The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-13

izked down The yi<<A a fhe p1Re- No.
tons arose. trfumphed and did races
xere born, eoufi<hea. and passed
AWAY. each heholding the morning
sun bathing Tie world IN paxrple and
xo2d, end the evening Sp1endox Kissing
the roeey 70 s5eep. yc4 none dreamed
that Is was the earth that moved.
While the sun, the mighty sentinel 81
insnify, moved imperceP<ihy- The
fsiIacy Was Il last exploied by an IN
n0rasor-snd il came near costing ham
hrs life because il shocked the con-
servztives- .
The old schools OF medicine, clad IN
the ancient mantle OF utter conseTvaf-
ism. whose smpIe robes. hxxe, IS they
swept dOwn the corridors a the cen
turies, caught and held 30 much Of the
teachings Of Hippccrates, CELSIUS and
GaIen. koary with antiquity, ever rev
erenfsy worshiping the old while they
invariably comhafted innovations
asd viewed with cynical skepticssrn
each new discovery. Can such body
be regarded safe 10 trust ones physi-
cal happiness WITH
The Traveller who starts on his jour
ney at midnight has far more to lear
during the first few hours he gropes
his way than after the purplirg east
heralds the approach OF day, more to
fear during the uncertain light OF IN
folding dawn than after the golden
splendoY OF the sun foods his path
with radiance.
Just 80, far back in the history OF
medicine they Numbered along. en-
Moving the most heroic measures, the
most deadly minerals, the most ioafh-
some connections that the brain could
conceive. and the legacies or heiriooms
have been zeaioxssly defended for CEN
turies. only discarding them when the
innorafors compelled them by their
success to reluctantly relinquish their
octopus hold
Every irregular move in medicine has
been a protest against the barbarities
of the old irrational conglomerate. Ii
must be remembered that every step
taken has heen bitterly contested by
those in power, but after falling to
crush the beneficial innovation they
have been compelled to embrace it.
Come, wake up and move on said
the people to the old school, accept
the new teaching or we will leave you
to starve, and thus in spite of their
conservatism they have had to move
on, to be sure always away behind the
times, but still they crawled snail-like
and painfully along, far in the rear
of the started standard bear
ers OF progressive thought. Slowly.
and rebeliiously they had to accept the
discoveries of those whom they de-
nounced as dangerous quacks. Many
have been the rude awakenings that
this time honored old school has SUI
fered from progressive thought.
But fame is earned, not merely by
things written. but by arduous great
ness OF deeds accomplished. Every
assault upon the impregnable citadel
of true science has added numberiess
recruits To its cause. The ammunition
OF caiumny has been exploded. The
deadly projec'iles hurled have missed
their destination. The shafts and ar
rows lie broken at the feet OF victory.
And when Aurora's rays shall have
pierced the smoke of the beautiful. the
name of the histogenetic system of
medicine will glitter a bright and i'm
perishabie sun in the diaticm of sci
enee. when those who tried 70 wind
their Shiny coils around its snowy
throat have mouldered in oblivion and
their epitaphs have vanished from the
face of the earth.
Five years ago I took down with
rheumatism, gravel and inflammation of
my stomach. | was two years on my
back and could not turn over. | had
the best medical aid of Seattle that
money could procure. But received
no benefit. Twas shipped 20 San Fran
cisco, stayed there months under ex-
pert medical care and ! received some
Slight benefit there All that time
suffered overwhelmingly in my stomach
and Kidneys and my left leg was al
most the size OF two legs ana as hard
as rock its whole length. | could
hardly eat anything ard was failing
fast. gave myself up to die, in fact,
! thought it was only matter of days.
About that time all the country
round me rang with the praise OF DIR.
J. Eugene Jordan, and his new histo-
/ genetic system, OF which he was the
author. He took no eases unless they
were given up as incurable by other
reputable doctors. He charged moth
| ing for services or medicine and his
! object seemed to be to show to the
world the coming revolution of the
medical science. | had myself con-
veyed 10 him to the Brunswick hotel,
where his office Is. In one day after
/ VIC pam
in my stomach, that stayed with me
so many years and that doctors east
and west of every school and
no school could not dislodge,
vanished Ny bodily health came
back to me. threw away my
clutches, and ii it were not for the
remaining stiffness of my knee l
would be young man again. This
i daaS NOT haydn tn telt the SUFFERING
endured; a volume could not do JUS
tice, pen could not convey il: TWAS
sleepless nights and days of torture;
rest was foreign TO me. All this trans
/ formation TO health has now been n
year and have no recurrence of the
/ trouble am IS years old. have lived
thirty years near Seattle, and my many
| friends never expected to see me
about again. l am still taking the
medicine and have hopes to get the
use of my knee back. / am pos
tive had l known OF DR.. j. +. Jor-
dan and his great histogenetic sys-