The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-30
A RACY BOOK.
scintill1tIng with Sarcasm and brilliant
Truth.

Chap. /. sHas Malaria;" goes to Florida
Chap. IL "Overworked;' goes to Europe.
Chap. III Has rheumatism" goes to Ems
Chap. ~. Has row with his Doctor.
/ have read deal Of sarcasm in my day
but 1 never read anything equal to the sar-
casm contained in the above four chaptered
book, written by some anonymous. sus-
pect the experience portrayed is personal
one; the author intimates as much on page
81. Let me give you a synopsis:
"Malaria" as it states, lis the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up
multitude of i'll feelings which they do not
understand, and do not much care to In
vestigate 1t is also a cover for such dis
eases as they can not cure. When they ad-
wise their patient to travel or that he has
overworked and needs rest and is probably
suffering from malaria, it is confession OF
ignorance or of inability"
"The patient goes abroad. The change Is
tonic and for q time he feels better. Comes
home. Tickle appetite, frequent headaches,
severe colds, cramps, sleeplessness, irrlta-
bility, tired feelings, and general unfitness
for business are succeeded in due time by
alarming attacks of rheumatism which fits
about his body regardless Of all human
feelings.
at is muscular-in his back. Articular
lin his joints. Infammatory, myl how he
fears it will fly to his hearth
snow OF he goes to the springs. The
doctor sends him there, Of course. to get
well; at the same time ne does not really
want him to die on his handsl
That would hurt his businessi
"Better for few days. Returns. After
q while neuralgia transfxes him. He
bloats; can not breathe; has pneumonia
can not walk; can not sleep on his left side
is fretful; very nervous and irritable; is
pale and flabby; has frequent chills and
levers; everything about him seems to &c
wrong; becomes suspicious; musters up
courage and demands to know what is kill
ing himi
"Great heavenp' he cries, "why have
you kept me SO long in ignorance"
because, - said the doctor, " read your
fate five years ago. Thought best to keep
you ignorant of the facts"
He dismisses his doctor, but too latei His
fortune has all gone in fees.
But him, what becomes of himl
The other day well known Wall Street
banker said to me ait Is really astonishing
how prevalent bright's disease is becoming
Two of my personal friends are now dying
of it. But it is not incurabls am certain,
Tor my nephew was recently cureu Wnen
his physicians said recovery was impossible
The case seems to me to be wonderful
one" This gentleman formerly repre-
scented his government in foreign country
He knows, appreciates and declares the
value of that preparation, because hi.
nephew, who is son of Danish Vice-C Consul
Schmidt, was pronounced incurable wher
the remedy, Warmers safe cure, was begun
"Yes,n said his father. II was very skep
teal, but since taking that remedy the boy
is we'll"
happen to know what 1t was that curet
the boy, for Genl. Christensen, of Drexel
| Morgan & Co.'S, told me that it was tina
wonderful remedy Warmers safe cure
Well, suspect the hero of the book cure'
himself by the same means.
/ can not close my notice better than b,
quoting the authors advice:
eff, my friend, you have such an expert
ence as have portrayed, do not put YOU
trust in physicians to the exclusion OF 9th
err remedial agencies. They haveno monor
oily over disease and / personally know tina
many of them would far prefer that thei
patients should go to Heaven direct fror
their powerless hands than that they shout
be saved to earth by the use Of any "ur
authorized means"