The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-28
MEDICINES vs.. NOsTRUMs.
Proprietary Remedies from the View.
point of Modern Medical Science.

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point of Modern Medical Science.
GAMES r. THOMPSON IN AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF HEALTH
rbe time is past when members Of
the medical fraternity, who would
speak with authority on matters per-
tanning to their profession, can deny
that curative agents of real efficacy are
to be found among proprietary reme-
dies. Physicians belonging to what
may be most aptly termed the "o!d fogy
type" have been repeatedly chagrined
at viewing the wonderful cures effected
by q proprietary medicine, after they
had, in sweeping terms, denounced the
use of all specifies Of the class under
discussion as fraught With the graVest
menaces to physical welfare. AS ma
tural consequence of this fact the num-
Der Of those among the medical profes.
sion who still administer universal and
unqualified condemnation to proprietary
remedies as class is very small and is
constantly On the gane, both as regards
numerical strength and in respect to
character and ability. The Journal of
Health IN this matter, as in all others
which belong to the field it occupies,
has always endeavored to bringits views
into complete harmony with the facts
that presented themselves to its judg
ment; and it has never attempted to
warp facts in such way as to make
them fit into It's preconceivcd views.
For while the former spirit is iudics-
tive Of an enlightened and reasoning
progress, the latter is an unmistakable
sign of intellectual stagnancy. Ap-
plying these remarks to the subject Of
proprietary medicines, we would indi-
cate our attitude in this regard about
as follows: While dealing out to the
impostures 80 extensively prevalent in
this line the most uuequi7ocal and out
spoken censure, we do not hesitate to
bestow words Of commendation on such
specifies as have shown by actual trial
before our hygienic staff that they are
remedies Of undoubted therapeutic 7ir-
tue. A medicine which has fulfilled our
most exactiDg demands in this respect,
and one which therefore We feel justi-
fed in recommending to our readers,
is Life for the Liver and Kidneys"
offered by the Life Medicine Company
of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 1t
has demonstrated to US, so conclusive
ly as to leave no room for doubt even
on the part Of the most skcptieal, that
it is a thorough curative agent in all
cases Of dyspepsia, indigestion, constipa-
tion, biliousness, Bright's disease,
dropsy, gravel, rheumatism and all dis
orders arising from diseased condition
of the liver, kidneys and urinary orgons.
In order to show how completely
free from every non-judicial considera-
ton cur investigations are, we shall
indicate briefly the manner in which
the examination Of the remedy uader
discussion was conducted. A repre-
sentative was sent from our Office to
collect testimony in regard to Life
for the Liver aud Kidneys" He was
himself an entirely disinterested party,
and the inquiry which he pursued was
conducted in such a secret manner that
no one commercially connected with
the article ia question had any means
Of knowing that its merits were being
made the subject of investigation by a
hygienic authority. Those who had
used the remedy fer the msladies in
which it claims to bring relief were in
terrogated in regard to the effect it had
exercised in their own cases. The
answers which were received we're
characterized by an astonishing unani-
nifty. Every person who was visited
aud questioned with respect to Life
for the Liver and Kidneys" replied
that he bad found in it a most eficaei-
Gus cure. This fact was ascertained 20
be true not only in cases Of ordinary
severity, but even in those instances
which had successfully withstood the
skill Of physicians as we'll as the eura-
tive powers Of other proprietary roue-
dies.
Having prosecuted our examination
Of the medicine in question in mau
urr that could not fail to detect any
harmful attributes that might belong
to i,-for our examination extended to
all classes and to almost allsges-we feel
that simple regard for the preccpts Of
equity, as we'll as the health. demands Of
our readers, calls for an editorial rceog-
milton Of the genuine therapeutic vir
tues Of Life for the Liver and Kid
neys."