Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-28
.n,roR,s BACK STAIRS"
..sane Views of the Late DR..
lps j. O. Holland.

a.. columns Of the newspapers appear
the with proprietary medicine
10 Dc lisements. As we cast our eye
sdseru,sspn Il brings to mind an article
over uler n'ublished by the late DR.. 1Iol-
that wac Icrbner's Monthly. He says
Ind II l,beless, it is fact that many of
"Nevci'n nronrietary medicines OF the day
The pe's ol 70 successful than many physi-
we're llio and most of them, it should be
aeauDm0Ibered, were at first discovered or
rellss;, u actual medical practice. When,
usea a ~ any shrewd person, knowing
howe, ,';rt,,e. and foreseeing their popu-
theil 'n secures and advertises them, then,
lan,y, o.inion Of the bigoted, all virtue
n,Tsuto Of then"
s1 Il moi this absurd?
y ;,o' Great man appreciated the real
ln', q nopular remedies, and the alb
nel li,y :, II those that derided them be-
s sunas ynublic attention was called to the
es .i'ie AM and the evidence OF their cures. Ii
i sl,l', most noted physician should an
'he n mof that he had made Il study OF any
noun la;n organ or disease of the body, or
cf aha his sign larger than the code size,
la anO he NAV have practlsed medicine
pV NV Icon n leader in all medical counsels,
anu .u.,G;ttbstandine all this, ii he should pre-
nOs so 70 advertise and decline to give his
ie,e, to the public, he would be pro-
u u,aruced quack and humbug, al
l uy he may have spent his entire
i Eio and all his available funds in perfect
.aa his Investigations.
ny ,saip we say absurd"
Ian ulcer is found upon ones arm and
!, Drred by some dear old grandmother,
Inside rs Of the code, it will be pronounced
t w. the medical profession an ulcer OF lit
i, y importance. But if treated under the
,0dq causing sleepless nights for a month,
IN III the scientific treatment, viz, plast-
s S,| washes, dosing with morphine, ar
s ssnic and other vile substances, given to
s sr blood poisoning or deaden pain,
md md vet the ulcer becomes malignant and
sanitation is made necessary at last to
ssve life, vet all done according to the
. .i Of the medical code, this is much
more gratifying to the medical profession,
and adds more dignity to that distinguish
Il order than to be cured by the dear old
gsndmother's remedy.
This appears like severe arraignment,
yat we believe that it expresses the true
sanding of the medical profession in re-
cqrd to remedies discovered outside of
Gpir specal "isms." One of the most
perplexing things OF the day Is the popu-
shty OF certain remedies, especially
Warmers Safe Cure, which we find for
als everywhere. The physician Of the
highest standing is ready to concede its
merits and sustain the theories the pro-
Uretors have made-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,
thereby aiding in throwing off the inn
purities OF the blood, while others with
less honesty and experience deride, and
are willing to see their patient die scien-
tfcally, and accordingto the 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 be-
lore the people with its merits, and pro-
claims them from door to door in our
opinion much more honorably than the
physician who, perchance, may secure
patient from some catastrophe, and is
permitted to set a bone of an arm or a
inger, which he does with great dignity,
yet very soon after takes the liberty to
limb the editors back stairs at . O'Clock
n the morning TO have it announced in
he morning paper that CDR. So-and.so
vas in attendance" thus securing for his
eneft beautiful and free advertisement.
We shall leave it to our readers TO say
Vhch is the wiser and more honorable.