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BALTIMORE. MA decided stir has been
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remedy not ia the modern phArmacopmia.
Or. James A. Steuarl, one ct the most emf
nent physicians ii the South. and Health
newly discovered article, and certified OH
cially not only to its efficacy but to the fact
that it replaced old-tifne preparations 0f
, similar character which. analyses had proved,
were adnlIeratod and poisonous The medi-
cal and chfr-urgical faculty. 0f which he Is d
member. held that he had violated the code
0f medical ethics and much public interest
was aroused because 0k the confidence
felt both in his professional stand
ing and Official integrity.
It was argued that 10 thus place limita
ton on the acts OF q physician and especially
Of . health officer, was opposed 20 the spirit
Of che are. TINT such reasoning might have
been logical enough when il was to the inter-
est Of rulers or societies TO invest themselves
with supernatural halo, but now when
thought should be free and untrammalAd, such
things savored OF barbarism- It was the duty
Of physician, especially OF health officer,
to condemn publicly any remedy which be
knew TO be injurious, but il was not right 70
say that he should be debarred from testify
ing TO the merits Of anything which be knew
to be good II this were 50. the world would
not receive the benefit OF half the discoveries
made IN art or science. Thus the people ar
gued, while the facn ~ threatened expulsion
and talked of time-honored customs, ethics,
professional courtesy and traditions
But the matter soon assumed q new and
surprising phase. "A few days afterward a
certificate appeared in the daily papers bear
ing the autograph signatures Of Governor
McI.ane, Attorney General Roberts, Mayor
Latrobe city postmaster Adreon. chiefs of
State and municipal departments judges and
clerks Of courts. Federal officials and Con-
gressmen emphatically endorsing the action
Of the health comm issiOner, and concurTing
in bis opinion as 70 the efficacy OF the remedy
asserting that they did 50 from personal ex
pericnce whit and practical tests and obser~
vations
There could be no gainsaying suchevidence
as this but as If to cap the climax shortly after
ward there appeared another certificate with
autograph signatures Of leading practicing
physicians from all parts of the State, includ-
ing the physicians of all the leading hospitals,
the physician to the city fire department, the
! port physician, vaccine physician and resident
physicians Of infirmnries all endorsing the
discovery and stating that it had been tested
by them in hospitals and private practice for
weeks with wonderful curative effect,
and that analyses had shown no trace OF
opiates or pois0ns, prevalent In other
cough mixtures They further stated that
they had been induced TO take this step IN
view OF the many hurtful preparations which
contained narcotics and poisons and OF the
dangers consequent on Their use. The RENE
DIV in question IS Red Star Cough Cure Such.
a conclusive answer as this 10 the narrow ar
Ruments of the few, arrayed public sentiment
on the side of the Health Commissioner, and
| IL Ia significant that DR.. Steuart has since
been appointed to Office by the Mayor for q
. third term, and has had his appointment
unanimously confirmed by the City Council.
Owing to the high professional reputation
of the gentlemen who endorsed his action, as
well as to theHenviable standing of the owners
Of the remedy, The Charles "A. Vogeler Com
pany, Of this city, widespread interest has
already been created in the subject, not only
here but in Philadelphia, Washington and
other neighboring cities The feeling il
generally expressed by professional men that
Red Star Cough Cure, on account OF its free
dom from narcotics and poisons, inaugurates
a most desirable new departure III medicine.
This Is the pronounced opinion of authorities
| like DR.. Fawcett, who has been for
thirty-three years resident physician OF the
Union Protestant Infirmary, In this city. and
I Professor John j. Caldwell. N. d., member
Of medical societies of Baltimore, New York
and Brooklyn. and with long experience in
civil and military hospitals. Both Of these
gentlemen together with no less than fifty
other practicing physicians OF Maryland,
have publicly put themse Ives Oh record as TO
the evil OF narcotic medicines, and the conse-
coverv referred 20. Il is conceded that pub
liz opinion has completely vindicated DR.
| Sta,lart in his action, and that IN his whole
course he was actuated simply by an earnest
desire to benefit the community at large.