The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-04
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
cpon q Subject of Vital Interest, Affect.
ing the Welfare OF All.

ing the Welfare of All.
The following remarkable letter from one
Of the leading and best known scientific
writer's of the present day is especially
significant, and should be of unusual value
to all readers who desire to keep pace with
themarch of modern discoveries and events:
ga 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 emancipated from the slavery OF con.
servatism and superstition 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 OBJ.
lterating the last glimmer Of truth. Dog
matte assertions and blind empiricism are
losing caste among all classes OF all coun-
tries. People are beginning to think for
themselves, and to regard authority much
less than argument Men and women are
no longer willing that few individuals
should dictate to them what must be their
sentiments and opinions. They claim the
right to solve for themselves the great
questions of the day and demand that the
general good of humanity shall be re.
spected. As the result of this general
awakening, we see, on every hand, unmis-
taxable evidences of reformatory action.
People who, a few years ago, endured sui.
fering the most intense in the name OF
duty, now realize the utter foolishness OF
such course. Men who were under the
bondage of bigoted advisers allowed their
health to depart; suffered their constitu-
tions to become undermined and finally
died as martyrs to false system of treat
ment. There are millions of people filling
untimely graves who might have lived to
a 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 malady and without the
slightest realization of the danger that Is
before them. They have occasional head
aches; lack OF appetite one day and
ravenous one the next, or an unaccounta-
bic feeling of WEAKNESS, sometimes accom-
panied 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 knowledge or the seriousness of these
matters and emancipated 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 possible; to maintain no other po-
sition than that of truth honestly ascer-
tanned, and to indorse andrecommend any
remedy that has been found useful, no mat.
quarreling among the doctors, while there
will be great rejoicing throughout the
world.
81 am we'll aware of the censure that
will be melted out to me for writing this
letter but l feel that 1 can not be true to
my honest convictions unless l extend
helping hand and indorse all that I know
to be good. The extended publications for
the past few years, and graphic des Grip
tions of different diseases of the kidneys
and liver have awakened the medical pro-
fession 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.
SIT is now over two years since my at
tention was first called to the use of a most
wonderful preparation in the treatment of
Rright's disease of the kidneys. Patients
had frequently asked me about the remedy
and / had heard of remarkable cures eff
fected by it, but like many others hest.
tated 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 &C.
count of Bright's disease. Chemical and
micrOscopical examinations of his urine re-
vealed the presence of large quantities of
albumen and granular tube casts, which
confirmed the correctness of the diagnosis.
After trying all the usual remedies, l di-
rected him to use this preparation and was
greatly surprised to observe decided i'm
provement within a month, and within
four months no tube casts could be dis
covered. At that time there was present
only trace of albumen, and he felt, as he
expressed it, perfectly WELL and all
through the influence of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy he used.
"After this prescribed this medicine In
full Il in, hnth nd oh nia nc.
phritis, [Bright's diseased and with the
most satisfactory results. My observations
were neither small in number nor hastily
made. They extended over several months
and embraced a large number of cases
which have proved SO satisfactory to my
mind, that l would earnestly urge upon
my professional brethren the Importance
of giving fair and patient trial to War.
ner's Safe Cure. In large class of all
ments where the blood is obviously in an
unhealthy state, especially where glandu.
lar engagements and inf1ammatory erup.
tions exist, indeed in many of those forms
of chronic indisposition in which there is
no evidence of organic mischief, but where
the general health is depleted, the face sal.
low, the urine colored, constituting the
condition 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 solvent of al |
membranes; to wash out the epithelial
debris which blocks up the tubuli uriniferi,
and to prevent a destructive metamorphosis
of tissue.
Belonging as I do to a branch of the |
profession that believes that no one school |
of medicine knows all the truth regarding
the treatment of disease, and being indie |
pendent enough to select any remedy that |
will relieve my patients, without reference
to the source from whence it comes, / 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 Medical Tribune; Author OF |
Gums New and Improved Hand Book OF |
Hygiene and Domestic Medicine, etc."
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