San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-11-03
CURING CONSUMPTION.
The Amick Discovery Now Endorsed Every
where.
MUST CONSERVATIVES BE ISOLATED ,
State Legislatures and Boards Of Health Say
the Disease Is lniectiOus-opinions
Of PHYSICIANS.

Of Physicians
The press of the entire country are
awakening TO the vital Importance of
the recent 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
meeting with in crushing out the
deadly disease and in praise of the
manliness 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
formulate. Without an exception the
press OF the country have nothing but
the severest censGre for the few nar-
row-minded conservatives in the medi-
cal profession who. while acknowledge
ing themselves utterly unable to bene-
tit. 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 tamper with. ThS
Louisville Commercial says editorially:
The 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 a remedy for consumption.
He Is very free to furnish his medi-
cines TO other physicians, and accord
ing TO reports, apparently well anthem
ticated, his remedies have proved
very etiicaciOus. A committee of
physicians went to Cincinnati few
DAYS ago to investigate the matter.
and were convinced that Dr.. Amick
had made valuable discovery, but
one of the physicians charged that
Dir. Amick was guilty of unprofes-
sional conduct. in other words that he
had violated the code of ethics. DR..
Amick is a regular physician of good
standing in the community and has
been in good standing with his con
freres Of medicine. and even if he has
violated the code of ethics the laws Of
Ohio cannot be used against him.
The Minneapolis journal says: Dr.
Amick. who has required a great deal
of celebrity of late by his successful
treatment of phthisis. has recently
had his cure Investigated by and at
the instigation OF the newspapers of
Cleveland. OF ten almost hopeless
cases which were selected only one
died, two were pronounced cured,
four showed marked improvement,
and three were much improved. In
all cases there was an increase in
weight, and the subjects had been
only under treatment for two months.
The physicians who watched the
course OF treatment all expressed
themselves a. satisfied with the cure
and testified as to the great value
of the discovery. But number
Of doctors who were interviewed &C
cused DR.. Amick Of violating the
code. He has made one of the most
wonderful and valuable discoveries
ever hoped for in medicine, but ne re-
fuses to give the formula to every
Tom, Dick and Harry to monkey with,
and he therefore violates the code. 1t
is a noteworthy fact that the majority
of physicians who have so much to say
about the code never accomplish
anything of note, but feel satisfied If
only they have kept their senseless /
fetch from rude violation For
tunately the public, which gives the
physician his support. doesn't care
liz for the code, and is always ready
and willing TO give honor and credit to
the man who discovers anything that
will alleviate the sufTerings Of human
ity, whether he keeps his formula to
himself or gives it freely away for
quacks to pick up and use in their
business
The Minneapolis Times, after refer
ring cditorially to 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..
Amick in their practice and are of the
opinion that the medicines accom-
plish more than the discoverer claims. /
1t may be that a reliable cure has been
found but if not that it seems certain
that help has been introduced which
greatly assists the fight against this
enemy of human life.