The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-21
The Progress ofthe Century

Leans array from superstition and blind
IQoihtry of isms and ics-alloDathic in.
Siuaed. IL leans totgGrd universal. all
ueterhlning law; towards facts, not fan
. YES. II leans towards immutable princi-
pres ana lnvuinerable truth, and away
nom superannuated authority. organized
iDSiH!oEanee and dyed-in-the-wool prejudice.
DInd empiricism in medicine has. with
other fossiIlzed bivalves had its day. Yes.
,here are plenty of debated crabs" but
oeihg porn OF darkness and fear-twin SIS
ters OF intellectual infancy-they cannot
much longer withstand the ciyiiizinp in.
Auence OF advancing science They are
slowly but surely dying Egvpt. diving"
before the -earch light of investigation.
Inc advancing thinker wonders how il
was possible for that monstrosity-the
neaicai science ~ extant now, to have
survived TO this late day! But where was
the REFORM to come from? 1t is not only
passe TO attempt reform, it is outright
dangerous. 1t requires boldness akin 10
Iechiesshess. Legion is the name who
nave tired; they have left their bleaching
bones as warning. An ATTEMPT at re-
!oIhing theology brands you "heretic:"
IN polltlcs you are charged with every in
1amY under the sun and in medicine every
oucK-lnteilect "quacks' at You and Won
are accused of having no diploma when
your diploma Is on file in the courthouse
under the very eyes of the slanderers. All
TINS Is caused by besotted ignorance, and
since books are sent free of charge TO every
applicant and We pay the postage there is
no excuse Tor ignorance when it costs
hothing to be Informed. People who be-
rate the Hlstogenet1c system OF medicine
are either intellectual pariahs incapable of
counting i've in succession or understand
ing any 2x4 problem, or they are mental
sluggards and cannot screw themselves up
10 the point of information by reading I'D
a n oft har
tneir oplnlEns are as valuable as that of
Puget sound oysters.
Sept. 10, 1891
DR.. J. Eugene Jordan. Seattle. Wash.
Dear Sir: Nearly four months have pass
ed since wrote you. As know you are
interested IN my case | wish TO tell YOU
now am progressing. Before | COM
menced taking your medicines | was suf-
1ering most excruciating pain. | had tried
every sort of remedy and gained abso-
lutely no relief After | had taken the
Hlstogenetic medicines short time how
ever, the pain and swelling became less
until 1t was gone entirely. | cannot ex-
press my gratitude as | have been sick for
years, treating with so many prominent
physicians and getting worse all the time.
l bless the day that / lett San francisco
for Washington as | know that had / not
come here and consulted you | would
have been in my grave. | wish that every
one might read this as | want them 10
keow how much 1 have to be thankful
for: May you live many years to relieve
and bless your fellow creatures.
Yours truly,
MRS. JULIA LONSDALE,
LAO ID Street. Tacoma, Wash.
Sept IA, 1891.
DR.. ]. Eugene Jordan, Seattle, Wash,
Dear Sir: IL is some weeks since / have
written you and in that time l have i'm
proved very much. The pain in my liver
and kidneys entirely disappeared I have
not had sick headache since February,
and then it was very light one. Just
think | have had them forty years and
never missed having from one to three
every month until they had worn me out.
l have gained in flesh, and everyone says,
How well you look" / am so much
better than l ever expected to be-.
Most respectfully.
MRS. NJ. COWLES,
San Rafael, Marin County, Cal.