The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-18
The PROGRESS Ofthe Century

Leans oway from superstition and blind
idoiatry OF lsms and ics-ailopathic in.
eiuoed. It leans totcard universal all
determining law: towards facts. not fam
,Ia ~ ieans towards immutable princi-
PIES ana lnyulnerabe truth, and awav
rom superannuated authority, organized
ignorance and dyed-in-the-wool preiudice
bnnd empiricism in medicine has. with
other fossliized bivalves had its dav. Yes.
,here are plenty of debated crabs" hut
oelhg porn OF darkness and fear-twin SIS
ters OF intellectual infancv-they cannot
much longer withstand the civiiizing in
Huence OF advancing science They are
slowly but surely dying Egypt. diving"
before the search light of Investigation.
Inc advancing thinker wonders how il
was possible for that monstrositv-the
Ileuical science ID extan. now. 20 have
survived to this late day! But where was
the reform 10 come from2 1t is not onlv
passe to attempt reform, it is outright
dangerous. II requires boldness akin to
recKiessness. Legion is the name who
nave tried; they have left their bleaching
pohes as warning. An attempt at re-
forming theology brands you "heretic:'
IN politics you are charged with every in
lany under the sun and in medicine every
oucK-lntelIect "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 for ignorance when it costs
nothing 10 be informed People who be-
rate the Histogenetlc system OF medicine
are either intellectual pariahs incapable of
counting i've N 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
and forming conclusion. In either case
their opinions are as valuable as that of
Puget sound oysters.
DR.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir: Nearly four months have pass
Ell since wrote you. AS | know you are
interested IN my case | wish 10 tell YOU
now 1 am progressing. Before | COM
menced taking your medicines L was SUI
ierlng most excruciating pain. had tried
Iutely no relief. After | had taken the
Histogenetic 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 | left San Francisco
for Washington as l know that had / not
come here and consulted you l would
have been in my grave. | wish that every
one might read this as l want them to
keow how much l have TO be thankful
for. May you live many years to relieve
and bless your fellow creatures.
Yours truly.
MRS. JULIA LONSDALE,
LAO d Street, Tacoma Wash.
Sept. IA, 1891.
DIR. ]. 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. 1 have
not had q 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.
/ have gained in flesh, and everyone says,
GLOW well you look" l am so much
better than I ever expected to be.
Most respectfully,
MRS NJ. COwLES,