St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-13
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
Upon Subject of Vital Interest, Affect
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
the 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 ana
refined, cry out with no uncertain voice to
be emancipated from the slavery of con-
seryatism and superstition which has held
the masses in gross ignorance during a
large portion of the worlds history, and IN
the time of the Dark Ages came near OBJ
literating the last glimmer of truth. Dog
matte assertions and blind emplriclsm 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, unmls-
taxable evidences of reformatory action
People who, a few years ago, endured suf-
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 constltu-
tions to become undermined and finally
died as martyrs to a false system of treat
ment. 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,
thoughtlessly enduring the first symptoms
1oAx xx-1fl ,Ot1f a
slightest realization of the danger that is
before them. They have occasional head
aches: a lack of appetite one day and
ravenous one the next, or an unaccounta-
BILE feeling of WEAKNESS, sometimes accom-
panied by nausea, and attribute ali these
troubles to the old idea of a slight cold or
malaria. It is high time that people awoke
to knowledge OF 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 1t 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 and recommend any
remedy that has been found useful, no mat
ter what its origin, there viii be no more
auarreling among the doctors, while there
will be great rejoicing throughout the
world. -
will be melted out to me for writing this
letter but feel that can not 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 descrip-
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.
ait is now over two years since my at
tention was first called to the use OF most
wonderful preparation in the treatment of
Brlght's disease of the kidneys. Patients
had frequently asked me about the remedy
and had heard Of remarkable cures et-
fected by it, but like many others hesi.
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 ac-
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 irving all the usual remedies, I di-
rected him TO use this preparation and was
greatly surprised to observe decided inn
provement within 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 Z an
through the influence of Warmers Safe
Cure. the remedy he used.