The mountain signal. (Mount Vernon, Ky.) 1887-18??, 1889-05-03
"EDlTOR'S BACK STAIRS"
Tho Interesting Views Of the Late DIR. J.
G. Holland.

Tho Interesting Views OF the Late DR.. J.
G. Holland.
The columns of the newspapers appear to
be flooded with proprietary medicine adver-
tisemepts. As we cast our eye over them,
II brings to mind an article that was pub
lished by the late Dr. Holland in Scribner's
Monthly. He saws: Nevertheless, it is a
fact that many of the best proprietary med
icines of the dav were more successful than
mapv physicians, and most Of them, 1t
should be remembered, were at first dis.
covered or used in actual medical practice.
When, however, any shrewd person, know.
ing their virtue, and foreseeing their pop
ularity, secures and advertises them, then,
In the opinion of the bigoted, all virtue
went out Of them" s
Is not this absurd
This great maQ-, appreciated The real
merits of popular remedies, and the absurd.
ity of those that derlded them because pub.
lie attention was called to the article and
the evidence kt'7c snres. Ii the most
noted ply sicA sh ID announce that he had
made 3 -stC1 any certain organ or dis
ease of the body, or make his sign larger
than the code size, though he may have
prlcticed medicine and been a leader in all
| medical counsels, Notwithstanding all this,
II he should presume to advertise and de-
cline to give his discovery to the public, he
would DO pronounced aquack and ahum-
bug, although he may have spent his entire
life and all his available funds in perfecting
his Investigations.
Again we say, absurd .....
Ii an ulcer is found upon ones arm, and
Ia cured by some dear old grandmother,
outside Of the code, it will be prom oun ced
I;&A
Importance. But if treated under the code,
causing sleepless u hts for II month, with
the scieD1iipI. trc nent, viz, plasters,
washes, 3sNitl morphine, arsenic
and othe hubs tances, given to prevent
blood poisoning or delden pain, and yet the
ulcer becomes malignant, and amputation
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 distinguished order than to
be cured by the dear old grandmother S
remedy.
This appears Ike severe arraignment,
yet we believe fhat it expresses the true
standing of the medical profession in regard
to remedies discOvt red outside of their
special ''isms." One Of the most perpleXing
things of the day is the popularity of certain
remedies, especially Warmers Safe Cure,
which we fiIx for sale everywhere. The
physician OF he highest standing is ready
to concede it's u er, and sustain the theories
the proprietorslh a made-that is, that it
benefits in most of the ailments of the hu
man system bccauseit assists in putting the
kidneys in proper condition, thereby aiding
In throwing off the impurities of the blood,
while others ts-th less honesty and exper-
ence deride, and arc willing to see their
patient die scientifically, and according to
tue code, rather than have him cured by this
gN>at remedy az y .:
Yet we notice that the popularity OF the
medicine continues to grow year by year.
The dlscoverer comes boldly before the peo-
pie wio--> its merits, and proclaims them
>fxsm door in our opinion much more
- 2ays;i,an who, FER,
catastrophe, Dpermltted to set bone
If an arm or a hnger, which he does with
great dignity, yet very soon after takes the
liberty to climb the EDITORS back stairs at
o'clock in the morning to have it announced
n the morning parer that "Dr. So-and SO
was in attendance,l thus securing for his
benefit beautiful.nd free advertisement.
We shall leave it to our readers to say
which is the wiser and more honorable.