The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29


Health Say tho Disease is In
seetious.
The press of the entire country arc
awakening to the vital Importance o1
tEc recently discovered cure for con
sumption. The most influential news
papers. north. south. east afld west
unite in editorials calling attention tc
the universal success the treatment is
meeting with in crushing out the dead
" disease and in praise of the manli
ness shown by the majority of the
medical profession in so promptly
accepting it. regardless of the fact that
DR.. Amick has not as yet disclosed his
formulac. Without an exception the
press of the country have nothing but
the sevcrest ccnsure for the few mar
Fow-minded conservatives in the medi-
eel profession who. while acknowledge
ing themselves utterly unable to bene-
fit, not to say cure, the poor consump-
tive, refuse to prescribe the life-giving
medicines, giving as their only reason
that Amick violates their code of
ethics in not making public his formu-
lac for fools to tampcr with. Tho
Louisville Commercial says editoriaily:
Tho code of ethics among physicians.
like the social code among club men.
may be advantageous. but the law
does not recognize either and cannot
properly be used to enforce either as
such DR.. Amick, of Cincinnati has
discovered remedy for consumption.
he IS very free to furnish his nledi-
cines to other physicians. and accord
InS to reports, apparently well anthcn-
ticated, his remedies have proved very
eEicacious. A committee of physicians
70 e., i.
Investigate the matter ard were con-
vinced that DIR. AInicll had made Il
valuable discovery. but one of the
physicians charged that DR.. Auick
was guilty of unprofessional como uct:
IA other words. that he had violated
tae code of ethics. DR.. Amick is "a reg
ular physician of good standing IL the
community and has been n good
standing With his confreres of medi-
cine, and even if h has violated the
code Of ethics the law of Ohio cannot
be used agains: him
The MINI polls journal SAYS, DR..
Amicll, who has acquired great deal
of celebrity of late by his success
full treatment of phthisis, has recently
had his cure investigated by and
at the instigation of the newspapers OF
Cleveland Of ten almost hopeless
eases which were selected onlT one
died, two were pronounced cured, four
showed marked improvement. and
three were much improved. In all
eases there was an increase in weight
and the subjects had been only under
treatment for two months. The ply
clans who watched the course of
eatment all expressed themselves as
: sXtisfeG with the cure and testi-
fed as - tac great value Of the
discovery. Bat a number of
doctors who were interviewed ac-
clsed DR.. Amicl1 of violating the
code" lie has made one of the most
cFer hoped for in medicine, basg ba "a,
fuses to give the formy to U averr
Tom, Dick and Harry tS%monlso,, LII;
and he therefore viAl6tes tbe cd II
is noteworthy sct t5at the ms;or;tv
Of physicians<Sho have so much to saw
about the ('code" .nevcr accomplish
it 10y of note. but feel satisfied if
they have kept, their senseless
Dtich from rude violation. Forum
ately the public, which gives the ply
sician his support, doesn't care a fig
for the "codc,' and is always ready
and willing to give honor and credit to
che man who discovers anything that
will alleviate the sufferings of human
ity, whether he keeps his formula to
himself or gives it freely away for
quaeks to pick up and use in their bust
ness.
The Minneapolis Times, after, refer
ring editorially to the action of the
state board of health of Michigan in
placing consumption on the list of infec-
tious diseases, recommends the Amicl1
treatment, because ''thirty or more
physicians in the city are using the
medicines compounded by DR.. Amicl1
IN their practice and are of the opin-
ion that the medicines accomplish more
than TIE discovcrer claims. 1t may be
that reliable cure has been found but
IT not that it seems certain that help
has been introduced which greatly as
sists the fight against this enemy of
human life.
To Isolate Coasumptives.