The Washington critic., 1885-06-08
A SINGULAR BOOK.
Scintillating with Sarcasm and Bril-
liant with Truth,

liant with Truth.
Ncg York Cor. american Rural Home.
Chap. /. HAS Malaria" goes to
Florida.
Chap. II. "overworked;7 goes to
Chap. III. HAS Rheumatism;" goes to
Ems.
Chap. ". Has row with his Doctor.
The above chapters Mr. Editor, find
in book recently published by an
anonymous author. / have read a deal of
sarcasm in my day but | never read any
thing equal to the sarcasm herein CON
tanned. ] 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 il states is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up
multitude of ill feelings which they do
not understand and do not much care to
investigate. 1t is also a cover for such
diseases as they cannot cure. When they
advise their patient to travel or that he
has overworked and needs rest and is
probably suffering from malaria, it is a
confession of ignorance or of inability.
The patient goes abroad. The change Is
tonic and for a time he feels better.
Comes home. Tickle appetite frequent
headaches, severe colds, cramps, sleep
lessness, irratibility, tired feelings and
Beucrul uilthesS i0r business, are sue
ceeded in due time by alarming attacks
of rheumatism which fits about his
body regardless of all human feelings.
1t is muscular--in his back. Articular
in his joints. Infammatory, my how
he fears 1t 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 hands
That would hurt his business
Better for few days. Returns. After
while neuralgia transfiXes him. He
bloats; cannot breathe; has pneumonia;
cannot walk; cannot sleep on his left
side; is fretful; very nervous and irrita-
BILE; is pale and fabby; has frequent
seems to go wrong; becomes suspicious;
musters up strength and demands to
know what is killing him
"Great heavenp' he cries, "why have
you kept me so long in ignoranceY'
Because" said the doctor, ~ read your
you comfortable and ignorant of the
facts
He dismsses the doctor, but too late
His fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes of him?
The other day well-known Wall street
banker said to me at is really astonish-
ing how general Bright's disease is becom-
dying oft. 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 be a
wonderful one" This gentleman formerly
represented his government in foreign
country. He knows, appreciates and de-
clares the value of that preparation, be-
cause his nephew who is a son of Danish
Nice.Consul Smith, was pronounced in
durable when the remedy, Warmers safe
cure, was begun. eyes" said his father,
was very skeptcal, but since taking that
remedy the boy is well"
| regret to note that eXPrcsidcnt Ar
thur is said to be victim of this terrible
disease. He ought to live, but the proba-
bilities are that authorized remedies can
not cure him, his physicians will not adj
wise him to save his life, as so many thou
sands have done, by the use of Warmers
safe cure which General Christensen, at
DrcXel, Morgan IL Co.'S, told me he re-
garded "as 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:
"If, my friend, you have such an ex-
perience 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
vet rescued, as he was, can personally tes-
tify?