The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-23

ChaP. ~. has q row with his Doctor!
The above chapters, Mr.. Editor,
find in book recently published, by an
anonymous author. 1haveread a deal
OF sarcasm in my day but Inever read
anything equal to the sarcasm herein
contained. I suspect the experience
portrayed is a personal one; in short,
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
upa multitude of i'll 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 overlooked and
needs rest and is probably suffering
from malar ia, it is q confession of ig-
norance or of inability. The patient
goes abroad. The changeis tonic and
for a time he feels better. Comes home.
PICKLE appetite, frequent headaches,
severe colds, cramps, sleeplessness, ir-
ritability, tired feelings, and general
untitness for business are succeeded in
due time by alarming attacks of rheu-
matism which fits about his body re-
CARELESS Of all human feelings.
1t is muscular,-in his back. Artic-
ular,-in his joints. Inflammatory,
my! how he fears it will fly to his
heart! Now of he goes to the springs.
The doctor sends him there, of course.
to get we'll; 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. Al
ter a while neuralgia transfixes him.
He bloats; cannot breathe; has pneu-
monia; cannot walk; cannot sleep on
his left side; is fretful; very nervous and
irritable; is pale and fabby; has fire.
quent chills and fevers; everything
about him seems togo wrong; becomes
suspicious; masters up strength and
demands to know what is killing him!
"Great heaven!" he cries, why have
you kept me so long in ignorance?"
Because" said the doctor, II read
your fate five years ago. l thought
best to keep you comfortable and ig-
norant OF the facts.'
He dismisses his doctor, but too
late! His fortune has all gone to fees
But him, what becomes of him?
The other day a we'll known Wall
Street banker said to me, cit is really
astonishing how general bright's dis
ease is becoming. Two ofmy personal
friends are now dying Of it. But it is
not lncurable l am certain, for my
nephew was recently cured when his
physicians said recovery was inpossi-
BILE. The case seems to ME to be a
wonderful one.' This gentleman for
merly represented his government in
a foreign country. He knows, appre-
ciates and declares the value of that
preparation, because his nephew, who
is a son OF Danish Vice Consul Schmidt,
was pronounced incurablc when the
remedy, Warmers safe cure, was begun.
eyes" said his father. II was very
skeptical but since taking that remedy
the boy is WELL"
l regret to note that ex-President
Arthur is said to be a victim OF this
terrible disease. He ought to live but
the probabilities are that since auth
orized remedies cannot 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 Gen. Chris
tiansen at Drexel, Morgan & Co., told
me he regarded, "as wonderful rene
dy."
Well, l suppose the hero OF the book
cured himself by the same means. The
internal evidence points very strongly
to this conclusion.
1cannot close my notice Of this book
better than by quoting his advice to
readers:
"lf, my friend, you have such an ex-
perience as l have portrayed, do not
put your trust in physicians to the ex-
clusion OF other remedial agencies.
They have no monopoly over disease
and personally know that many OF
them are SO very conscientious that
they would far prefer that their pa
tients 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
lupel, and yet rescued, as he was, can
personally testify?