Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-05-31
aEDITOa,s BACK STAIRS
The Interesting Views or.hc Lntc DR.. i.
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Holland.
The columns Of the newspapers appear 4,
be flooded with proprietary medicine ndver-
tlsemcntS rs we cast our eve over them, it
bflngs 70 flllia an article that was published
by the late lir. Holland in S,,riburyts Month
~ lie says: Nevertheless. IL Is n fact tiiat
many Of the best proprietary medicines of Tn
day were moro successful than many pliys.-
cinns, aud mbst Of tesm, Il should be reolern
bered, werctF first discovered or used in ne
tual medical practice When. however. any
shrewd perspn knowing their virtue. ami
Ioreseeing thsir popularity, secures and adj
vertlses then. then, in the opinion of the
bigoted, all virtue went out Of thcni.p
is not this ibsurtlf
ms great nlan appreciated the real merits
OF popular emedies, and the absurdity of
those that detided them because public atten-
ton was calf NJ to the article and the evidence
Of their ctlrel. IL the most noted physician
should announce that he had made study of
any certain organ or disease of tho body, or
make his sign larger than the code size,
though he may have practised medicines and
been leader in all medical counsels, not
withstandin4 all this, If he should presume
to advertise ind decline to give his discovery
60 the pubic, he would be pronounced a
quack and atiumbug, although he may have
spent his entre life and all his available funds
in perfectink his Investigations.
Again we$ay, absurd
If an ulcer is found upon ones arm, and is
cured by so4fe dear old grandmother, outside
of the code will be pronounced by the mel
ical Drofessi9n an ulcer of little Importance
But if treatel under the code causing Sleep
less nights ftr month, with the scientific
treatment klz., pastors, washes dosing
with rnorphine, arsenic and other vile sub
stances, givel to prevent blood poisoning or
tleaden pain and yet the ulcer becomes ma
lignaut andlamputation is made necessary at
last. TO saves life yet oil done according to
the 'sisms' a the medical code, this is much
more gratifying to tho medical profession.
and adds m9e dignity to that distinguished
order than I'd be cured by the dear old grand
mothers reitedy.
Thisappeafs like severe orraignment, yet
we believe that it expresses the true standing
of the medical profession in regard 10 RENE
dies discovered outside of their special
'.isms.n One of the most perplexing things
of the day is the popularity of certain rene
dies, especially Warmers Safe Cure, which
we find for sale everywhere The physician
of the highest standing is ready to concefle its
merits and sustain the theories the propric-
tors have made-that is, that 1t benefits in
most Of the ailments of the human system be-
cause it assists in putting the kidneys i'm
proper condition, thereby aiding In throwing
off Che impurities of tho blood, while Others
with less honesty and experience derda and
are willing 70 see their patient die scientiii-
cally, and according to the code, rather than
have him cured by this great remedy.
Yet we notice that the popularity o. th.
medicine continues to grow year by wear
The discoverer comes boldly before tile poo
pie with its merits, and proclains them from
door TO door in our opinion much more hon
orably than the physician who, perchance.
may secure patient from some catastrophe,
and Is permitted to set bone Of an arm or a
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very soon after takes the liberty TO climb the
EDITORS back stairs at o'clock in the morn
ing to have it announced in the morning pa
per that ''Dr. So-and-so was in attendance y
thus securing for his benefit a beautiful and
free advertisement.
We shall leave it to our readers TO say which
is the wiser and more honorable.