The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-12
A SINGULAR BOOK.

a SINGULAR BOOK.
seintillatine with sarcasm ana BriuI.p,
with Truth.
Home.l
Chap. L 'Has Malaria;" goes to Flor
ida,
rope.
Chap. M "Has Rheumatism; !. goes to
| Ems. 49, "
Chap. ~. Has row with his Doctor
The above chapters, Mr.. Editor, I ind in
book recently published by an anouv.
nous author. / have read deal of sar.
casm In my day, but / never read anv.
tning equal to the sarcasm herein con-
saned. suspect the experience portrayed
Is personal one; in short, the author in
Inmates as much on page 81. Let me give
you . synopsis:
"Malaria," as it states, Is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up q
multitude ofill feelings which they do not
understand, and do not much care to inves-
ugate. 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 Ia
probably suffering from malaria, il is q
confession of ignorance or of inability,
Inc patient goes abroad. The change is q
comes
nome. Tickle appetite, frequent head
acnes, severe colds. cramps, sleeplessness,
lrrltability, tired feelings, and general IN.
ntnees Tor business are succeeded IN due
time by alarming attacks Of rheumatism
which nit about his body regardless of all
human feeling.
1t is muscular,-in his back. Articular.
In his joints: Infammatory, myi how
he fears it will hy to his heart! Now of
ne goes to the springs. The doctor sends
MIN there, OF course, to get well; at the
same time he does not really want him to
die on his handsl
That would hurt his businessl
Better for few days. Returns. After
= while neuralgia transfixes him. He
Dloats; can not breathe: has pneumonia:
can not walk; can not sleep on his left
side; Is fretfu!; very nervous and irrita-
bic; Is pale and habby; has frequent chills
and levers; everything about him seems
to go wrong; becomes suspicious; musters
up strength and demands to know what IL |
killing himl
Great heavenv he cries, "why have
you kept me so long in ignorancea"
Because" said the doctor, 81 read your |
fate five years ago. thought best to keen |
you comfortable and Ignorant of the fact. 5
He dismisses the doctor, but too late |
his fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes of him?
The other day a well-known Wall street |
banker said to me sit is really astonishing
now general bright's disease Is becoming. !
OF 1t But 1t Is not incurable am certain.
Tor my nephew was recently cured when
ms physicians said recovery was impossi-
pie. The case seems to me to be q won
derfui one" This gentleman formerly
represented his government in a foreign
ciares the value of that preparation. be-
cause his nephew, who is q son of Danish
Vice. Consul Schmidt, was pronounced In
durable when the remedy, Warmers safe
cure, was begun. Yes" said his father.
II was very skeptical, but since taking
that remedy the boy is WELL"
I regret to note that ex-President Ar.
,hur Is said to be victim of this terrible
disease. He ought to live, but the proba-
,iiities are that since authorized remedies
IAN not cure him, his physicians will NOT
.dvise him to save his life, as 90 mauv
thousands have done, by the use of War
ler's safe cure, which Gen. Christiausen.
It Drexel. Morgan & Co.'s, told me he re.
yarded ssas wonderful remedy.0
w eil, suspect the hero Of the book
'ured himself by the same means. The in
ernal evidence points very strongly 70
his conclusion.
can not close my notice of this book
'etter than by quoting his advice to his
"If, my friend, you have such an expe-
fence as l have portrayed, do not put
our trust in physicians to the exclusion
other remedial agencies. They have
% monopoly over disease and / personally
now that many of them are so verv scon.
cientious' that they would far prefer that !
heir patients should go to Heaven direct
rom their powerless hands than that thew Z
hould be saved to earth by the use Of any
means.0 :
And that the authors condemnation n (
10 true, how many thousands duped, and
ct rescued, as he was, can personally tes-
fyf