The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-12
THE DEVIL
AND
THE DOCTORS.
Sam Sma11's Diatribe Emp
ties Walls of Physic
On His Devoted
Head.
WHIsKEY AND HEART FAILURE.
Jersey City MedicOs Indulge Liber-
ally in the aYou're Another
Style Of Argument.

Rev. Sam Small took occasion to 20 for
the doctors IN general, and those Of this
city In particular. last Sunday, when he
addressed crowded house at The Acad-
envy Of Music. In TEE JEgsEr Cry NEWS
OF Monday the Evangelist was reported
IS follows -
enness. he had better do It right away, for there
Is wealth and fame In it. Trying to keep
drundard sober with drugs 4 ike trying 70 kssp
TINS only doctors who claim they can eurs tbs
thirst for drink are the patches 1T NJ DIS f4t
loose each year from the colleges. Their only
stock N trade IS parchment, some qainine aud
some liquor When called to attend patient
whose Illness IS ruin they give him the qu;n1ne
liquor which Kills him, and the death certi<lcat8
reads. Died Of heart failure =
Heart failure is new nar1e the devil and
nowadays who dies drunk i fs,e poor dss]l uss
IS found In the gutter without money enough to
have hssrt failure. II you do not believe ne
and see il when be dies The doctors Do not say
i WIS heart failure This Is new term for
death. and would never have been IN
ance people published the stat istics 81 tha deatns
from rum The Devil and doctors could not
stand this. and heart failure takes rs place.
This By no means pleasant re{iectIon
on the medical profession was heard b.
several physlcians. and read Ii TIE NEWS
by all. To learn how they enjoyed th8
close partnership with his Satanic
majesty | called on some Of them, among
others Surgeon John Nevin.
THE DEVIL. AND THE DOCTORS
What do you think Of Mr.. SInaIiss re-
marks / asked. The doctor hrisfled
with indignation Immediately, and saids--
have read the reports Of the Rev.
Sam Small 8 diaaribe CT the Academy Of
Music last Sunday. or course The only
parI of It that interested me WAS that re-
lating to the Devil and the Doctors, = and
was as much surprised az il as every
other physician who read it While
imagined, Of course, that his Satanic
Majesty lad headquarters IN orr city.
had no iues thar every physician 3 ofIIcs
was q branch thereof, or that 1beY
possessed him wholly or In part. L seems.
however, that the Rev. Small believes
such 10 be the case 1t isn't Often that (
Clergyman VIII be found guilty az Witty
ing cur profession, for the reason THAI
they, above all others. have occasion
to know how lnueh good Is done by
physicians, as much IN way as they do
themselves, and more. II We are 70 judge
by last Sundays address, than the Rev.
Small is in the habit Of doing
As far as bis intellectually Il con-
cerned, Nh. sinalPs name Is net ra&s-
polner, but 70 certainly is when We con
slider the amazing amount OF efTrputery
he possesses NO 5ous5i an ti0fzE p1 yzzzc1sssz
ever made the claim that he could cure
drunkenness. Some advertising charla
tans profess to DO SO. bur would MIR.
guilty Of immoral conduct, thar tbey 81
are SO. and should be prevented from puf
suing their calling
81 understand that the Rev. Small Is
reformed drunkard, and II he speaks Of
the failnre Of 30 many physicians to cure
him OF the disease It has beeu my ex-
perience that those who abuse physicians
most are those who seldom pay their bills
Perhaps If Mr.. Small would look over hi4
papers for some years back he would ind
large number Of unpaid doctors bills
from those who failed in their efforts,
during certain periods OF bis life. to mako
him good member of society.
1t seems strange that one who Is sup
posed to pre- ach the Godiike yirtua Of
charity, fraternal love. &c, should so tar
forget himself as to abuse and vIiify
calling as sacred, II not more SO. thRn bis
seems to be-
AN ABSURD ISLANDER.
DR.. L n. Quimby. who IS known to
every one III this city, and who ha e.
tablished q reputation as an expert IN the
courts. and as practitioner among his
professional brethren was next Inter
viewed
YES, I heard Mr.. Smalps address. p said
he. 1T was an absurd Islander on the
profession. and I told him SO after the
meeting. Mr.. Small replied that he didn'5
mean all he said. bat that he Intended 20
convey the idea that there were SO many
pretenders in the profession with no
ability who carried on the business Of
midioine just as cheat does store, rs
matter Of merchandise rather than -
humanitarians.V
H"Whar did ycu say to that, = asked.
Il told him it was slandsrous," an
49, II
Small what class do more for the pablo
than the doctorsf ! called his attention
TO the valuable time they spend at the
hospitals without remuneration; how
they were called up at night not knowing
whether they would get fee and me n
toned many other Instances Of the sacrl~
fees made by the medical profession for
the general public.
"And what did Mr. Smnll say thenpn
she replied shat he had become dis
gusted with doctors, and one reason was
that SO many would. without any knowl-
edge Of their patient, order him milk
punch. This man, MIR. Small said, May
have been a reformed druakard, and tho
milk punch may have resulted in makiny
8 drunkard of him. and there the Devil
and the doctor did the work. Mr.. Small
said he was so Disguised with these dec
tors that he had no mercy for the profess
sion. !"
.sWhat do yon think Of the remarks b
made in public ~
4 think they were per nicious ana
highly improper, aud carry bad 1n1lU-
ence. and that they are liable to do =
great deal OF harm
scALAwAGs IN ssfALL's PROFESSION
s.What else did you say 10 Mr.. Sinai fs
Il told him that in his profession ---he =
lawyer-there were scaiawaR@, and
asked him il he would c1sti0ate Ill tie
members of the bar for this reason
what do yen think OF his ass6rtfon
that Heart failure was invented ~ tha
dew +. and the doctors Is q substitutes tox
alcoholism = =
1T Is Islander and Is perfectly absurd
I believe there are more pure men tn fh0
medical profession than IN any other
Mr.. Small made q very great mistzke1 ban
it viii hurt hun more than il VIII he
medical prufessions By trylnE 70 mlslsAa
the public s
IT WAS NONSENSE.
DIR. J ]. BAumann Of Jersey AY4uu<
said: NO reputable phyniciau etdr n4xer@
tised or claimed that he eonld cure drum
enness. Heart failure is the Immediate
cause Of death. but mt necessarily Ete
primary csuss Il Was nonsanse {0< 1kf-
Small to say physiciaus certified d61<1
from alcoholism was hearE failure. IA ~
putablo phys,cian would thlnk q dpinI
sncn a thing.