Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-12-09
CURING CONSUMPTION
THE AMIcK DISCOVERY NOW
ENDORSED EVERYWHERE.

Legislatures aud boards OF Health Iav
the Disease IL Infectious
The press Of the entire country are
awakening TO the vital Importance OF
the recently discovered cure for con-
sumption The most influential news
papers north, south, east and west unite
in editorials calling attention TO the
universal success the treatment Is meet
ing with in crushing out the deadly
disease and in praise OF the manliness
show by the majority OF the medical
profession in so promptly accepting il.
regardless of the fact that DIR. Amiek
has not as yet disclosed his formluae.
Without an exception the press of the
country have nothing but the severest
censure for the few narTow-minded
conservatives In the medical PROBES.
sion who, while acknowledging them
selves utterly unable TO benefit, not
10 say sure, the poor eonsumptive.
refuse 20 prescribe the lifegiying
medicine, giving as their only reason
that AmiclS violates their code Of
ethics in not making public his
formulate for fools 70 tamper with. The
Louisville Commercial says editorally;
1.-The code OF ethics among physicians.
like the social code among club men,
may DO advantageous, but the law does
not recognize either and cannot prop
erly be used TO enforce either as such,
DIR. AmiclE OF Cincinnati has discovered
n remedy for consumption. He IL very
I free to furnish his medicines 20 other
/ physicians, and according 10 reports,
apparently we'll authenticated, his
remedies have proved very ctiicacious
1 A committee OF physicians went TO
Z Cincinnati few days ago 70 inveSti-
/ gate the matter and were convinced
\ that DR. Amick had made a valuable
I discovery, but one OF the physicians
I charged that DIR. Atnick was guilty Of
/ unprofessional conduct; la other words.
that he had violated the code OF eth
/ les Dr. Amiek Is regular physician
/ Of good standing In the community
\ and has been In good standing with
I his eonfrerrs Of medicine, aud even II
4 he has violated the code Of ethics. tho
Z laws Of Ohio cannot be used against
/ him.
The Minneapolis Journal says; DR..
I Amick, who has acquired great deal
/ Of celebrity Of late by his successful
/ treatment OF phthisis. has recently had
/ his cure investigated by and ~ the insti-
I CATION OF the newspapers nc Cleveland.
\ OF ten almost hopeless cases which we're
I selected only one died, two were pro
nounced cured, four showed marked inn
Z provcment, and three were much Inn
I proved. In all cases there was an
F increase ia weight. and the subjects had
/ been only under treatment for two
I months The physicians who watched
/ the course OF treatment all expressed
I themselves MS satisfied with the cure
and testified as 10 the great value Of
I the discovery. hut numbcr OF doe
/ tors who were interviewed accused llr.
Y Amick Of violating the code. lie has
/ made one Of the most wonderful and
/ valuable discoveries ever hoped for In
medicine. but he refuses 10 give the
formula 10 every Tom. Dick and Harry
10 monkey with, and he therefore vio-
lates the code. II Is a noteworthy fact
that the majority ofphysicIans who have
so much 20 say about the code" never
accomplish anything Of note. but feel
satisfied II only they have kept their
senseless fetch from rude violation.
| Fortunately the public. which gives tho
I physician his support, doeAn't care ig
for the code" and Il always ready and
willing TO give honor and credit 10 the
man who discovers anything that Will
alleviate the sutfcrings OF humanity,
whether he keeps his formula 10 him
self or gives Il freely away for quaclss
10 pick up and use 10 their business.
The Minneapolis Times, after refer
ring editorially 20 the action of the
state board OF health OF Michigan In
placing consumption on the list Of In
! fictitious diseases, recommends the
Amick treatment, because ''thirty or
more physicians IN the city are using
the medicines compounded by Dr. AmiciS
In their practice and are 81 the opinion
that the medicines accomplish more
than the discOverer claims 10 may be
that reliable cure has been found but
II not that II seems certain that help
has been introduced which greatly as.
sists the fight against this enemy of
human life"
To Isolate Consumptivss.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Oct 1.-THE ac-
ton Of the County Medical aocicty In
asking the board of health 10 Isolate
consumptivcs has increased their fears
accustomed by startling headlines In a
local paper by the resolution OF the
medical congress in Washington and by
the state legislature of Michigan all de-
claring the deadly disease infe stions.
! The deaths from consumption have de-
creased everywhere during the past
year, and Dr. Fleck, with few others,
ascribes this TO his isolation theory.
Medical experts investigating deeper.
however, say IL Is due TO the AmiclS
cure. free test packages Of which arc
distributed broadcast 10 all consump-
tives through physicians Ono author-
/ ity says ''The doctors talking isola-
ton could better devote their attention
20 the authentic by the Cincinnati
treatment reported daily In the mcdi-
cal and secular press"
! MINEEAPoLIs, Oct A.--kccent edi-
torials in the local press on the AmiclS
cure for consumption have excited nj
tra-conservative doctors The Times
says: ut seems reasonably certain IL
will greatly assist the fight against the
enemy Of human life, for thirty or more
/ local physicians say the medicine ne
complished more than the discover
claimed" The Journals editorial nf-
ter saying cit Is one OF the most valu.
! able and wonderful discoveries ever
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