Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-06-20
" EDITOR'S BACK STAIRS.
r4c Interesting Views ofthc Lutc m. r :,
i Is Hollnnd 80 vsUs

I Jteiluu1.
re columns Of the newspapers appear to
pe hooded with proprietary medicine adyer-
tise,nepts. As we cast our eve over then, e,
brmgs TO mind an article that was publjshed
by the lato Dr. Holland in Scribq,eyfs Month
~ lie says; "Nevertheless, tits fact that
many OF the best proprietary medicines of tho
DAY were more successful than many physi-
clins and most OF them, it should be replem-
| bcred, were nt first discovered or used in ac-
tial medical practice. When, however, any
shrewd person knowing their virtue, md
loreseeing their popularity, secures and ad-
vertlses them, then, in the opinion of the
blsoted, oil virtue went out of them"
Is not this absurd?
This great man appreciated the real merits
or popular remedies, and the absurdity Of
those that deriaed thcm because public aften-
ton was called to the article and tho evidence
OF their cures. II the most noted physician
should announce that be had made study Of
any certain organ or disease Of the body, or
make his sign larger than the code size,
though he may have practised medicines and
been q leader i'll all medical counses not
withstanding all this, If he should presume
to advertise and decline TO give his discovery
to tho public he would be pronounced a
quacil and q humbug, although he may have
spent his entire life and all his available funds
III perfecting his Investigations
Again we say, absurd
IL an ulcer is found upon ones arm, and is
cured by some dear old grandmother, outside
Of the code. it will be pronouhcssfAy the med
ical profession an ulcerof little spertance
But il treated under the code, Scors +9p-
Less nights fol. month, witty 6c
treatment, viz, plasters, fadminis- V
with morphine, arsenic and POI
stances, given to prevent bfrS Wnen'
deaden. pain, and yet the " aa'
hgnant, and amputation is Jol
last, to save life, yet allJfS, WASH
the ''isns" of the medics
more gratifying to 5hlaged IN open
a ans ad Sss more b. dignity ns appointments of
mothers remedy IN il thoupht sta,
This appears Like a S.
we believe that it expst VI 1t so far. mis-
Of the medical profes1 orr. - MI s:
aies discovered out- oii VI 1nicn- IN
isms" One Of the nvanted to be bee
Y the day is the popular
, hes, especially Warner'sie has been and
e find for sale eyeryYhe,, a. NJ
herits and sustain the tlrison nro.
: u's have made-that is u Pio
: lost of the ailments of theHfp,
{ nse it assists in putting heir
Rss aopaIfSn of tsy 5 Sa bdb
4 th less honesty and experience g on tori
D ewilling to see their patient dies,,,
/ Hy, and according to tho code, ratM the
| We him cured by this great remedy NSTas
fctwe notice that the popularity of the
0 Nlieine continues to grow year by year.
Y discoyerer comes boldly before7the peo-
4 with its merits, and proc]aims them from
a or to door In our opinion much more hon
= IDLY than the physician who, perchance
" secure q patient from some catastrophe,
Q is permitted to set O bone of an arm or O
4 ger, which he docs with great dignity, yet
a " soon after takes the liberty to climb the
tors back stairs at o'clock in the morn
: ito have it announced in the morning pa
that "Dr. So-and-so was in attendance, p
q Is securing for his benefit beautiful and
Il advertisement.
# Ne shall leave ito our readers to say which
he wiser and more honorable.