The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-05
a KELLEY CURE.
A Card From DIR. X. X Gregory on the
Subject.


Subject.
Editors Greensboro Daily Record:
Hearing that | nave been censured by
some of my medical brethren for having
advised parties to undergo the treatment
at the Kelley institute for the cure of
drunkenness, the opium and tobacco
habits, and for expressing myself in re-
gard to the merit and value of the treat.
ment, | deem it justice to myself and q
duty | owe to my fellow man to make
the following statement, regardless of
consequences, and / most respectfully
ask for the space in your interesting and
progressive ne 9spaper TO do so.
Previous to the opening of the Kelley
institute in this city | had heard and
read of the gratifying and great good
work that had been done at Dwight,
ILL.,. by DIR. Kelley himself, and also of
the same which had beer done by others
at other places. / had seen and talked
with men who had undergone the treat
ment and were cured and loud in their
praise of it, men of brains, and members
of the medical profession, who were not
afraid to express their own honest con.
v~ictions and opinions. | was glad when
the Kelley institute was opened here,
and | have watched with the very deep
est interest and qualification the grand
good work done right here under nv
own eyes, which is so well known that l
will not consume space in speaking of
the cases in detail.
To those who have censured me I will
say, / thank God that | was the agent in
sending some of the patients to the Kee-
ley institute to be cured and restored,
and | thank God, too, that l had the in
tellectual faculties to perceive and the
practical experience to form correct con-
illusions and give honest, sound and good
advice, and by it my friends and fellow
man have profited and been saved. Great
God! could | ask for a greater reward ?
| do not feel unkindly or speak disparag-
ingly of those who have censured me or
differ with me in opinions, if they are
honest in it, but if not this cap will fit
the guilty head-a fool, a slave, and hence
a great fool, and to be pitied for it.
When | secured my professional de.
gree-M. D.-that document gave me
the right to practice my profession with
out being swayed or directed by any
self-cOnstituted censors or guardians
although some may set themselves up as
such, and dictate to others what is right
and what is wrong, and what shall be,
and what shall not be done. All such
who desire, or try to bride and drive |
me, will find that | can never be persua-
ded to work in such traces. Thirty years
at liberty, with every day convincing me
that a clear, candid and honest express
sion of opinion was the only true plan,
tbs not to be presumed that l can be
changed at this late day, and to all such
lick-spittles and bootlicks of the would
be dictatOrs, | bid adieu with contempt.
1t is a fact that some few medical men
have put themselves to the trouble to
persuade and influence patients not to
come to the institution for treatment,
them it was all a humbug, and
the doctors in charge were quacks,
etc., all of which is a base falsehood.
The doctors in charge are educated, hon
orable, high-minded and heightened ply
sicians of acknowledged professional
character and ability, and capable in
every way of rendering the patients
service they may require, and at
he same time treat them with every
kindness and courtesy. The institution
8 as solid as the rock of Gibraltar, and
will continue to stay and turn out the
good work.
An intelligent people will judge by the
work done, and also judge who was
'ight-the man who advised the patient
o go there, or the one who advised him
lot.
Statistics prove that by this great dis
'overy alarger per centage of cures have
)een made for these disease than all
others combined, in fact a larger number
IT cures than by any other treatment for
ny or all diseases that destroy mankind
md his happiness.
am in no way interested in the insti-
ution or in any of its offices or employees
Except in the great good that is being
lone in the behalf of humanity, and for
his reason alone l say, God speed the
'ood work, and bless those who are do
ng it. Very respectfully, {
L. X. GREGORY. M. D.