The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Chap. ii. 'Overworked;' goes to Euu6pe.
Chap. III. elias Rheumatism y goes to Ems
Chap. ~. Has a row with his Doctor
{ Tho above chapters, Mr.. Editor, I find in a
book recently published by al anonymous
day, but [ never read anything equal to the
sarcasm herein contained. / suspect the
experience portrayed is a personal one in
slk5rt, the author intimates as much on page
81. Let me give you a synopsis:
"Malaria" as it states, is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up a null
titude of i'll feelings which they do not under
stand, and do not much care to investigate.
Ii is also q cover for such diseases as they
cannot cure. When they advise their pa
tient to travel or that he has over
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-
tte, frequent headaches, severe colds, cramps,
sleeplessness, i%rritability, 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.
It is muscular5-in his back. Articular,-
in his joints. Inflammatory, 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
hands!
That would hurt his business!
Better for a few days. Returns. After a
while neuralgia transixes 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 demands to
know what is killing him!
"GreaJ heaven?n he cries, "why nave you
kept me so long in ignorance2'
Because said the doctor, IT read your
fate five years ago. thought best to keep
you comfortable and ignorant of the facts. y
He dismisses his doctor, but too latel
His fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, h becomes of him?
The other day a well known Wal street
banker aid to me, sit is really astonishing
how general Bright's 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 ssid recovery was impossible.
The case seems to me to be a wonderful one
This gentleman formerly represented his gov
eminent in a foreign country. He knows,
appreciates and declares the value of that
preparation, because his nephew, who is q
son OF Danish Vice-Consul Schmidt, was pro-
nounced incurable. when the remedy, War
ner's safe cure, was begun, "Yes," said his
father. II was very skeptical, but since talk,
ing the remedy, the boy is we'll"
regret to note that e. President Arthur Ii
said to be a victim of this terrible disease
He ought to live but the probabilities are
that since authorized remedies cannot cure
him, his physicians will not advise him tc
save his life, as so many thousands have
done, by the use of Warmers safe cure, which
Gen. Christiabsen, at Drexel, Morgan &
Co.'S, told me he regarded las a wonderful
remedy"
Well, I suspect the hero of the book cureG
himself by the same means. The inierna
evidence points very strongly to this conclu
sion.
I cannot close my notice of this book bet
ter thar by quoting his advice to his readers
eff, my friend, you have such an expert
ence as l ave portrayed, do not put YOU
trust in physicians to the exclusion of othel
remedial agencies. They have no monopoly
over disease and | personally know that many
of them are SO very conscientious that theJ
would far prefer that their patients shouu g
to heaven direct from their powerless band
than that they should be saved to earth BY
the use of any unauthorized means"
And that the authors condemnation is tot
true, how many thousands duped, and We
rescued, as he was, can personally testify2