The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

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The above chapters, Mr.. Editor, I find in q
book recently published by an anonymous
author. I have read a deal of sarcasm in my
day, but I never read anything equal to the
sarcasm herein contained. l suspect the
experience portrayed is q personal one in
short, the author irtimates as much on page
-. Let me give you a synopsis:
"MaIaria" as it states, is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up q null
titude of Ill feelings which they do not under
stand, and do not much care to investigate.
It is also a cover for such diseases as they
cannot cure. When they advise their pa
worked and needs rest and is probably suf-
fering from malaria, it is a confession of ig-
| norance or of inability. The patient goes
abroad. The change is tonic and for a time
he feels better. Comes home. Tickle appe-
tite, frequent headaches, severe colds, cramps,
sleeplessness, i~rritabiiity, tired feelings, and
general unfitness for business are succeeded
in due time by alarming attacks of rheuma-
tism which fits about his body regardless Of
all human feelings.
1t is musculari-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 well: at the same time
he does not really want him to die on his
handsl
That would hurt his business!
Better for a few days. Returns. After a
! while neuralgia transfixes him. He bloats;
cannot breathe; has pneumonia; 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 go wrong; becomes sus-
picious; musters up strength and demand to
know what is killing him!
"Great heavens' he cries, "why have you
kept ME SO long in ignorancea'
Because said the doctor, II read your
fate five years ago. thought best to keep
vol comfortable and ignorant of the facts. F"
He dislnisses his doctor, but too late
His fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes Of hims
The other day q well known Wall street
banker said to me-, lit is really astonishing
Two Of my personal friends are now dying
Of it. But it is not in%curable, [ am certain.
for my nephew was recently cured when his
physicians seid recovery was impossible.
The case seems to me to be q wonderful one. ,
This gentleman formerly represented his gov.
appreciates and declares the value of thai
preparation, because his nephew, who is {
son of Danish Viee-Consul Schmidt, was pro
nounced incurable. when the remedy, War
ner's safe cure, was begun. EYES," sail hi:
father, 81 was very skeptical, but since TAX
ing the remedy the BOY IS Well
1regret to note that ex- President ArthEr i
said to be a victim of this terrible disease
He ought to live but the probabilities arr
that since authorized remedies cannot cur,
him. his physicians will not advise him t.
save his life, as so many thousands hav
done, by the uss of Warmers safe cure, which
Gen. Christiabsen, at Drexel, Morgan 6
Co.'S told me he regarded las a wonderful
remedy
Well, I suspect the hero of the book curet
himself by the same means. The inierna
evidence points very strongly to this conciu
sion.
cannot close my notice of this book bet
ter than by quoting his advice to his readers
fIf, my friend. you have such an expert
ence as / have portrayed do not put you
trust in physicians to the. exclusion of othe
remedial agencies. They have no monopol.
over disease and personally know that man,
of them are SO very conscientious that fhe,
would far prefer that their patients shon1l 6
to heaven direct from their powerless band
than that they should be saved to earth b.
the use of any unauthorized means"
And that the authors condemnation is to
true, how many thousands duped, and ye
rescued, as he was, can personally testifya