The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-22
BOLD ASSERTIONS.
The Manly Action Of Germany's
Greatest Scientist.
1t is Warmly Indorsed by a Ringing
Editorial in a Leading American
Journal.
From the Medical Tribune.

From the Medical Tribune.
Professor Rudolph Virchow was seri-
ously i'll several months ago. An admirer
! of his, the owner Of "A certain proprietary
medicine. took occasion to present him
| with some bottles of his discovery. Nlr-
! chow recovered, and was certain that he
had received much benefit from the rem
edy. He accordingly addressed a letter to
! his benefactor, acknowledging the matter
| letter. coming as it did from
! the most distinguished teacher of
| pathologic science in Europe, was
| published and widely read The North
German Medical Association, like similar
bodies in America. has its cranks on ethics.
| They endeavored to call the professor to
account for disreg garding the code Virchow
regarded the instincts of a gentleman, and
the honor that leads man to render JUS
tice, as paramount to the peck-measure
ethics of conceited gang Of half fiedged
medical men. He answered them with
hearty contempt, and withdrew from the
association. He chose to stand on manli-
ness, and could afford TO do so. Ii was an
issue between ethics and man, and man
| hood was asserted.
At about the same time the editor of
this journal wrote a letter to a gentleman
in western New York regarding the merits
of remedy known as Warmers Safe Cure.
The circumstances in the case were as fol-
lows: We had frequently been asked by
patients If we knew anything about this
remedy, and were obliged to answer in the
negative. We then began to make in
quiries about the remedy, and were sur
prlSed at the reports we heard regarding
it, We then recommended it in several
cases that had resisted all other treat
ment, and the results were surprising
The albumen rapidly disappeared from the
urine and the patients felt greatly improv-
ed in health. Feeling satisfied that the
compound was a valuable one, aud that it
could do no possible harm to any one we
continued to recommend it, and were sur
prsed at the good results obtained.
After several months fair trial we did
not hesitate to indorse the remedy, be-
lieving as we did that it would prove a
boon to suffering humanity. We have DO
reason to regret our action IN this par
ticular We recommended a remedy that
has benefited thousands of persons; we
have seen its good effects on our own
patients after all other medicines have
failed, and we are not afraid TO say to the
public and the profession just what we
know of it.
Medical journals of all schools of medi
cine are filled with advertisements and
editorial puffs of proprietary medicines,
many of which are worthless. The editors
preparation, but have an eye to the money
they get for their advertisements. There
has been no protest against these things.
How, therefore, certificate based on eX-
periences as ours, and without compen-
sation, should have greater turpitude, is a
problem beyond our capacity Why one
should be fish and another flesh we are not
sagacious enough to determine. we leave
IL for those who care more for the rotten
corpse of the old code than for common
fairness and common sense.
Those who are eager to find fault will do
so. They are heartily welcome to their
task. TO be sure blows can be given as
well as taken, except that some escape be-
cause of their contemplate insignificance.
We have no ammunition to waste Oh such.
This. however, we will say: No man of
common sensibility, who has the red blood
of mammal, and not the pale, snaky
fluid of he lower races, will have the
heart to judge our actions severely OF to
say that we have done aught hut what we
have always claimed to be our right-to
use any remedy that will benefit our pa
tientS, without reference to the source
from which it comes.
The above article from the pen of Dr. |
r. A. Gum, editor OF the Medical Tribune,
strongly corroborates the statements al |
ready made by the doctor in the public |
prints regarding the unusual merits !
of the greatest modern medicine. This !
preparation, after twelve years Of unquali- |
fed success, has finally received the com
mendation and Endorsement of the leading |
members of the medical profession. both |
in this country and in Europe DR. Gum. !
in his recently published interview, gave
his unanswerable reasons for indOrsing |
this great remedy, and it goes without !
saying that the most distinguished teacher |
OF pathology in the world today would be !
the last TO recommend a proprietary arti-
Gle without having the utmost faith in its |
curative powers