The Washington herald., 1907-10-14
Goes After the Doctors.

Editor The Washington Herald:
The gentleman who Is trying TO explain
the value of drug medication ends his
last letter to The Herald thus: Medicine
IS mans richest legacy from the hand OF
time, the fairest star that glitters in the
diadem of science"
The hand of time. with swinging scythe'
is an excellent Illustration Of the moving
down process which Father Time has ac-
complished by the aid Of that legacy =
drug medication. "The fairest star that
glitters in the diadem of science hasn't
'glittered" enough In the. past 2,000 years
to throw much light on the subject OF
healing humanity! It would best be liken-
ed TO a falling star, lighting the way OF
millions Of star-gazers 10 the grave!
Friends" don't usually give each other
bitter pills" to swallow, as my critic
states he has one for me, but doctors are
IN the habit OF treating their friends in
that way; so I understand the situation.
I may remark here that / am not in the
pill-taklng OF pill-giving business; haven [
taken one for ten years. and never ex-
peet 10 take another, unless softening of
the brain oYertakes me before my demise.
I suppose those who are accustomed TO
swallowing those little balls of bar
baTism find no trouble in swallowing and
digesting all statistics compounded by
drug manufacturers. I enjoy statistics,
too; here are some. New York. before
antitoxin, had a little over 1000 cases of
diphtheria per year. with 2S,O3 per cent
ber was 'swelled" to over 1900 cases per
year. with mortality reduced" TO 1432
per cent In Massachusetts 45OO cases
yearly before, $500 after antitoxin. In
London less than 1000 cases per year: but
after antitOxin. over 1000 cases! And the
percentage Of mortality was not reduced
One-half
I prefer horse sense" TO horse serum.
I don't believe that nature ordains that
the serum from animals which man has
inOculated with disease is 1T stuff for
human blood under any circumstances.
The vital power that creates and develops
is abundantly competent to heal any dis
ease. If given a ghost OF a show
Abraham Lincoln said: You can't fool
all the people all the time" You can't
make them all believe that they can take
fire into their bOsoms and not be burned.
AntitOXin may cOunteract, 10 some ex-
tent. the tox-albumens OF diphtheria. but
Ike all drugs. it only suppresses q symp-
tom and changes the form of disease.
wish you would give the statistics Of
deaths from kidney. heart, and nervous
diseases among diphthe1etlc patients
treated with antitOxin.
Physicians seldom attribute diseases or
deaths to the true causes, Over 200 900
deaths occur annually in the United
States from consumption. Onc-thiTd of
all deaths in America are caused by con
sumption With their left hands doctors
are trying to wipe it out, while with their
right hands they are inOculating the dis
ease, and far worse ones also, into the
very life blood Of all school children-by
vaccination! This fact shows some Of the
sense in the Science OF medicineH
1 don't believe the Almighty left the
physical salvation Of mankind to the
mercy and wisdom OF the medical pro-
fession but I do believe that had mod
ern medical science" been introduced TO
the race in its infancy it would never
have seen childhood
HARRY B. BRADFORD.