Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-02
s.EDrroR,s BACK sTA1ns.',
The Interesting Views of she AesS sO
 IT, G Holland.

The Interesting Views of she Aes~ EDE'
 J. G. Holland.
 The columns of the newspapers appear ho
 be flooded with proprietary medicine aovef~
 tisements. AS we cast our eye over tneia As
 brings to mind an article that was ruonshea
 by the late Dr. Holland in Scribners hontn-
 ly. He says: Nevertheless, 1t IS taeH
 that many of the best proprietary medicines
 of the day were more successful than many physicians, and most of them, it should De remembered, were at first discovered or useo in actual medical practice. When, however, any shrewd person, knowing their virtue and foreseeing their popularity, secures ano ao- vertises them, then, in the opinion or tue bigoted, all virtue went out of them.
 Is not this absurda
 This great man appreciated the real merits of popular remedies, and the absurdity or those that derided them because pubic at~ tention was called to the article ana the evi- dence of their cures. If the most noted physician should announce that he had made a study of any certain organ or disease of ! the body, or make his sign larger than ehe I code size, though he may have practlsed ! medicine and been leader in all medical | counsels, notwithstanding all thls, II he ! should presume to advertise and decline to give his discovery to the public, ne would pc pronounced quack and humoug, sisnSugH ! he may have spent his entire life and aii his ! available funds in perfecting ms lnVestlga' | tions. | Again we say, "absucd." ! If an ulcer is found upon ones arm, ana ! is cured by some dear old grandmother, out ! side of the code, it will be pronounceo oy ! the medical profession an ulcer or nstie m n | portancs. But if treated under the code ! causing sleepless nights for month, Wltr | the scientific treatment, viz., plasters, Wssn' ! es, dosing with morphine, azEenlc ana osnel | vile substances, given to prevent olooo pol soning or deaden pain, and yet the ulcer oe' l comes malignant, and amputStaon IS maoe ! necessary at last to save life, yet all done ae | cording to the 'sisms'' of the medical code ! this is much more gratifying to the medica profession, and adds more dignity to thai | distinguished order than to be cured by the ! dear old grandmother's remedy. This appears like a severe arraignmeat, ! yet we believe that it expresses the true standing of the medical profession in xe- gard to remedies discovered outside of their ! special sfisms." One of the most perplexing | things of the day is the popularity of cer- | tain remedies, especially Warmers Safe Cure, which we find for sale everywhere. The physician of the highest standing is ready to concede its merits and sustain the theories the proprietors have mads-that is that it benefits in most of the ailments of the human system because it assists in put ting the kidneys in proper condition, there- by aiding in throwing of the impurities ct the blood, while others with less honesty and experience deride, and are willing to see their patient die scientifically, and according to inc code, rather than have him cured by this great remedy.
 Yet we notice that the popularity of the
 medicine continues to grow year by year.
 The discoverer comes boldly before the peo-
 pie with it's merits, and proclaims them from
 door to door in our opinien much more hon.
 orsbly than the physician who, perchance,
 may secure patient from some catastrophe,
 and is permitted to set bone of an arn or
 finger, which he does with great dignity,
 yet very soon after takes the liberty to climb
 the editors back stairs at two o'clock in the
 morning to have it announced in the morn
 ing papers that "Dr. So-and-so was in attend
 ance," thus securing for his benefit beauti-
 ful and free advertisement.
 We shall leave it to our readers to say
 which is the wiser and more honorable.