The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-10
A SINGULAR BOOK.
Sclntlllatlng With Sarcasm and
Brilliant with Truth.

BPlllldHJ WIN iIubli'
Ncw YORK Correspondence American Rural
Home.
Chapter /. Has Malaria" goes to
Florida.
Chapter IT, "Ovcrworked. :" goes to
Europe.
Chapter III. "llas rheumatism =
goes to Fms.
Chapter ". Has a row with his
Doctor
The above chapters, Mr.. Editor ! find
in book recently published by an
anonymous author. have read deal
of sarcasm in my day but | never read
anything equal to the sarcasm herein
contained. suspect the experience
portrayed is personal one; in short, the
author intmates as much on page 81
Let me give you synopsis:
Malaria" as 1t states. Is the cloak
with which superficial physicians cover
mp multitude of i'll feelings which
they do not understand, and do not
much care to investigate. II IL also
cover for such diseases as they cannot
cure. when they advise their patient to
travel or that he has Overworked ana
needs rest and is probably suffering from
malaria, 1t is II confession of Ignorance or
of inability. The patient goes abroad
The change Is n tonic. and for a time he
feels better. Comes home. Tickle ap-
petite, frequent headaches, severe colds,
cramps, slecplessness, irritability, tired
feelings, and general uniitness for bust
N.I - a linn hp "a la
ing attacks of rheumatism which Hits
about his body regardless Of all human
feelings.
# is muscular,-in his back. Articu-
lar.-in his joints. lnilammatory. my
how he fears ii will fly to his heart.
Now oil he goes to the springs. The
doctor sends him there, Of course, to get
well ut the same time he does not real
~ want him to die on his hands
That would hurt his business
Better for few days. Returns. AT
ter while neuralgia transiiXes him.
lie blonts; cannot breathe has
pneumonia; cannot walk; cannot
sleep on his left side; is iretiul; very
nervous and irritable; is pale and ilabby;
has frequent ohills and ieyers; every
thing about him seems to go wrong; be-
comes suspicious; musters up strength
anu demands to know what is killing
him
Great heaven" he cries. "why have
YOU kept me so long in ignorance 2"
"Because." said the doctor, IL read
your fate five years ago. ! thought best
TO keep you comfortable and ignorant
of the facts
lie dismlsses his doctor, but too late
His fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes of himF
The other day Il well known Wall
Street banker said to me at is really
astonishing how general brights disease
is becoming. Two of my personal
friends are now dying of it. But it is
not incurable | am certain, for my
nephew was recently cured when his
physicians said recovery was impossible.
The case seems TO me to he wonderful
one" This gentleman formerly repre-
scented his government In q foreign
country. lie knows. appreciates and
declares the value of that preparation.
because his nephew, who is a son OF
Danish Vice Consul Schmidt, was pro-
nOunced incurable when the remedy
Warmers safe cure, was begun. Yes
said his father, ~ was very skeptical
but since taking that remedy the hoy is
we'll
81 regret to note that ex-Presidcnt
Arthur Is hllu 10 ne NlCllHl VI lHlh ltI-
rible disease. lie ought to live but the
probabilities are that since author
lied remedies can not cure him,
his physicians will not advise him to
save his life, as so many thousands
have done, by the use of Warmers safe
cure which General Christensen, at
DreXel, Morgan a Co.'S, told me he re-
garded las wonderful remedy"
Well, suspect the hero of the book
cured himself by the same means. The
Internal evidence points very strongly
to this conclusion.
cannot close my notice of this book
better than by quoting his advice to his
readers
"lf, my friend, you have such an expe-
rlence as | have portrayed, do not put
your trust in physicians to the exclusion
Of other remedial agencies. They have
no monopoly over disease and | person.
ally know that many of them are so
very conscientious that they would far
prefer that their patients should go to
Heaven direct from their powerless
hands than that they should be saved to
earth by the use Of any unauthorized
means
And that the authors condemnation
is too true, how many thousands duped,
and yet rescued, as he was, can person.
ally testify?