The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-14
The PrOgresS Of the Century

Leans array from superstition and blind
ldoiatry OF isms and ics-allopathic in.
Guided. 1t leans totrdyI universal all
determining law: towards facts. not fam
cles. 1t leans towards immutable princi-
pies ana Inyulnerable truth. and ayay
from superannuated authority, organized
ignorance and dyed-in-the-wooI prejudice.
Blind empiricism in medicine has with
olher fossilized bivalves had its dav. Yes.
,here are plenty of debated crabs" bur
peIiig porn OF darkness and fear-twin SIS
terS OF intellectual infancy-they cannot
much longer Withstand the civIlizing in
nuence OF advancing science. They are
Slowly out surely dying Egypt. dying"
before the search light" of investigation.
Inc advancing thinker wonders how it
was possible Tor that monstrosity-the
medical science CD extant now, to have
survived to this late day But where was
the reform TO come fromp 1t is not only
passe to attempt reform, it is outright
dangerous. 1t requires holdness akin to
recklessness. Legion is the name who
nave tried; they have left their bleaching
bones as a warning. An attempt at re-
FORMING theology brands you "heretic;"
In politics you are charged with every in
1amY under the sun and in medicine every
ouck-lntellect ''quacks" at you and YOU
are accused of having no diploma when
your diploma Is on Tile 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 il costs
nothing TO be informed. People who be-
rate the Histogenetic system of medicine
are either intellectual pariahs incapable of
counting five in succession or understand
ing any 2xi 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
ed since wrote you. AS know you are
interested in my case | wish to tell YOU
how l am progressing. Before l CON-
menced taking your medicines / was suf-
fering most excruciating pain. l had tried
every sort of remedy and gained abso-
lutely no rel eff. After I had taken the
Histogenetic medicines a short time how
ever, the pain and swelling became less
until it was gone entirely. I 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
Tor Washington as | know that had / not
come here and consulted you | would
nave Deen III my grave. L Wish that every
one might read this as | want them to
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 d 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. 1 have
not had sick headache since February,
and then it was very light one Just
think l 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,