Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-19

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narrow-minded sceptics. who are seek.
Ing undeserved notoriety and public
ity, incapable OF success themselves.
and jealous Of the success Of others.
We desire TO further state that the
Sanltarium association has never en-.
dorseo any special treatment for the
cure OF tuberculosis, and will not use
or endorse any patent medicine In the
institution. On the other hand, we
trust that It's management will not be
10 narrow-minded as to say that there
never was or never will be q treat.
ment discovered that will cure or
benefit consumptives. We are living
In an age Of great things. and such
discovery should not be considered as
impossible .even by the pS~ysiciaus.) |
! will not dwell upon my letter to Mr..
Lloyd which brought forth your criti.
cism. only to say that ! stand by every
statement therein made. and that
there are over nifty eminent physi'
clans IL the Territory Of New Mexico
today who are writing stronger en-
dorsoments OF his treatment or medi'
cine to Mr.. Lloyd than ! could pos.
chilly write. Though these endorse
ments cannot be used. for the physt.
clans would be criticised by the med.
icaI societies TO which they belong.
The Lloyd treatment has never been
offered for sale to any consumptive
or layman. 1t is manufactured and
made absolutely ethical for the physi'
clans use, and Is furnished free to
the physician. until he Is satisfied as
to its merits. The patient himself
cannot buy one ounce Of the medicine
unless upon the prescription Of his
or her physician.
Is It possible that a nan commits
q crime when he spends seven years
OF his life In bringing about q combi'
nation Of medicines that heretofore
no chemist has ever been able to com
5ine, then 1sk the medical world 81
to It's merits without cost to the pro
fession, az Mr.. Lloyd has done will
his recent discovery? Has It reached
that point where the chemist and
the man Of science must step aside
and leave the discovery Of medicines
and combinations to the physician
who has educated and trained aloni
different lines?
IL the physician will be just Al
honest with the patient N the dis
coverer Of this treatment has beef
with the physician. there will be NJ
room for complaint or criticism OF
his part
During the two years that ! wa
president Of the Sanitarium associa
ti0n, every 0ficial act Of mine wa
approved by . majority vote Of tn
! executive committee, eve to the IN
vestigation Of various forms Of treat
/, ment brought to VI attention, and q
no time would we consent to the II
vcstigation Of any treatment tina
was not made ethical from q medica
standpoint. Though we have spen
time and money, under the directio
: Of capable physicians In u city, !
making the Investigations above r.
ferred to. we are satisfied that neithe
: have been wasted, for we have see
= results that more than repaid us fc
= our trouble.
, At no time since the incorporate
Of the National Fraternal Sanitariur
: has any member Of Its board Of dire'
. tors even been interested directly Q
: indirectly In any private enterpris
2 or corporation, nor have they COZ
sidered any proposition in whic
! ] either influence or action would brin
to them n penny's compensation. o
: the other hand. they have spent Sc,
eral thousand dollars out Of their 0w'
Z pockets from absolutely q humanital
Ian standpoint, in order to benefit an
: better the condition Of the u~nfortunat
sufferers from consumption.
Practically all Of the publicity give
to this great movement. as acknov
lodged in your issue Of the 18th inst
> in which you say that It will be tn
means OF bringing your population I
J 5000 In less than ten years, as wei
, as the expense Of bringing 1t to tn
attention of the Fraternal world, was
MS you know. brought about by tn
: old boprd OF directors. Silence o.
our part has In the past answers
all criticism, and we regret that tn
article which appeared In The Opti
Of January 9th u so much pub
! Lefty, as possibly, this letter with ar
: pear In the February issue Of tn
Western Review, together with a re
quest that the fraternal exchange
! publish same, SO that the true fact
will 20 into the homes Of the Nv
! and a half million f~raternalists 0
this country.
Respectfully submitted,