The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-03-14
STOOD THE TEST.
From the An sriean Journal Of
Health, New York.
Proprietary Remedies from the View
Point of Modern Medical Science.
By James R. Thompson, NJ. D.

what may be most aptly termed the
'old fogy type" have been repeatedly
chagrined at viewing the wonderful
cures effected by proprietary medi-
cine, after they had, in sweeping
terms, denounced the use of all
specifics of the class under discus
cussion as fraught with the gravest
menances to physical welfare. As a
natural consequence of this fact the
number of those among the medical
profession who still administer uni
verssl and unqualified condemnation
to proprietary remedies as class is
very small and is constantly on the
wane, 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 bring its views
into complete harmony with the facts
that presented themselves to it's
judgment; and it has never attempt
ed to warp facts in such way as to
make them fit into it's preconceived
views. For while the former spirit
is indicative of an enlightened and
reasoning progress, the latter is an
unmistakable sign of intellectual
stagnancy. Applying these remarks
to the subject of proprietary med!-
cines, we would indicate our attitude
iu this regard about as follows:
While dealing out to the impostures
so extensively prevalent in this line
the most uneqoivocal and outspoken
cepsure, we do not hesitate to be-
stow words Of commentator on such
specifics as have shown by actual
trial before our hygienic staff that
there are remedies of undoubted tier
apeutic virtue. A medicine which
has fulfilled our most exacting de-
mands in this respect, and one which
therefore We feel justified in recon-
mending to our readers, is Life for
the Liver and Kidneys" offered by
the Life Medicine Company of Spar
tanburg, South Carolina. It has
demonstrated to US, 30 conclusiVely
as to leave no room for doubt even on
the part OF the most skeptical, that
it is a thorough curative agent in all
cases of dyspepsia, indigestion, con-
stipstion, biliousness, Bright's dis
ease, dropsy, gravel, rheumatism and
all disorders arising from diseased
condition of the liver, kidneys and
urinary organs.
In order to show how completely
free from every non judicial consid-
GRAFTON our investigations are. We shall
indicate briefly the manner in which
the examination of the remedy under
discussion was conducted. A repre-.
sentative was sent from our Office 10
collect testimony in regard to Life
for the Liver and Kidneys" He
was himself an entirely disinterested
party, and the il quiry which he pur-
sued was conducted in such a secret
manner that no ore commercially
connected with the article in q1es,
ton had any means Of knowing that
its merits were being made the sub
ject Of investigation by a hygieDic
authority. Those who had used the
remedy for the maladies in which il
claims to bring relief were interro
gated in regard to the effect it hac
exercised in their own cases. The
answers which were received were
characterized by an astonishing una
pimity. Every person who was visit
ed and questioned with respect t.
Life for the Liver and Kidneys re
piled that be had found in it mos
eficacious cure. This fact was as
certained to be true not only in case
Of ordinary severity, but even il
those instances which had success
fully wi;hstood the skill of physician
as we'll as the curative powers G
other proprietary RENE dies.
Having prosecuted our examina
ton of the medicine in question in
manner that could not fail to detec
any harmful attributes that Mi gh
belong to it-tor our examination ez
tended to all classes and to almos
all ages-we feel that q simple re