South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-25
DOCTORS MISTAKES
COSTLY TO PATIENT
No Doctor Should Treat a Pa
tient Unless He is Positive
He Understands the Case.

IL doesn't cost a doctor very much
20 make a mistake. He may lose a
patient or two, and thereby lose a
few dollars. But compare this tri-
fling cost TO what the doctors mis-
take often costs the patient. 1t may
cost the patient his life-or what per-
haps is worse than death, cause him
20 live a life Of disease and misery,
when under good treatment he could
have been cured and thereby restored
10 happiness and usefulness.
Perhaps two-thirds of the mistakes
Of doctors is in the matter OF dag
nOsis-they don't examine the patient
thoroughly-they simply look at the
tongue, feel the pulse, ask a few ques-
tions, guess at the rest and give the
patient a bottle Of medicine or a pre-
scription 10 get rid of him. Or even
If the doctor has sufficient ambition
to give the patient a real eXamina-
ton, or perhaps lacks the knowledge
or experience to find the real cause
of the disease. so he goes along in a
slipshod yay, treating the symptoms.
And as symptoms are the result and
not the cause of disease, the patient
is treated for symptoms can surely
expect to grow worse instead of bet
ter.
One of the principal reasons for the
wonderful success of the United Doc
tors, who have their South Bend In
stitute located on the End floor of the
TOepp building on S. Main ST., op-
posite the post office. is the fact that
they always determine the real cause
of disease before they attempt to
treat it. Their vast experience in
diagnosis, coupled with scientific
knowledge enables them to ascertain
the cause of a disease with uneTrlng
accuracy. They never treat symp-
toms, but by treating the cause they
stamp out the disease at its fountain
head.
A case in point is that Mrs. Oberst,
who writes as follows:
six weeks ago when I entered
your institute for free examination,
and your physician in chief told me
that / had catarrh of the stomach,
which was the cause of my heart
trouble and nervousness, and that
cure was only question of time.
IT was skeptical. because l had
been bothered with my heart for four
years. and was nervous for eight
years, and since L had been treated
by various doctors for heart trouble
and nervousness 1 suppos01 that l
really had heart trouble. But your
specialist explained that the catarrhal
condition of my stomach had reflected
through my nervous system and con-
sequently affected my heart / was
very nervous all the time, so much
so in fact that the least noise eX-
cited me extremely. 1t seemed that
my nerves were continually on ten
sion, and l suffered so much with
palpitatiOn of the heart and short
ness Of breath.
"Since beginning your treatment I
have derived such great benefit that
l am now convinced that the doctor
was right about my stomach being
the cause of my trouble. 1 am TO
longer nervous and do not have any
more trouble with my heart. In fact
l am feeling fine, and doing all Of my
work. l have a good appetite. sleep
fine. and feel like a different person.
"As 1 understand the healing art
the first principle in treating a disease
is first find out the cause, and / be-
lieve the secret OF the United Doc
tors success is in a thorough examin-
alton TO determine the cause of the
disease. This they do, and it gives
them an advantage over a great many
doctors who take too much for
granted by looking at the tongue and
feeling the pulse.
I'm conclusion I wish TO say to my
friends and the public that If you
have any chronic disease which is
sapping your vitality and life away,
and have despaired Of ever regaining
your health, don't give up. but con-
suit those expert specialists in chronic
diseases, the United Doctors, and If
they tell you there is hope you may
believe II.
Gratefully,
Mrs. o, V. Oberst,
r r 1S Newberp Ind -