News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-09
MOTORS FURIOUS.
shall a Physician Tell the Truth or
Nn3i a Nice Point tn Ethics.

4 Sensible Health OficiRl.
BALTIMORE MD-A decided stir has been
caIsad here over the question DIS to the right
of a physician to certify to the merits OF q
remedy not in the modern pharmacopoeia-
Dr. James A. Steuart, one or the most emil
ne1t physictar1s in the South, and Health
Commissioner of this city, had analyzed
newly discovered article, and certified ott-
cially not only to its efficacy but to the fact
that it replaced old-time preparations OF q
similar character which, analyses had proved,
were adulterated and poisonous. Inc medl-
cal and chirurgical faculty, OF whlch ne Is a
member. held that be had violated the code
Of medical ethics and much public interest
was aroused because of the confidence
felt both in his professional stand
ing and official integrity: ,-- t.....
It was argued that to thus place nmlga-
tion ON the acts of physician and especially
~ q health officer, was opposed to-the spirit
of ElIe age: that such reasoning might nave
haan Iogfcaf efiough when it was to the inter
.sf If rulers or societies to invest themselves
With supernatural halo, buS now "neh
tho1,pht should be free and untrammelsu, suth
thi,TEs co vored of barbariSm. 1t was the DUTY
" - S-hr,oician especially of a health oftlcer
70 cditiemr puui;cly any remedy whlch ne
ine,y to he Injurious, bus It was not rlgnG 10
cav that he should be debarred M 'estiIy
ing to the merits of anything which ns h--
10 be good. If this we're sos the world "ouId
not receive the benefit of half the discoveries
made in art or science linus Ine Peup uI.; .u
yued, while the faculty threatened expulsion
and talked of time-honored customs, etnlcs,
professional courtesy and traditions.
But the matter coon assumed a new and
surprising phase. a few days atterWaTd
certificate appeared in the daily papers pear pear
ing the autograph signatures of Goyerlor
McIane, Attorney General Roberts, Mayor
Latrobe, city postmaster Adreon, chiefs OF
State and municipal departments, judges ana
clerks of courts, Federal officials and Con
gressmen, emphatically endorsing the action
of the health commissioner, and concurrlng
in his opinion as to the efficacy of the remedy,
asserting that they did so from personal ex-
perience with it and practical tests and ooser-
vationss
There could be no gainsaying such evidence
as this but asst to cap the climax, shortly AFTER
ward there appeared another certlticate WIN
autograph SIGNATURES of leading practlc1ng
physicians from all parts of the State, lnclud-
ing the physicians of all the leading hospitals,
the physician to the city fire department. the
port physician, vaccine physician and resident
physicians of infirmaries all endorsing me
discovery and stating that it had been tested
by them in hospitals and private practice Tor
weeks with wonderful curative effect,
and that analyses had shown no trace Oh
opiates or poisons, prevalent IN other
cough mixtures They further stated that
tbeT had been induced to take this step in
view of the many hurtful preparations which
contained narcotics and poisons and OF the
DANCERS CONSEQUENT on their use. The RENE
DIV in ouestion is Red Star Cough Cure. Such
a Conclusive answer as this to the narrow ar
guments of the few, arrayed public sentiment
on the side of the Health Commissioner, and
II is significant that DR.. Steuart has since
been appointed to Office by the Mayor Tor
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 the enviable 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 teeIng Is
generally expressed by professional men that
Red Star Cough Cure, on account OF It's Iree-
dom from narcotics and poisons, inaugurates
n most desirable new departure in medicine.
This is the pronounced opinion of authorities
IKE Dr. Fawcett, who has been Tor
thirtv-three years resident physician OF the
Union Protestant Infirnary, in this city, and
Professor John J. Caldwell, NJ. D., member
If medical societies of Baltimore, New York
and Rrooklvn, and with long experience in
iyil and military hospitals. Both of these
cantleTnen together with no less than fifty
Stbar nracticing physicians of Maryland,
have publicly put themselves on record as to
the evil of narcotic medicines, and the conse-
nuent value and importance Of the new dis
6overv referred to. 1t is conceded that pub
lie o1iuion has completely vindicated DR..
s. euart in his action, and that in his whole
course liz vas actuated simply by an earnest
desire to benefit the community at large.
THE French have more suspension bridges
-, tha orln no