Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
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A SeusfbIr Health ouiti!. hos heen
BAtTIMChE, MD-A deCl'e,s =, tho right
-aused here over the quest loI , ~ ,,,erifs Of
II nbvsician 10 certify TO the lla,i,9,,.,,.a.
~ . t a.. 81 N the modern pharnle ~
mr. lanes A Steuart, one OF the ", f4saIth
mont musicians in the South aI.ti.I,-7ad n
f,o,,,,,itss.o,er of this city, hau hsg'' Nh
oevglv. discovered article, and a. facf
rialIv not only to its efficacy but W ~ A
tbatit replaced old-time prepa III ,,ro,ed,
similar character which, analy u ~ M medi.
yvera edultarated and poisonous. lis a
cal AMI chir,irgica faculty, oil whlcu ~. y a,da
member. held that he had vlolaled w s',,erest
NJ mslical ethics and much puoilc s5a,cs
,vas aroused because OF the toii..5
felt both in his professional
ing and official integrity. - t;roita.
II was argued that to thus pace i,.;aii,,
ton on the acts of physician ana ~ .r,irit
ri n health officer. was opposet 10 ne -,
of the age. that such reasoning MI H. inter-
been logical enough when It wa' 20 'ile ~
oct Of ,lilers or societies to invest theulseit'V
with A supernatural halo, but icb
Thought should be free and un'ralhhel, -
things snvored of barbarism H. was ~ a.,
of a physician, especially Of heal.h lt3.t H.
10 con lemn publicly any rem aY NE ~
knew tp he injurious but it was not Ilsht.e
sav That no should be dcbarrcd from teslhl
ing to the merits Of anything whlch rs mi
10 be good. If this were So the WoIid W., W..
NOT receive the benefit OF halt the dlscoyefIes
n,ade IN art or scieuc. THUS the people ar
med while tie facu ~ threatened eNPu,s'on
and talked Of timc-honored cutoiLs' e'iii-''
professional courtesy and traditions. -
But the matter soon assumed a ne" ~
s,rnrisinp ptase A few days afterwaLu
certificate appeared in the daily papers tta'
ing the autograph signatures OF Uo.ei! .',i.
McIaue. Attorney General Roberts Mayotf
Iptrobe, CITY postmaster AdreOn, chleis o,
state and municipal departments luuses, mn
clerks o courts, Federal officials anu I'm IN,
gressmen, euphatically endorsing the al.i i,..
# the hea'th comm 'Ssioner, ana concur MS
in his opinion as 10 the efficacy Of the rellleuy'
asserting that they did SO from personal ~
peiience with and practical tests ana oosel
vatlons
There could he no gainsnyiug suchevldeence
as this but, sif TO cap the climax SHORTY tulet
ward there appcare another certificate WIN
autograph signatures Of leading pfa' tilhf
hysic ans from all paris OF the Nlaiti lhsiu1
ing the physicians Of all the leadlng lusll'ai
the physician TO the city fire del artment' lhe
port physician, vaccine physician and resident
physicians of infirmaries all endorsing the,
discovery and stating that it hal been testel
by them in hospital, and privae practice lor
weeks with wonderful curative effect,
and that analyses had shown no trace oil
opiates or pOisons, prevalent IN o,hel
they had been induced to take this step IN
view Of the many burtful preparations winch
contained narcotics and poisons and OF tle
dangers Consequent on Their use / he rene
DIV in question il 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, aud
il is significant that DR. Steuart has since
been appointed to Office by the Mayor Tor a
third term and has had his appointment
unanimously confirmed 10y 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. Nogeler Com
panv, 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 Is
generally expressed by professional men that
Red Star Cough Cure, on account OF its free
dom from narcotics and poisons inaugurates
n most desirable new departure in 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
Professor John J. Caldwell NJ. D., member
II medical societies of Baltimore, New York
md Brooklyn, and with a 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 themselves on record as 10
the evil of narcotic medicines, and the conse-
ntent value and importance of the new dis
coverv referred to. II is conceded that pub
lie opinion has completely indicated DR..
Steuart in his action, and that in his whole
course he was actuated simply by an earnest
desire to benefit the community at large.