Madison times., 1885-06-27

Chap. II. "Overworked;" goes to
Europe.
Chap. LII. Has Rheumatism," goes
Chap. ". Has row with his
doctor!
The above chapters, Mr. Editor. find
in book recently published by an
anonymous author. l have read deal
of sarcasm in my day but l never read
anything equal to the sarcasm herein
contained. | suspect the experience
portrayed is personal one; in short, the
author intimates as much on page 81.
Let me give you synopsis:
"Malaria" as it states, is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up
multitude ill feelings vhich they do
not understand, and do not much care
to investigate. 1t is also cover for such
diseases as they cannot cure. When
they advise their patient to travel or
that he has overworked and needs rest
and is probably suffering from malaria,
it is confession of ignorance or of ina
bility. The patient goes abroad. The
change is tonic and for time he feels
better. Comes h ome. Fickle appetite,
frequent headaches, severe colds, cramps,
sleeplessness. irritability, tired feelings,
and general unftness for business are
succeeded in due time by alarming
attacks of rheumatism which fits about
his body regardless of all human feel
ings.
1t is muscular,-in his back. Articular,
in his joints. Infammatory, my! how
he fears it will fly to his heart! Now
off he goes to the springs. The doctor
sends him there, of course, to get we'll;
| at the same time c does not really want
him to die on his hands!
That would hurt his business!
Better for few days. Returns.
| After while neuralgia transfixes him.
He bloats, cannot breathe; has pneu-
monia; cannot walk; cannot sleep on
his left side; is fretful very nervous and
irritable; is pale and flabby has frequent
chills and fevers; everything about him
seems to 90 wrong; becomes suspicious
musters up strength and demands to
know what is killing him!
Great heavens !" he cries, "why have
you kept me so long In ignorance?"
Because" said the doctor, 81 read
your fate five years ago. thought lest
to keep you comfortable and ignorant OF
the facts"
He dismisses his doctor, but too late
| His fortune has all gone to fees.
| But him, what becomes of him?
| The other day well known Wall
Street broker said to me, ''it is really
astonishing how general bright's disease
is becoming. Two ofmy personal friends
/ Ixyin Of Rrt is Of i'm
curable | am certain, for my nephew
was recently cured when his physicians
sad recovery was impossible. The case
seems to me to to be wonderful one
This gentleman formerly represented
his government in a foreign country
He knows, appreciates and declares the
value of that preparation, because hi;
nephew, who is son of Danish Vice
Consul Schmidt, was pronounced incur
able when the remedy, Warmers safe
cure, was begun. Yes" said his father
81 was very skeptical but since takin.
that remedy the boy is WELL"
| regret to Eote that ex-Presiden
Arthur is said to be a victim Of this ter
rible disease. He ought to live but tn,
probabilities are that since authorized
rCmedies cannot cure him, his physician
will not advise him to save his life, as 81
many thousands have done, by the us,
of Warmers safe cure which Gen. Chris
tiansen, at Drexel, Morgan & Co. s., toll
me he regarded ''as a wonderful rem
edy."
Well, / suspect the hero of the boo
cured himself by the same means. Th
internal evidence points very strongl
to this conclusion.
, cannot close my notice of this boo
better than by quoting his advice to hi
readers:
"If, my friend. you have such an eS
perience as l have portrayed, do not pu
J your trust in physicians to the exclusio
of other remedial agencies. They hav
no monopoly over disease and person
allv know that many ofthem are so yer
conscientious that they would ia
prefer that their patient should go
, Heaven direct from their powerles
hands than that they should be saved
earth by the use of any Unauthorized
means"
And that the authors condemnatio
: is too true, how many thousands dupeC
and yet rescued, as he was, can person
ally testify" New York Correspondence
American Rural Home.
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