last giimmer
of truth Dogmatic assertions and
blind empircism are losing caste among
all classes of Ill countries. Peoples are be-
ginning TO think for themselves, and to
regard authority much less than argu-
ment. Men and women are no lsnger
willing that few individuals should die
tate TO them what must be their senti-
ments and opinions. They claim Il right
to solve for themselves the great Ques-
tons of the day and demand that the gem
eral good Of humanity shall be respected.
we see, on every hand, unmstakable evil
dences of reformatory action. Peo-
pie who, few wears ago. endured suffer-
ing the most intense in the name oil Cutv,
now realize the utter foolishness of such
q course. Men who were under the bond
age of bigoted advisers allowed their
health to depart; suffered their constitu-
tions to become undermined and finally
died as mar. yrs TO false system of treat
ment. There are millions of people fill
ing untimely graves who might have
lived To a green old age had their orig
inal troubles been taken i'll time or prop
erly treated There are thousands of peo-
pie to day thought.essly enduring the first
symptoms OF some serious malady and
without the slightest lealzatlon of the
danger that is before them. They have
occasional headaches; lack of appe-
tite one day and a raverous one the next,
or an unaccountable feeling of WEAKNESS,
sometimes accompanied by nausea, and
attribute all these troubles to the old
idea OF "a slight cold or malaria. 1t is
high time that people awoke to a knowl-
edge of the seriousness of these matters
and emanclps ted themselves from the
professional bigotry VI len o itrols the n
When this is done and when all class OF
physicians become liberal enough to eX-
to cure disease as quickly, and as safely
as possible; to maintain no other position
than that Of truth honestly ascer-
tanned, and TO endorse AID recommend
any remedy hat las been found useful,
no matter what its origin, there will be
no more Quarreitng among the doctors,
while there will be great rejoicing
throughout the world"
81 am well aware of the censure that
will be meted ont t. ME for writing this
letter but feel that | cannot be true TO
my honest convictions unless | extend
helping hand and endorse all that |
know to be good. The extended pabli-
cations for the past few years, and graph
ic descriptions ofdiff rent diseases nfthe
Kidneys and liver have awakened the
medical profession 10 the fact hat these
diseases are greatly increasing. The
trea ment of the doctors has been large
ly experimental and many of their pa
tients have died while they were casting
about for a remedy to cure them.
at is now over two years since my at
tentiou was first calico to the use of most
wonderful preparation III the treatment
of Bright's disease of the kidneys. Pa
tients had frequently asked me about the
remedy and | had heard of remarkable
cures effec ed by it, but like many otn-
ers | hesitated to recommend its use. A
personal friend of mine had been
in poor health for some time
and his application for insur-
ance on his life had been rejected on
account OF Bright's disease. Chemical
ami microscopical examinations of his
urine re Vealed the presence of large
quantities of albumen and granular tube
casts, which confirmed the correctness
ofthe diagnosis. After trying all the
usual remedies, | directed him TO use
this preparation and was greatly sur
prised to observe a Decided improve
ment within q month, and within four
mon lbs no tube casts could be discovered.
At that time there was pres, Mt only a
trace of albumen, and he felt, as he eX.
pressed it, perfectly well, and all
through the influence of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy he used"
"After this prescribed this medicine
IN full doses in both acute and chrome
nephritis, BrIght's diseased and with
the most satisfactory results. My OBJ
servations were neither smallin number
nor hastily made. They extended over
several months and embraced large
number of cases which have proved so
satisfactory to my mind that l would
earnestly urge Opon nay professional
brethren the importance of giving fair
and patient trial to Warmers Safe Cure.
In large class of ailments where the
blood is obviously in an unhealthy state,
especially where glandular engagements
and inflammatory eruptions exist, indeed
in many of those forms of chronic lndls-
position in which there is no evidence
of organic mischief but where the gem
eral health is depleted, the face sallow,
the urine colored, constituting the con-
dition in which the patient Is said to be
bilious the advantage gained by the
use OF this remedy is remarkable. In
Bright's disease it seems to act as solv-
ent of albumen, to soothe and heal the
infamed membranes; to wash out the
epthelial debris which blocks up the
tubuli uriniferi, and to prevent destruc-
tive metamorphosis of tissue"
Belonging as do to branch of the
profession that believes that no one
school of medicine knows all the truth
regarding the treatment of disease, and
being Independent enough to select any
remedy that will relieve my patients,
without reference to the source from
whel c. It comes, | am glad to acknowl-
edge and commend the merits of this
remedy thus frankly.
Respectfully yours,
r. a. GUM, NJ. D.
Dean and Professor of Surgery, United
States Medical College of New York;
editor of Medical Tribune; Author of
Gums New and Improved Hand Book
of Hygiene and Domestic Medicine,
etc, etc.