The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-15
The Progress ofthe Century

Leahs d,rdy from superstition and blind
uoiatry OF lsms and ics-allopathic in.
GUIDED 1t leans t0scard universal. all.
ueterHlnlng law; towards facts not fam
les. Ii leans towards immutable princi-
pies and inyuinerable truth and awav
nom superannuated authority. organized
ignorance and dyed-in-the-wool prejudice
Dtihu efnplrlcIsm i'll medicine has. with
otner iosSIllzed bivalves had its dav. Yes
there are plenty of debated crabs - but
oeihg born OF darkness and fear-twin SIS
ters OF intellectual infancy-thev cannot
i ,. longer withstand the civilizing in
uuence OF advancing science. They are
Fiowly bu: surely dying Egypt. diving"
tIore the search light" of investigation.
Inc advancing thinker wonders how il
Was possible for that monstrositv-the
medical science CD extant now. to have
survived to this late day! But where was
the reform to come from? IL is not only
passe to attempt reform. it is outright
dangerous. liz requires boldness akin 10
recKiessness. Legion is the name who
nave tried; they have left their bleaching
ZONES as 4 warning. An attempt at re-
FORMING theology brands you "heretic;'
IN poiltlcs you are charged with every in
fanny under the sun and in medicine every
ouck-lntellect "quacks" ut you and vni
are accused of having no diploma when
your diploma is on file in the courthouse
under the very eyes of the slanderers. All
this 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
nothing to be informed. People who be-
rate the Hlstogenetic system of medicine
are either intellectual pariahs incapable of
counting i've IN succession or understand
ing any 2x4 problem, or they are mental
siuggards and cannot screw themselves up
TO the point of information by reading up
al ,ufn
their opinions 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 L am progressing. Before l COM
menced taking your medicines was suf-
lering most excruciating pain. | had tried
every sort of remedy and gained abso-
iutely no relief. After | had taken the
dlstogenetlc medicines short time how
ever, the pain and swelling became less
until 1t was gone entirely. l cannot ex-
press my gratitude as have been sick for
years, treating with so many prominent
physicians and getting worse all the time.
| bless the day that | left San francisco
Tor Washington as l know that had / not
come here and consulted you [ would
one might read this as | want them 10
keow how much | 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.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle, Wash,
Dear Sir: 1t is some weeks since / have
written you and in that time | 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 a 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.
! have gained in flesh, and everyone says,
"How well you look" / am SO much
better than | ever expected to be.
Most respectfully,
MRS. NJ. COWLES,
San Rafael, Marin County, Cal.