The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-10
"EDITORs BACK STAIRS"
The lnterestias Views Of the Late Or. !. g.
Holland.

- Holland.
The columns Of the newspapers up.
!. pear to:'be flooded with proprietary
medicine advertisements. As we
cast our eye. over them, it brings to
mind an article that was published
by the late DR.. Holland in Scribncr's
Monthly. Icsays: Nevertheless, it
is n:f,ct that.many of the best pro-
prittary medicines of the day were
more successful than many physici-
ans, and most of them, it should l'e
remembered. wcrc ut first discovered
or used in actual. medical practice.
When, however. any sllrcwd person,
knowing their virtue, and toreseeing
their popularity, secures and advcr-
tises them, then, in the opinion Of
the bigotcd, all virtue went out of
them"
Is not this absurd?
This great man appreciated tile
real merits Unpopular remedies, and
the abSurdity of those that dcridcd
them because public attention was
called to tho article and the evidence
OF their cures. If the most noted
physician should announce that he
had made II study ofany certain Or
gan or disease OF the body. or make
his sign larger than the code size,
though he may have practiccd med
icinetlnd bcen Il leader in nll medical
counscls, Notwithstanding NIL this. if
he should presume to advertise and
decline to give his discovery to the
public, he would be pronounced IL
quacl and a humbug, although he
may have spent his entire life and all
his available funds in periecting his
Investigations.
Again we say, "absurd."
= fan ulcer is found upon one S arm,
and is curc,lby some dear old grnnl-
mother, outside of the code, it will be
pronounced blythe medical profession
an ulcer of little Importance. But if
: treated under the code, cuusing sleep
less nights for IL month, with tile
;. scientific treatment viz, plastcrs,
washes, dosing withmorphinc, arsenic
and other vile substances, given to
prevent blood poisoning or dealen
pain, and yet the ulcer becomes ma
lcnant. and umputation is made
necessary at last, to save life, yet all
done according to the "isms' of the
medical code. this is much more
gratifying TO the medical profession.
and adds. more dignity to that dis
tinguislicd order than to I've cured by
the dear old grandmothers remedy.
This appears like II severe arraign-
ment. yet we believe that it expresses
the true standing of the medical pro.
tcssion in regard to remedies dis
covered outside of their special
"islns." One of the most pcrplcx-
ing things OF the day is tho popular
ity of certain remedies, especially
Warmers Safe Cure. which We find
for sale everywhere. The physician
of the highest standing is ready to
concc1e its merits and sustain the
theories the proprietors have made
that is, that it benefits in most of
the ailments OF the human system
brcause it assists in putting the
kidneys in proper condition. thereby
aiding in throwing off the impurities
of the blood. while Others with less
honesty and experience dcride, and
are willing to see their patient die
scientifically, and according to the
code, rather than huve him cured by
this great remedy.
Yetwe notice that the popularity of
the medicine continues to grow year
10y year. The discovered comes bold
ly before the people with it's merits,
and proclaims them from door to
door in our opinion much more hon
orally than the physician who, per-
chance, may secure a patient from
some catastrophe, and is permitted
to set u bone of an arm or n finger,
which lie does with great dignity, yet
very soon after takes the liberty to
climb the EDITORS back stairs Mt 2
O'Clock in the morning to have it M
nounced i'll the morning paper that
"Dr, So-and-so was in Attendance. j"
thus securing for his benefita beauti-
tuland free advertisement.
We shall leave it to our readers to
say which is tho wiser and more hon
orahle.